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I turned on Ashdown MAG 300 amp, and out of the blue came a loud, almost deafening high tone which I can only describe as resembling a seriously amplified electric razor. Anything I do to any of the controls has no influence on the tone, and it plugging in or unplugging bass has no effect...

Apologies if this has been asked elsewhere, I did search but came up empty. I have an Ashdown MAG 300 Evo II head, and Ashdown 410 and 210 cabs (both 8 ohm). Does it make any difference which one goes on the bottom? And if so, what is the reason? The horn in the 410 is obviously in the...

Our covers band have recently added this song to our live set, and anyone that has played it on bass will know it's quite dull for us bassist, mainly just hammering away on a C on the A string for the most part. I usually have no problem adding a bit of flair to dull basslines, but I just can't...

I have been playing bass for about 8 months after switching from guitar to fill a vacancy in my friends covers band. I am very competent with a pick (15 years of guitar) but decided to learn to play finger style a few months ago. I use the 'moveable anchor' ie. thumb on pickup when playing...

I play an Ibanez SR300 as my main bass, which has a very thin maple neck. I use heavy flatwound strings (.50, .75, .95, .110). I am worried about long term neck damage over time, so my question is should I back off the tension every time finish playing, and put my bad away? Will this alleviate...

I'm a recent convert to bass from guitar, and play in a rock/metal covers band. We play Metallica, G'n'R, Megadeth, Motörhead etc. I started playing with a pick, but I have starting using fingers as I prefer the warmer, rounder tone. However I miss the aggressive attack of a pick. If I dig in...

Being a guitarist for 10 years, and switching to the bass 6 months ago, I found it quite easy to pick up using my trusty pick. However, all my bass playing heroes (Steve Harris, Cliff Burton, Geddy Lee...) use finger picking, so naturally this is the sound/style I want to emulate. After months...