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So I post this out of sheer curiosity, and the desire to know just how much woods actually have to do with the tone of a solid body bass. let me start off by saying, I am not asking for opinion, I asking for help in how to test it. But I digress, every forum post on this topic I have ever read...

This might be the single most random post every in talk bass. but I love my amp rig. An origional Eden WT 800. with a sweet SWR Goliath 2 amp. How much did all this cost me? around $850. An insane deal for this rig. Te sound is killing with my custom Pavel jazz bass. I also love my sennheiser...

I can't believe this happened... My guitarist "friend" needed to use a bass. I let her use my Fender Jazz for a week, and she returned it to me in this condition... Who knows how it happened, but I got some finish scratches. They are not deep, but they make these annoying white lines. I do not...

The kazoo is said to be on of the easiest instruments to learn. anyone can "play it" Imagine a starting french horn player, he is told to buzz his/her lips into the mouth piece, and out comes a usual hell tone. we know it is bad because he is a beginner, and it is unpleasing to the ear. But...

I understand what bi amping is. the highs and upper mids I will send to a 4x10 goliath 2. but the lows.... Would it be better to run the lows through a 4x10, or a 1x18? 1. What would the sound differences between the 4x10 and 1x18 be? 2. What would sound better? 3. If the 1x18 sounds...

For years I have had a dream: take a cheap new bass of ANY brand, Destroy it, then restore it back to new. But thats not all of what my goal is... Tt is to take that bass, and have it look, feel, AND sound better than when I got it. The Test Subject: Today, I went craigslist bass-hunting for...

If you have been a bass player in Denver for years, you might remember, or even have heard of a bass store named First Bass. they had some sweet instruments, and was even an Alembic dealer! sad that this shop isn't around any more.... Have you guys heard of this store? and what happened to the...

As some of you might know, I just got a custom Pavel bass. it have an unbelievable sound, especially the slap tone. :D All well and good right??? When I go to play any other bass it sounds like there is a wet towel draped over the strings. And it is INCREDIBLY difficult to slap and pluck the...

Many months ago, I placed an order for a Pavel Bass. www.pavelmi.com I up until now have been playing many basses to try and find a bass that would fully suit me. But I have not found a bass that I felt was "part" of me. So I decided to go custom. After months of researching and playing...

Plan: I want a fretless 5 string that has an exotic top, and a jazz style body. I DO NOT care how heavy/light it is. The sound I am looking for is a thick, full, warm fretless tone, and TONES of "mwah". What neck wood should I use, and bolt on, set neck, or NT? What top wood should I...

The E A D strings on the entire neck have that "mwah" sound, but the G doesn't have that. No matter how I play... Is there any way I can get the G string to have that "mwah"?

Got to thinking.... And I have no clue if this has been done before, BUT. I thought that it would be cool if the strings helped add to the inlays under them. and I began thinking of what could work. and i thought: If you have a 5 string bass, you could make it look like a staff. and it is...

From playing the electric for a long time, and a need to play swing, and that classic jazz, I need to get a good upright. but what one should I choose for $2000? (all the money i got). also, I need some guts. what brands do you prefer?

Hello, I am wondering what will this bass sound like, I am having a custom bass made, but I hope i have made the right decision. It will be a jazz bass design, with a 1/4 inch cocobolo top, with a honduran mohogany core, to add to this, i have a birds eye maple neck, with a set neck design to...

I know that I, like many of you, have been looking for some one who has a backing track, with no bass, for the Miller tune, Run For Cover. Finally I just made a decent one. Gonna make some videos with it. P.S. If any one wants an Mp3 of the backing track, or the file directly from logic express...

Well, in January, I decided to get my self a bass. This bass is by far and away THE best fretless I have ever played in my 8 years of playing bass, and also, it was the easiest buy I have ever made. What is this bass? A cheap end Fender Squire Jazz 4 that I payed $200 for. I have played lots of...

self explained, I just want to post just a small photo.

I introduce to you what might be the most brainless club on talk bass, the Face in your bass club: the title is self descriptive, If there is what looks like a face in your bass, or some other weird thing in the grain of your basses wood, then your in! Let me start with mine... I bought a bass...

hello! i need a marcus miller run for cover midi. i want to record my bass with it... BUT, i cannot find one with out bass anywhere. can any one give me the midi or the backing track???

Ok, i just wanted to hear what your favorite comment was... Here is mine: i played with a very good band that has been around the block a few times, and the leader came up to me and said, (this is actually word for word): "you got one of them white-chocolate bass play'n soles cat! Im diggin'...

The problem: I wear and kill strings. Even with boiling and cleaning, I wear and break them after a month or so, and I LOVE the new string sound! BUt here is the deal, I play mostle slap, and that mixed with stanley's string bend tends to be tough on strings. SOOOOO, i need a way to get good...

First off, NO TROLLS! but, i just saw an article on the internet... and what happened to me is evil and mean. the story goes, a guy walks into an amish school house, with a gun, and opens fire on them all, killing 12 some children. and a few days later, at the recession, a certain church...

hello, as some of you may know, i am getting a custom bass built for me. i when playing with bands mainky play with a DI box, and i skip the amp all together. soooo, is there any way that i can add to my bass, a 3 pin balanced output?

so today, whilst playing in my church band, (and from many many weeks of playing) I have been noticing that what ever amp AND speaker I play out of, i clip and distort.... My church literally plays at rock concert volume and my 4x10 will not keep up with the demand.... A few weeks ago, my sound...

Ok, here is a try at them: 1. Thou Shout NOT traverse to thy Local Guitar center, and immediately start slapping thy bass through an 8x10 at full volume. 2. Tho shalt serve the needs of the song before thine own needs, and not spew forth bass diarrhea when a solid groove is called for. 3...

simple question AND NO TROLLS!!!!!!! im getting a custom 5 string bass built for me by the luthier named Pavel De La Fuente, of Pavel basses. needed it for the style of music i play, Lots of Gospel and Jazz, (needed the 4 extra low notes.) but aside from the 4 extra notes, what are the up sides...

Time to start one of these! Not to sure if a Pavel club has been done, but it seems like a great idea none the less... Here is mine, or at least my future one.... (in the making) so lets see those Pavel basses and get the whole world Pavelized! :bassist: It will be great seeing Pavel at NAMM...

Hello everyone! just wanted to share with you the first photos of my Pavel jazz bass. i have been absolutly stunned with Pavel's work, so here are the photos: Also, come see Pavel at NAMM 2011, January 13-16, hall "E" booth 1151. :hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper:

Help! how do i get a Ged bass tone? what effects do i use? what bass settings do i set it on, and what are the levels on the effects?

The title is self explanitory, what is the cheapest custom bass you guys know of? it's not out of wand, but of curiosity. please post link to the website if possible...

This is amazing... I laughed so freaking hard at this, It is the Gene Simmons "axe bass", or "punisher bass", (ill give the link) but ANY WAY... I looked at the specs on this bass on the website, and the price of one of these new is not even close to what they are asking, sure you get tickets to...

Ok: stupid question: what are the differences between P bass and Jazz bass? like what are the differences in sound, what are the types of music both are more suited for, what tends to sound better, (to you), and where does the precision in P bass come from?? sorry, i'm not in the fender world...

Hello! i am wondering... do any of yhou have Marcus millers Run For Cover as a midi?? i have searched high and low for it, but i cannot find one. do any of you have one? or do any one of you guys have a Run For Cover track with NO BASS?:help: Thank you!:help::help:

Hello all! There's no "case" section on TB, so I though I might post this here.. I am wondering... Is their any kind of bass case that is built like a fricken tank, and holds 2 basses at once? It would be a nice thing (aside from the weight) to have it that every where I go, I got my two great...

how do i go about making a multi ply back of the headstock like alembic? not the neck it's self, but you see where they sand away revealing multi layers on the back laminate of the headstock,(the one part leading on the neck) i repeat it its not the maple purple heart neck... By the way have...

I am happy, why? Because I chose to work with a company that actually listened to me, and every detail I have ever wanted in a bass is going into it. And yet, the whole instrument costs less than some other companies deposits on the instrument! Who is this company? Its Pavel De La Fuente of...

Hello everyone! Just wanting to see some photos of your Pavel basses, who knows, possibly a Pavel club once one of us starts it, (or when mine is built!). Thanks!:bassist: And I am looking forward to seeing Pavel at NAMM. (booth 1483, hall E);)

So I am wondering, what is the difference (other than the 2 extra notes) between a 24 frets, or 26 frets on a bass. fairly simple, I ask this, because I am getting a custom bass built for me, and I like how on my Warwick Thumb it has 26 frets. (and I do in fact reach the super high "A" on the 26...

I just got done talking to pavel de la fuente of Pavel instruments, I have got to tell you guys, he is easily the best builder that i have ever worked with! was kind knowledgeable, and gave me a great deal, thanks Pavel!