Recent content by MaddnessAxon

James Jamerson said "The funk is in the funk," when asked about the same question. I like 'em older and not so twangy, but there seems to come a time when strings are dead. I find this mostly only unplayed axes myself, and rarely change strings. I do change them all at once when I do break one...

Bass, cord, amp, although I might use the footswitch from the amp as well, pending on whether I am playing beat based rock or not. Play a Ibanez SRX2EX1 that I adore, through Behringer BX3000T that I have recently just fallen in love with, coupled up to an Ashdown Lab MAG 410T that is...

Chin up, old man! One thing being poor taught me, play what you got, till it won't play no more.

I found this place a year ago googleing for advice for people who want to play bass live. I found a lot of good advice, and a lot of personal opinion, which sparked the remembering of returning here... recently... I am pretty sure I made most of those words up... :hiding:

Well not that old, 42, old enough I guess. I play bass, with enthusiasm, and started when I was sixteen year old punker. I didn't play for a long period of time, but about seven years ago, I bought a classical guitar for 15 US at a thrift store. It just had the lower E-A-G-D on it, way out of...