Recent content by mark2741

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    First open blues jam tonight... pointers?

    I don't know guys....I've been to a bunch of open blues jams over the years (all as a guitar player...I'm a newb at bass) and it is always expected that the singer or whomever calls out the tune also calls out the key and, upon request, the tempo/type (ie, shuffle, etc). Sometimes they forget to...
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    First open blues jam tonight... pointers?

    So how did you figure out the key in a millisecond? Telepathy?
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    First open blues jam tonight... pointers?

    I've been to plenty as a guitar player. I was absolutely terrible when I first started going to them, and really, even as I got better on guitar, I was hit or miss at them. I look back on the 20 or 30 times I've played at open blues jams over the years (all at the same venue and with the same...
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    Just bought my first bass...Is it a good one?

    Thanks guys. I finally got my Toneport working with Vista so that I could hear the output. I had originally bought it for guitar and it's kinda cool for that but for guitar it's hard for me to enjoy playing through anything but a tube amp so I always used my Fender Princeton Reverb. I'm using...
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    Just bought my first bass...Is it a good one?

    The serial number is: 020046 On the back under the serial number it says MADE IN JAPAN Headstock on the front just says FERNANDES in gold letters (with black edges of letters). Here is a small image of the body: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Here is a link to the large image...
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    Just bought my first bass...Is it a good one?

    I played guitar for years in various bands until about a year ago when my last band fizzled out right after a gig. I was pretty happy about it because for the previous couple of years guitar was just work and not fun for me, and I was considering just quitting and trying a different instrument...