Fender Kingman Acoustic Bass Guitar

Oh man! The tension exerted by those flats are going to tear that thing apart.

[@mikehunt-vd2jx]

I put flats on a similar bass. Hope I didn't wreck it

[@cowtippingrocks]

I just started playing a stand up bass. Works great at acoustic jams because it fills the room with sound around the other guitars but doesn't overpower like an electric bass would.

[@MrTom_Songwriter]

3:09 "....my crew is on vacation " - Almost blew coffee out of my nose! Too funny man.. Always great to see you work.. I always work on my instruments, as it helps to know how to maintain them when the money is low... when the commercial licensed music payouts and royalties aren't rolling in like they used to. ;-)

[@StairwayToEvan92]

appreciate the acoustic bass guitar. not the typical project. it’s a little different. i dig it

[@Schafer078]

Thank you for the video Dave, really helped me with my own acoustic bass which I have been having fun with but now I know I need to have a lot more fun with the setup of it all

[@handybunny]

I gotta say... it has a lovely tone, especially with the flats.

[@URfriendD1313]

I've got one and have gigged it plenty. I've had no issues with mine, at all. Plays as good as anything without a 50's spec P neck could. Taped flats would sound best, imo. However, it becomes even more useless acoustically. I have used mine completely acoustically for rehearsals and the only way to get volume out of it is by playing it with a pick with the bronze/phosphor rounds. Good enough for a completely unplugged jam with one guitar, but add anything else and you'll disappear.

[@brianemrick7232]

Hello Dave, Love your video's and even though I am mostly self taught guitar/bass setup we agreeon nearly everything. I learned to adjust guitars and basses out of the frustration that most guitartech's at local music stores have no idea what they are doing. As for the kingman bass I do feelthe high tension of flat wounds could increase the banana neck. in my opinion a much better choice would be lighttension nylon flat wounds would be easier on the neck and have acoustic qualities desired. Labella nylon tapewounds would be my choice with great sound, slightly more tension than other nylons, and no fret ware. Brian Emrick from Ohio, USA.

[@substrate001]

Beauty job, Dave!

[@philipjones8513]

I've played that bass live on a few occasions. Folk/ rock band. Had to do an equal amount that Dave did to get it to be playable though. I'm no guitar tech by any stretch of the imagination, I just sort of fucked around with the truss rod and shaved the bridge and it worked out. Ordinarily I'd just fuck everything up so I'd leave it up to people like Dave!! But I got lucky.

[@offbeatbassgear]

Although I'm not a fan of acoustic basses, I did play one of these for about an hour once and it plays well. It's basically a jazz bass neck with a seventies-era feel to it though it doesn't sound super acoustically.

[@dstaton]

MIssed the chat, but you've got my attention with the strings. I hated the phosphor bronze on my acoustic bass, definitely "clangy". I've wondered about tape wound on an acoustic too.

[@randyatwood4434]

you can do it dave !!!

[@stevenedwards4470]

I love adventure. Looks kinda fun if she holds together

[@sd3falco]

Yeah, those pins are a real pain. I had one acoustic bass where I would throw a washer on the string and then feed the strings through the big hole and out the string hole. Then they couldn't pop out lol. The pins were just for aesthetics after that.

[@lepetitnabot]

I've looked at those many times and they're always humped up straight to hell even at the store. And yeah, bridge pins and bass strings = bad idea.

[@billytai1096]

I have the Fender Dreadnought acoustic bass. It looks like this guitar but has a more basic neck. I hear some annoying rattling from inside the body when the lower strings are played. What could this be and how expensive of a repair would it be? I worry it might be the bracing.

[@wyattsdad8561]

I had one of those kingmans but it was a regular 6 string. It was a cool guitar. It sounded great plugged in, but unplugged it was really kinda thin sounding. There's times when I wished I kept it, but I sold it to buy my hd28. The original kingmans from the 60's had like a dowel that was connected to the neck somehow and went inside the body. You could see the dowel if you looked in the sound hole. Check out the original ones Dave, kinda cool.

[@njdevfan20]

Yay can’t wait.

[@ian-c.01]

Sounds great !

[@Wraith35]

Well this does prove that there are Mariachi bands in Canada. Dunno why

[@onefatstratcat]

All the Mexicans in Canada are in the band! lol...

[@Wraith35]

@@onefatstratcat LMFAO!

[@triplesevensix291]

I love the way these look. If anyone can fix it Dave can. Always thought about buying one of these myself. Maybe? Why do people that don't know shit always fuck with truss rods? Never got that. Cheers Dave.

[@nev375]

I've got one of these. Neck is still great on it (knock on wood) Feels like an electric jazz bass in the left hand. Like all ABGs it doesn't project any deep low end unless you plug 'em in. Was thinking about putting some nylon tapewounds to get a mellower sound out of it. In playing 30 years I've never actually tried tapes. I'm not sure after watching this though. hmmm...

[@TallGuy372]

I have tapes on my Cort acoustic bass, and a friend of mine just put a set on his Kingman. Great mellow sound plugged or unplugged.

[@MrDangard]

12/64 probably starts the record high action on DWOFS.

[@plektosgaming]

Every Yamaha I see new at the store lately...

[@donaldholman9070]

Great video...Thank you!

[@digitalbrand5510]

I have one of these that I bought new, has a big ol’ hard case. Still have the phosphor strings on it. Pickup sounds great, I’ll go with flats on it because the roundwounds are hideous. Jazz Bass profile on the neck, it’s a tall drink of water.

[@mikehunt-vd2jx]

Nice.

[@ed801975]

I have that exact bass. It’s useless acoustically, but it sounds fantastic plugged in. It tends to want to feed back, though.

[@smasica]

. . . that's what she said.

[@ed801975]

Yep! I use one of those rubber plug things for acoustic guitars.

[@ed801975]

Haha!!

[@dilzmillington3048]

Hey bro, random question but does your bass need to have a working battery to play through an amp?

[@ed801975]

@@dilzmillington3048 Sure does. The electronics are completely dead without a battery.

[@MaliVinnyB]

Some "Thoughts", Maestro...If I use your knowledgeable technique on Adjusting necks on axes such as these..what about a Wood hardener on the neck..U think it would Flex as Much with continued adjustment??(Just a thought!!)

[@the_nondrive_side]

I run half rounds and a magnetic - Mic blend soundhole pickup. So much better than the way they come.

[@ronnielawson8276]

High wire act holy sheet!

[@ski5150]

You rule Dave.. thank you so much for your vids. Question: if you hydrated the fretboard, would that be a good way to help straighten out the neck a bit prior to cranking up the rod?

[@davidkastin4240]

I Dig The Gooch Shirt! 😆

[@TheMan-be3si]

u r the best

[@shawnhuff3920]

If you leave the acoustic bass guitar in a hard shell case in storage space it will bow because the case neck potion sits on the case ecessary box I have a hard sell case for my Alvarez RB30C acoustic fretless bass guitar and I took out the box and neck holders so now the neck doesn't rest on anything........

[@jokpyles]

Hi Dave, how and what did you calculate the needed adjustment on the sadle?

[@FatherOMalley]

if you are storing a guitar and not playing it, you should remove the strings? Correct?

[@DavesWorldofFunStuff]

no

[@triplesevensix291]

I have a shitty acoustic bass that needs stripping after being painted too many times. Most of that is done but then I need to sort the edges of the frets as you could cut slabs of cheese on those things. Gonna string it up with some black nylon strings & get my dub on! Play along to Abbey Road. Throw a bit of PIL in there too. Good times. And good times by Chic. Lol.

[@redorrick427]

good job

[@ProBird79]

For some reason the past few of your videos I'm getting a notification but they aren't showing up in my subscriptions. Yours are the only videos that this is happening. It's quite strange and I'm not sure why??

[@todhollo1961]

chiquita by fender!

[@cholostv8170]

Can someone tell what are some good fender bridge pins for a v2 i lost mine and I am trying to get some

[@reedhead1]

Why does a bass guitar need a pick guard?

[@jds7137]

Are Electric Bass strings ok to put on my acoustic bass guitar ?

[@Slikx666]

I've got the same issue with my Honner acoustic bass and guitar, do I do he same thing? And when adjusting the truss rod in a neck does tightening always move the neck backwards? And what about a neck with two truss rods?

[@crazyuncleduke8012]

Minimal goochery on this one. I bet you're glad you didn't have to take the neck off to set the break angle. That would have turned this into a five part series. :-)

[@jamsguitar]

Its a 2 in 1 bass, jam with your friends while bow hunting. Get a quiver of arrows and call it a day.

[@RJ_HTx]

Hello! So you started with 12/64 string height and your end result was 6 mm string height ? What do you recommend for acoustic bass string height ? Thanks !

[@RJ_HTx]

Dave's World of Fun Stuff Just a shade above 6 got me confused , but I rewatched the video and figured out it is 6/64 string height . Anyway this gave me an idea how to set up my acoustic bass, which has 16/64 string height.

[@TaralgaBushAdventure]

I tried an acoustic bass, to accompany my acoustic guitar partner, but mine had no volume without the amp. Not a fan, sold it pretty quick.

[@manplay212]

cool

[@independentjames1]

Ouch!!!!!! That neck!!!!

[@tiyorky]

Please do some cooking Dave. Need some high colesterol action!

[@rriflemann308]

Dave invention recipe for stewmac ( a hybrid of beef stew and Mac & cheese) , the culinary jokes are intriguing.

[@rickallen6378]

Hey, there's some weird stains on that top your wearing at 2:01. I'm not going to speculate.

[@timmylumsden8060]

Dave...FFS market your t- shirt...GOOCHED!!I I'd pay good cash money!!

[@christocr]

Actually sounds decent...

[@inception69]

Why? Just why?

[@ejtakach]

reglue the pickguard

[@jackquarantillo5192]

Saw that under the light.

[@skyebluebill]

I love the sound of a great acoustic bass guitar (Violent Femmes and the Alice and Chains Nirvana MTV unplugged sessions back in the day). I personally prefer bronze on these babies. kzbin.info/aero/PLclODpQJhNz7vm19Ab3k31tUX7dncoup4 I bought a big bodied Epiphone El Caipitan that served me well to be loud enough to hang acoustically with an acoustic guitar player who played considerately with a mid picking attack and it was a great practice tool to not piss off neighbors in my apartment days.

[@plektosgaming]

More rushing it through the factory with improper quality control.

[@Candaluk]

Hahaha turns your crank

[@paul_grimsley]

Great informative video! And anyone who doesn’t care about nasty comments is alright by me

[@jtshanks]

a look down the neck with your calibrated eye

[@philosophyoftrucking]

Two words: Blame Canada.

[@stonehartfloydfan]

nasty comment left........

[@roman14032]

the acoustic bass guitar is THE DUMBEST IDEA OF ALL TIME JUST GET A DAMN BASS FIDDLE

[@justinandsheba]

I have an Ibanez acoustic bass and it is wonderful.

[@roman14032]

@@justinandsheba who has ever played anything interesting on one?

[@knutz7]

roman14032 Brian Ritchie

[@knutz7]

roman14032 You’re probably the type who thinks that bass needs at least 4 Mark strings sandman cough as well right.?!! I’m a stranger myself, but I manage to keep tempo. ;)

[@knutz7]

Strangler*