Recent content by Junkyard Slug

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If you ask the forum how to decorate your bass shouldn't the title be assimilation (the opposite of personalization)? Just asking. JYS

I am confused. Why don't you just write the article? If you can't come up with a list of 50 historically significant bass solos on the spot and then whittle them down to 4 or 5 outstanding examples to focus the article around you probably don't need to be the one writing the article...

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The best book on constructing bassline theory I have ever seen or used was: The Bass Line Book A work book By Arn Evans I have owned Ray's book (worthless), Ruffus's book (worthless) and looked through most of the other books; I have yet to see a book that was as clear and logically...

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Playing on the street, hussling for tips and gigs (the word busking is not commonly used in the US) JYS

HA +1.

Well, you have to give up one weekend a month; so if you are in any bands you better make sure they understand you won't be available 1/4 of the time and you better understand that if they think that your missing is gonna hold them back they are going to get someone who is free one every...

I would like to bring up a few points regarding the following comments made on the original posted video: Do you guys need to be reminded that this is a Music Video? They are lip syncing to parts they sang (sans instruments) in the studio and playing along on instruments that may very...

Nope, I don't want this to be mistaken for a thinly disguised WTS ad. If you just want to see it PM me and I will send you some pics of it. Yea, that's about the price range I was thinking of. Thanks for your condolences, but it was like this when I bought it. It sure seemed cool at the...

Greetings everyone. I have a 'second style' tele bass (the one with the Humbucker) that has been pretty extensivly modified and I am fishing for the aprox value of it. The bass has no serious flaws (cracks, stripped screw holes, bent tuner shafts, ect) but at some point someone removed the...

I built one once out of an Englehardt 4/4 cello. I replaced the tuning pegs with bass guitar 'mini' tuners and strung it with bass guitar flatwounds. Of course you had to recut the bridge and nut but it was a quick afternoon project. JYS

With many apologies to 'Just Me' (I am really not trying to hijack your thread); I tried to work up a brief rundown of how I do it. I spent about an hour trying to explain and I don't think I can in words. Watch these 2 videos for excellent examples of how you get your whole arm into sound...

No, not at all. Bass through an amp sounds bad. Fingers and the right forarm yes From the time I did use amps and from the people I have observed I don't think you can have 'the sound of the bass only louder'. The amp changes your playing. It is a case of the Tail wagging the Dog...