Recent content by TastyCarcass

thanks for the help guys, I'm getting quite good at this now

I could spend either £400 on a cheap ebay double bass or on an reliable electric upright bass to get me started. I do ultimately want to play the double bass for blues, funk and jazz, but do bands/artists like having EUB players? Would I have trouble finding gigs? Is it common for people to...

If we're talking about drop tunings, yes we kinda are a heavy bouncey riff band, one of my favourite bassists is Fieldy and he plays a 5 string in what I believe is a drop tuned band (the guitarists use 7 strings at least) I can understand why you'd drop tune for guitar, it's to make fast bar...

a capo? Or is a copy something else? I'm not good with bass accessories so I might look into it. And if I tune up half a step, will the strings be too tight and risk snapping, or should I invest in thicker strings to do that?

I'm not really looking for a song, just a nice Hi! I play the Bass! doobledooboopboopbadoodleboodledoodle sorta thing

I've always been tempted by them because of Fieldy, Dirk Lance and a busker I keep seeing in Carlisle who plays funky loop tunes that make me wanna dance. My problem is, I've just joined a metal band who play in drop C tuning. I'm fine with the sound and I don't mind, but when it comes to...

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sounds like muted pops is the right thing to do, cheers. I just need help with the LH slap, I've never really came across it before. Do you know any video guides or anything?

this is relevant to my interests :D If someone asks me if I can play bass and I need to impress them I kinda just slap and pop on the blues scale, but I may need better ideas

Hi, I'm a guitarist turned bassist, interested in learning funk metal and I'm trying to develop a percussive technique. I can slap, pop and slide on the thick strings quite well (calluses have formed properly now) and I've been going through as many songs as I can trying to develop technique and...