Recent content by peakdesign

But ... it's a matter of degree. Face it, BS may be eternal but it changes. The boomer generation was born into prosperity. There was enough to go around. So the white hats were for real. Of course it's gone downhill. Shark hungry: bite leg. AND teach others that bite is best. The worst...

Wow I'll remember not to put my wallet down after pulling my credit card.

Thomastik jazz flats on short scale fretless and BeatleBass. Nickel rounds on P-Bass, Roto 66 steel rounds on 5 string J-bass, Chrome flats on 6 string fretless. At one point I was putting Thomastiks on everything and they all sounded Thomistic. Variety rules the waves!

Best to go to a store with a 30 day return, and after trying some out in the store, buy a multi-effect unit to try at home that sounds good, fits your technical needs (e.g. easy changes live vs. preset flipping) and budget. Couple o' thoughts. 1. Most effects don't do much for bass. Most...

I picked up a GB30 for $25 on ebay, and it's a simple and adequate transistor practice amp if you don't rely on it for generating your "tone". One of the rubber bumper legs is missing, that adds a certain vintage lilt, and ... you just gotta love that Funk Switch ;-) I'm not sure why it's so...

Take a look at the ART dual preamplifier with USB. It gives you DI, decent preamps, limiters, can be used with instrument direct in and mic, etc. And you will actually need all of that to get good results, so why not have it, for under $150. I have two of their mono equivalents without the USB...

Regarding Thomastik flat wounds, they are the strings used by Carol Kaye, studio bassist on the greatest US hits of the 60s and 70s. They certainly are punchy enough. As to lower tension on short scale, it's easier on your left hand. A lot of bassists won't even try short scale, IMHO by a sort...

The Thomastik flats are killer strings, as long as you don't expect round wound zing, they have a lot of punch and mwah. What I would humbly suggest is that if you have this problem, it won't go away unless you make changes. The TI strings will help, but you may be expecting too much of your...

I had ordered the Douglas, but I returned it as there was a specific defect, and later found a used Brice. They are both fine if you don't get a dud like I did, though finishing is a little better on the Korean Brice. Also the construction is semi-hollow, it was a specific design, hard to...

A wipe-on Tung Oil finish. Better yet: Tru-Oil, as used on rifle stocks. It's not for build-up as much as protecting an already leveled fingerboard. I've also used it on ouds, which are fretless middle-eastern lutes with wound strings, and where the fingerboard is sometimes a relatively soft...

The Paz signature Luna Bass, because Paz Lenchantin is THE COOLEST FEMALE BASS PLAYER IN THE WORLD!!! See The Entrance Band ...

Yo, Ed! Well at least you didn't appeal to patriotism, but let me tell ya, if Fender actually bothered to modernize, use the latest CNC machines to efficiently turn out a wide range of high quality low cost basses and return the jobs stateside, they would have a LOT of takers, and everyone...

I have the short scale SJMB version, and that one has a smaller body, but they seem to tell you this one is 14.5" wide, so it's apparently a full jazz body. I just ordered one of their 5 string P/J models with the (narrow) P body and 2 jazz style pickups because I prefer a P neck, we'll see what...

I really think the guy who mentioned the short scale bass has a very VERY important point. My hands were hurting, I gradually got back into playing a full scale bass, but I prefer a short scale. They sound about the same, but everything is closer together AND the strings are a bit looser. Look...

I can't believe you people who jump in here and start asking about a topic that has THOUSANDS of enthusiastic posts. Look up Essex, because the search engine can't find short words like SX. I have 4 Rondo basses at the moment. I returned two that had minor neck problems. I want, and I get, 100%...