Recent content by Eric Swanson

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Update is a very happy ending. After Yamaha happily replaced the instrument with the bowed neck, I took it to an profoundly able, creative, and resourceful Boston bass luthier Gian Pangaro Studio Pangaro — String Instrument Repair, Restoration, and Design Gian did a wonderfully-thoughtful...

Update on my new SLB300; bowed neck, Yamaha is replacing (yay for Yamaha's warranty department!). Added a couple of accessories. Due to the bowed neck, the bass is tough to play. I'm seeing over an 1/8" gap at the center of a straightedge held against the fingerboard. Sighting down the...

Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I may have written my query badly . . . I actually meant a support at the other side of the bass, on the "operator" side, to put one's knee against while standing. That knee support does fit the SLB300, but is intended for the knee when sitting on a stool...

TEARING UP that Ampeg Baby Bass. Really digging the fairly "out" piano/bass interplay from 5:00 on . . .

I'm a brand new SLB300 owner; please forgive me if this ground has been covered ad infinitum. I'd welcome a link to a relevant thread if there is one. A family member just gave me one of these basses as an extremely generous gift. I'm primary a DB player who also plays EB on an amateur level at...

His straightforward voice was part of what made me love Talkbass in when I first joined. Thank you, Paul, for sharing the love with all of us for so long . . .

Here's the clip; he starts the Mahler solo at about 30:01: Gut strings, with Bernstein provoking the audience to laugh. A brutal setting, but his sound was unstoppable.

Results may vary; I had the opposite experience; I found him a wonderful, inspirational, powerful teacher. He acted as if I was a respected peer, when in reality I was a completely nuts 23 year old. Really helpful, practical, useful advice. Patient, thoughtful, funny; a beautiful man. I...

Jim Smith; Cardiacs

A String Theory concert that just went online:

repeating myself, because, well EVERYONE REALLY NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THIS AGAIN:

Better, maybe?

Ridden hard, put away wet, but with a fresh fingerboard setup and sounding really nice... Wolf Ginandes put D'Addario Chromes Light flatwounds on the Penco. This is my first time trying them; very nice! Here's the Penco laid out next to a similar Lakland (my brother owns the lovely and...