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Very, very useful post. Thanks a bunch, cleared up MANY things.

Geddy Lee could sing, hammer on notes on his bass with left hand, play the keyboard with his right hand, and still look at both his bass fretboard and his keyboard every few seconds. Just sayin'. :smug:

For the tone part, I'm not the right guy. For the rythm part though, I think I may have a tip. If you really keep on counting each and every beat, you'll obviously never be able to gain much speed. The point is to feel the amount of 16th and only count 1 out of 4. Try nodding your head or...

What oldcatfish said is in my opinion the best way to go. When you really sit down to take a song apart and understand how the bass works its way through it, you're bound to walk away with some of those pieces still sticking to you - and they'll show when you play your own stuff afterwards.

Indeed, except the intervals can be done pretty much mindlessly, while watching TV or whatever.

Hey guys, So I've been playing for 11 years, roughly. I recently had a period when I wasn't playing as much as I used to, so I lost some speed and stamina. Now, I've also been going to the gym for a few years now. So I figured... I've been doing interval training at the gym, for my cardio...

This page helped me a lot with my own questions relating to what tube I should try for my EBS Valve Drive. Thx.

Holy crap... Already been THREE YEARS since I posted this thread. Time flies, it's completely insane. Alec W Conway is my old account on here. Yeah so, I had courses from Forest from about a year in total, and my last course was about 2 years ago. This dude has scarred me for life as far...

4 strings feels like I'm holding a toothpick

Lighter-fluid does an amazing job and it doesn't smell for more than 10 seconds.

I played a 5'er BEADG for a while, then I realized that I barely ever used the B string, so I took it off, swapped the other strings so that the E was where the B was, the A where the E was and so one and I filled the higher spot with a 6'er's C string. And thats it, I been in heaven ever since.

Standard or full step down. Never been a big fan of Eb or drop D.

I'm just different from all point of views : 1- I play bass (in this world, it's already a notable difference) 2- I'm a redhead (I know all the lynching jokes already, dont waste your time ;) ) 3- I play fretless in a metal band 4- I play 3 fingers, whereas most people I know play 2 5- I very...

You're one lucky bastard, man! This bass is gorgeous! And the price!!!!!!

Same as on a guitar, such as a Les Paul model : you give it a twist so it follows your shoulder's curve, meaning you hook the "front" of the strap hanger to the button.