Recent content by Bottom Hammer

What strings are you using and what are your pickups set at?

To be honest your videos have inspired me quite a bit. I literally watched all of your choir practice and service videos last night. My pride makes me feel like I need to be Sharay Reed or Justin Raines before I play in front of people, but I know the best thing is to just start playing and...

How long have you been playing total and how long have you been playing at church? I just started playing a year ago and my goal is to be able to play at church.

If people find it hard not to get up and dance it's bass.

I see some very thin, flimsy looking bridges and some that look like they weight a ton. How does the bridge affect the sound? At what point should a new bassist consider upgrading bridges?

That was exactly it!!! Thanks!!!

I put some new pickups on my Squire Vintage PJ and now it buzzes like crazy when I tough the strings or bridge and the volume is much lower than normal. A while back I put foil tape on the back of the pick guard but for some reason the bass wouldn't play after I put it back together. With the...

Thanks @gnypp45 ! All of that is very helpful!

I know this is a super noob question, but I have not been able to find a chart that shows where the notes are on the fingerboard. Can someone confirm that I have these notes in the right spot? I already know that several notes are both sharps and flats. I purposely used all sharps...

I agree with this guy. I've made pretty good progress with Vance's 1st book. You will be playing actual music from day 1 vs some other methods where you're just doing scales and other exercises for a while in the beginning.

3/4 size. It just looks bigger compared to the electrics because of the stand.

I'm a total noob but I hear a ton of guys on YouTube that have "chops" but their timing is all shaged up. No matter how good they are technically if their timing is off for all purposes other than them playing alone at home they suck. My teacher doesn't compliment me on much but he does...

I just found a new instructor on Thumbtack.com. I had a trial lesson last week and it went great. Give that a try.