Recent content by DRockMech

I play with a group, and we had a guitarist trying to do two bands. He didn't have a backup, so it took only a month, and he double booked himself, leaving us high and dry. Another issue was the demands on his own time as far as time to learn and rehearse. We had twice as much time to learn...

I JUST got a double bass Friday after 12 years of fretted play. After a few hours of practice I've already got the hang of it. Expecting to take months to be "stage" ready, this makes me wish I had the guts to do this long ago. Out of excitement, I didn't mark the side of the neck like I had...

Went with a fishman. The underwoods were all used. No thanks. Basic setup for my first while. The mxr eq is amazing. It took all of the anomalies out of the sound, leaving a beautiful clean tone. Put my terror bass tone controls to noon and barely had to touch the eq. Not sure what I was so...

Is there not a pickup style that will do this as well? And once this sound is achieved, is it possible to smooth the sound out and hide those slapping sounds? Should the song require....

On another note, the bass does not have an adjustable bridge as of yet, so I realize I cannot use the full circle.

I am headed to the city tomorrow to pick up my first double bass. i have a few pickup choices, and can't quite find any other similar setup to compare notes to after a couple evenings of looking online. This store has Underwood, realist, fishman, and a headway "the band string bass pickup"...