Recent content by brandonkr

An octave below, in dropped C.

I heard a speculative rumor that the bassist from Meshuggah actually tunes to a guitars dropped C, but two octaves down. In regards to knuckle_head's question, I guess I'd like to be able to hit a C. (that's almost an octave below the standard low B string) It'd be awesome to go down to A...

This one was almost 6 years ago, but I still laugh when I see my face.

This was a MIM Fender Jazz, but I put a Leo Quan Badass II bridge on it, along with Bartolini Pups and finally a Warmoth fretless neck...Paduk for the neck wood and an Ebony Fingerboard. A friend of mine back in high school did the koi fish.

The band I play with now all tune to dropped C, and I've noticed many metal guitarist using 7 string guitars in dropped A tuning. I was wondering if any other metal genre bassists lowering the tuning on their 5 or 6 string bass to match the open strings of the guitarists, and (if they do) how it...

In my opinion, which most of you are basically saying, it really just depends on the individual. Victor Wooten's brothers and parents were all playing instruments, and music was like a religion to them. My dad was a guitarist and pushed me in that direction, but I just couldn't stay away from...

How about a Minarik Medusa?