Recent content by cliff the 2nd

Hey I would definately go with learning both For the fusion band I'm pretty much go with the fingers cause its way more versatile, but with my other band I use the pick cause they do alot of tool and metallica and stuff like that. Anyway I think the pick gets this dirty tone that really goes...

how do u tell when there is a level stage? When the drummer drools out both sides his mouth

My first gig was after I had been playing bass for 2 months. I wuz a 12 year old kid with almost no music intereset whatsoever except I thought it would be cool to learn bass It wuz for like a jazz band I've kinda grown where I play al kinds of stuff but I could do the jazz thang before I ever...

I think that Warwick would be the best, I dont know I can pick one of those up and throw down the groove like no-ones biz:cool: They got this awesome feel to em and a great tone But i am poor:( so I play on a fender j-bass it is the most awesome bass i have ever played for the money its my...

Damn, in defense of drummers everywhere, our drummer is a french horn player and keeps one of the most solid beats I've ever heard. However, our guitarist has an ego a ****ing mile wide. Every form of criticism directed at him is met with him pointing out every ****ing thing you have ever done...

I have to change strings, and I have almost no knowledge on strings. I play REALLY hard, and I need to know if anybody know a good kind of String that will stay reall tight on a low action for a long time, softer is better, but I don't really care

I have a friend named William McFarland thats like a bro to me now, but back in 8th grade, the high school jazz bands bass player quit, and he was asked to play bass. He had no real experience, but he had a bass, and the teacher was offering him free lessons. I had no knowledge of music...

I don't know what it does, but I played on some Dean Markleys and they kicked a mountain of ass They have a punchy tone and are really tight, so you can keep your action high and still dig in really hard I highly recommend them

that depends on the style of the etudes. On most of the styles, you don't need to worry about notes to much. Unless your amazingly fast, rythms are what will make a jazz solo sound good. If you put your rythms in right and throw in some accent, it'll be cool If you go for fast scale stuuf, I'd...