Recent content by PJeong

Philosophy PhD here. Someone mentioned the ship of Theseus already. Aristotle correctly analysed all change in terms of matter and form, where form is the actual state which comes and goes, and matter is the persisting substratum which supports the change. So, if I change the finish on my bass...

I have been playing bass for a number of years, but one thing which I have not yet been able to develop is finger-picking stamina. Speed is not the issue - I can start off playing fast songs just fine. But after 30 seconds or so my picking hand begins to tense up and my playing begins to suffer...

I have noticed that speakers of American English tend to use the conditional tense where speakers of British English tend to use the pluperfect. For example, Americans often say, 'If only I would have done this', whereas British people would be more likely to say, 'If only I had done this'. I...

I would love a nice fretless acoustic, if I had the funds.

I haven't heard of the super symmetry before. It seems like Darkglass no longer produces it.

Bass compressor comparison is probably the most desperately nerdy thing I ever became obsessed with. It's been years and I still haven't settled on which one to buy.

Two comparable pedals, price wise. Does anybody have experience with one or both of them that they are willing to share?

You are paying for a product (the pedal) and a service (delivery). You have not been given the product for which you have paid (i.e. a functional pedal). Your consenting to part with your money is conditional on receiving the complete product. As things stand, the seller has not held up their...

When I was a young teenager, my parents forced me to take up music as a hobby (I didn't want to). After three months, I started to show promise so my parents insisted on buying me a much better instrument. I was living in South Korea at the time and access to good Western instruments was quite...

This isn't necessarily the right thing for everyone, but since 5-string basses can be a. more expensive and b. less playable, you might first consider simply stringing a 4-string instrument BEAD. In theory, the only notes you cannot play relative to an actual 5-string are the top five frets of...

As it happens, I only placed the discussion in the 'effects' forum because I needed to choose a forum. I couldn't see anything more general which would have been appropriate.

It's like the opposite of a Dingwall that has three pickups bunched up together.

It is commonplace to think that musical equipment, whether it is a new and better instrument or an effects pedal, is simply a means to an end, a vehicle for giving expression to a pre-formed musical idea. On this view, inspiration precedes technological innovation. But this is not always the...