Recent content by Fairly Bassic

Thanks to all of you for your kind thoughts and words. I'm glad I could share a little inspiration with all of you!

About 10 years ago I bought a bass at a charity auction benefiting homeless young people in Los Angeles. It was donated by Jimmy Haslip and it came with a lesson from Jimmy, which was (obviously) the best part of the deal. Jimmy came to my house. We talked about tone and technique for a little...

I think it's both, and it will depend on your own hands. If you are the guy who has high acidity sweat and you're hard on strings, you're probably going to take those strings out in a couple of months no matter what. If you're not that guy, then yes, the differential wear of having frets will...