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Sorry if this has come up before, but I couldn't find anything... When I started practising scales, I used three fingers on my fretting (left) hand only. Now, I'm trying to integrate my pinky as much as possible, but it seems a bit awkward when practising scales, even if that's an ideal way...

A search yielded nothing useful, so I hope someone can help... I'm about to sit down with my BP200 (I know, a bit amateurish) to try and create some useful effects - nothing fancy, more to get my head around simple things like compression, and how I can make some subtle but interesting...

Originally put this in the 'Bassists' forum (because of the second question), but should really have gone here... (will try and delete the other one to avoid crossposting). Help much appreciated. Very dumb question coming up... I'm still relatively new to bass, having previously played the...

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This could go in any one of several forums, but it's here for now - can move it if need be. From what I've gleaned over the short time I've played the bass, there are quite a few things that affect how a bass sounds (in terms of both its tone, and how 'good' it sounds): - the wood the bass...

Playing my first gig ever tonight (not counting a 2 minute performance on the drums I did over 10 years ago as a kid). Band is only a few months old, and have played bass for exactly as long as that. We sound OK, but I'm mildly terrified. Playing a set of covers for our work ball, which I...

Not necessarily a bass question, but reading this thread - http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=552814 - reminded me to ask something I've wondered about. Whenever I've read about modes and their corresponding chords (e.g. D Dorian corresponding to Dm7), the chord always includes...

Had no hope of finding the answers through a search, so here goes with a really amateurish question: PJ basses seem a whole lot more versatile to me in terms of achieving a greater variety of sounds. So there are two things I'm wondering: - Why do Fender only make P or J, not PJs? I'd have...

Couldn't find anything specifically about this, so I'll fire away... Have played bass for only a few months, but I'm already stuck in the habit of not using my pinky/little finger on my fretting hand. I've tried to start using it when playing slow chromatic lines, but am really struggling to...

Had a search for this, but couldn't find an exact answer. I'm trying to understand how equalizers work. On my amp, say, I've got a standard 3-band EQ. It makes sense to me that if, for example, I raise the treble and reduce the bass, then notes played on the treble end of the fingerboard will...