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I'm not THAT long into my bass journey. I played guitar for a long time (off and on). I started learning bass with Truefire because I had the membership still for guitar. Their lessons were pretty mediocre. After doing some reading on what's out there I gave Bass Buzz a shot. The content and...

You hear a lot of names thrown around for pickups and pre-amps, Duncan (outside of quarter pounders), doesn't seem to get talked about much. I'm considering replacing the Tonepump Jr and EMG HZ pickups in my Spector; I don't like how the preamp functions, and the pickups just don't clean up...

I've been going back and forth on this decision for months. I need a B string. Thought about maybe seting up a 4 for BEAD, but I've settled on the 5'er because oddly, my technique seems way better on the larger neck (the smaller the neck, the tighter I tend to grip), go figure. This will be my...

I want to learn a number of metal tunes, and most of them need a B string, or at the very least drop tuning, so I've been putting it off. I've been trying out 5 string models, and I just can't get on with that nut width, so I'm going to grab a 4 string and set it up for BEAD. I don't want to...

So like the title says, I'm looking for a versatile dual humbucker bass. Looking for something as a kind of in-between bass that can get a sort of t-bird tone, a fat neck tone, and split and get a passable jazz bass tone. Maybe even active/passive to cop a bit of a ray tone. Is there a jack of...

Played a couple Dingwalls today, a Combustion and a D-Roc...I didn't really expect to like them, but gave em a go for kicks. Gotta say, they felt REALLY comfortable. The shape of the bodies is really good/ergonomic. Neck shape felt nicely substantial and fit the hand well. I don't really like 24...

Picked up an HH Sterling a while back and I absolutely loved the tone of it...but, within hours it fell apart. Tuners shredded, truss rod broken...I guess that's a thing, and back it went (and I'll never buy another, that's garbage). I picked up a used Music Man Ray Special 4H, I struggled with...

Maybe I'm over thinking this as I've never actually played to a FOH PA, but DI's...would the ones with cab sims not sound way better (Darkglass for eg.)? My only real experience with this is playing through my monitors...if I go direct from my DI (Tonehammer), or from the HX stomp without a cab...

Most of us have probably tried these big 4 basses....Jazz, Precision, Thunderbird, and Stingray. I know they vary depending on specs, the brand, the room, the time of day, the color of the walls, whatever...I'm not looking for people to tell me what to expect from them or anything. I have my...

I've really come around and have been liking the Stomp XL more and more as time goes by, and at the moment it has knocked everything on my board off except for my Empress Bass Comp. I feel like if there was some way to see the metering in the stomp I could easily get away with using the internal...

I've always preferred the sound of dead strings...for both guitar, and now bass (don't try and change my mind). Both my basses are pretty dead sounding and I'm really happy with where they're at...but I'm also trying to learn slap and of course this makes it super challenging. Thinking maybe...

So this isn't necessarily a recording question, but is about my studio monitors so I guess this is the right spot... I have a pair of KRK Rokit 8 G4 monitors that were great for guitar, but I really struggle to hear bass through them. I'm not doing recordings right now, so it's not exactly...

So I have used Helix/Helix Native for years with guitar. I sold the Helix a while ago, but I've still been using Native for a long time...and I started out playing bass on it, and really, it's fine. I just grabbed a stomp because they are on sale, and man, I am super underwhelmed. I know a ton...

Sorry if this is in the wrong spot...thought this would be appropriate here. I haven't played with anyone for quite a few years, and that was guitar and drums. I plan to hopefully start playing some gigs; I'd like to find a solid cover band with guys my age...but I'm about a year out from being...

I'm looking into grabbing an HX Stomp. In theory this should provide everything I need pedal wise. I'm very familiar with the Helix ecosystem and what it has to offer. I'm a bit torn though on a few things. 1...regular or XL? XL seems far more usable...but then is it even necessary? 2...for...

So I was all set on getting a Mesa TT800 and even placed an order to bring one in, but a couple quick trades came along and long story short, I now have a Trickfish Bullhead 1K . Figured if I didn't like it I could always keep the Mesa order and trade it or something, but man, I love this amp...

Finally decided to get a Mesa TT800 and a matching Subway cab. It's at the top of my list, and I was partly swayed by there being a used cab and amp near me. Picked up the cab today after work and got a smoking deal on it. Super happy. Went to go get the amp...sold this morning. So here is my...

I don't have a bass amp yet, and yes I already made a post trying to figure out where to start...which has led me to an amp head and cabinet. Now I'm wondering if the models I'm using in Helix Native are actually representative of the amps. Line 6 does a pretty good job with these I think? I'm...

Long time guitar player/Drummer and I have no bass gear (other than guitars). I'm currently playing through Helix Native through my studio monitors for practice and it sounds good... but the time to get a real setup is coming. I see lots of people running DI's, while others are using amps of...

I'm new to playing a ray, in fact I've never played an active bass before. It's an amazingly comfortable bass to play, but I'm struggling a bit with the tone. My biggest issue is that I find that unless I really crank up the bass knob on the ray, the higher stings just kind of get lost. But then...

Went back to try out some tbirds for a 4th time. I brought my own strap this time, and that made it much nicer to play. TBH, the Epiphone they had felt way better than the Gibson, and it was quite light..but I still felt like I was forcing it. Played a handful of other basses too, and they had...

I'm considering picking up an Epi Tbird to scratch that itch...I dont think I'll ever NOT want a bird, and Gibsons are just too expensive for how much I would likely use it. Anyway, I'm eyeing the Vintage Pro, there's one in my area...I'm wondering though if anyone has changed out that...

I'm looking into getting a new Stingray Special HH, and there are virtually none in Canada. If you take a gander at the Music Man product page, it looks like pretty much every colour has been discontinued...so I would guess that's why there's no stock right now. Anyone know when new colours are...

So I went to try out some HH basses and fell in love with the sound and playability of a Sterling Ray34HH. It had some setup issues, but I figured I'd be able to remedy that pretty quick so I bought it on the spot. I've had it at home for all of 30 minutes, first thing I checked was the truss...

Hey everyone. So I'm relatively new to bass. I tried out a ton of them before I bought my first one, and I really love the feel of my Precision. Its a fantastic guitar. One thing that really stands out to me is the width of the neck. When I play a Jazz for example, it feels really narrow...

Been playing guitar for 15 years, and I've had my sisters American Special P bass sitting at my house for the last month (I was selling it for her). I've dabbled a bit before, but decided I should give learning the bass an honest go; I got REALLY hooked. Maybe it's just because it's new...but I...

Hey everyone! Ive been playing guitar for awhile now, and recently Ive been wanting to get into Bass. I made a deal and traded for a bass guitar...so what now :)? I was thinking I would go the Hal Leonard rout and pick up a few books to start with. I imagine they are pretty good? And I...