Recent content by Basslure

Oh. My. God. Yes! I was playing a fretless in a punk band just to be obnoxious and damn thing literally fell apart on me! Thank goodness I had my trusty J-Bass with me! My fretless was heavily damaged, but how perfect for a punk band? And not just live...Years ago, I went into the studio with my...

Boy, howdy!!!!

Is the guitar player limiting him or her self to three guitars? If so, I'd be cool and comply--in other words, I wouldn't bring any more basses than the guitarist has guitars. Personally, I usually take two basses; one is drop tuned and also a back-up. The guitar player brings three. For one...

Although I have other basses, I've primarily played a Japanese '72 re-issue Fender J-Bass for about 30 years now (it was about $800 when I purchased it--if you can ever find a Japanese re-issue Fender bass or guitar [my Strat's also a Japanese re-issue] BUY IT!). It's very light, which is great...

Amen, brother!

I'd have to vote the Steve Morse Band's "Cruise Missile." It isn't just the solo. The bass on the whole tune sends chills down my spine!

I didn't like her conduct, but I wouldn't dream of walking on stage without tuning--that's reprehensible!

I didn't like her conduct, but yeah, I'd never dream of walking on stage without tuning first--that's reprehensible!

Okay, here's some trivia! Remember the live version of Joan Armatrading's Call Me Names? Of, course it features two future members of King Crimson--Adrian Belew and Tony Levin. Unsurprisingly, Tony knocked it out of the park (bad pun for song subject)! Anyway, does anyone know what effect(s) he...