Recent content by Aunt Babe

Bought my short scale SX Jazz on TB and it's my go-to bass, I love it. Just pulled the trigger on a short scale PJ, had it set up with flatwounds and it sounds great. Just wish I could find a black pickguard, the one on rondo's website is for the standard Ursa 3, not the 3/4 size. :(

I LOVE my short scales! I have a Jay Turser violin bass with Deep Talking Flats, a Essex (SX) short scale J with the old Fender-style headstock (bought from a TBer), and today I just got my Hadean U-Bass from Rondo music. I'd love a shorty P (a friend has a vintage 70s mustang short scale...

I'm kicking myself for not buying one of these last year. If anyone knows now to get a copy, I'm interested!

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jasper383, that may be the way to go. I still have the old factory rounds that came with, but my local music shop is probably still having their 1/2 price string sale so I may go and splurge for Mother's day!

Which ones do you prefer? I picked up a nice Jay Turser last year on CL for cheap, and based on my teacher's recommendations (and all those here) stuck a set of LaBella deep talkin' flats on it. After playing for awhile I love the silky strings but am not a fan of the sound. It's a little too...

As all have said above, listen and practice, nothing can substitute. I can transcribe fairly well but that's from years of piano lessons, I'm still learning to play bass! I use Audacity, a free program, to mess with songs. I import a song, then under 'Effects', I use the Bass Boost, Low...

I left a message on NPR's website as a comment about a story where a guy started learning guitar in his 40s (no musical background) and it got read on NPR this morning! Oddly enough, I literally had just turned on the radio and got to hear it or else I would have never known!! Your Letters...

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I have a pair of Sennheiser 202's which work fine. I would also suggest downloading Audacity, a great program which lets you slow down songs without changing the key. When I transcribe bass lines, I usually rip the song at the highest quality I can, then import into Audacity, and apply Bass...

Pilgrim, yes yes I do NOT want to drill into my bass!! It's a nice rootbeer-colored 'walnut' and I do not want to mess with it.

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it! I'll probably try the screws first.

I have a Squier Standard Jazz that came out of the box with some really wonky intonation problems. They're under control, but it's stretching the saddles on the bridge to their limit. I'm a newbie at repair/replacing, and my instructor suggested replacing the bridge. Does anyone know what bridge...

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