Recent content by bowiebass

Hi guys, remember the guy who had to change the B5 Plus for B5 Element? Well, two months (approx.) after I bought my first bass, I present you my first fully recorded bass cover. I did use tabs, but F it, it ain't half bad!

Well, there was a deeper problem with the instrument. Probably some PUP stuff. The store very generously gave me the B5 Element OPN as a replacement. That one works like a dream, all strings sound beautifully equal in volume. The mahogany is a bit heavier, but fml is it beautiful. Not to mention...

My Cort finally arrived! Proud owner of a B5 Plus! It's a dream, especially for a 1st time bass player. However, my A string seems particularly quieter than the other four. I plan to go to the store and see if it can be repaired. My best guess is the PUPs, but it's not only one, I mean, what...

I'm going to buy Cort B5 (with Mark Bass pream) Ash for my 30th birthday as my first bass (after years of playing guitar mostly causally). I'm into pop-rock/funk music, I really like the feel of this bass. What can I expect?

Sadly, no. My first bass will be a Cort B5 (the newer, Mark Bass preamp version), one day I hope to have enough for a proper Music Man 5 string like Gail Ann Dorsey :)

Please don't fight, I did not mean to cause a commotion with my questions.

They do say it's good on the B5 :D

I really don't understand the whole "5-string bad" thing. Yeah, it can be redundant if you're run of the mill inde/punk/surf/post-punk, but in pop, some of rock and funk/acid jazz, it's a vital tool. Hell, even it's a thumb rest for a while, I don't mind paying 50 bucks more for that version. I...

Really? Guess I'll have to change my choice now.

I plan on doing that afterwards, actually. I want to get the basics and the technique first, and I kinda already communicated with my friend/teacher so I'll try that first, but eventually, I'd like to go down that path. Damn you, Adam Neely and your spreading of love for jazz. Jk, I first fell...

Thanks, these are really really well put! I agree with what most of the comments here say. And no, I definitely do not look at the bass and think it's a "simple guitar", I am consciously perceiving the bass as a whole other instrument. My remarks were just concerning the possibility of my...

Currently, I have no option of playing with a real amp, since my whole setup is in our living room in a small apartment, might get a smaller one later in the year when I think of something for the space.

Why do you think I won't be using the B string? There's a decent amount of B string usage in bass lines of the artists I like.

Yeah, figured that relearning a movement is harder than learning a movement.

So I can wait for my bass to arrive and then focus on it on the instrument of interest instead of doing it on guitar now?