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I think it's just quarter sawn rosewood. Many quarter sawn woods have nearly straight grain. Take a look at at the top of just about any acoustic guitar. The first picture shows some wave and unevenness in the grain, and a nice blonde streak on the G side of the fretboard that gets wider. It...

Our band instructor was a horn player, so most of the attention was directed at the horn players. My bass lines were 100% improv - I'd listen to the recordings to get a feel for them, and try to play them note-for-note until I had them down. Then I'd give them my own twist. I love walking...

No, but I have fired my gun in the air and yelled "AAAHH!"

A little muriatic acid should do the trick - use it outdoors with a good breeze going. I'm no chemist, but anytime there's a chemical reaction, there are by-products, and you don't want to take any chances breathing them in. If you just use a little in the cap, you can just do the heads...

I'm a fan of headphone based options, myself. While I'm not a truck driver, I did live in the back of my s-10 for five months back in 2004. I was actively gigging at the time (not well-paying gigs, but still gigs), so I left my rig at our guitar player's house. During the week, I'd practice...

Another vote for toothpicks. I've done it successfuly without wood glue. Having that extra bit of wood will make the screw fit snugly again.

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Not really that high end. They're a dime a dozen in the right part of Phuket. Literally. For five American dollars... Oh.... the bass. Yeah, I dunno.

I'll vouch for the build quality on the Sterling SUB line. I just sat down yesterday for an hour and played the Stingray and Sterling variants at Guitar Center through a Markbass 1x12 combo. Compared to a lot of the imports that used to be prevalent (Jay Turser, OLP, JB Player) they're...

+1. It makes it sound very British - not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just that I'm decidedly not British. I'd rather say "My band plays original music" that refer to it as an originals band.

I used to store my gear in my parents' barn, and used a little trick I learned with my camera gear - wrap it up as airtight as possible in a heavy plastic bag. Given that your cabinet is pretty big, you might want to cut some plastic sheeting to size. When you have a gig or practice or...

I've never been a stickler for matching heads and cabs, but I would recommend the pf500 til the sun goes down. It's a fun little amp, and is deceptively loud. I grew up when loud amps were enormous to house all the junk that makes them loud. I love the fact that I can easily carry it around...

Fender Jazz, soloed neck pickup, tone turned up about a third. It goes through an Ampeg PF-500 - bass at about 11 o'clock, mids at about 2 o'clock, highs at 10 o'clock. It goes through two full range PA cabinets. If you want one of those wacky descriptions - if sound had a texture, this one...

My $0.02: They could make a no-cutaway bass that connects at the ninth fret, and I'd be mostly unaffected. That way they could make the body shapes totally symmetrical, have more room for fancy electronics and pretty woods. If I were to ever have a boutique bass made, that would be it. Then...

Think of every gig as an entry on your band's collective resume'. If those entries read "Started late because the guitar player was fighting in his car with his girlfriend." "sounded like crap because the guitar player was fuming over a fight with his girlfriend." "Cancelled the gig because...