Recent content by Useless Human

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    Where do you stand?

    And you can hear the snare and high-hat better which helps with playing in the pocket.
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    Double Bass It's official...

    Your favorite music store to drive past, Guitar Center, has filed for bankruptcy. The company owns some historic music instruments. Will they go up for sale? IMHO they will restructure and survive. Thoughts? Stories?
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    Fuzz...

    Hello, I read a piece at Pioneers of fuzz: 13 guitarists who defined the fuzz pedal | MusicRadar regarding the pioneers of fuzz. They got a lot right like The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" However, I found the following missing: The Dramatics' "What You See Is What You Get" is an early...
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    Is a drum machine really necessary to learn bass?

    I've looked into ChordPulse and really like what I see. Thank you very much for the tip!!! For the price it seems beyond awesome. I'm going to give it try. With a 14 day free test drive, I don't think anyone can go wrong giving it an audition.
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    Is a drum machine really necessary to learn bass?

    I love playing along with my Alesis16. With all of the different patterns and with A/B of each you can find lots of pockets to pick. But a metronome allows me to focus only on the material I'm learning with a very steady master of time that's distraction free.