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First of all, I'll say that I consider myself to be a metalhead as its been the primary music I have listened to for a number of years. I love its power, the cathartic affect I get when I listen to it after a rough day, it's beauty, it's technicality, the metal community and the fact that it...

So I got a nice Taylor Big Baby acoustic to learn a little guitar on and to write parts for my band (neither if my guitarists are into writing and it's me and the drummer for making songs). So my question is, how has Playing guitar affected your bass playing. Was it for better or for worse? I...

We're a thrash/progressive metal band so I think it's fitting since it's a synonym for uncompromising which I think sums up the metal community. What do you guys think? Is it br00tal enough?

So I'm in a progressive/thrash band that I recently created with some friends. I'm playing on a 30 watt roland cube which I don't think is really cutting it. It gets distorted at loud volumes and I just want something that will lead me to be more prepared when (or if) my band gets gigs. One...

Since last summer it has gone like this for me: Romantic era classical music (Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, etc...) Miles Davis/John Coltrane/Dexter Gordon Alice in Chains Mastodon Tool Pantera and most recently Death For me it is interesting to see my tastes change when I look back on...

My p bass fell down last night and the nut was smashed. I thought about taking it in to guitar center but when reading around on their prices I decided I didn't want to pay 40 dollars for something I could buy online and install myself for 10. How hard is it to put a nut in a bass?

So my band (which consists of high schoolers and hasn't gigged yet) was practicing and while we were in the middle of playing Lateralus by Tool I looked over my shoulder out the window and there was a man who looked about sixty with a cigarette in one hand and a bottle of what looked like...

Lately I've been looking at what kind of bass I want to upgrade to in order to suit my needs better than my current standard p-bass. My next bass needs to have: -a slim neck -brighter sound -lots of tone options -also preferably 24 frets -no more than 1k I was originally looking at pjs with...

My parents have no respect or enthusiasm for anything involving my bass playing (I'm in high school). Whenever I play it, my dad says "quit strumming" or "that's enough twanging". If I practice a part over and over for a couple hours to get it down, my mother will get mad at me. I just don't...

Whenever we practice, I can barely hear myself or the guitar players. It's important to note that we're all in high school, and have small amps, so we can only turn up so loud. Also we practice in a 15x20 room in my house, so we're kinda right next to the drum set. I've approached him and told...

I am playing a mim P bass right now that I am pretty happy with but I am looking for something with a thinner neck and a PJ configuration. My hands are really small so I figure a thinner jazz style neck would help be improve my technique, and I want the brightness of the extra jazz pickup. If...

I have been in my first band for about a year now and I can tell it is going no where. I am starting another band right now and it's shaping up quite well. The problem is, the drummer from my old band is one of my best friends and I see him all the time. I don't know how to tell him I'm in...

What are the differences with regards to power, brightness, clarity, tone options, growl, etc... Also where do basses with a PJ setup fall in relation to the other two?

In particular I was looking at 4003w's (for fun, not to buy... yet) and they going for around $1,800 new online. Then I checked eBay and they went from $1,500 to 2,100! Can anyone explain this?

I play at church to about 150 people and I am currently using a small combo that distorts at high volumes. I am starting a band that will play loud rock music so I thought this would be a good time to start thinking about a better amp. The tc electronic amps and cabs seemed like a good deal...

The EBMM website doesn't have very much info. Are the sterlings produced outside the US?

What are the differences between the two basses? Is one of higher quality than the other?

My friend and I are putting a metal band together and we're not done yet. We're no where near ready to perform but I'm just looking to the future. We're also in high school so I think that means we can't play in bars. So my question is, when you guys were in high school how did you get gigs?

They seem interesting but I haven't found much info on them.

Is "Precipice" a cool sounding name for a metal band?

I'm only in high school and am starting a band with my friends. We only have small practice amps and ok guitars. How to you get the equipment needed for playing gigs? Amp heads and cabinets are thousands of dollars! I can work but I can't make that much money. It seems like a lot of you guys...

I am trying find people with similar taste in music here on TB. I like 80's thrash, some progressive metal (Mastodon, Tool) and alternative/grunge (Alice in Chains,Pearl Jam, Soundgarden). What genres of metal or hard rock and bands do you guys enjoy?

I have been using D'addario prosteels for their bright sound for about a year. I am now ready to buy new strings and was curious about Rotosound Swing Bass (stainless steel) strings. Could anyone give me a comparison between the two, or possibly any other suggestions for bright sounding...

Well I'm a bass player in high school and have never really been in a serious band. My friends and I kinda have band going on but we rehearse very sporadically, aren't very in sync with each other and I just don't see us going anywhere. The band consists of 3 guitarists (too many but I can't...

I play bass with my fingers almost exclusively but I am noticing that in some of the faster stuff (drawn out 16th note passages in metal mostly) i can't quite keep up or I can't play for long with out my hands getting too tired For example, I am learning Oblivion by Mastodon and the pre chorus...

I've been playing bass for about 2 years and I'm mostly into rock and metal. I hope I can find some people with similar interests here! I actually joined talkbass a while ago but didn't really do much, but now I'm gonna try and participate more.