Bass Guitar Tools

Posted by Benjamin on October 29, 2008 Filed under: Gear, bass, bassguitar tagged: tools

I’m getting ready to do a few posts on living with bass guitar strings – probably just as well, since I realised that one of my basses has had the same set of strings on for 3 years! I will explain that one. Anyway, before you can really get to down serious string work, you need some tools:

A philips (cross-head) screw driver.
An allen key or two (hex key).
A good set of wire cutters.
A flat-head screw driver (if you have an older bass).

You can carry these as a set. I spotted this Rogue Guitar Tool Kit on Amazon US (didn’t see it on the UK site). I have a little bag of tools in an old Boss pedal case, but that stays at home these days. For the road I have a dedicated guitar tool. I had a hunt around and can’t find it on-line anywhere, the closest I found was the Guitar Guizmo Multi Guitar Tool (here on Amazon US and UK):

It is still worth having a couple of allen keys in your bag, if your bass has fittings that uses them, as the stand alone tools are that much easier to handle. You can get a complete kit for less that Starbucks are going to hit you for a cup of coffee these days

. Maybe you’ve seen or found a useful tool yourself?

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10 Responses to “Bass Guitar Tools”

micfos7, on October 30th, 2008 at 3:03 AM Said:

Cruz Tools also makes a really great toolkit just for Bass Guitar.
Benjamin, on October 30th, 2008 at 9:42 AM Said:

Thanks, I’ll check that out!
Emon, on October 31st, 2008 at 2:41 AM Said:

That’s a mean little toolkit!
Guitar BassMan, on November 3rd, 2008 at 8:25 PM Said:

Great post, we linked to this over at http://guitarbassman.com/

Keep up the great work!
Benjamin, on November 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 PM Said:

Thank you sir!
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Sogoeo, on November 21st, 2008 at 6:52 AM Said:

Great post! Thanks a lot.
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doggo, on March 24th, 2009 at 7:25 PM Said:

Looks like your basic bicycle multi-tool would probably work too.
Benjamin, on March 26th, 2009 at 8:46 AM Said:

Hi Doggo, any pointers? The bicycle tools I’ve seen so far didn’t have Allen keys – which are pretty essential if you have a more modern bass, otherwise you’re fine with a miniature flathead screw driver for adjusting the saddles.