Recent content by RayDawg

If you've got a Real Book and you're already workshopping arpeggios try adding the following: (example notes going from F7 to Bb7) - Connect the chords with chord tones only (F - A - C - Eb | Bb) - Connect the...

No, but I once played a collectible guitar that was listed at $59K. Hard to imagine that kind of price without historical/collectible value being the main reason.

After controlling wild transients, I'd say the main place to start is here: The low frequencies contain a lot of the energy of a tune. You want to keep this stable. Big changes in dynamics are one thing, but generally you want that energy to change only deliberately and with purpose...

I have a mid 70s fretless P-Bass that was given to me by my father. I started learning to play it at 14 and up until a few months ago it was the only bass I ever had. It is loaded with a P/J set of EMG, badass bridge, and is a bit of a chop job that wouldn't be worth much to anybody else. I...

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My only bass for years and years was a mid-70s fretless P-Bass. I just built my first ever fretted bass with parts from Warmoth a month ago. Both 4-stringers.

I have some cobalt flats on my fretted bass and they are definitely brighter sounding than the flatwounds on my fretless p-bass. But they're still being broken in and the p-bass strings are 15 years old by now. This fretted bass is intended to be a no gimmicks, versatile workhorse and the...