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First off, the subject says might help, not will help. Hopefully you'll take something good from this, maybe not. Some will, some won't and all I can do is try to let you know what worked for me. I'm not a music teacher though I have studied the art of teaching itself, for other subjects...

Due to a shoulder injury and "Victor Wooten hands" (short fingers) I need to play a 30" scale to prevent injuries. I had a Bronco that had a tone I wasn't thrilled with even after putting in SPB-3's and I had a Squire Jazz body laying around from a failed de-fret. Soooo... My Franken Midget...

The subject pretty much says it all. There are times when I move my left hand up or down the fingerboard in order to reach a note when: - I finger between strings. - I finger so far above the fret that the note sounds awful. - I finger just below the fret and it kills the whole note or...

With the passing of Babbitt last summer I got to wondering about this. During the SitSoM movie there was a three way discussion with Jack Ashford, Nate Watts and Ralphie Armstrong in which Watts and Armstrong agreed that they had not heard any bassist play "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye) the way...

First I'll state the point in case you want to skip the story about why, then I'll put the story... Point: I need to know what the correct action height is at the FIRST fret for a Fender Precision / Rondo SX type bass. This is not about action ajustment, it's about ensuring the nut is...

I hope that this can save many of you who are installing your own SPB3's a lot of headaches. Short, short version: This is the standard diagram, straight from SD: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Look carefully. If you know electronics, trace the ground from the jack shield to the...

Hey all, Short version, I put quarter pounders in a bass that had a crappy single PU. I had my reasons. Anyway... A) Wiring diagram used: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Both pots are new 250k, cap is .05uf and PU's are SPB3's from SD. I used 20ga solid copper because it's what I had...

I loved his version of this song and I used to have it a few years ago but can't locate it now. I've scoured youtube, I-tunes and Google but all I get are versions by other people or lyrics that are purported to be by Van Morrison, but I can't find his cover of it anywhere. Anyone else notice...

EDIT: After very close examination of the video I see that he's using both 3rd and 4th fingers on the same fret... okay, I'll try that. I'd still like to know if anyone has found any good exercises though... thanks. ORIGINAL POST: It's apparently a common issue, because this is also the point...

Full Contact makes one for a 34" scale bass that has a design that's been highly recommended but the string spacing is off because I have a modified Bronco. It's the same design as the Badass Bridge on Fender's Marcus Miller Jazz Bass and you can see it here: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]...

In the live version on youtube he gets into a really upbeat style that I've always thought of as New Orleans Jazz. It's happy, playful and even sassy at times and in that song he's playing with that attitude here and there in the "bass part" (as opposed to harmonics or harmonies that he's also...

Thanks for checking this. First of, I'm no kid. I'm not intimidated by wiring or a little work. That said, I'm looking at my new Seymour Duncan SPB-3's and totally baffled about how they're supposed to mount. :help: The old PU is a strat type, with screws going through the pick guard, through...

I was playing with arpeggios, ii-V-I in the key of C Major. You can only practice them all the way up and down for so long before the brain goes numb, even with different fingerings, so I started playing around. I know enough about walking lines to understand dominant, scalar and chromatic...

I answered my own question as someone else was giving a different explanation of the same thing. I'll leave this here in case anyone else can use this in the future to clarify their own confusion about this. I was checking out a vid from Scott Devine and I love the approach. He was teaching a...

Found the issue... looking to delete the post and can't find where to do it. 0.o Update.. still can't find the "nuke this post" button. Mods? A little clean up help here? Thanks!

Are you working on something someone else did or working to create one of your own? If it's something of your own creation, what style is it in? Personally, I'm working on "Darling Dear" (Jackson 5, Jamerson) and "What's On My Mind" (Kansas, Dave Hope).

I think that's what the main issue is when we say music has gone down hill over the past 30 years. It used to be common to have a line that was full of clear, distinct phrases that formed a melodic groove but over time the idea of using a computer to play root - fifth as a foundation for other...

I keep seeing some basses with what is apparently an optional rest of some kind that's screwed into place so that's it's on the pick guard to the right of the G string (on a right handed bass). Neither of my basses have it and a search on Google for anatomy of a bass only showed basses that...