Recent content by Stripes

Personally I would get the Fender Rumble 500 head with a 2x10. Depending on what kind of gig you have you could bring out a combination of your gear. And seeing as your comfortable on a 6 string bass you might want to look into a 5 string or a 6 string as well. I quite liked the Classic Vibe...

Congrats on a great looking bass!

Why is the former lead guitar leaving ? He might be a better player but he might be a diva as well ;) you still seem to have most of your reputation intact from before you got children and that might be part of why they asked you. A combination of being a good player and a good personality which...

Good luck with your surgery!

At times it doesn't even look like he's playing at all with how smooth everything sounds and how effortless it looks :P

You could look into getting a jazz guitar (but then a bass) that you can plug in ? Looks less like you're cheating haha. Other then that I would play the P , ain't no fun if no one can hear you anyway.

That double humbucker is great!

Snagged one up yesterday on the local ad site :) the ad had been on since the 8th of October and I'm getting it for €225 instead of the €311 retail if you still can find the five string black/maple since Thomann isn't stocking it anymore. Will be picking it up next Wednesday night and I'm...

This! Although when it's a maple fretboard it bothers me less because that matches but most basses with rosewood fretboards (mostly Squier/Fender) seem to have this problem.

Took forever to load them (could read the story and still had to wait a bit) but they do load! And they're worth it :) Quite like the way that soapbar looks and you did some pretty rad work on it. Happy sort of new bass day!

Doesn't look stock to me. They look like full size precision pickups , mind you I'm not an expert on it and I'm browsing on my phone.

As someone who isn't an American I couldn't really care less about American made vs Far east made instruments. Sure they are good quality but so are most basses made in different countries if they used the same materials and were given the same time for details. If I can buy 4-6 Squiers for 1...

Congrats on the new bass!

Happy birthday and happy new bass day! Those fretboard dots are funky in a good way :)

How do other three pieces do it? No point in reinventing the wheel is there ? You should see your bass more as a rhythm guitar filling the low frequencies instead of a traditional bass. In the pedal department, fuzzes and overdrives are your friend. But once again, see how others are doing...