Recent content by Doug Lindsay

I talked to Mark Gollihur on the phone and I'm going with the Innovation Silver Slaps since my 7/8 has higher tension due to scale length. I would move this to the DB string forum if I knew how. Sorry for the misplaced post.

Thanks Mark that's a good point. His was 3/4.

Monday night I filled in on my friend's bass on a couple of songs while he played some Dobro. I am the backup banjo player and now probably backup bass player in this particular band. His bass was strung up with Innovation Silver Slaps and had slightly high action similar to my action. I really...

If you are in a band whether it's gigging or not I found this to be helpful to my Bluegrass skills. I will just copy and paste my review from Banjo Hangout. Although I have played more banjo than bass in the last few years I played bass for the formal camp as well as the "after hours picks" we...

The tone is definitely the coolest thing and the biggest surprise about it!

This is not an issue on the fretless.

Yes it has slowed down. Just my casual observation but it seems like it got worse the week after I cut the string ends and re-strung it. It has slowed down and now it doesn't stretch as far. Still stretching but less so not as frustrating. I will say I am glad I shortened the strings as much as...

Thanks I will try that when I change strings.

The Roland Micro Cube worked great with the GT 25. It's hard to believe that it's got such low wattage. I doubt I will ever be in an acoustic jam where I would have to turn it up to full gain and volume on amp and similar on guitar. The G string was not as loud as others but I noticed the same...

I took mine over to a banjo playing friend's house yesterday and it was great especially considering his small living room. He was amazed. The convenience and size were the main reasons I got it but the tone through my little Roland amp was great. I am setting my double bass up in the large...

Thanks Bob. I actually have ordered that book.

Thanks Bob. I am more considering proper technique or rules of thumb than I am hearing myself play. So far that has not been a problem. That does seem like one other benefit of setting it high, which, luckily, I prefer at this point. I know a lot of responses will be "Do whatever suits you". I...

As far as players I echo what many others said, especially regarding Del's rhythm skills. After watching your video, very cool song and performance by the way, I'd say he's playing Barre chords throughout which makes it very hard to do the traditional "Boom-chick". I play at an open "pick" on a...

Thanks for the welcome Malcolm. I used to live in Overton and Henderson and used to work in Kilgore and around Owentown just East of Tyler. Small world after all.

I have played bass off and on for years but usually in a "pinch-hitting" capacity. I have owned an electric bass of some type or another for at least 20 of the last 30 years mostly to make sure that the low end was covered if I had any kind of jam with enough people. I bought a 7/8 double bass...