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I thought it might be a Vigier, but the headstock doesn't seem to match.

Sorry for the poor quality video, but what bass is being played in this video? It appears to have a whammy bar. You can see him use it at 3:54. At 6:59, there is a clear shot of the bass and you can see the whammy bar hanging down.

It definitely happens. I had a slightly different thing happen to me. I was married to a woman who didn't allow me to play my instruments at home or even listen to rock because her mother had sensitive hearing. On the other hand, her mother used to have the TV on at all times. I ended up being...

Got a couple of stories to share here. 1. First band I joined. At this point, I've only been playing bass for a couple of months and I'm the first one to admit that I'm not that good. I have a good work ethic though so I show up on time and prepared. Band is primarily a 6 piece cover band at...

Yeah, I do. Those demo recordings the two of us talked about releasing? All done by him and me :)

Thanks guys. I was feeling pretty ok about moving on and dumping the singer's parts. The joke in all this is that like I said, I cowrote the lyrics with him so they aren't all his. And the guitarist and I both sing so really, we have all our bases covered if we move on. I have written lyrics to...

Bit of background. I've been in this band for a little over two years now. When I joined, they had a few songs written but they ended up discarding all but one of them. In the time since then, they wrote another five with me contributing. The way it works is the guitarist composes the music and...

Ok, this may be a bit too bass heavy but this is an alternate mix I did of the song which has the proper bass tone I was going for. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Actually, this song uses the dirtiest tone I made for the band :D But like I said, the mix is not done well. I actually pre-mixed the bass and sent it to the singer but he seems to have put something on the master track that killed it :(

I heard a couple of comments on how he was better outside DT without having others dominate so I dug up the Jelly Jam songs which are guitar driven heavy rock. And no, Myung is just as inaudible and conservative on them as he is in DT :confused: Now I'm no longer sure what's going on. Sometimes...

Glad it resonated with you. None of us is alone. What you say is sort of true. I don't feel I've exactly plateaued overall but I'll elaborate a little. The fact is writing with these guys over the past year has allowed me to learn and grow a lot as a musician :) I have never been in a proper...

I can't speak for the albums but at least live, on Universal Mind, Levin starts out on bass and switches to Stick during the middle keyboard breakdown. From what I recall hearing on the albums, I'm guessing it's a mix of bass and Stick there too.

One of the funny things I've heard his supporters say is that he is one of the few to play a six string. Well, first off, just playing more strings doesn't make you better, and secondly, does he actually utilise the full range? I can't ever recall seeing him actually use the C string. Sometimes...

Funny you should mention that. The first track we wrote as a band was largely worked out in the jam room. I eventually told the band that I compose best when I have peace of mind and therefore, getting together should be strictly for rehearsal and composing should be confined to being done at...

Check the links I posted earlier. The song in the band Soundcloud has a short bass solo from yours truly at the end :)