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Hello. I play in a band with a friend of mine, who's a solid upright bass player: creative, solid time, great theory background, not a technical wizard, but a good groove factory. Unfortunately, his bass sucks, and he knows it... he's never had the money to buy a really good one. He plays a...

I come from a long history of classical piano, jazz trumpet, composition, and conservatory schooling. But I'm relatively new to bass (about a year now). I've been playing mostly folk music, or transcribed melodies from my piano writing. What always bothers me is that I'm not thinking in notes...

Double post... I know It's automation. It's pretty simple. I was able to produce pretty much exactly the same kind of sound (albeit with less control). The recipe was: - Use the bridge pickup - Turn down the treble/presence to about 1/4 (it's already going to be bright up there, this mellows...

I just opened my eyes today (as a still beginning bass player) to a new dimension of playing: where on the fingers. Okay, so everyone pretty quickly learns that where along the string you finger changes the tone of the note. But one thing I don't see so much, and makes a huge difference is what...

Ya know, listening to it again, it's not quite as pronounced as I thought it was (Reingold's smooth tone). I guess my mind had emphasized the smooth sound, and constructed something that wasn't there. But on the upside, I was able to get closer to what I was looking for, partially thanks to...

Oh, no doubt. In fact, I'm running through a tube pre and a RNC as we speak. I'm no stranger to audio production. I guess what I meant was, I don't hear a gate with slow attack time or expander in the process. Compression? Definitely... who doesn't? But I don't really hear it as the main source...

I listened to Jaco growing up, but actually the person who pushed me over the edge to going fretless was Jonas Reingold of the Flower Kings. He's not the only one, but he's got some beautiful examples of high fretless soloing in which every note just floats into the music. I've spent the last...

I just watched the Paapakobe videos, and yes, mine sounds almost EXACTLY like that! You can deffinitely hear that ****** metalic/plastic slappiness. But then you tune your ear to what's coming out of the amp, and you realize you're listeing to a pretty nice bass sound. Weird. I might try...

Alright, I think the bottom line is, I should adjust my action to fit what the end sound is like, and not worry about how the fingerboard sound is. My next question is, I've heard some people suggest modifying the piece where the strings come off the head so that you get a nice "mwah" even on...

Yup, that's what I'm saying. The sound coming out of the amp is more or less good (I'm always trying to get it better), but there's a whole lot of buzzing going on on along the finger board. I haven't played a whole lot of fretlesses, but the ones that I have played, I don't remember the buzzing...

It's a Squier VM fretless jazz, with painted lines. Yes, I know that the lines cause a bit of buzz, but I actually don't mind them, in fact, if I'm using them correctly, I can roll my finger into them to create a nice extra "mwah". To be honest, I'm not sure what strings I'm using, I'm still...

I've been playing fretless now for about 10 months. It's also my first bass guitar, period, as I jumped unboard the low end without frets. But I've noticed one thing, no matter how I set the action, and no matter how I like the tone that comes out of the amplifier, the bass sounds like absolute...

Me? I'm a keyboard/bass multitasker. Unless you're using a dedicated organ or electric piano, there is little use for tubes in the keyboard world. And like hell am I going to cart two 70lb amps with me. One 135W Roland SS with 3 channels (one which will take an XLR in) is perfect for me. But...

Eh, this is pointless. I told my bandmates that it really isn't worth it for me to get a battery powered amp. I'm only seeing one gig where it would be of any use coming up. They've been asking me to come down to Juneau for a festival every year, but I really don't know if I can justify that...

Hog-30 is not ideal, it's too large and heavy to accept as airplane Carry-on luggage. I plan on using this thing to fly to festivals around the state (Alaska), some of which can't be driven to. I don't trust baggage handlers. What are my options? Also, some of the festivals I would be going to...