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when you say you want to hear an original hip hop bassline you have to remember that how original hip hop was made was by "sampling" the beat from a recorded song and then doing whatever you sing over it. Not that I like it but it is what it is. Some groups have original basslines and play...

well i didn't check in before but my band had a gig Friday. It was an interesting time to say the least. First of all we are a 4 piece jamband from northampton, ma (2 guitars, bass, drums). The show was a 3-day festi on a semi-famous glass blower's farm. There was about 50 people there...

I had my american J-bass stolen at a festi we were playing in Vermont. We were done with our set and walking back to the trailer with our gear and met what seemed like a good group of people. They were kind of out there but we figured they were just the typical festi people. We brought them...

i saw a guitarist step on his cord and tear it out of his input and you know that sound a jack makes when the amp is cranked but the cord isnt connected....not pleasant. Now I loop my cord around the bottom nut for the strap. They were horrible anyway they were playing Orgy and the singer did...

Im looking for a new bass amp that will be worthy of playing in a band. I'm don't know too much about sound systems but in my old band we used to have an amp going to a powered mixer then to speakers. My question, Is it better to plug an amp into a mixer or an instrument directly into a...

I recently started bass after playing guitar for 8 years. I started out just learning songs. Now I'd like to get into scales which I used to do on my guitar but now I only remeber the fingerings for minor pent's and regular major scales. What is the best way to go about learning scales in a...

I am a fairly new bassist and have played guitar for 8 years so I've seen both sides of the issue. When I used to play guitar I'll admit that I probably took more solo time during a jam but at the same time I was encouraged to by our singer/rhythm guitarist. Our bass player could solo but when...