Recent content by Nikk Axx

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    One finger per fret - can anybody else not do it?

    Where your hands will do it comfortably is where you start practicing this method. Then move down the positions until you feel the burn. Stop take a break...stretch your hands and start from the beginning. Do this for a little while every day. Alternate fingering patterns 1234 2341 3412 4123 etc...
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    THE Favo(u)rite Bassist Thread

    My favorite bassist is Spider Sinnaeve...if you have never heard Action, Under my Thumb or Hollywood by Streetheart you are in for a sweet surprise. Try to get live versions...whew.Amazing..all while flying through the air.
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    To Pick or Not To Pick - That is the ?

    Use your fingers... use your pick...use anything you have that sounds musical to the ears. Use drumsticks with surgical tubing....use your thumb....use the palm of your hand...use whatever it takes but DON'T ever limit yourself to two techniques,pick or fingers...use a pick downstrokes... use a...
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    Split signal, 1 wet, 1 dry, & blend?

    Here's what I do...hope it helps. I run my bass into a x over and split the signal, I send the highs to one channel on the board and the lows to another. That way I can compress or effect both separatley and the front of house guy can push the highs or lows if need be.
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    Rush Album Update

    Have you heard and seen R30 yet.