Recent content by smithal3

GK sounds very warm, especially with the "boost" knob. Very tube-like. Don't buy an amp just because it "has tubes," buy one that sounds good. I've heard tube amps that sounds very sterile, and I've heard SS amps sound very warm.

Thanks for the responses guys, I had a talk with him, and he was really getting tired of the whole thing, he just started college and doesn't have the time to gig anymore etc etc, so he was cool with letting it go, not upset at all. So if anyone cares, our drummer is now our bass player (he...

That's actually one of the main reasons I wanted him to join, he was new(ish) and I felt we could help guide him into becoming even better. We started as a solo act (just me) about a year ago, but I wanted to do some shows, so I went out and found some people to play with me. We have since...

I appreciate the honesty, I do. But let me clarify something which maybe I hadn't before. We have about an eight song set. Five of those songs were written (including the bassline) before he joined. However after he joined he was an integral part of the writing process and even made a few...

Even if you made 100+ bucks a night twice a week? We make good money. Thanks for the responses guys, I'll have a talk with him about it, and if he agrees great, if not, I can find another bassist, I know a good guy who has a great sense of timing and bad gear who already asked me about...

We're pretty yound, I'm the oldest at nineteen, he's eighteen, and the drummer and electric guitarist are sixteen. And he probably does feel put off about the whole situation, which is one reason why I posted the story here, I wanted to hear your thoughts as well. Your songwriter knows...

Perhaps I should just take him to Sam Ash and Guitar Center and let him play through a few different rigs (ampeg and GK specifically, I like both of their sounds). If he doesn't want to budge I can kick him out. Right now, he is the player with the least amount of skill and my other band...

He's been playing maybe two years. But he didn't learn very quickly, I was a bit better then he was in two years. @Jazzdogg - That's a good way of putting it, but I didn't hire him in the sense that I went out and found him to be good so I brought him in. It was more of a "I have a gig...

That's my thoughts too, and he isn't really that great of a bass player. If anything he might just be upset because I am always telling him what to play because I am a better bass player than him, and its probably gotten to him. How would you guys feel if you were in a band where somebody...

Which is why I am posting it here. How would you feel if your band leader wanted you to upgrade to what he considered better gear? Would that change if he was willing to pay for it all? I know how I would answer those questions, but what about you guys?

Let me say first of all, that I am a bass player, and primarily a bass player, but I do occasionally branch out into other instruments. Well I started a band that would be performing mostly original songs (by me) and I play acoustic guitar for this band. Also, I've made it very clear that I...

I'm not too familiar with the topic, but if the teacher knew one method (much) better than another, then the teacher should recommend what he knows best. After all, isn't your job as a teacher to teach a student what you know (best)? I would love to take lessons from many famous bassists and...

I raise my whole head up, like I am looking above him, while keeping eye contact to signal get louder and do the opposite to get quieter. Those are the only two I use that haven't been mentioned so far.

Normally I would say match it, but the the all black with an all maple neck just sounds too cool to ruin

If you switch to a fretless...