Recent content by BASS4TOS

( A great drummer makes everyone step it up ) Truer words have never been spoken. DRUMMERS, read the above statement and take your playing seriously. The converse is equally valid. Mediocre drummers take the best musicians down a notch or two.

Your avatar is awesome.

It must be awesome to be in a band where all the OTHER members actually believe in putting in adequate rehearsal time, instead of them living in denial with comments like " why are you such a buzz kill? We sound great "...... And then there's " but you're the only one that notices "......Or my...

Maybe his F 150 has the man-step feature.

You like the free beer idea or the 37 lb GK? I work in construction management and there was a time when you could literally get hundreds of dollars of extra work done for a 12 pack of Bud. Those days are over with my industry but that work ethic had to go somewhere. What does your wife drink?

My Ricky 4003 is all I play. Maybe when I find that vintage lefty jazz bass I will behave differently, but us lefties usually don't have the luxury of owning a bunch of instruments.

I I use a Gallien Kruger 2-12 combo with those really light speakers and class D amplification. The enclosure is all sealed and it's plastic too. Now, I know what you old schoolers are thinking and I was of the same mindset , but the tone quality and headroom are both awesome, and it only...

If we hypothetically lump guitars and basses into one category and forget about whether electric or acoustic, then let's ask the question. In my personal experience, the best instruments.... ( tone quality, playability, durability, joy of ownership , resale ).... Can only go to American...

I must also ask why so many musicians are accidentally allowing their instruments to get disconnected, there is a very simple trick to prevent that. I gotta wonder if maybe their real embarrassing moment wasn't more serious like peeing your pants on stage or playing in the wrong key and never...

I played the Roman Knight one time in the early eighties and that in itself was my most embarrassing moment.

Being in two bands is like riding a moped........ Ok, bad comparison, more like having two girlfriends, sooner or later there is going to be a conflict but along the way, it's very easy to neglect one or the other. Unless of course, one or both bands suck and you never play out anyway. Then...

We are starting to give up on real drummers, ours is turning into a lounge act anyway.... can someone steer me towards the best drum machine ?

I don't think its a good idea to go line in... Putting the right mic in front of your cabinet has always worked for me. Whats really lame is plugging directly into the PA, that will usually ruin something, again, mic the cabinet.