Recent content by EarlyMiles

I’ve been a fan of Dave Holland for a long time. Saw him live first in the mid seventies in Québec city when he and Anthony Braxton played duets live. Awesome. Saw him again last night (more than 45 years later) with the Université de Montréal Big Band… WOW. He really gets into the music and its...

I had this problem on-and-off with my MB150S, but last night at my gig - the speaker turned off pretty much permanently - though the signal going to the board through the XLR Direct out was fine (luckily). FDeck, Dominic D, and freshbass suggested to plug in a patch cord in the effects loop -...

It is a Squier Bass-VI. See here: Penelope Lowenstein of Horsegirl performs onstage at 'Roskilde Music... News Photo - Getty Images Gigged mine last night for the 1st time after the pandemic through a GK-MB150. Amazing sound. Single coils - no hum - played round wound last night. I received many...

Mine just broke too... Bass side only... I had removed most of the tension from the strings and fortunately nothing evil happened... It was installed on my Rogeri by String Emporium!

Yes, although I ave no problems playing in the high register with cutaways on my electric or acoustic basses, I am also “conditioned” to expect the bass body to join the neck around Eb on the G string and move to thumb position. I believe he also has plans for a full top model hybrid.

The sound is softer than a full wood bass, but very warm and focused. The full carbon fiber L&C is actually louder than a full wood bass... Jacques set this one up with relatively low action but he really makes it sing with a bow too - though I don’t remember which strings he uses. It is also a...

That is a great idea recently developed by Luthier Jacques Mayrand, a hybrid Carbon Fiber and Wood bass (carved top and neck) - https://en.jmayrand.com/vente. His model includes a cutaway and plays beautifully.

My experience is overwhelmingly positive... many many instruments and musical gear bought and sold this way. The people I meet are usually passionate about music, their gear, the gear they want to buy from me or the gear they are selling. They are also kind and appreciate fairness. Some of the...

Absolutely - And some can do both - keep a tight bottom end and kick ass, like this one:

A jazz bass player would very likely be soloing at some point. I love to do that on fretless or upright. But I am also happiest in songs or music styles that require mainly keeping a groove going on my fretted basses... It is different but really gratifying when you hit the sweet spot and the...

Good idea! I now would like to know if these are from the stainless steel set (Blue Package) or the Nickel plated set (Gray Package). Are the silk wrapping or ball end colors different between both types? They certainly last long with that cryogenic process.

Thanks GK Growl! The low B sounded dead - no sustain and little low end - when I bought the bass a few weeks ago. But after some tweaking - taking them off, switching them around with another low B (Elixir) on my SR506, putting them back on, adjusting my playing, EQing the bass and amp (2 GK...

Could these be Blue Steel? Silver/Gray silk and Black ball end? Measured gage with my caliper at about 0.050-0.130 (possibly 0.128 if Blue Steels). They came on a used Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 Fretless (2006 model) which the previous owner bought in 2011 with the strings already on it...