Recent content by Basswalker1

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    can you replace bass pick ups?

    I have a 5 String Pedulla Rapture, it's a great stage bass but very difficult to dial in in the studio and with certain amp and speaker configurations. It's very frustrating because I have to work extremely hard at getting the sound I desire. I love the neck and feel of the bass and am wondering...
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    What happened to funk?

    Funk has passed more to and through the smooth jazz genre. Artists like Brian Culbertson, Gerald Albright, Pieces of a Dream, George Duke and George Benson just to name a few have continued to use the amazingly dark and primitive vibe of funk in a lot of their music. Brian Culbertson's latest...
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    Breaking low b while installing!

    Thanks Bass Cats, all of your post were appreciated and very helpful. To shed light on where they are breaking, it's breaking where the fattest part of the string starts winding around the slim section of string at the post. And the strings are going through the bridge. Was the most frustrating...
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    Breaking low b while installing!

    Pros, I have been playing over thirty years and are having a melt down or something, but I just broke my second brand new low b DR bass string. This is frustrating as you know what. I give the strings enough length, crimping before cutting and at the point of slowing winding the winding breaks...
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    Low B string breakage while installing

    Pros, I have been playing over thirty years and are having a melt down or something, but I just broke my second brand new low b DL bass string. This is frustrating as you know what. I give the strings enough length, crimping before cutting and at the point of slowing winding the winding breaks...