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hi all im a guitarist dabbling with bass and want to use fingers it feels more natural to me to pluck with middle first and then index, is this a bad habit, ive tried index- middle but it feels un-natural i dont want to start with bad habits should i work on index then middle...

hi all i love slap/pop and for obvious reasons its the mainstay of funk is there any other slappers that play different styles or work slap into other genres les claypool is the only one i can think of (sure its funky, but not really classic funk music IMO) having just taken up...

hi all i have tried searching but not done well is there a way to have a passive bass with an active option via a switch or push pull etc or is it a totally different pickup/setup type i.e. can i just take my current passive bass and make it active without gutting the whole thing out (but...

hi all as per my previous thread i killed the stock P pickup on my p/j i have to order one and the place i get it has caps and pots, which are hard to get in ireland my sx pots seem very good, compared to others experience (no scratching at all and very solid) the only thing is...

hi all i just got an sx p/j ash and the high pole pieces were annoying me i found that a hard push on the poles popped the magnet off the back and i could push them all flush with the cover and reattach the magnet this worked nicely for the top piece of the p pup and i tested it...

hi all i have just got a sx pj ash and the nut is well high, it needs a setup after changing the strings anyway so is there a sequence? nut first, then rod, then saddles? im sure one adjustment will affect the other what do i approach first? many thanks 4

hi all i got my sx pj ash yesterday (delighted with it) i changed the stock strings for 45-105 dd xl nickels and it has not worked out at all it is obviously much harder to play and fret at position 1, but the tone is not as good and more importantly when i slap the e it is banging hard off...

hi all first post! i have done as much searching and reading as i can i am about to buy the sx p/j ash (the j body one) but came accross a post about the serial mod on a j giving better tone options than a pj on looks, i prefer the maple/ash sx j bass with the blocks but like the...