Recent content by Jake Kobrin

Ok, I decided I'm not actually going to do this. But still, I get a lot of friction from the strings when doing slides and such. Does anyone have any tips on how to relieve this?

^ Yeah there are all of these weird white marks on it.

Hi, I own a squier vintage modified fretless jazz bass and I'm wanting to epoxy-coat the neck in order to get that excellent bright tone and so that the roundwound strings I am using stop wearing down the neck. What I was wondering is if I could use a urethane clear coat like what they put...

Rotosound RB45 Nickel (Unsilked) Bass Guitar Strings (45 65 85 105)

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I put some new Rotowound strings on my fretless bass (squire vintage modified jazz) a few days ago. They sound, feel, and look EXCELLENT... but there is one problem, that I was hoping you could help me with. On the E string, it keeps rattling, instead of a nice clean tone. It is only the E that...

Hi, There are a ton of INSANELY cheap "Rickenbacker" basses through a Chinese site called DHGate. Here's one, for example: Invalid Link Removed But there are a ton, see: Invalid Link Removed They all range from $180 to $450. None of them seem like real Ricks, despite what the listings/sellers...

Here is the second entry in my bass book. I took all of your suggestions. Thank you VERY much. I also covered Staind's cover of Tool's Sober (because it's slower and easier than the original). I'll keep woodshedding and I'll keep you all posted! PLEASE include some suggestions and critiques...

Awesome. Thanks a bunch!

Hi, I'm building off of the sketchbook idea only for my bass playing. I want very much to improve. Please help! I played guitar (extremely badly) for four years. On 5/10/08 I bought my first bass guitar that I am currently learning to play. This is a blog where I will post videos of my...

Hello Everyone, My name is Jake. I am a visual artist from California. I played guitar (awkwardly) for four years before finding bass. I am extreme newby. I only purchased my first bass today but it feels... right. Although I am new I am extremely motivated towards improvement. Music has always...