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Check out artistworks.com The bass academy is headed up by Missy Raines.

Thanks Ric, My Bro-in-law found one, that hasn't been used, on craigslist for $75. I'm wondering, is just the bridge is worth that? Thanks

Anyone have any experience with these? Is the bridge blank itself any good? Any info is appreciated, thanks

Davpal, what I mean is the threads aren't as deep as the old ones. Kind of like the difference between a wood screw and a machine screw. I wish I could describe it better. Upon closer inspection today, I compared the two FC adjusters. They're different! I tried the treble side in the bass side...

Mike, I probably should have known better. When I installed the FC I noticed the threads weren't as aggressive as the original adjusters. Same pitch but not as coarse. What I'm hoping to find is a bushing to fit in the bridge. If not I'll use a dowel cut to length to get by til I get back home...

About an hour before the gig tonight I decided to raise the bass side of my bridge one full turn. Plucked the A string once and heard a loud pop. The threads that were tapped into the bridge stripped out. I was able to whittle a plug out of a pencil to put in the bridge for the threaded post of...

Check out the One World Theatre. Great, intimate venue. Not sure who's playing while you're there but it would be worth looking in to.

For the past several weeks I've been trying out a new endpin that's not meant to be one, but is better than any endpin I've seen. It's a bass drum spur. The rubber tip actually threads onto the spike. If you want to use the spike, you can keep turning the rubber tip until the spike is exposed...

I've been using Cleartune now for a few months and it works great for Bass and Guitar. A bandmate just got the Peterson App and it seems to work nicely as well. Seems both would be better with a contact mic or clip.

Just watched an episode of Time Warp on the Discovery Channel. Metallica was featured, but even cooler was a string band. Zach Hickman on the upright and Charlie Rose on the Banjo. Charlie is actually a bassist as well. If you get a chance you should check this episode out.

Southwest is by far the way to go. Hundreds of flights with no damage and most of the time $50. once in a blue moon, $100. All the others, as it's been stated here many times, are a crapshoot.

Ah-ha. I figured ATM was Audio- Technica, didn't know about AMT though. Thanks for clearing that up for me Chris.

I keep seeing both of these acronyms. Could someone clarify if they really are different companies or just a common transposition of the letters?

Hey Jeremy, got your pm, good to see you a couple weeks ago. I'll see you at Merlefest.