Recent content by The Soloist

Hello, once again, good people of TalkBass.com! With every one of my inquiries, you always seem to have an answer! So please don't fail me now! As I'm becoming a better bassist, I've been getting more use of my instrument in scenarios that I need amplification. Last night I played my...

what is the best way to clean strings? how often should i clean? most of what i do is bowing, so there's some rosin caked in on my strings. Thanks!:bassist:

ah thank you all. i probably should have mentioned i've been taking classical lessons for about a year and i was just transitioning into jazz :P (my teacher doesn't play jazz). I've decided to go with "The Evolving Bassist," it seems to be just what i'm looking for! thanks!

Hello, good people of TalkBass! You all have been so helpful in the past, so I hope you will be just as helpful now! Next year I'll be playing some bass in our high school's jazz band. Not for all of our music, but my jazz director wanted to do some more traditional big band stuff so I'll be...

that was beautiful very good advice, i thank you for that! i really am glad that i know the technical info and how it acually works, so i can do more to improve that, thank you

GET A FRETLESS CONVERSION fretless basses sounds INCREDIBLY close to upright. also regarding that really small bass; those are awesome. my music teacher has one of those, and it really does sound orchestral. it would also make a really great travel bass too.

thanks, that does help. i didn't know if there was something wrong! my teacher will and does teach both grips. HOWEVER i might switch to german anyway... my hand is shaped different, a lot different. i've been playing classical guitar for 3 years (which makes bass much more easy), and...

looks like we're on the same boat, buddy! my thumb used to cramp up so bad i couldn't even finish the song i was playing! it got a lot better though, just by playing more are perfecting the grip (don't play more if it hurts lol, i mean in general). and this for me was like 2 weeks ago! my hand...

head looks like a strat!

:help: Hello good people of talkbass! I play French bow (er, learning) and i cant get enough VOLUME on my low E string. the A string also sounds a tad too soft, but i make my D string booming loud without thinking about it. this is not the bass's problem btw, it's the bow's. I can't get...

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oh gosh, lots of reasons. hmm. ill see what my teacher thinks next time I see him (in like 3 weeks o.O)

Hello good people of talkbass! last time i had my bass taken in to the shop (endpin o.O) he had to take the strings off for a moment. when i was playing at home that night the G strings started buzzing pretty bad, and the farther up the neck i go the more it buzzes! is there any way i can fix...

:help: oh gosh.. i don't know what any of you guys are talking about... i called the man a "repair guy" cause i don't know what a luthier is. the guys makes violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes basses. he took out the old endpin and replaced it (after shoving some tool into it, i...

:help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: Hello good people of talkbass! i have dilema: i just got a bass starter pack with the tuner, amp, guitar, cable, the works. its a nice (and very light) new squire. when i first plugged it in to the amp, nothing. i rolled the guitar's volume and...