Recent content by Claude Bilé

Dude, larry grenadier uses this setup, and his sound is fantastic. probably my favourite sounding bassist at the moment. was lucky enough to see him live last year with mehldau, and he had a mic in front of him running through a PA speaker. Huge action and he spends a lot of time up high. I saw...

I can play in thumb position fine with my action/strings. i get a good, loud sound. thankyou for all the responses, but i was just wondering if there was anything people use to cover their thumb while they were practicing so it didnt hurt as much (which is why i asked in here, not in the jazz...

i dont care about gigs for now, i care about practicing up high so i can have the confidence to use thumb pos during gigs :) string height is pretty high, but thats how i get a good sound. everyone around here has it so low, and run through amps. i dont want that i try not to use amps. Now to...

Hello. been playing for about a year now, decided to learn how to play up in thumb position. i've decided i want to solo mostly up high from now on (Im a jazz player) so ive been pracitising hard up there. Problem is, i cant do more than about a solid 90 mins before the side of my thumb becomes...

cheers for quick reply! i will try one out tomorrow It's my friends pedal, but if the pedal you have suggested gets that sound i might have to buy it!

Hello. i am looking for the bass sound on this recording: Like the first 5 notes. sounds so good. i have a syb-5 and i can't find what i'm looking for... any help would be very appreciated. thankyou

I'm a 2nd year bassist at the Adelaide con, i just picked up the double about a year ago. ive only done a few gigs around town and havent really needed to amplify myself, and if i do i usually just plug into the keyboard amp, which removes all 'acousticness' from my sound. But its ok, no one's...