What do you use make the markings on the bass neck?

[Paul Warburton]

You been stealin' my poop you mother******.

[Marcus Johnson]

Back atcha, Monkeyfarmer.

[zeytoun]

Poop is really good for making the markings on the bass. Depending on your diet, it can have a nice matte sheen that reflects well, but blends into the dark brown streaks of the ebony grain...

poop

poo

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by frichter

All in all, what I got from ben was this (my words): get all the info you can, do what works for you, if somebody has a problem with that, shag 'em. Its your sound, your music.

Works for me.

[Gimongous]

Originally Posted by Paul Warburton

Sweet. Huge move. No net.
Check back in, let us know.

Ok, I never would have thought that taking off a few little dots from the side of the neck would cause me such pain and frustration. Not as much problem with walking but man I have layed out some seriously stinkworthy solos where all my diatonic note choices suddenly have me playing "out." Add to this problem that I had been interested in trying some different strings to replace my ~10yr old Helicore hybrids. So the Obligatos I put on really show off poor intonation compared to the old strings, not to mention rolling all over the damn place . Crap, after about a week I would have paid money for an in-tune Cmaj scale.

Until I discovered this site I was happy in my own small bass world. Aargh, curse you TBDB!

So fast forward to now. I am mostly over the frustration hump and my intonation is improving, although I did compromise by leaving two position markers on the E side of the neck at the B and octave. I am developing a different and better (IMO) approach to mentally seeing and hearing notes instead of looking for them on the FB. The oblis have settled down some, though I plan to change them out for Spiros soon.

So, cons - major initial frustration and growing pains to get over the dependency on position markers; pros - personal growth as a musician, and more freedom to look at the pretty ladies instead of my L hand.

[Gary Lynch]

No dots for me. I use grain or neck joint or any other mark or location on the instrument for a position marker. They are always there and really help. I found using any dots that I was going to remove was not right for me. The neck has many signature areas to use. It works for me. That in combination with my ear is my way of learning and keeping in the groove and pocket.