Recent content by BassLaird

I put baby oil on left hand, my flatwound strings, and the back of the bass neck for humid day or outdoor shows.

I only need the E and A strings for most songs.

Keeley Bassist. I use flats and a pick. Set it and forget it.

I became a bass player when I got married and I wanted to become invisible to women.

Good to know.. I'll just string it up normal.

Thank you for your reply! This helps.

Wanted to try a lower tension 45 - 105 set of flatwounds. The E string is too long for my Jazz bass. I don't know why. I might put my chromes back on...Need opinion on what I rigged up. It was bothering me that the "speaking" "thick"part of the E string was wrapped around the tuning peg. So I...

Same here Beatles and Jimi.

My last show a guy came up to me and said the bass is the foundation of the band.

1986 PJ555 - Neck dive

What? Sounds like a drunk post. Those are pictures of big dogs. Why did anyone answer this ?

I play roots mostly. I Skip most fills. Bass is not meant to be exciting. Love it but nope. Nobody has ever complained or asked for more. A nice thumpy room filling tone is more important to me. Keeps people dancing.

I chose just for fun, but it's more than that, learning/memorizing songs and playing them live keeps my mind sharp.

I had a black aftermarket pickguard completely destoyed after 20-30 minutes in direct summer afternoon sunlight once. It was sitting on a stand before the show. Got all curvy, and never straightened out.