Recent content by SAM RONEY

OMG Really? You're giving me typing instructions? If you find it difficult to "properly read" my comment because I don't hit return often enough to suit you, then for God's sake, don't bother reading it. I don't need typing advice from you, sport.

Good answer! For our purposes, my own thinking, from my perspective, is that a 4 string tuned to E and a second 4 string tuned to Eb would be the logical choice. Those are the only tunings I use for my guitars. We don't play any metal or Djent stuff that requires anything below Eb. Its all...

I get what you're saying about the genre difference. Some of what we play has specific riffs that are hooks for the song, which wouldn't sound right if they weren't there. We still improvise a great deal and rarely play anything "exactly" like the original, but we do include anything that is...

Hadn't thought of the 5 string idea. I wonder how much switching to one of those would mess with my bassist's head. I know having an extra string on my guitar would really screw with me, but I've been doing it with 6 strings on my guitar since probably 25 years before anyone had heard of extra...

Great answer. I hadn't considered the idea of downtuning and using a capo on a bass for standard tuned songs. We play a lot of blues, and classic rock (ie: Hendrix, SRV, etc). I wondered which is the easiest for you or makes the most sense, switching basses if you owned another one, or just...

That makes two of us. As a guitarist who is obsessive about my tuning, I don't detune and retune between songs. I bring a strat that stays in Eb and a Tele that stays in E. I assumed that tuning stability would get in the way of detuning and retuning a single bass between songs, as it does for...

Amen to all of that. You sound like an experienced bassist. If you have time, scroll up and give me your thoughts on my question above.

Thanks for your thoughts. I'm glad I was able to give you some perspective on the need for guitarists to tune down in some cases. I am really looking, however, for some insight from some experienced bassists who have undoubtedly encountered this situation as to how they have dealt with it, so...

Thanks, but not really the answer to the question I was asking. I want to know how experienced bassists deal with the tuning difference in their playing mechanics, as in.. Do you switch to a Eb tuned bass or do you just play a different position from the guitarists? And, in the case of the...

I'm an experienced pro guitarist, having played professionally for the past 30+ years- locally and regionally. I've begun mentoring a younger bass player, who is technically proficient, but unaccustomed to band dynamics. I found this thread while searching for the most common and/or easiest ways...