Recent content by jordan2

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    Double Bass How did you learn to bebop solo?

    Charlie Parker Omni Book has been helpful for me lately in terms of building language (I've been using mostly as sight reading practice). Probably the best thing though would be listening to players you like and playing with other people.
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    Bass octave question (octave down)

    The MXR Bass Octave has a good clean octave down sound (the "girth" knob). At this point I've somehow acquired 3 octave pedals (mxr, boss oc2 and pog) and between them, the mxr has my favorite clean sound, the oc 2 has my favorite dirty/synth sound and the pog is best for polyphonic and octave up.
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    Double Bass Need help refining time

    One thing that I'd recommend is to practice not just playing ahead of the beat but also on and behind it. Practicing all of these different placements helps build your understanding of each individual one and also makes it easier to adjust your playing to lock in with different drummers, etc...
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    Your favorite bass "thing" of 2016

    Moog Little Phatty Monophonic synth
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    SOLD Mono M 80 (140 shipped)

    Aside from the paint stains is there any other wear, ripping, etc?
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    Fastening Circular Speaker Grills?

    Update: Problem solved with velcro.
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    Fastening Circular Speaker Grills?

    Hello all, I'm in the final stages of finishing up a speaker cabinet (for those interested it's a fEARful 12/6) and I'm having a little bit of trouble attaching the grills to each speaker. I thought there would be a little extra space around the edge of the grill and was planning on using...
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    DigiTech Talker Review

    I know this thread is almost 10 years old but are these audio clips still up? I'm having some trouble finding them. Thanks
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    Double Bass Upton Standard Vs Shen SB 150 Opinions

    To answer some of the questions, I have played all three basses but none of them side by side. I do like my current bass but the issue is there isn't one single thing that could fix the issues with it, the real problem is it is just sort of unpredictable and the action shifts really dramatically...
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    Double Bass Upton Standard Vs Shen SB 150 Opinions

    Hi everyone, I am going to be (potentially) in the market for a new bass in a couple months and am curious to hear your opinions on midlevel double bass options in the 1500-3500 price range especially. I am currently playing a 1940-50s German laminated bass which I like but has given my lots of...