Recent content by Asher Platts

I think the p-bass sounds kinda boring, but I have one. It's a "studio engineer" thing. Scott's Bass Lessons did an episode on this. The p-bass is predictable. There are tons of pre-sets and methods for getting a good bass tone for recording built into lots of studio software. Instead of...

Yeah, I don't get it, personally. A lot of people seem to really like lifeless muddy thumping I guess. I myself prefer my bass to stand out as an audible counter melody to what the rest of the band is doing, but my bass idols are people like Chris Squire of Yes, Tony Kanal of No Doubt (first 3...

I think you should talk to the whole band about it and have an intervention about it. Either they straighten up and fly right, or they realize that they're the jerk, and they leave, and you find somebody who is a professional and wants to be there. Either way, bringing things to a head is a...

I used an SWR workingman's 12 for gigs for over a decade. It sounded amazing, and had an option for an extended cab, which I rarely used (more to lug around), and it was heavy as hell. I traded that in nearly 10 years ago for a Gallien Kruger MB115, which is huge, sounds great, and is light as...

My first bass was a "Kingston" brand PJ copy. I bought it for $70, and it was awful. The pickups either sounded muffled, or thin, and not much between. The neck was twisted, the upper neck had a ton of fret buzz (like unusable, the notes would fret out and everything from the 13th fret to the...

I'd say, if you are going to play a 5, learn on a 5.

I'd say don't do it, or if you do, don't do it unless you have a 4 string you can gig with until you've learned your way around the neck of a 5 string. I had a Music Man 5 string that I tried bringing on gigs thinking "oh well it's just one more string" but when you go for a note where you...

*eyeroll* Yeah, that's why I just bought a Harley Benton HB-60 with my refund check. It's half the price, and twice as nice!

Well, I know that I won't be buying anything Gretsch/Fender again.

And not $100 in humbuckers

Personally, I am incredibly thankful for this video.

Lolololol

I would say do it... but I don't actually have mine yet, so I'll let you know if it's a waste of money or not. It's also important to remember that just because you pay lots of money for something doesn't make it any better (that's just fetishism!). In fact, "sometimes things that are...

Well if you like being cheated, swindled, treated poorly, that's fine for you, but don't tell the rest of us to expect anything less than excellence. What a weird hill to die on.

Yes, I expect excellence in all things. Do you not? You think that Gretsch is a low quality "gas-station coffee" of guitar brands? What exactly is the point you are trying to make here?