Recent content by Bklyn_Bass

Thanks I appreciate the advice! I am definitely going to test that out and see how it goes. I've actually been keeping the bass and mid knobs on the bass flat and boosting the high a little bit. The knobs are pretty sensitive and the slightest adjustment makes a difference in my opinion. Coming...

I'm relatively new to playing bass (about 2 years) and I was forced to learn on the fly during band rehearsals after 12 years of playing guitar. I'm in a band that plays in drop C (CGCFAD) and drop A with 7-string guitars (AEADGBE). I use an Ibanez SR305 for the drop A stuff and an Ibanez BTB675...

I had some high end guitars (Gibson SG, a couple Ibanez in the $700 range) but the difference is I started playing at 12 and just discovered new guitars by accident over time and never really had a purpose other than playing privately, learning and writing. In my current situation i'm in a band...

I do live in Brooklyn...Where are you talking about?

Thanks everyone I appreciate the advice. I don't know why, maybe because it still feels foreign, but bass shopping is intimidating as f*ck to me. The thing with my situation is my band drop tunes. Up until recently, we were strictly drop C and I was tuning CGCFA. About a month ago my 2...

Before I say anything, I played guitar for 12 years and know the difference between a $200 instrument and a $2000 instrument but I've only been playing bass for 2-3 yrs and am still learning about the instrument. When it comes to guitars, I personally believe that the cheapest guitar can sound...

That's the standard tuning What I meant by the full set up was the intonation, string change etc. not a set up for a specific tuning. Sorry for not being clearer. But yea that was the conclusion I came to as well as far as just getting a heavier gauge B string. I knew it was an option I was...

I play in a band with 2 guitar players. We play strictly in dropped tuning with the guitars tuned to either Drop B (B F# B E G# C#) or Drop C (C G C F A D). This past week they both bought their first 7-strings and for some reason we've wasted insane amounts of time since then discussing what...

A friend of mine that works at a Sam Ash near me suggested an Ibanez s505. He told me that people have been calling and coming in non-stop asking about them and the former bass player in his band has been using it live for a little while now and swears by it. As with everything else in life u...

I'd like to try and stay between 500-700 bucks if possible...i'm around 5'7-5'8 im built definitely not skinny but not overweight or anything like that avg sized hands i guess....As far as style i try to be as versatile as possible on our faster tempo songs i use a pick simply because after only...

About 18 months ago started learning and playing bass after a guitar player friend of mine along with 2 other friends of his (a guitarist and drummer) had a recently formed band and had trouble finding a bass player who could commit. I'm 24 now and have been playing guitar since i was 11 but had...