Recent content by lance_randy

The Ed Friedland book; Building Walking Bass Lines is a great place to start. I can't recommend it enough.

I felt exactly the same way when I was your age! I started on electric bass at 16, and started getting in to jazz at around 19-20. I was pissed that jazz players didn't accept the electric bass. I didn't really much care for the sound of the double bass at the time, I figured all the jazz I...

DR highbeams are the smoothest feeling steel strings I have ever played. The roughest I have tried are Warwick black labels, and Rotosound swing bass 66. I have been happily using the rotos for the past ten years or so, and now I can't use anything else! But...I remember that when I switched...

Ha! they do, don't they? And all this time, I thought it was just me.

Rotosounds, all the way! Swing bass 66 standard gauge. The rotos seem to have this thick growl in the mids that some other strings lack. I recently tried a set of DR Hibeams (standard gauge) on my '77 Stingray and I couldn't believe the difference. All the meanness and toughness, was just gone...

You might be right, Mr.Lenny. I know my back won't miss it at 2am after a couple beer, hauling that heavy 2x10 up three flights of stairs;) But, I am keeping my Eden stuff just in case the Markbass experiment doesn't work out. Besides, it's nice to have a couple different rigs... But my back is...

The CMD102 combo is the same as the LMKIII and the 102HF cab. You could have just added another 102HF and you'd have the same thing that you just ordered. I'm not so sure about that...I think they are probably very close, but I the 102HF seems to be a slightly larger enclosure. I'm guessing...

Oh my God, the B-15...what can I say? I have a '63 B-15 and it is absolutely the sweetest, most wonderful sounding bass amp I have ever heard/played through in my entire life! The only thing I don't like about, is that it doesn't do loud. I hate moving it too, so it stays at home where it is...

A bass player in my town had a couple of those cabs, and he swore by them. I couldn't believe that something so little could have much low end, so I rented one. I got it home, and set it up next to my '63 B-15 portaflex. My B-15 is the ultimate gold standard for the kind of tone I like so, I...

I tried one while subbing with a rock band, loved the way it cut through the mix in rehearsal, and I thought it sounded great on the gig. So, I went out and bought one a week later. I did a few blues gigs with it, and each time I liked it a little less. These were not very loud gigs, but the amp...