Recent content by SpikeyB

Legend has it that Jaco would eat fried chicken before performing so his fingers would be greasy and could slide all over the strings. I don't eat much for several hours before, maybe a Snickers or something closer to show time. Then some water and a small Adderall and I'm good to go. ;)

I stripped, primed and painted my p-bass style ESP. I used a Montana paint's Gold series color. It was pretty rough and had some drips, orange peel, etc. so I got to wet sanding it. I went super fine, starting from around 800 up to 2500. Now it is smooth and delicious. However, everything I...

Absolutely. It was tough but I deleted Stanglehold and Cat Scratch Fever from my collection.

:D Yeah, that makes sense. It's pretty elevated but I'll try moving it around. Thanks.

When I practice in my roughly 13'x13' room, I have trouble hearing the output. I have my 4x10 cab and my Rumble 500 head positioned diagonally in one corner. When I stand close to one of the walls near the speaker I get the best sound. When I stand in front of the speaker, either directly in...

Interesting. I seem to pluck to the left of my thumb. And then my thumb slides down to the E when playing A, D, or G.

Since I only have played P or J basses, I've found the pickup is a good thumb rest. That's how I learned so my thumb naturally sits there. However, I'm doing a reggae deep-dive currently and needed a rest closer to the neck for the big boom boom, so I screwed a Scrabble tile on to my Jaguar. As...