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I have an OLP Traben tb4 and my neck pickup is easily pushed in and sticks there. When I'm playing I'm often finding I accidentally knock it and it gets pushed in and then the bottom end is losing power because of it. I have to keep unsticking it and raising it again... will post pics of what I...

I've got an OLP Traben TB4 4 string which has got a very funky poppy tone to it. Don't get me wrong.. this is great but the style of music my band does is hard rock/metal style and the bottom end gets lost when we're playing. I have it tuned to drop D and occasionally C for the purposes of...

My daughter will be 3 next month and has been showing an interest in my basses.. wanting to hold and 'play' them.. and I was considering getting her a child sized bass and get her started learning... but is she too young??

Nightmare! My husband (our drummer) has only gone and fallen over, scratching himself up and breaking his elbow!!!! :crying: Just as we were planning on recording our first song!! Aside from becoming a Def Leppard cover band.. any ideas how we can get around it? How long does an broken elbow...

We use cubase to work on ideas etc but no matter what I do I can't seem to get the bass at a decent level without sounding distorted.. can anyone help? It's going straight in through the mic input via jack (not ideal I know but all we have at the minute)... Thanks.

HELP! Can someone please reassure me? I've just sorted out the action and intonation on my 5 string bass.. and only when I finished did I remember reading that it's important to detune before adjusting the intonation? What's the worst that could happen??? Could I have screwed something up? :help:

I did a search and nothing came up so apologies if this has been covered before... just don't chase me away with pitchforks.. lol :hiding: When it comes to pedals... what do you prefer? More pedals that you may not use or just one or two that you use all the time? Personally I've got one...

Hi guys, I've been with a band for about 2 months and we're starting to write our own stuff with a view to gigging in around 6-8 months or so, obivously starting off in small pubs/clubs etc and working our way up from there. Having never been in a band (or gigged for that matter) before I'm...

Which do you prefer and why? I use picks at the moment but am considering venturing to the dark side.. lol

PLEASE help me settle an argument with my guitarist.. he's got it into his head that guitar is better than bass... so pleeeeeease help me sort him out!!

Our band have just started attempting to do some home recording.. our guitarists have 4-tracks whereas we (myself and my husband who's the drummer) don't so we record straight into the pc via the mic input... not idea but it's ok for now before we get into proper studio recording.. We have...

It seems this site is predominantly US based... but are there any other UK bassists out there on here?

Hi, my name is Sarah and this is my first post...:ninja: I'm 22 and currently flit between playing a 5 or 4 string but my main baby has to be my 5 string (hence the username lol)... Anyway.. I digress... I am self taught by playing to cds and have always played with a pick but now I'm in a...