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Hello all. Recently I acquired a DOD FX32 Meatbox off the 'bay. Plugged her into an old Kustom amp with a 2x15 cabinet and woaaaaaah the walls are shaking! Awesome. Didn't have much time to play around so I packed it up and left it on my desk. I come back the next day, plug it in and.... nothing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s-f7dIc2jg This is the best cover of Continuum I've ever seen.. The interplay between these three is amazing.. and FUNKY as can be. If you want to see more of the bass player's work (Michael League) I highly recommend you check out his band Snarky Puppy as well...

Don't know if this has been shared here before, but I thought it was awesome!

Hey all. For my college audition in the fall I'm going to play a piece by Bach and I've been practicing it and deciding I can't get it to sound the way I want on a fretted bass, so I'm going to bring a fretless with me as well. I've had my eye on the Jaco Sig bass for years since I'm a Jaco...

Does anybody else have a problem drooling on the fretboard when practicing sitting down? I can't stand blazing through a difficult passage and only realizing my mouth is hanging open after a long thread of spit has made it way onto my 19th fret. Drives me up the wall.. I hope it doesn't warp my...

Hello all. Recently I've been on the hunt for a speaker cabinet that can handle my new SVT 4 Pro, but isn't going to be a pain in the rear end to transport. Any recommendations? What has worked for you SVT 4 owners?

Hello all. My teacher has vastly improved my bowing technique compared to how it used to be. I can now produce an nice, even sound when playing long notes. My problem is that I still have trouble bowing quickly, i.e. playing eighth or sixteenth notes. When I bow with my metronome at higher...

Hello. I'm looking for a good quality, yet affordable double bass in Texas. I live around south central area to specify. I've currently gotten two double basses from my local shop; the first one I returned because it had a terrible wolf tone, and this second one has some rattling parts and...

I just got my new 2012 Fender American Standard jazz today.. great looking bass I'll add. When I got this bass I was excited to finally strip off the pickguard and play a bass with no guard, seeing as I couldn't do this on my MIM because the guts would be exposed, but after taking off the...

So I've recently got in contact with a well known bass teacher in my area, and when he brought up how much he charges for a lesson, he told me it was 50 bucks a lesson, 60 if he comes to my house (understandable). I then realized that I have no idea what I should expect when it comes to paying...

Does anybody know any good double bass teachers in SA (preferably N area)?

I've run into a problem, the problem being that sometimes (not always, but pretty consistently) when I bow the g string (open and when the string is pressed down) the bow almost catches somewhat on the string it seems. If I bow a Bb on the g string with a steady down bow the sound is almost...

Still being an amateur doubler, I was never explained the concept of thumb position. From what I understand, switching to thumb position on the G string with the thumb on the high G means that the thumb becomes the open string. That being said you can move your left hand fingers into positions...

I don't think there's any clubs on here for vintage Kustom amps. You know, the sparkly ones with the tuck n roll upholstery and all. This is the first real bass amplifier I ever got and despite being way older than I am it still sounds great!

I'm not too sure if anybody on this forum is into manga or anime, but there's a new series that just stopped airing called Sakamichi No Apollon which is about high schoolers during the 1960's, and two of the main characters play jazz together. I highly recommend it to anybody who's familiar with...

I've only been playing double bass for about a year or so. Today I noticed I get a good deal of tension in my ring finger when playing in the higher positions with my thumb on the side of the neck (not thumb position!) Are there any ways to remedy this? It seems my pinky sometimes will stay...

Hello, all. I recently purchased a new bass from my local violin shop (www.stradviolin.com), and although the bass sounds amazing (a huge upgrade from the one I was renting previously), I've run into a problem. One of the tuning keys is loose and is causing a rattling sound when I play notes on...