Recent content by nogood531

Looking to add a good ol' passive P to my lineup and it's currently between these two. The retailer I'm looking at has them at basically the same price, so the only difference (afaik) is the fingerboard. Visually, I probably prefer the roasted maple one, as it matches the headstock and looks...

This one might already be discontinued but Jackson CBX V David Ellefson Concert Bass

Mostly jumping between fretted 6 and 4. Used to play a 5-string but ever since acquiring a 6-string, the 5 has just been sitting in it's case. Since I only play at home, weight is not that much of an issue so I usually grab my Ibanez BTB806MS. The only annoying thing about it is playing around...

The specs look pretty solid despite the MK1s. The only thing I dislike is the tuners sticking out rather than being flush with the body the way they are on Ibanez EHBs. Them poking out makes "upright" playing impossible for me, as they would dig into my thigh.

Love mine, the P pickup sound is monstrous. However, the neck dive at times is pretty annoying, even got me thinking I should grab a headless 5-string.

I have an EMG PJ setup and most of the time, I prefer the P sound for metal songs. With proper EQ, either can work. It also depends on what you’re using it with. Are you using only EQ’d clean signal or running some distortion or fuzz? Some effects, Darkglass for example I believe, split the...

Today, my first ever 5-String arrived. I came across this one by a complete accident but the moment I found it I knew this was the one. It was the last one the e-shop had and they were even running a decent discount on it. Going by Jackson website, it seems they've been discontinued. The...

So I've been playing for about 1.5 months. I've been getting some fret buzz in certain positions but I thought no big deal, I've heard some from pros as well and it wasn't too bad so I just rolled with it. However, I had this nagging feeling that something just isn't right. So I bought a capo...

Thanks for all the advice guys. Turns out I’m an idiot and the root of the problem was my bedroom and it’s terrible acoustics, bouncing the bass frequencies around, compounding them and drowning out any details. After plugging into DI and trying to record my takes, the sound is significantly...

I’ve noticed that when I play a song that has 8ths on one note for a whole bar, especially the 0s on the E string, what I think should be dun-dun-dun-dun… turns into a one big DUUUUN. An example of a song would be Zombie by The Cranberries, which granted, is played with a pick and I’m plucking...

Hopefully this is the right forum to post. Here goes.. Disclaimer: I started playing bass around a month ago, so I still very much suck at muting, dynamics, expression, you name it, so you're gonna hear that in the attached recordings, just so you know. Not to mention that whenever I attempt to...