Electric and/or upright
Im going to New York im may/june. Holiday. I would really like to take some lessons. Im semi pro. Played for 30 years. More interested in inspiration than chords and scales..if you know what i mean. Manhattan/Brooklyn. Can you recomend anyone?
thanks!
I did not play very loud, but its gone. What would you do? Give the cab to the fishes or buy a new speaker? I do not expect that its gonna be easy to deal with GK. Can anyone recomend a place to buy a speaker that will fit?
Any Basswitch users here who have overdrive pedals connected to the BW? I have tried both effect loops but it did not work out. At the moment the od goes before the Bw on one of the channels. It sounds ok but for sveral reasons im not 100% happy about it. Any suggestions?
I went out to hear Marcus Miller today. Great gig and great musicians..BUT it was the exact same concert that i heard 10 years ago... almost note for note. Last month i heard Mike Stern ..same thing. Blues solos over syncopated grooves for 90 minutes. Very boring. I might as well listen to a cd...
Does anyone here know the music scene in Berlin. I love the city and would have liked to live there. Is it possible to make a living there as a bass player? I play electric and upright.
Imo it should be like lego with magnets. I would like to to have a bunch of pickups and change whenever i wants to..e.g at a studio gig. Whats the point of the screws and the soldering?
A couple of weeks ago i ordered a p-bass neck from Warmoth. ( i have bought loads of stuff from them ) And since i use 55 - 110 strings i them asked if the nut could be filed accordingly. Their answer was like this: We dont...the strings may fit..they may not.
Of course they did not fit..not at...
I have small (not visible) crack somewhere at the top of my bass. When i hit certain notes it buzzes and its really annoying. I cant take it to my repairman now so i would like to fix it myself. What type of glue should i use?
I have have repaired my GK mb fusion twice and the GK distributor obviously doesnt have any GK parts at all. To get the parts from US takes months every time. Very frustrating. Think twice if you want to buy GK
Does anyone here tune their bass two steps down? Pros and cons? I did it yesterday and my bass really loved it. Better tone, way better sustain, heavenly mvvaaa, a dream to play, low Eb and D. I really consider to keep it like this.
Just bought the TTE5oo amp. So for im very happy with it. Sounds great but the compressor seems to work only at high volume? Cant say im happy about that.. I would like yo use it on low volume gigs (with compressor) Am i doing something wrong here?
Help!!! I have a gig in two days and my amp suddenly died. I can turn it on but there is no sound. I have tried different cables and its not my bass. There is a pop sound in the speakers when i use the mute switch. But thats not very musical. This is the second time i have had problems with this...
I tried my new proton envelope filter today and i found out that its almost worthless when used with compressor. I should have understod that :hmm:
I cant live without my compressor on all the time... Anyone here who combines envelope filters with compressor? Thoughts, hints, ideas anyone?
I have had the Jamerson set on for a while and they sound great..but the E string is really dead compared to ADG. There is no sustain at all. Is it normal that the E string goes dead before the others or is it something wrong with my string.
Lately i have been practicing The dry cleaner from des Moines. Im wondering if Jaco did that song in one take live. Or did he work his way through the song after Joni had recorded the vocals? It doesnt really matter (either way it is a fantastic track) im just curious. Thoughts anyone?
Im planning to build a short scale bass for my daughter. She wants a star bass. When i showed her a picture of Bootsy with starbass...she was sold. I cant decide on tuning. Since she already plays the violin im afraid to confuse her with eadg tuning.. so im considering tuning in fifths. What do...
I have used my Fusion amp for a couple of gigs this week. And for several reasons i wanted to go direct from the amp. The result was not good at all. Very noisy. Couldnt use it at all. Any GK mb fusuion players here with some tips? Is it just bad..or what?
Just found this on The Bass Gallery website
With regret we announce the passing of a long time friend of us here at The Gallery, Wal luthier and all round good egg Pete Stevens. He will be greatly missed by us all. Any one that knew Pete or would like to attend pay their last respects, the...
I have been working hard on my sightreading for a while and yesterday i found my old Parker book. To my surprise it was not difficult anymore. Im happy.
Does anyone have suggestions for more reading to work on ?