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I haven’t touched my bass or guitar in about a year. There’s no explanation. I loved playing and even plan on building a bass from a kit but, I just don’t feel like getting the thing out. Zero motivation. I bought some bass music books to work on since I’ve always enjoyed doing that but...

I am refinishing an abandoned, really cheap $130.00 bass I bought around 2008. It was a Dean Zone bass. Most of those are advertised as being made of basswood. I sanded the black translucent paint off and this doesn’t look like basswood to me. I’m about to hit it with shellac once I get is...

When working on a piece of music, whether it’s a complete song or exercise, when is it considered “mastered”? 3 TIMES IN A ROW If I remember correctly, a virtuoso musician, possibly guitarist Steve Vai, considers something mastered when you can play it 3 times in a row, full speed tempo, with...

I’m an experienced electric bass player. I can read tab and standard notation so this isn’t a quest on learning to play - it’s quest for learning electric bass history!! Most all of us here know the electric bass made it’s debut for the masses in 1951 with the Fender Precision Bass. I’d like...

Hello Fellow Bassists! I have a simple goal. I just want to play my instrument with skill, accurate timing, good tone, etc. In other words I want to be a serious accomplished bass player. I am pretty good now, but it's not good enough. I play along with a metronome as accurately as possible...

For no logical reason, I want a hollow body electric bass. Something kind of like the Gibson EB 750. I have been playing bass and guitar for decades but haven't really bothered to research why a player would use a hollow body electric bass. Is it to be able to use it unplugged as well as...

I am considering building a custom bass from a kit. I intend to modify the body as well as convert it to a set neck instead of bolt on. I might do something similar to what the Simmons Lobue tribute bass builder did with the neck joint...

Guys! I just bought a unique bass from ebay. It's banged up a bit but it was a prototype and fairly rare. It is the Rudy Sarzo Washburn Slammer!!!:hyper: One sad thing I noticed when I got it...the neck pocket was damaged at the bottom. :bawl: There were a bunch of little shims...

Quick question: How feasable is it to take one of the new Saga 5 string Bass kits (Amazon.com: Saga MB-10 Modern Style Bass Kit: Musical Instruments) and upgrade the neck to a 35" scale so the low B isn't flopping around like a fish out of water? I was thinking about getting one of...

I'm working on Electric Bass Position Studies by Roger Filiberto to improve reading standard notation. It's a struggle because all that was learned in the open & 1st positions has to be somewhat "re-learned" from the 5th position on up. Just wondering if anybody else was working on this...

I'm an electric bass player so please forgive my ignorance about double-basses. Here's my question: A kid in my son's orchestra class went over to my son's bass and tightened one of the strings...way, way, way sharp (the little booger :scowl:). When it was discovered, the teacher simply...