Recent content by The Conqueror Worm

Oh, I already do set-ups and general tech work for a few bands. I've developed my taste, but I am on the pickier side. What usually happens is I'll buy a weird (or out-of-production) bass online hoping that I'll bond with it, and it'll be close, but someone else in the local music scene will try...

I buy a lot of basses to try them out, to be honest. There's a lot of brands and models that simply aren't stocked at local shops (and I live in the Chicago area, so there's a ton of great local shops), so I'll buy one online to try it out. Most of the time, the bass will be 90% of what I want...

What kind of metal you're playing is also pretty important. A lot of bands can have a dress code or a prevailing aesthetic, and that's okay! Thrash metal tends to be more freewheeling in terms of what's allowed, as well as grindcore. Death and black metal (especially black metal) can get kind of...

I know the OP's picture isn't a fretless Stingray with a maple board, but I've got a story about one of my own basses. The other year, I was GASing hard for a fretless Ernie Ball, and wound up tracking down a Sterling that the previous owner had converted to a fretless... with a full birdseye...