Recent content by dinoplasty

perhaps 4000 years ago when the earliest string instruments were created, someone made a plectrum and everyone bashed him for not using "proper" technique. :eek:

you should learn all styles, including using a pick. use the style that best suits the sound for the song.

haha, i'm almost starting to feel bad for guitarists.

ever seen a dragonforce live? (go to 5:08) :eyebrow:

i'm not sure about guitar being easier than bass music-wise, but psychologically i agree. mainly because the audience generally has higher expectations for the guitarist. just about anyone in a bar can name a few guitarists, and as soon you step on stage with a guitar in your hands, you're...

improvisation is sort of like a hit and miss thing. just "on the fly" playing, but structured to where, if you play in the scale, it will all fit (most of the time anyway). improvisation is a good way to practice putting licks, phrases, scales, etc. into use, and for making up your own bass...

the only drug problem your band mates have are remembering to take all of their prescriptions.

learn the finger positions for major scale and minor scale. then learn all 7 modes (ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian). once you do that, you will be able to improvise over just about any song. schedule wise, practice about an hour a day if you can. work on...

mine's not as cool, lol. i've been learning piano for the past 9 years, and wanted to learn something else. i saw a local fusion band play. the bassist looked cool and made sounds, that at the time, i didn't know a bass could make.

Hi, i'm kind of new here and just wondering what are reasons why you play bass? :bassist:

hey, thanks a lot. it did work. now i just need to get the 12th - 15th frets sounding clean. thanks again.

thanks for replying. this may sound very newbish, but does tuning every string effect the tension on the neck as well?

Hi, i'm a total newbie at self repair jobs, and i may have just screwed up my bass. on the A string 5th fret, A string 9th fret, A string 13th fret, and D string 2nd fret, I was getting a lot of fret buzz so i adjusted my truss rod very slightly. i have a yamaha rbx374, and it requires...