Recent content by vonshavingcream

for me the best modification I have done is running my pickups directly to the output jack bypassing all the knobs. Bass runs wide open and everything is eq'd later down the road. Learned it from John Myung and have never looked back since.

I'm selling some Bass Guitar Magazine Back Issues. You can check them out at My Back Issues of Bass Player Magazine Price includes shipping to the US. There were more than a couple, so I put the webpage together to help make things easier on people. Dates range from 2003 - 2013. Thanks for...

We mainly play rock / prog rock. Which is why I was interested in trying this. I have small hands, and I currently have 2 5-strings. 1 is strung B - G, the other E - C. This gets me 90% of the songs we cover/want to cover. I have tried many 6 string basses and can't find one that doesn't...

after seeing the replies here I am very interested in doing this. I have a cheapo 5 string that has a decent head stock with enough space to pull it off. I'm not worried about the nut, I've made my own replacements for broken stuff in the past. I was wondering how you handled the bridge...

Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on this? I've been pondering with converting a 5 string to a 6 string. Mainly to keep the neck width. Just wanted some thoughts before going for it. thanks.

I don't remember having this problem so pronounced before. I haven't really changed anything. But recently, the last few months, while playing I can hear every adjustment and movement I make with my left hand. I can hear everything when I move up and down the neck between positions. Is this a...

Short answer .... 4 days. Long Answer ... My grandfather and his brother were in a band together. His brother died and the band had a show that weekend. The band pulled me aside at the funeral gathering at the house and talked me into playing a show that weekend. We started that day and I...

number please. my 5's -- Two washburns.

Nothing Fancy I currently have 2 Washburns. Axxess 5 string and Bantam 5 String. I got my first Washburn back in the early 90's it was an MB5. I have tried all different kinds of basses in all different price ranges, and always come back to Washburn. I have finally smartened up and stopped...

Hi guys, I am working with a few other bass players on a string quartet type of project but with only bass guitars. Some of the arrangements I am working on require higher parts. For those parts, I am thinking about using some alternate tuning for the higher parts to save the guys from...

If you don't mind used or older models. Yamaha's have fairly Wide necks, as do some of the older Washburn 6 Strings.

Been trying to remember this for awhile now and can't seem to. I remember from ads in Bass Player Magazine from the early to mid 90's. I could have sworn the were John 'Something' Pickups. But I can't remember. I only remember they were like $200 a pickup. I could be way off on the name. I...

I play righty and I am a lefty. I tried a lefty bass once and didn't even know where to start. it was really weird.

I was watching an interview with john myung's bass tech. The tech mentioned that the music man bongo's he used were basically 5 string models with a custom 6 string head stock, bridge and nut. This was done to get the strings closer together and so the neck wasn't as much of a "boat oar" as he...