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Not sure if I'll mess my head up in anyway?

I have an outdoor gig tonight and need to use a bigger cab. I can use a mark bass 8x10. It sounds good with my head, but is there any danger in using this setup?

That makes sense. What about a Mark Bass 8x10? I have an outdoor gig tonight and my cab isn't big enough. I can use an 8x10. I was using it for rehearsal and it sounded great, but I don't want to mess up my head.

I was thinking about getting another 1x15. Just curious what the biggest cab I could power would be?

I currently have a Traynor 115 Neo cab, but I need something bigger. How big of a cab can I power with my head?

I'm primarily a guitarist/drummer who really likes playing bass. I'm sad to say that I never really practice it, but through playing in bands and gigging a bunch I've become pretty comfy playing bass. Because of my lack of practice my fingerstyle technique leaves a lot to be desired. Recently I...

I'm a guitar player who also plays bass in a couple bands. I pretty much only play bass with my fingers, but recently I've been wondering if I should switch full time to a pick. My picking technique is light years ahead of my finger style technique and it's likely to stay that way since I don't...

I just learned my first slap line and I'm pretty pumped. As I listen to the recording it seems so even (maybe compressed?). I guarantee his technique is better than mine, but is his sound all in the hands or are there effects that are making it more balanced? Also I notice he's using a fret...

I've often wondered if studied bassists typically know more about the instrument (notes, arps, scale tones, etc.) than guitarists. I'm generalizing here, but a lot of guitarists learn some chords and some minor pentatonic positions and don't learn a whole lot more than that. As a guitarist you...

I'm somewhat surprised by the "most important instrument" answer because there's so many components to music that drums can't play. They can't play melody of harmony like most other instruments can. You can only play one facet of music, granted the most important one in my eyes, but still. You...

I asked this question on a guitar forum and was quite surprised with the pretty much unanimous answer. Practically all of the 100 replies said extremely important, potentially the most important. What's your opinion bassists?

Thanks for the reply. I think I'm decently covered on chords moving up a fourth, but some other patterns would be nice. You mention 2 for going up a whole step. What are some other good ones that are commonly found in jazz progressions? Up a fourth, up a whole step, down a whole step, up a...

I'm a guitarist/drummer learning upright bass and I'm looking for some stuff to practice over the next month. My goal is to play jazz and be able to walk over standards. I've been taking lessons over this summer with a great jazz bass teacher and he had me working on some stuff. The main thing...

That Damien Erskine book might be good actually. His right hand is similar to how a finger style guitarist would play. Since I still aim to play a lot of guitar, that might help me kill two birds with one stone if you will.

I'm a guitarist/drummer who has dabbled in bass before, but am now starting to get more serious about it. My right hands needs some work for sure and I'm wondering if there's a good technique book you guys can recommend for bass? Bonus points if it's full of songs not just exercises although I...