Recent content by bloograssbass

Oh yeah! They might even think that teachers and musicians make big money. They might also think that anyone can lift a rig like that onto the stage without some well muscled roadies. I have no idea what that particular Ampeg speaker cab weighs but I found an amp that was loud some years ago...

So much depends on who you are gigging with. If the rest of the band is loud, you must remember that low tones of a bass do not move to the audience at the same rate as a keyboards, guitars and drums. If the other pickers and pounders are inclined to be loud.......you must be able to get thru...

Absolutely agree. Labella is the only string I have used for over 40 years. Ronjohn

If you want to be accepted and know your upright, before you start the "etudes", put a tuner on the bass (where it is visible), turn it on and learn where the fingers go to play in tune. There is a bumper sticker in the Bluegrass Bumper sticker Hall of Fame that says "TUNE IT OR DIE". Thus...