Recent content by plop

One more for good measure.

Enjoy!

Well, might be a bit late, but I thought I'd upload a cheeky vid so you can hear it in action. I don't have any proper recording stuff though so it's just done through a camera, so you can't really hear the tone I've got happening. With Labella DTFs and a sponge under the bridge, I thought it...

haha I can't believe nobody picked up on this

Oops. I manually did the first wind then took up the slack with the rest. How would I tell if they're twisted?

Thanks, that helped. Had a charmed run. Action seems to be exactly the same, no truss rod adjustment needed. Three of the strings were perfectly intonated and the fourth one only needed minor tweaking. Bass sounds awesome! I was expecting a more drastic change but it's a still a nicer tone...

But how do I even know if I need to adjust at all? That's the gap in my understanding. I've read about fretting the 1st and 12th fret, then checking the action halfway between, but I don't get what I'm looking FOR.

Hello bass aficionados, I have just received my long awaited set of 760FS through body La Bella deep talkin bass strings. I plan to replace my existing GHS bass boomers (standard gauge). My bass was recently set up by a professional, and I'm happy with how it's playing at the moment (not...

Please forgive the newb question but what's the reasoning behind having P and J pickups?

I was a horn player for 14 years before I picked up bass so this GAS thing is a completely alien concept. I played the same trombone the whole time. I've had my super heavy neck-through Canora P bass copy for four years and have absolutely no desire for anything else. Maybe one day I'll get a...

so what's wrong with anchoring my thumb on the E? I never thought about it so I film my playing and it turns out my thumb tests (with no tension) on the E whenever I'm not playing it. I mute the E with my thumb and all the other strings are muted with my fingers. the only thing that gives me...

So I finally pulled the plug and ordered some la bella deep talkin bass strings (the FS through body ones) to get a better tone for reggae and motown. I'm moving from standard gauge GHS bass boomers. Anything I should know about changing over? the bass recently had a pro setup and I'm really...

Expand your prog rock education. Head to Invalid Link Removed and trawl through that. A good start would be to go to their top 100 albums and listen to a few things, once you get an idea of what you like you can filter the results by heaps of subgenres.

holy poopie I didn't know Walter White played bass

Wow, thanks for the bass appreciation! Wasn't expecting such a positive response. So I think we've solved it! Thanks to this guy: So while you were off the mark about the Memphis bass, the suggestion of having a VERY close look at the neck for sticker residue was ON POINT!! I looked at it...