Recent content by Alan Schefsky

I love seeing these kind of posts. I bought a String Ray the first year they came out which was around 1978. I paid about $800. Today, an ****AMERICAN MADE**** quality bass like that will be $5K and up. Minimum wage back then, adjusted for inflation, would be $18 to $20 today. Making it easier...

Sorry about that. I've put up with a lot of knuckleheads through the years who always want to challenge things for no good reason. Always trying to put you down. My mistake. The flatwounds from years ago sounded nothing like the ones made today. They had very little tone and no sustain. A lot...

Do you not know how to read or are you just looking for an argument? I never said flats are gone and you know it. I said "those old style strings are long gone". Try to be more civil or don't bother posting.

It's funny to read this discussion about getting that thumpy, flat and no sustain sound like the 50's and 60's strings gave us. All strings back then were like that. Even the rhythm and lead guitars in the early rock bands had flats like that (you can hear that in that video at the start of this...

Back in the 70's I had Jazz and Sting Ray basses which came with flats so I'm used to that. So now I'm that much older and it's getting harder to play 34" scale so I bought a Mikro. It came with rounds which I hate so I got some D'Addario Chomes flats which sounded great but like playing on...

Thanks for the info. I didn't look at the date. I'll send him a message.

Hi Steve. I saw this post of yours and thought I'd try to say hi. Wondered if you'd still remember me. I knew you for a short time in the La Crosse "Wet Behind the Ears" days. I'm Alan Schefsky and I played bass (Music Man String Ray and Fender jazz) with a group called Tukiah doing mostly...

When I played the last song.

I think the discussion here should be more about being a better musician on a guitar (bass or regular) for other venues. Only bowed string instruments can do the same things as a wind instruments because of the bow. On guitar some players want to have sustained notes without double picking or...

Glad to help John. As Red Green says "we're all in this together". Right you are lug. Gave me a good laugh. To explain, when tuning it takes a lot of cranking on the tuners to get anything to happen because the plastic strings act like rubber bands. The strings like to miss the pitch you want...

They are the same as a traditional basses. EADG, same octave. The Kala basses would be pretty good if they were half the price (made in China which is not on their website or on the instrument). If you want a small toy bass at a cheap price there many others out there at less than half the price...