Recent content by Big Jelly

100% this. Thank you, MDBass, and everyone else, for your direction on the compressor. Since last I posted, I purchased a boss chromatic tuner pedal for muting and tuning. I should have done that a long time ago. I also took some time to mess around with all of the control knobs to better...

Thank you for the helpful and humorous responses. I didn't expect this level of scrutiny or assistance, and all of it is welcome. I'll try and answer the myriad of questions as best as I can, but I think where I truly messed up is plugging into the passive input on the bass head. ------------ I...

I will definitely do that. Thank you!

This morning during a church set of 4 somewhat mellow songs, I really struggled with string noise from my fingers as I changed chords. My bass just seemed really bright. It’s an active,jazz looking ESP/LTD. I used a compressor for the first time live, with everything set to 12 noon. There are...

I related to all of the above. You and I are apparently living the same life in different states, sir.

Thanks for the responses, fellas! Sounds like it’s an inexpensive set up and a set of strings and I have myself a second bass to mess around with. Then the rust is just like road worn love that some people pay extra for.

Hello all, I’ve been lurking (and playing) for just over a year, and could use some advice. I started out playing a mim-P with pretty bad action. I think I could probably fit a pencil between the strings and the fretboard. Also, the bridge has some rust on it. So that was less than ideal. I...