Recent content by John Sparkman

Great advice all around! I myself practice at home precisely like I want to perform at the next gig. No shorts and sandals. I practice while wearing a nice shirt, long pants, and shoes and socks. I practice playing and singing with the music room PA turned on, standing up to the mic stand...

I did a deep dive into the interwebs, and came up with this much: The original 1989 Final Fight arcade soundtrack was composed by a team of seven Capcom sound composers: Manami Matsumae, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Harumi Fujita, Junko Tamiya, Yasuaki Fujita, Hiromitsu Takaoka, and Yoko Shimomura...

Looks fine to me. ;)

Tony Levin. :)

I held one of those really small Memphis electric basses before. It was ten years ago, in a local pawn shop. Kind of beat up, it was, but still felt and sounded good. :)

I recently came into possession of a distant cousin of your inbound Jazz Bass!! :)

I'm a one Volume, one Tone knob kind of guy. My Stratocaster has the one Volume, two Tone knobs thing, standard. I hate it. My Les Paul BFG is closer to right; Two Volumes, one Tone, and a Kill Switch. Still, I would be happier with less. This P-Bass and the Lotus of mine? Perfection. :)

This is just me, but I would sell off the Squiers and the Epiphone. The three remaining will have more resale value some day if you kick the bucket, and your wife has to get them sold. I have taken the same approach around here (I'm 65 now), and I have a small list of my instruments in my...

It is difficult to communicate frankly and brutally-honestly with bandmates who are close friends, and even family. Think about this now; Imagine being a band member where it's like a business, where the musicians are the employees, and you're the boss. Employees get performance counseling...

THIS. I concur. :)

This from Fjestad's Blue Book: "Fullerton is another brand name labeled on guitars by the Aria company. The Fullertone line is based off of popular American designs including the Stratocaster, Les Paul, Telecaster, ES-5, ES-335, Jazz Bass, and Precision Bass. Guitars are produced overseas and...

I do so love an Ibanez!! :)

Beytu, It's not a genuine Fender. If you can put your hands on it and play it to ensure that it feels and sounds right, then $112 is a decent price to pay for a less than reputable pedigree bass guitar. If it's a mail order/internet sale, walk away. Who knows what will show up, and how it...

The math is more complex than it appears at first blush. There may be some trigonometry in there somewhere. :(