Recent content by DrRoebuck

That's a bummer. Did they recommend something else?

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask ... I run a Mac Pro for lots of non-music-related work and for the last few years I've been getting sound via an Alesis Firewire8 mixer and Alesis M1 520 active speakers. The sound was so good that I stopped using my high-ish end computer speakers...

I've done that as well a few times. But a couple weeks ago I was playing and out of nowhere my sound just completely cut out. Popped open the back and the output jack was loose and one of the wires had snapped off the leads. Have no idea how this happened but I attributed it to the vibration...

What kind of warm-ups and stretches? I typically play around a little, maybe work on a song I'm trying to get down by ear, before I start working on scales and sequences. Those are much more intense than most the stuff I play. Hint: I'm a beginner.

+1 I'm finding that a lot of reggae/ska patterns are based on major triads with basic 1-4-5 changes. Makes them super easy to pick out and helps reinforce any theory you're learning concurrently. Israelites, Pressure Drop, Keep on Moving, Bend Down Low, etc., etc.

Get a teacher. Even the difference between a bad teacher and a good teacher can change the quality of your playing almost overnight. Not only will a teacher give you good exercises for improving your playing, they'll also be better than you at identifying weak spots in your game and preventing...

Most often I run an iPad into the AUX input of my combo amp, then play through headphones. Either while the wife is watching TV or after she's gone to bed. I use a few different apps on the iPad that are great. One is a metronome app called Tempo. Great controls, saved presets, etc. The other...

Thanks for all the replies. I've been in contact with bestbassgear.com, and they recommended Delano pickups (as well as the Barts). Thoughts? Thanks. Why wouldn't the current pickups be able to do 18v?

Thanks for the reply and the info. The active tone circuit doesn't complicate anything as far as upgrades/mods?

I got this bass last summer and I love it. Pretty much my first bass and I love it, particularly the look and feel. The sound ... It's good but probably not what I've always wanted (though I don't know that I could describe what I've actually always wanted. Maybe something a little subtler. This...

Update: Got the replacement Eminence driver today and just installed it. It sounds ****ing phenomenal. Thanks again for the help.

I've only been playing since last summer. I got a Rumble 30 without really doing any investigating ... figured for the price and my low requirements it would be fine. Turns out I like it a lot. I'm in the process of replacing the speaker driver, which is getting me a little geeked up about...

Awesome. Thanks SO MUCH for helping me figure this out (and not making me feel like an idiot in the process).

No, actually, it hardly moves at all. I noticed that when I was installing it, compared to the original driver, and thought it was because of higher quality. Heh.

Hmm. That's possible. It came double boxed but it was in a huge box. They had air packets, but that doesn't do too much good if the speaker is on the bottom of the box and only has cushioning on one side. And I'm pretty sure that's how it came. I don't see any visible damage, but who knows ...