Recent content by Liko

I mean, I can certainly think of more unprofessional things I've seen people (and especially guitarists) do, so this definitely isn't the most unprofessional thing I've dealt with. Not quite in any particular order: Showing up too drunk to play Getting too drunk to play somewhere between...

Best reason I can think of is that all my pedals are about 20 feet away from my amp, even the "always-on" stuff. On my typical stage setup, my pedalboard's in front of me at the foot of the mic stand, my amp as far back behind me as I can manage (max of 20ft, my longest cable). I realize that's...

I invested in a Digitech Expression Factory a while back, mostly for the treadle flange on my skinny-stringers, however I quickly found the Whammy and wah modes to be just as useful on both bass and g****r, especially mixed with the built-in distortion models. Gives me "The Pot" with just three...

Well then, OP can give him a good kick in the teeth:

I'm in the Yamaha camp personally, though not a huge fan of the (T)RBX body style. I think, between the two brands, you'll find the Yammies are better players as a brand than your average Ibanez. That said, if you're buying a bass for the sole purpose of the visual gag of banana stickers, just...

This is edging to "no true Scotsman" territory, where your teacher is attempting to define "bassist" in part as "owning a P-bass". If that's your teacher's intended implication here, I disagree. P-basses are indeed very common and very well-liked instruments; they are a "one-trick pony", one of...

Kinda. In Roman numeral form, it's how a lot of theorists talk about chord progressions, i.e. I ii iii IV V vi vii°, so just about everyone who talks about chords and progressions within a key this way are talking in Nashville numbers even if they're not making a point of it. True Nashville...

1. I've tried not to have one, because experience has taught me much like you; musical talent and technical skill has no inherent or innate connection to cost of gear. I've had players with $600 worth of gear blow me away both technically and sonically, and I've had players bring $6,000 worth of...

Good question, and not one I think I can fairly answer just yet. My San Dimas was a Christmas present, so less than two months old and not yet gigged, meanwhile the Sire's been my beer and burgers for three years and dozens of gigs. If you had to press me for an answer right now on which is...

Seconding this option; the Bass Soul Food is basically their Soul Food Klone with a clean blend and a pad switch to tame hot actives. The circuit doesn't kill lows, but it does still boost mids, so if you set the master volume for equal loudness, you'll still hear a bass cut. BB-wise, it's not...

Heard. My own solution to that is a TV with a headphone output. I run that through a cheapo isolation transformer and then into that small mixer I mentioned above that is the audio nerve center of the whole mancave. That's a fairly complex solution, not without its benefits but also a lot of...

Amp/cab sims are going to be your best friend in any multi-family dwelling. If you share a wall with people not related to you, any actual speaker-in-air solution is going to be heard through that wall, especially bass. You can reduce it with some acoustic treatment, but the volume/square...

I have a couple PJs, though both of mine are fivers, which made the search harder. My primary for over three years now has been the Sire P7. Yes, made in Indonesia, if MIA is a must-have for you then ignore this whole post. Like all active Sires it's fully active/passive, and by that I mean when...

This kind of chart is read in 3 dimensions. The X-axis is time, from beginning to end of the recorded sample. The Y-axis is frequency, low to high. The area of the chart is then colored by intensity, usually in "reverse-rainbow" fashion; black is silence or near enough, then the signal/sound...