Recent content by Geek99

I have one, its fanned fret so the scale length varies between 27 - 29". Much easie to play than a standard 34"

Perhaps, but lots of scandinavians speak almost pefect english and usually write it better than they speak it. Give the poster the benefit of the doubt perhaps?

I have small hands so hear your pain. A pbass is a struggle for me. I have a short scale 5 string and its sensational. YOu could look into a Mustang or Jaguar - Squier do a nice looking Vintage Modified version that you can probably get mail order from Thomann.com in Germany. I've seen them on...

That was Rutger Gunnarson playing

I dont think the neck pocket sized changed much if at all - I do know that the machining quality varied a little though.

I'm not - my technique such as it is, is hard won from reading books, listening to people and trying to figrue things out by ear. I'm now at the stage where I hear a drum pattern and I can put a bassline over the top of it in my head even if I cant actually play it yet. I can hear when people...

A Japanese fender gets my vote

i advocate a mixture of: reading technique books so you learn terminology and how to avoid technique errors. Bass for Dummies is a good one. listening to the bass in music you like and trying to figure out whether the line goes up then down and so on so you start to figure things out by...

well, she plucks away and sings, not quite "playing" but she is only 2. She plays slap bass on my jazz bass too. Sometimes she takes my acoustic bass off the wall and brings it to me when she wants to jam. Last week in Costco we had to physically drag her off an electric drum kit and diustract...

athough I have read occasionally in the past. My equipment is listed on my profile, I'm going back to basics with lessons and fixing all the faults in my playing so I'm calling myself a near-beginner at the moment. The only person i jam with at the moment is my two year old daughter on Ukelele