Recent content by 64jazz

I play all hours of the day and night with no issues by placing my 1x15 (165W Laney) on my bed and tilting it back so it's pointing directly at me. Volume on about .75 and directed right at my face gets me all the sound I need and by isolating the vibrations that would travel through the...

I noticed this as a young man, most everyone listening to whatever was popular on the radio at the time. As I grew older, I became less and less interested in what was popular and sought out the music that appealed to me. The mix I play and listen to nowadays is considered outright bizarre by...

In my area, I would expect to pick one of these up for around $700. Naturally, a case and accessories can easily drive that price up. These are usually listed in the $850-1000 range around here.

I'll take it!

That's a pretty tremendous score, there! Don't even look back.

The compound radius supposedly cuts down on the buzzing that commonly occurs when bending strings closer to the bridge. I experience that on my 7.5" if I adjust the action too low above the 12th fret, but I don't really need the action that low to begin with. Nice looking instruments, and I'll...

I like this site: Online Bass Lessons at StudyBass.com

In no particular order: Jaco's "Come On, Come Over" Green Day's "Welcome to Paradise" Motley Crue's "She's Got Look's That Kill" "Amerika" (More Jaco) Metallica's "King Nothing"

This may get lots of disagreement from the collective, but you'll not go wrong with a MIM Fender, P or J either one. I started out on Precisions but the first time I picked up a Jazz, that was that. The Jazz neck is a bit narrower than the Precision, which a lot of players like. Try not to...

I'll take it! PM to follow.

And here I've been using 'em on ice. Perhaps that's my problem? :p

That was fun! I've always found there to be quite an absence of backing tracks out there for bass practice and what you've got posted so far feels right to me. Like Max suggested, use keys that minimize the open strings. Improvement comes through hard work, not hardly working. I would opt...

That's a wonderful piece of work. Any chance we could get some audio/video of your dad playing today? That would be pretty awesome, I think.

That's about as minimalist as you can get and still have a bass, eh?

I saw the US version last week and re-watched the Swedish version last night. Very much surprised to realize the US version was darker, more complex, more engaging, and my favorite of the two. Btw, the Swedish trilogy's dialogue is in Swedish and the only versions I've seen over here feature...