Recent content by getbent

I use Reaper as well and have had pretty good luck with PLUGINS4FREE for both instrument and effects VSTs

I just got a $35 Donner Blues Drive pedal for xmas. Haven't tried it with a band yet, but running it through a Fender Rumble 500 combo at home, adds a nice amount of grit without sacrificing any bass.

Same thing happened to my Ibanez SR-370 fretless, the posts on 2 of the tuning machines snapped clean off within 5 minutes of each other. I bought a new set of 4 Wilkinsons off Amazon for $40 and installed them myself, easy breezy. The finish on the originals was non-standard, not quite black...

Poke around PLUGINS4FREE and see what floats your boat! The FX are fairly well organized by function.

I've been loving all the NBC Late Night content Letterman's been putting on YT, and this Will Lee segment was a treat. Dude has played with everybody (and don't forget that he was even busier as a jingle singer than a bass player), and he certainly went through some visual looks back in the...

First and foremost, if you're trying to make money, you're going to be disappointed in any of these avenues. It sucks, but that's how things have gone. You gotta be in the places where people look for music. Some folks may not like Spotify, or have issues with how they pay, but that's where...

Yeah, the Taurus pedals are gonna give you something. I remember an old interview with Geddy Lee where he said Rush relied on those for "pants flap". I second, third, and fourth the DOD FX-25. I read an interview with Bill Laswell re: setting the sensitivity so it never triggers, just gives...

Check out Gonzalo Silva! Not sure where he's at these days, but I used to see him all the time busking in the Boston subway in the 90's, and he was in Chicago for a minute, but his IG looks like he's in NYC these days. Beautiful chill songs with just him singing and playing a headless bass...

When I had a 4x10+tweeter cabinet, I turned off the tweeter. When I had a GK 800RB head + 4x10 cabinet, I'd use the biamp feature to run the low signal, and use the crossover as a low pass filter to buff off the high end. Deep bass for days, I'm pretty sure the guy from Sublime did this as well.

I was an avid and enthusiastic GarageBand user for at least a decade, but they kept paring away the useful loops and features. The obvious move would've been to upgrade to Logic, but I was done with Apple and their proprietary stuff. I instead bought a reconditioned Windows PC and started...

Have you asked them if their amp has an underdrive channel?

the horn line is Low Rider is played by the great Lee Oskar on harp and Charles Miller on alto sax. It's a pretty simple repetitive tune, needs a lot of attitude to sell it.

Holy moley. I've told the story of the Silver Surfer bass several times over the years but had no picture proof. I recently did a session with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago and specifically did not mention it because I had no photos. Until now.... Electrical Guitar Company Custom...

Would it be appropriate to use the 16th note counts? aka 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

Longtime listener, first time caller... My band activity cratered in 2020, and had been on a downswing since becoming a parent in 2014, BUT I finally finished my home-recorded solo album and am thrilled to offer it up to the wider world. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] I've played bass on...