How to Buy, Maintain and Set Up the Fender Bass Guitar. In the same series as the best-selling manuals on the Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster and Gibson Les Paul electric guitars, this manual covers the Fender Bass guitars in detail, explaining how to maintain them, set them up to get the best sound, and repair them when things go wrong or damage occurs. Superbly illustrated and designed, this manual includes case studies of key models and features many easy-to-follow step-by-step sequences.