Recent content by LowMiles

Guess I have to re-train.

I recently decided to learn to read and bought the Hal Lenord bass method. I've been playing/gigging for several years and right away I noticed that the book has some fingering suggestions that I am not used to. For example, it wants me to play a G in the first position with my second finger...

I don't know f# standard either, but I down tune 1/2 step. I can slap, tap, pluck, and pop and it sounds great. Still playing on the factory set-up too (after 3 or 4 years). I can't bring myself to take it in because I'm worried that someone will take out a file and screw something up. :eek:

I picked up the hairband trick when I saw Victor play at the Beanblossom in Brown Co, Indiana a few years ago. I don't use it much. I usually put it on when I am working on a new slap groove that I can't control yet. It kills some of the overtones. I have started using a tied bandanna as...

I'm not sure what the model is. Maybe someone can help. [/IMG] I really love this bass. It became my main bass when I bought it four years ago. Every once in a while I think that I'd rather play a four string and I get my Jazz out, but I invariably I begin to miss the tone of my BTB.