Recent content by skunky36

Passive P-bass is a beautiful thing. I used to have exotic basses but for the past 10 years I've been playing passive P-basses. All of my favorite albums have Prec or jazz basses on them. I don't see how different bass sounds are "versatile", the bass just "is" I can play any gig just with...

The problem is the neck length is different so instead of getting a quick response you get that bamuuahhh sound from an upright. I'm not sure what gauge you want to use but you'll never be able to totally copy the sound of an upright. I think Jamerson's sound has an upright feel to it in the...

I just bought Fender flats and they're actually really good and only 20 bucks. kind of bright but they should get mellow.

I threw a set of Fender flats on because they're the only one's the music store I went to carried. I'm very impressed. They're a bit twangy but I think they'll mellow out.

It sounds great, Almost exactly like a Marshall Super bass with more bass. It has tons of bass, but the low mids are a little weak. The mid pot doesn't do much. My 66 Fender Showman with no mids has a better mid sound, if you know what I mean. Is there any tweak I can do to make the low mids...

I play in a locally popular rockabilly/alt country/bluegrass band. It doesn't matter what bass you play as long as you keep the treble down and the low mids up. Tele's and acoustics are twangy enough. The worst thing you can do in a real country band as a bass player is to put a bunch of high...

Depending on the 100w tube head they can be a lot louder than 300w solid state or quieter. A Fender black face Showman relatively quite vs a Sound City or Marshal Super Bass which are super loud

Thanks, good to know

I bought a U-1061 off ebay for 400.00 with new tubes and a check up. I have played one some time ago and I thought it sounded good. I talked with someone who said that they're cheap P's O ****. That was a couple years ago and I don't think they look cheap, the transformers are huge. But, I...

The reason why there are many people that think picks suck is because the bands that pick bass usually aren't bass oriented. Many are just there to thicken up the guitar. But it's narrow minded to say that picks suck and if you play with a pick you suck. There are tons of great bassist who use...

Yeah, There are bassists, and those who play guitar on bass.

I think I was prejudice about Tbirds for a decade because my buddy got one and it was a big deal for him. After a month the neck started twisting so he returned it got another and that one started bowing around the 14th fret, I tried to fix it for him but the neck was either too high or would...

I told one kid that I was looking for a cheap guitar for my nephew so he automatically assumed I didn't know how to play. He went around the store and strummed guitars for me. After awhile I was in a conundrum. Watching him struggling with chords I felt bad and didn't want to hurt his feelings...

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