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Hi all, Some of you may have seen me complaining about my Bronco. It's finally been replaced, with a shiny new vintage white Deluxe Active J with a brown shell pickguard that I got at a damn good price. I was going to get an Affinity J, but they brought this up and the price wasn't too high...

I'm in high school. The music I see people enjoying is always either pop, hip-hop/rap, rock, or classic rock (I differentiate because a lot of the modern stuff - My Chemical Romance, Pierce the Veil, etc. isn't very good :/) And that's where my surprise comes in. I've developed a somewhat large...

I'm at my breaking point with my Bronco. The same problem has been persisting for years, and I thought I finally had it fixed. As soon as my finger hits a string, there's this rattle. It only lasts for half a second, then I get a clear sound. It's most noticeable on the open strings, and as I...

I get that basses are tuned in fifths. E, A, D, G. At least, for standard tuning. But where do the B and e come in on guitars? Wouldn't C and G make more sense?

I'm getting a new bass in October, and I really like the J basses. But there's so many different kinds! Aside from name and price, and some basic cosmetic stuff, I can't really seem to find a difference. Why is a Blacktop Jazz Bass better/worse than a Modern Player? Why is the Affinity Series J...

I usually don't have this attitude towards musical instruments, so let me clear this up first: I love upright bass. I do not have one of my own. It's unlikely I'll be able to rent one. I do not intend on buying one, nor picking up lessons. I am learning it out of necessity. I have played...

I recently started in my school jazz band, and so far we've started two tunes: "Don't Get Excited!" (Rich Woolworth) and "Engine No. 9" (Les Hooper) I found quite a few Engine recordings on YouTube, but I can't find any of the Woolworth tune. Even just a clip of it would be perfect. It's just...

Okay, so I'm going with the guess that my Peavey Microbass Amp won't be heard over two guitarists and a drummer, even if it's just rehearsal. I don't need anything high-end, but I need something that can be heard and get a clear sound. I'm keeping my Peavey at my house, and I'll probably leave...

Ranting time. Fun, isn't it? An acquaintance asked me why I was so excited about being able to play slap bass. Note that I am a high schooler who has only been playing for about a year, and a large portion of what I do is self-taught, in addition to my lessons. "I know, but it's easily done."...

This is NOT a rant about how much modern music sucks, because there are some bands that make good music. However, in playing bass, as well as guitar, my biggest influences have always been the rock/punk scene of the late seventies through eighties. More specifically, artists/bands like The...

School is starting back up again, so I figured it's time for me to get my musical schedule in order. Guitar routine, check. Piano routine, check. Bass routine . . . Nope. What the heck am I supposed to practice? I spend about an hour and a half each day noodling around, but that won't get me...

My band decided we'd do a cover of Highway to Hell on our first rehearsal together, and I noticed the tuning is off. It's about a quarter lower than usual. Now, honestly, who the heck is going to pay attention to that? Does anybody do this when they're covering AC/DC or do you ever use that...

I'm playing in a pretty good week-long program right now, and we've got a list of songs for Thursday and Friday's concerts. I can figure out all but one, Fishbone's "Ma and Pa". I'd try and learn it by ear, but the computer I'm on has awfully quiet bass. I can't seem to find any tabs or...

We finally kicked out our guitarist, so that she can improve and we can, then maybe we'll consider regrouping. But for now, it's bass, drums, and keyboard. We play largely rock. Anyways, what's your favorite trio? And knowing this site, the very first answer will be Rush. Don't . . . Even ...

I know how to slap and pop, but I can't find a song that applies this well enough for a beginner to get it. I'm working on a list of songs I want to add to my repertoire, and it'd really help if I could be introduced to slapping in a song while I'm doing this. I know Flea pops a lot, but it...

What exactly is a punchy bass? I've heard people talking about it to describe tone, but I'm still confused. I originally took it to mean a more treble-ish bass sound, a fairly bright noise. Like a Rickenbacker 4003. Can someone show me an example of a punchy bass and a non-punchy bass?

Stuff my non-musician relatives/friends say: "You don't need more picks." "You don't need to change your strings." "One bass is enough. Why bother with more than one?" "They sound the same." "1,000 is way too much for a bass." Oh, and then every week I get to explain why my guitar...

This might belong in Band Management. Unsure. My friends and I want to go down to this space where a lot of tourists walk by, and a lot of musicians play for tips there. Usually just one guy with an acoustic guitar. Saw a guy with a banjo there, though. But we need songs that are good...

I'm looking to buy a Rickenbacker 4001 or a PJ bass soon. While I don't have the money quite yet, I'm keeping an eye out at music stores near me and online. What should I avoid when looking at basses on eBay? I'm very skeptical about buying anything I can't play first (I don't even like...

Not sure if this should go in repairs or not, as it's not repairs on a bass or any part of a bass. My grandmother has an old Seth Thomas metronome. According to the bottom: CAT. NO. 1101 NAME: Metronome #10 MODEL NO. E873-006 Since I have two digital metronomes that are more accurate and...

I'm very jealous of musicians with amazing facial hair. Yes, there are great female bassists and great female guitarists and singers and whatever. But Joan Jett could not grow a beard rivaling Dusty Hill. Janis Joplin couldn't match the members of System of a Down. And while I don't think my...

What's the difference between charts and sheet music? Pardon my noobishness. I'd never even heard of charts until I was playing in a jazz setting last week and the clinicians said they'd "get the charts" for the pieces we were performing. They got the charts, and it was just sheet music. Is...

We recently booted our lead guitarist from the band because he didn't talk to the other members as much and was too busy for practice. So, we put our rhythm guitarist in lead. We've got a drummer and a keyboardist. It's worth mentioning we're all in high school. None of us can drive. Which...

I don't sing. Scratch that - I can't. I mean, I can, but not without deafening everything within a quarter mile radius. I put on noise-canceling headphones when listening to music so that I can sing along without hearing myself. With that said, is it possible to learn how to sing well? Not...

Okay, just as a disclaimer. I know nothing about repairs. I have not been into playing music long enough to know anything about repairing, adjusting, or whatever, other than "yes. this is the nut. Tuning peg is this. This is the body." and that basic crap. I've had this problem with my bass...

I'm currently playing on the Peavey Microbass Amp that came in the beginner set, along with my Bronco. It gets the job done. I can hear my bass just fine, and it doesn't crackle, especially since I never have the volume up too high (small, shaky house and family . . . Gotta love 'em), but I'm in...

It doesn't have to be a signature model, but what bass do you want/have because you saw your favorite bassist playing it and loved the tone? I'd die if I ever got to just touch the "Bass of Doom". Robert Trujillo is one lucky guy. I'd love a '62 P-Bass, but a regular P would work just fine...

I'm saving up for a new bass, since my Bronco is short-scale and not very good (intended for kids and beginners). I'm planning on getting a P bass. My Fender fanboy friend got me interested in them, but then showed me the PJ bass. I heard its pickups don't last very long, and it's better to get...

These past two weeks I've finally been in intense, serious music setting with more than one instrument at a time, and I realized just how weak my fretboard visualization is. There's a few other weaknesses I'm working on, but I think those will be a lot better once I improve my ability to find...

Instead of derailing another thread I mentioned this in . . . My band's guitarists hasn't been exposed to much "real" music. By that, I mean her knowledge is fairly limited to modern pop (which, luckily, she despises), Nirvana, Sublime, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and *shudder* Pierce...

Any multi-instrumentalists out there? How long in between picking up each instrument did you wait? What instruments do you play? What do you want to play? Do you have a maximum limit of instruments you hold yourself to? I play piano, bass, and guitar. I really want to learn violin and alto...

High school student here. I'm still somewhat new in my music education, but I have zero doubt that it's all I want to do. I've had interests in several forms of art (animation, drawing, writing), and none gave me quite the thrill I get when I pick up a bass, or a guitar, or sit down at the...

I'm a massive Violent Femmes fan, and I just love the sound of Brian Ritchie's bass, especially in the song Kiss Off. After a bit of research, I found out that he's playing an Ernie Ball Earthwood Acoustic, but they don't make them anymore, so naturally they're quite costly and fairly rare. Does...

I just saw Smash Mouth with a bandmate in a free concert, and I really liked the sound of their bassist. It looked like he used a Stingray bass. I'm not exactly well-versed in basses, though, being largely restricted to seeing Warwicks, Fenders (P-bass, J-bass, and I own a Bronco)...

I take weekly bass lessons, but I'm going to be stopping for June and July because I have an erratic schedule throughout those two months, including family vacations, etc. However, I will be participating in two music camps, playing bass with other musicians during these. I've made a lot of...

Still beginner over here. I'm not entirely self-taught, as I'm taking lessons right now in bass, but I am constantly searching for new information to improve my bass playing. My teacher's gone over popping, harmonics, step riffs, this one-note per string scale thing (Don't know what it's called...

New here. Hi. I don't think I've posted before. Anyways, I'm double-jointed in my fingers. Namely, my left index, pinky, and ring finger, as well as my right pinky, but that's not bothering me. My teacher has recently introduced me to the concept of power chords. Yes, I am that much of a...