Recent content by John Perrin

I purchased a bass from Steve (not a thompson) and I can tell you that you don't pay for it before getting to play it. He sent it to me air freight and let me try it for a week before deciding whether to send it back or keep it. The cost of shipping was less than it would have cost me to get...

No worries Mr. Bob, I was simply finishing the Big Lebowski quote in question as an indication that "I get it". :hiding: Here it is in it's entirety. "What the f**k are you talking about? The chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude...

What the f**k are you talking about? The chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude.

I've created a Pandora Radio station full of jazz standards that I've been trying to play along with at home. Keeps me honest.

Inez is good people. I was lucky enough to have a weeks worth of lessons with her every year starting the summer after 6th grade up through 9th grade or so. Wouldn't have traded that for anything.

I could always do the bass guitar thing and just mute all the strings and tap when I get lost ;) Thanks for the link Ed!

Really I think his current teacher is likely to be able to help with things like intonation and technique as much as anybody else. You might just mention to the teacher that you think it might be time to introduce the kid to slower pieces that will help develop his ear. Also, my teachers...

That is a nice article! Actually, there are a couple of good articles there. I'll see if I can't find the Fuqua book :)

So I've got tons of experience playing classical music in orchestras and solo stuff but I've never really learned how to play any jazz. This is something I'd like to remedy! I get the whole root-3rd-5th-b7 thing but I'd like to get better at improvising walking lines and wondered if...

That's a nice sandwich!

They're definitely a good value on a well made instrument, and Steve is a great guy to work with. But I can only speak for the bass I played, and the basses I compared it to. I don't think you should be too surprised when a $6,500 bass or a $9,000 bass sounds better than a $3,000 bass. I...

I've played one and I liked it pretty well considering the price. It was responsive, loud, produced a nice focussed tone, and seemed well-built, but it did have a couple of minor little things that weren't perfect, and the tone quality couldn't stand up to a couple of basses I compared it to...

I played a bass yesterday that I'm considering buying that I could swear has a C# neck on it. Could this be a bridge position issue? Or would I need to have some material taken off the heal to get it down where it should be? The heal looks to have plenty of material if it comes to that...

Yeah, I spent 8 years playing on school instruments where there wasn't any choice, and then four years playing electric bass guitar (since I couldn't afford a double bass) so now I'm finally buying a bass of my own and want to make sure I do a good job of assessing them as I look around.

Aside from the homograph issue, you spelled it "minuet" which is a French dance that's usually in 3/4 time. :hiding: