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I've played lots of gigs with acoustic guitars using my electric basses (P-bass, Rickenbacker, EBMM Stingray Classic, etc.) IMO, it's the WAY you play it that makes it work. (I use flat wounds, small amps, watch my volume and attack, try to make the notes soft and non-grundy, etc.) Fretted or...

I had a “coral red” 2010 EBMM Stingray Classic that was the punchiest sounding bass I’ve ever owned. I sold it because it was even a little too much for me (hard to tame in live situations) and because the color was too “pinkish”. I’ve had several Stingrays that came up short compared to the...

Depends on the room. I have a MXR SmartGate low-pass filter pedal for those situations.

BTW, these all have LaBella Deep-Talkin' flatwound strings. (I played mostly upright for a long time, and the feel of flats has just stuck with me.)

Fender Player Precision Bass Special in Ocean Turquoise Fender Player Precision body (2012), alder, gloss turquoise finish with dark red tortoise pickguard. Fender JB70 70’s Jazz Reissue(?) neck and tuners (A202277, 1999 CIJ), 9.5” radius, 1.50” nut width, medium jumbo frets, slim profile...

I was recently reading an article/interview about him (Bass Magazine), in which he says he plays mainly Fender Custom Shop P's and PJ's through a GK 2001 RB Legacy head and four 4x10 RBH cabinets.

Bass most of the way up (90%), treble about half off.

Yep, that looks like it. I think it’s gorgeous.

Just got this nice 2010 Stingray Classic. I think the pickguard was some kind of custom job. I like it a lot, especially against the candy apple red metallic finish.

I’m 65, still play originals from 2009, 2011, and 2019. Our typical mix is probably 25-35% originals and the rest covers (obscure to moderately well known). Not much money involved (maybe small-time blues band level rates), but we’ve been finding small places to play and get paid gas and beer...

Over the years I've tried a bunch of basses, and found I really like some and not others. My current collection consists of the following: Three Precision basses (my favorite meat-and-potatoes basses for gigging): All have similar features but differ mostly just in my favorite body colors...

Everybody makes mistakes (especially at our level). Just don't let the audience know (that is, blame-throwing, staring at the offender, etc.) The audience almost never notices anything unless you point out to them. If they do notice, shrug your shoulders or let them feel they're in on the...

I was able to tame it with a noise gate pedal I had on my board. I’m going to try some Joe Barden noiseless pickups to see if the solve the noise problems AND preserve the Rick tone like everyone says. Otherwise, I just LOVE this bass (playability, weight, resonance all are off the chart)...

I’ve had a BQ250 as a small practice/low volume gig amp and was quite impressed. I bought the BQ500 and used it as my main head for a while. (I put the 250 into the amp bag as a backup, because people were always talking trash about TC reliability.) Never had a problem with any of them. I sold...

Rickenbacker 4003 electric bass in Ruby Red 2012 maple with rosewood 20-fret fingerboard and triangle inlays, nice vintage white body and neck binding, matching body color throughout the neck and headstock 33.25 scale length, 1 11/16” (43 mm) nut width 2 × Single Coil (hot output) pickups...