Recent content by kjell159

OK, I will further see what I will be trying as a next set of strings. Most people use roundwound strings so it only sounds logical to me that there would only be a very little market for coloured flatwounds/tapewounds. :) But as this section of the forum goes about strings: will...

I am looking for a set of normal tension bass strings which are coloured or gold plated. Something like the DR NEON strings. Invalid Link Removed The problem I'm facing is that I can only find roundwound versions and I am looking for a set of flatwounds for tonal reasons. Does anhybody know...

Since this thread is about slapping, does someone know what Mark King is wearing around his thumb in this video? :

I am not a professional like you (I guess you have loads of experience. :) ) but I believe that as an overall bass it is great for a +€300 - +/-$400 bass. Or at least there is worse. :/ I had the action on the bass set in my local music shop. The guy from my local music store also said it are...

Ok. Someone has to say it then I guess. As much as I like bass slapping, I love my bass and am not looking into buying another one or new one etc. The only thing I really expected was some basic E.Q. settings anyway to get me kind of 'started' if that is the word. :bookworm: ;)

My bass doesn't have that function, anyway thanks for the tip.

Hello, I'm new to this forum but I have been playing bass for about a year now and before that I played guitar already. As much as I love slapping on electric bass, I still haven't figured out a great slap tone. Usually I put everything at '12 o clock' on my amplifier and vary my playing...