Recent content by motogirl

Anyone have a recommendation for a reasonably priced, slap doghouse bass friendly recording studio in the San Francisco Bay Area? I have two experiences, ranging from crap to not bad, but think I could do better. Hoping to find someone who knows how to get a great, warm, woody tone out of an...

T-Stone, thank you SO MUCH for your recommendation of Gael McKeon in Berkeley. I took my bass to him and he instantly pinpointed my problem (a warped fingerboard) — an obvious problem that somehow escaped my other luthier. Repairing my bass posed some challenges, namely that the neck had been...

I'm looking for a good luthier somewhere in the San Francisco Bay/Northern California area who's somewhat familiar with setups for slap bass. I'm playing a 1950 Kay and it sounds good, but every time I borrow someone else's bass I feel like theirs is easier to play. I'm not sure if it's just a...

Practically new, barely used. $95 + $5 shipping anywhere. Email: [email protected]

These were on my bass for less than 3 weeks before I decided to go back to playing my guts. They're very nice strings but I think I just need to accept that guts are my preferred string and stick with that. I paid $209 from Lemur including tax and shipping but I'll send them anywhere for $160...

Interesting. Quinn Violins refers to them as Hybrid so that's what I was working from.

These were lightly used while I was playing bluegrass but I've been using strings more suited to rockabilly slapping for a while. I don't think I'll have a need for these any time soon so I'm letting them go. It's been a while since they've been on my bass and I can't remember the specifics of...