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I had one of those. Great sounding rig. Of course the distortion was of no use at all, except for having fun. Great for bass guitar. Then I switched to double bass. Not a good combination with the cabinet. Sounded awful.

Maybe not easier to read, but when it is a swing feel for the 8th notes, there's a difference between dotted quarter notes and a duplet.

I've been using a 102 Traveler for a couple of years now, with a Little Mark 250. Works fine for me, with a mic (through a Art tube pre amp) as well as a Realist.

Thanks for the info, Ric.

I think I've read something somewhere, a long time ago, about piezo pickups deteriorate when they get older. I recently started using my realist again after years of playing without amp, or using a mic. I have one bass with a realist that's about 10 years old, and another that was fitted with...

I remixed an 8 track recording I did of my quartet, from march 2011. It's on my soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/bart-tarenskeen/undisturbia . Hope you like it.

He made one cd as a leader, http://benwilliamsmusic.net/ .

A bit of shameless self promotion: my new cd, entitled "The Outer Rim" is out now. 10 original compositions played by Marcus Strickland (tenor and soprano saxophones), EJ Strickland (on drums) and myself on bass. Snippets can be found here...

Has Carlos Henriquez been mentioned yet?

Paul Sikivie.

Done.

First time I put an adjustable bridge on my (first ever) bass I didn't like it at all, lost a lot of sound. I think it had steel rods inside. Took it off and put back the non-adjustable after a couple of days. I put up with changing action due to weather for many years after that. Now I have two...

Why do need a higher volume? (This as a question, not criticism.) Of course you are responsible for your own sound, and have to make sure you can be heard. But if that means compromising your sound it also becomes the responsibility of the people you play with. If they want to play with a double...

loosen the strings a little bit, leave the soundpost as it is. and pray...

I stand corrected and apologize.