Recent content by MLtheInfidel

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    Is having a "nice roll" underrated as a bassist?

    for the pop quiz in advanced bass class 567 with professor smoothfingers, can someone provide points of differentiation between “nice roll” and “nice groove”? i assume since almost no one knows what “roll” means in “rock ‘n roll” someone just assumed since the guitarist “rocks” the bassist...
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    My Ash P Bass sounds too bright

    oh you can definitely tell the difference between body tonewood…. when it is not plugged in. I think the issue most of us have is that we compare the sound (and feel!) of electric instruments acoustically; its just natural, we are not always plugged in and heck, many practice without an amp...
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    Who Wears Short Shorts?

    i mean if you’re going retro you gotta have the requisite tube socks with colored stripes on top. teri cloth head and wrist bands for the win. and a village people mustache to make the bass player magazine cover.
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    Why do folks cut strings?

    people who don’t contemplate just how many people don’t wash their hands after slapping the salami or dropping the kids off at the lake. amongst other unmentionables. if you don’t think about what is in the hot dog then it doesn’t exist….. right? i mean sure you could boil them (what is the...
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    Why do folks cut strings?

    I mean if you re-sell your toilet paper after just one wipe (ie only 50% used), why not re-sell your strings? makes perfect sense. whats with all the haters sheesh
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    How bad (or good) was your first bass?

    A 1978 Gibson Grabber bought used in 83 or so…. i never liked the feel of it nor the sound. The sliding pickup was kind of a neat idea, despite sounding like ass. But it was a “dad buy” and the store owner had some serious Gibson bass inventory inventory and we got offloaded. After playing a...
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    Joe dart .. Ernie ball jazz !

    i mean its a step up if it has only just one knob …. compared to his last offering