Recent content by JoeDissolvo

Oh man. Heres to hoping this is still available here when I get paid. If not, have a friendly bump!

Short answer - In my experiences, you really need to just ask. Be right up front with the band/agent/promoter/venue thats paying everyone, and just say listen, we're wondering what pay, if any, we are going to get. If you get any other answer than "What do you guys normally get?" then discuss...

Oh god. Too much to list. 1. Played a silly show, and for some reason a few gallon sizes of sex lube made it to the stage. Lube + bass = horrible mess. I was cleaning lube out of the crevasses for years. It was horrible. And after a couple days, it just got sticky and gross. 2. "oh hey, I...

Joe Gittleman (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, avoid one thing) Kepi Ghoulie (Groovie Ghoulies)

Me? Nothing is off limits. Mostly its what I wear on my day to day. Dickies work shorts, some sort of band tshirt or weird clothing company that gives me free stuff. Shoes dont matter. Usually just what I wear. But, Ive worn costumes on non halloween shows, played in speedos, in drag, full...

As a punk bassist that uses a pick, i can help out a little bit. simplify the lines a little. For me, its easiest to play the line on two strings, as opposed to three, that way you can keep the picking speed up. Just mess around with it, and find something in the same scale, but just on a...

Orange, Ampeg, Electric. In that order.

It looks exactly like Fiesta Red is supposed to look like. Ive seen tons of FR, and squier got it right. I know there was a side by side someone had on here of one of the squiers and an actual 60's fender. Anyone still got it? Have you even played either jag? I owned a fender jag for the...

Eastwood Hi flyer. Surf green, black pickguard, white headstock. Maple fingerboard, black dot markers. Stock electronics and pickups. maybe a high mass bridge...

what, no fender?

Young kids + really nice gear = rich parents, in my experience. Ran into a band of 16/17 year old kids not too long ago, and the bass player was playing an EBMM with an ampeg cl and an ampeg 6x10. I struck up conversation with him, and he said his parents got him his whole rig for his...

Man, if this thing had the jag neck, id be all over it, or hell, even just a jazz neck. Good luck dude. Ive it comes down to it, id totally just buy the body.

Hey everyone. I have kind of a weird question. I play with a pick, and play really fast punk rock. And sometimes after a show, I get a blister on the outside of my thumb. Ill attach a pic of it. Does this happen to anyone else? Is there any way I could possibly change my technique to...

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I love his fret markers. Seriously.