Recent content by Yezhik

Alright, will do. Teacher it is!

Yes, this exactly! But not more for gigs, just in general to feel comfortable with the instrument. So that when my current band, or any friends get together, we can play fun and interesting music without grasping for original ideas for 2hours or wasting time.

1.I can read and write, but very slowly. Since highschool, i've had no need for it. 2. No, not freely, after some thought, sure. 3.Yea, chord charts are easy to follow, and maj/min chords are on the fly, the 7s and diminished take a bit. 4.I can play jazz in the sense that I can follow along...

Hey guys. Please help me out. I've been playing bass for 6 years now, performed plenty of live shows and been in 4 bands. I've definitely improved over the years, but I really feel like i've lost the feeling of progress the past year. Is there a checklist, or something to find out where you...

Thanks guys for clearing that up!

Thank you for the info. I mostly play gigs, so i'll always be playing on another persons amp, and that's why I found the controls on the bass appealing. It's just at home, what is "flat" on the bass? when i set all the controls to 0(except for volume of course) it completely shuts the...

So i've got myself a five string Ibanez SR, and i love it. I'm just confused as to how the EQ works, since this bass has EQ adjustments for Bass, lo-mid, hi-mid, and treble. For now I've left my amp flat, and made EQ adjustments only on my bass. Does the bass override EQ on the amp? or...

Thanks for your replies guys, and i'll definitely check out that website

I prefer the G string. Mostly because it adds a lot of flavor, nice melodies/riffs, and is is great for octaves from A string :D

I never used tapewounds on electric, thought that was more of an acoustic scene?

What do you mean by pups? pickups? sorry I'm not familiar with shorthand terms. But if you were speaking of pickups, yeah the neck and bridge pickups are closer to the g than the b by a bit. The pickups are bowl shaped, so if I even them out my D and A would be the closest ones. I'll try that...

Hey guys, I recently bought a new 5 string bass(pretty different than my old 4 string) The only problem I have is that, while the E A and D strings sound nice and full and exactly the way I want them to, my G string sounds ridiculous. It's very metallic, twangy, bright, and when I walk down or...

The reason why I suggested getting a new nut is because the nut regulates string height (from the string to the fretboard) for the first 5 or so frets (a guess, but still the first frets, nonetheless) The saddle adjustment regulates the height for the higher frets. So if you're buzzing at the...

Get a bigger nut would be my guess.

Hey guys, so I got this sweet deal on the Ibanez 20th anniversary 5 string bass. I already adjusted everything from neck relief to string height, and am overall satisfied. However my 12th frets are a bit sharp. Does anyone know how to move the saddle on this bass? It has two screws on both...