Recent content by ferrellcat

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    Neck heavy Guide (Others Please Contribute)

    dude! did you buy that thing or make it? i got a peavey foundation 5 that dive like a B#*%:. thats a much easier solution than scabing in a whole longer strap horn( ie: the bunny brunel bass from Carvin)
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    Neck heavy Guide (Others Please Contribute)

    like 3" wide suede straps?
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    TI Flats - Are these made for mice?

    expensive- you just have to shop online, i pay about 45 for my sets and i use the jazz flats w/a silk core, i like the flexibilty of the string and i dig in deep too. but its true, string height is important, and they sound like no other ive tried. i clean mine too w/ white viniger and they...
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    ABG why?

    i like my abg, work well it can be heard well w/ other acoustic inst. plus - could you imagine blister in the son w/out an abg - it just aint the same
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    Bass Meca Near Disneyland?

    isnt carvin's home shop in so-cal? you could take the tour and git a coustom bass made fer ya [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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    What kind of strings do you use?

    i useTI jazz bass strngs on every thing (jazz flats on the fretless) because who wants to wait for that "dead" sound, we who wanta more mellow boom than that tinny twang of new strings can offer, andhave more flexible and smooth a sting, go for the silk core of TI jazz bass stings - though i...
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    The CORT Club!!!

    i wanna join, i got a cort B4FL. i love the sound esp. for how inexpensive the instrument was
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    Not good at jazz....

    one great qoute i remember reading was from zeplins bassist " i just play waht already under my fingers" to paraphrase. any drummer can tell ya that a good bassist: no matter what the genre, can (1) hold a groove, and (2) to follow the anagrhamKeep It Simple Stupid i went from playing punk...
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    15 string bass alert!

    well duh! god thats rediculously(?) ugly
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    Twelve String Club - 12 String Octave - Post em'

    so - ok can i be in the club?
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    instruction

    has any one used this? im curious , cause i dont play out any more and i tend towork 12 hrs // 6 dys a week doing heating and air. i want to continue to improve in my (little bit) of playing, how do i get the best result w/ the least time
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    The Fretless Club

    ok, so can i join twice? i have a cort fretless w/bartolini pups, and a cheap chinese made 3/4 up right. sorry i dont have pics on this pc yet
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    Ashdown Mag300 and Avatar 20 vs. Carvin BR610

    having played thru a carvin combofor some time, i like em. ive played rock trio, jazz trio eclectic acoustic quartet( i played electric). i dont have a 610. i have the cyclops, a 600 head, 2-8", 1-15, & 1-horn. add on an effects board, and i get good sound even for my 3/4 up right. i play...
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    Twelve String Club - 12 String Octave - Post em'

    thats a shame, i have a hamer 4 string velocity, u know solid bubinga something like 12 or 14 lbs. no neck dipping. 1 of my other sixbasses have that issue my 5 string peavey foundation. and i dont play that much. thanx though
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    Twelve String Club - 12 String Octave - Post em'

    so i just got a hamer 12 - (indonesia) and notice when i got it home and strapped it on , that the head hangs down, like the bodys not heavy enough, any one else have this problem? also i am a finger player, do i need to switch technique , like using (god for bid) a pick?