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I've used white nail varnish to mark side dots in the past.

I have a Yamaha BB1100s fretless that I purchased used mid 90s. I played it a bit and then moved to double bass. My electric basses stayed in their cases until a year or so ago. The Yamaha's neck in that time developed a back bow such that it was unplayable. I took it to a chap who suggested...

I've been wondering about the GX-10. It looks very usable. Then up popped the Ampero Stomp 2 on my radar. This has the added benefit (to me) of having adjustable input impedance (so I can use it with a piezo pickup on my double bass). Has anyone used both these units? I'm thinking of using...

I've used in-ear monitors to good effect. I take a signal direct from my amp to a small headphone amp that drives my in-ears. So I only have the bass coming through the in-ears, set at a very low volume, often it's only the high end that I hear with amp being a subwoofer. I've not had problems...

How do these strings compare (sound and feel) to the velvet compass 180 strings? I imagine they might be similar, but I hope not. I've moved into a darker sound world recently (oliv G and D with spiro which E and A). I've found the oliv D and G can be pushed hard to increase volume when needs...

Has anyone tried downtuned dominant solos? Curious how they would sound and feel...

Michael is now on YouTube.

Thanks for the replies, I appreciate it. Where am I coming from? I suppose I'm coming from an acoustic jazz world (where I play upright bass). I'm looking to get more into electric bass based jazz. I was chatting with a drummer recently who enthused about a drum bass duo, which could be fun...

Thanks for taking the time to reply. A comparison between the two would be great. The weight is also for me of importance, I have no problems yet, but I'm aware it's a yet.... I immagine you're right, they're both great but different, do I just need to take the plunge.

I'm looking for some advice. I have no pedals at all, and I'm wondering about dipping my toe into pedal land. I was thinking the C4, Spectrum or Ultrawave. There seems to be a fair bit of overlap between these. But where to start? My initial thought was the Ultrawave, as if all else fails I'd...

Looking for some views on getting either one of these or a Sire V5. My thinking at the moment is to string the instrument E to C (rather then B to G), with a view to playing some chordal things. I've tried a Metroexpress in a shop and it impressed me more than the Sire V7 I tried alongside. But...

A teacher of mine would have me play and stop me whenever he heard this. In the end I see it almost as an ear training. You have to focus your attention on the sound you are producing and listen out for anything unintended (like accents, crescendo....).

Arthur Davis wrote a method using all four fingers for left hand fingering.

When I first tried 5ths tuning I used a set of helicore pizzicato light, before I splashed out on a "proper" fifths set. The pizzicato lights worked surprisingly well both pizz and arco.

When I first tried 5ths tuning I used a set of helicore pizzicato light, before I splashed out on a "proper" fifths set. The pizzicato lights worked surprisingly well both pizz and arco.