Recent content by TheAdrift

OHHHH, I see. Yes, I suppose you would need tiny hands. And very, VERY good aim! I imagine that even for someone with the correct hand specifications, those little nostrils would be hard to hit.

I hate to have to ask, but what does P&W stand for? I Googled it, but all I got was accounting stuff... in that case, are you saying that businesspeople can't believe in karma? Oddly enough, I was just talking about karma the other day--our university's 3:15pm shuttle was full and didn't pick...

That was beautiful! I wouldn't change a thing, and when you go to make that speech, take all the time you need to make it sound just the way you think it should sound. Don't worry about people getting bored--they won't. :)

To be fair, America no longer leads the world in obesity! That honor now belongs to Mexico--or, if we're not just talking about more populous nations, Nauru. I approve of this 3438301%; let's make it a thing! EDIT: I don't think you need a small fist to punch someone in the nose--you just...

There are three perks to having a mother who is a professional hairdresser: 1) You never have to pay for a haircut. 2) You have a never-ending source of gossip that has absolutely nothing to do with you, but is entertaining. 3) You never, ever, EVER have to have a bowl-cut. (Unless, I...

My Ibanez AEB10 has one of those bubbles on the headstock, under one of the tuning keys, and it's much bigger than that tiny little thing. I haven't noticed any effect on the sound... I kinda like it there. It gives it character. I don't think you'll see a problem with it--congrats on getting...

It's not specifically a bass song, but I remember thinking I hallucinated "So Emotional" by Def Harmonic after I heard it on the radio once and then never again--I couldn't find it on iTunes or any other similar programs--but later I looked it up and found that it did actually exist. So I'm not...

I have a rather weird set of flats on my acoustic bass--the strings themselves are freaking huge and they have kinda-low sustain (although I don't think that's just because they're flats), but making my bass a little harder to play was worth it for that sound. The strings were advertised as...

Yeah, a truss rod adjustment may fix the action if needed--although I did read some reviews of the Ibanez AEB10 online and apparently this is a common problem with that bass. The neck looks pretty straight right now, so I don't want to mess it up, but if I do decide to do that, I will NOT do it...

I wound up filing the original nut, and I don't think I did an absolutely perfect job, but I'm good and comfortable with precise detail work, so it went fine. I installed the A, D and G-strings, and oh my god they sound so sexy. They're kinda jazzy, almost like a double-bass, and the strings...

Thanks for the advice, guys--I did order strings made specifically for acoustic basses, but I guess I did order the wrong gauge. For the specific brand that I ordered, it was the only option... and I'd really rather not return them, because they were pretty much exactly what I was looking for...

Okay, so I recently bought a set of Galli Strings black tape-wound nylon acoustic bass strings, and basically did that thing from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World where I sat in front of the door awaiting their arrival. They finally got here yesterday, and guess what? They're too big around...

I tried that technique and I noticed a difference after the first time... but I think I overdid it, because I felt something in my wrist go "pop!" I don't know what I did, but it did not feel good. Hopefully it'll be fine by tomorrow though, and I can get right back to it :) (also the existence...

I feel weird welcoming new people to the forum since I'm totally a newbie myself, but welcome anyway! I'm learning how to read music right now too--the last time I read music was almost a decade ago and I was never good at it anyway--so we'll learn together! :)

I am sorta new to bass and very frustrated with this--I get the feeling that my body type is just not suited to bass-ing. I am a teeny-tiny person (well, height-wise anyway--not so much weight-wise) who is trying to play an Ibanez AEB10... and it looks (and often feels) absolutely absurd on me...