Recent content by Tnavis

An update; played the same venue a few nights ago with the same rig and zero problems. Two differences; no LED lights nearby, and i brought a Furman power strip with RFI and EMI reduction. What did occur to me, however, is that during the show in December it was -10 degrees. I wonder if i...

It's funny you mention this, because in my non-bass life I work in higher ed IT, and the academic focus of one of the professors I support is the concept of musical time.

Pop/popular music will always be the music of the "younger" generation. I can't remember the specific post about it, but the age demographic of Talkbass skews towards the "not younger generation" (and I say this as somebody who has been on Talkbass for over 20 years and is damn near 50). There...

It's worth mentioning, as a side note, just how fortunate we are to have so much bass related content available. I started playing in the early 90's, and the only video instruction I had available to me was Billy Sheehan's "Bass Secrets" (which was amazing, and I still use some of those tips)...

I can't remember which podcast it was, but Scott was talking about the business side of SBL: creating clickbait social media, getting people to sign up to the mailing list with giveaways, and blasting out emails with the idea of getting a percentage of people to sign up for paid content. That's...

... it also occurs to me that since it's Christmas season, LED christmas lights might also be to blame (plugged in around the stage)

Played a show last night at a venue i've played at multiple times with no previous problems, but last night was an absolute cluster. Playing an Orange Terror Bass into a Markbass MB58R 102 Energy. Got set up, let the amp warm up for a bit, and when I tried to play I was getting next to no...

It's not all of the fretlines, but if I run my fingernail down the fingerboard I can feel slight bumps.

I'll start asking this question here (and apologies if it's been asked before). I'm the proud owner of a 2003 Pentabuzz with fretlines, and while the fingerboard is still in decent shape, I have noticed that some of the fretlines have started to lift slightly. It isn't currently affecting the...

I think I've decided on a Littlemark 58R head and 102 Energy 2x10 cab.

I might have talked myself out of a combo, and am now looking at a Markbass Little Mark 58R head and a sepearate 112 or 210 combo in their new composite line; primarily because it seems to me that the combos aren't the same size as the extension cabinets.... which seems odd. I might be reading...

The background: Over the last year, the number and variety of gigs I'm doing has increased, and I want a right that's more modular that what I currently have (which is already fairly modular). A few years ago, I played through a Trickfish Bullhead .5K and a TF110 and was totally surprised at...

I like the look of roasted maple necks, and then realized it's because they look like the maple necks i've been playing for a decade or more.

"Weep no more; noble silence usher my way home"