Recent content by Rhythmron

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    Question about sliding and endurance...

    Personaly I use Carvin steel rounds (made by LaBella) also I've found useing a good hand lotion daily helps my fingers from callousing up and hurting, I'm diabetic life's an experiment so experiment. good luck
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    Help an Old Guy Change!

    Played years with 4 strings jumped to a Carvin lb76 6 string stayed with my yamaha 4 string i guess 6 months playing out, before using the big 6 string. Now because of weight I use a Schector 5 String really like this Bass I guess it's the weight and those big EMG's Pickups, I'm an old fart...
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    Not the Norm-What's Wromg with this ?

    I always have people telling me that i should put my 4/10 cab on top of my 15 cab but i have a loss of hearing, so what i do is point my 4/10 to audience and turn my 15 to me and stage personel then i don't have to turn up so loud to here myself and they hear me on stage don't run bass in...
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    Speakon wiring question

    Hello I've been trying to find an answer to this question < I'm new to this site so don't know if this is proper place to ask this question but here I go.In wiring a speakon connector to an old speaker cable for one end to use in back of amp to (speakon) would I use the 1+ sleeve to the center...
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    Hey from a girlie and her bass!

    Welcome to The rhythm section you've got an ideal situation with a drummer and a guitar player there.Me I played trombone for many years growing up lost my wind plus tiajauna brass bands are not in existance in my area. so took up bass i suggest learning the blues, most rock and country patterns...
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    Truss rod stuck/maxed -- should I worry?

    I can tell you what I did, worked for me. Had a bass sit for to long got a bow in it, I loosened the strings and the truss rod completly, hung it on my wall and ankle wieghts on the bottom for about 2 weeks, checking string tension then loosening as needed, neck became straight ,to straight...