Recent content by Jon Jensen

I played a festival gig in the DFW area a few years ago. Middle of the afternoon, west-facing stage, so, the sun was beating right down on the stage. It was ~120° up there. I damn near had heatstroke. No joke. Right after the show was over, I had to go to the talent trailer with A/C to recover...

Ohhh... Good point vvvmmm. Perhaps I will have a bit more urgency now. Thanks for the input. :)

Thanks Aidil :) Good info on there... I'll take her apart and see what I find. Thanks, again.

Yeah... I know. I've talked to some people about it... And, it will probably be stronger than it was originally. But, because this happened, I ended up retiring her, and hung her up on my wall. My replacement was a Geddy Jazz bass... It gave me the sound I had been looking for forever, so, it's...

Yeah, I love mine... Plays great, but, it just sounds too distorted when the Bartolinis are anywhere past the jumping point. I've been meaning to contact Ibanez about the issue, but it seems like a common thing (?) Would I be wasting my time contacting Ibanez?

Yeah, Blue Steels used to be it for me... I used to string up Rotosound Swing Bass 66, too, but they just didn't last very long. The Blue Steels USED to be great, and I have a set to put on my Geddy Jazz, but, I put on a set of whatever the stock Fender strings were that came with it... They...

My band used to play regularly at a club with a "stage" even smaller than that. I was playing a beautiful vintage Gibson Victory (pic below, but on a festival stage ;))... It was on a stand, and I bumped it... it took a faceplant off the stage, and cracked the neck at the headstock... It was my...

I never use a pick... even when playing guitar... When I need the attack or the staccato of a pick, I position my right hand, like I'm "holding" a pick, but I use my index fingernail to get the attack... Useful for some Chris Squire stuff. Then, if I need to switch to flamenco style to play the...