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Hey all, I know this is a little off-topic, but is it worth upgrading an old 70s Harmony baritone uke to geared tuning machines, and if so, what kind and from where? Doesn't have to look great, just work better than the pegs currently on it. Seems like some inexpensive guitar tuners would make...

The Laurelthirst Public House has been a Portland mainstay since 1988. One of the first gigs I played in Portland was there ca. 1989, when they were still getting established. When the owners were ready to retire in 2016, they sold the joint to a consortium including a loyal patron, a bartender...

Joining the GR club with this powered 1x12. Neo driver and carbon fiber cab coming in under 15 lbs (!). It sounds good and is surprisingly loud. I'm running a fishman platinum pro on the front end. Haven't gigged with it yet but have no doubt it will do the job. Here's what it replaces: (GK...

I'm not generally a fan of bass FX but this is pretty awesome 😃 Edit: lol sorry, just saw this has already been discussed https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nova-twins-tiny-desk-concert.1679293/

I used to be snobbish about playing in the kind of place without a stage, where they just move some tables out of the way. But the Northwest Portland Hostel Cafe has turned into one of my favorite Portland venues to play. Every Monday they book a featured artist to play a couple sets with open...

Here in Portland, in a light industrial zone between the Hosford-Abernathy and Brooklyn neighborhoods, if you sneak past the burning barricades and dodge the night-vision surveillance helos you might stumble upon a holdout from the before times, a persistent reminder of a better day when there...

The closing act at a folk festival last night left me a bag of spaghetti on my amp I thanked him and he replied "I really hope you ate that. I made it by hand."

I recently picked up this unit to simplify my live front-end rig, and I'm quite happy with it. But I discovered a bug in the docs that bugged me enough to contact their customer support and document it here for posterity. On page 2 of the manual it says "Set trim – Play hard and adjust the...

I'm starting to use this backend rig for DB (why? because it's what I have!), mainly for stage monitoring, but in small places, for the whole room: Gallien-Krueger MB200 Gallien-Krueger Neo 112-ii I think it sounds pretty good with bass guitar, but I haven't been happy with it for upright. It...

Is it just me? I get significant pops when I unplug active basses. Less with passive, but still audible. Even if I'm careful and slow unplugging. Fine for plugging in. The switch works to short the signal, it's just noisy IME. The whole reason for having this is so I can unplug active basses...

It's been a minute since I was regularly playing rock clubs. I had my first gig the other night with the Americana band I joined this year, and it went pretty well considering the circumstances. First off, a folky acoustic act in a rock club? sure, why not! This place used to be a jazz club...

I'm an ok reader, but this is a little beyond my ability

In this earlier thread about amplifying my bass live, we started to touch on the preamp signal chain, and I'd love to hear more from those more experienced playing an amplified double bass in a live setting. Here's the background on my current rig (and why I think I need what I have). I plug my...

My spring/summer calendar has at least one small club without PA/monitor support for bass, and I'm contemplating taking a 12" powered PA cab instead of the usual small bass amp. I prefer to go direct to PA/mons without an amp, and have struggled with the sound of my bass through a bass amp...

Friends I think we need to take some deep breaths here

I recently joined a band that has weekly rehearsals. I'm considering picking up an EUB to leave there, and maybe use for gigs for small stages. The trouble is, I haven't played an EUB since the late 80s, and that was an ampeg baby bass. I'm not aware of any place in Portland where I can try...

Looks like I may be joining an Americana act that'll have me doubling upright and electric. For DB I usually would just go fdeck HPF-Pre -> EQ -> tuner -> (DI and/or amp) I don't use the EQ for BG, but I want the HPF-Pre in there for the subsonic roll-off. So I put the HPF-Pre last, and the EQ...

Generally really liking the cross-grade from Finale to Dorico, but I'm struggling to get the playback of a score to honor the pizz/arco notation. Apparently this is controlled by an expression map, but neither the default "CC11 Dynamics" nor other included expression maps seems to work. I got...

IFYKYK, these things are beasts. :cool: Active/passive, high-output dual humbuckers, maple neck, made in Korea, 2003, first year of Tribute line production for the US market. 9.9 lbs on the bathroom scale. Local meetup Portland OR metro only, no ship (sorry). Cash/Venmo

Hey gang, spent some time on the mega thread and understand these have some issues, but one came up locally that seems like a decent deal ($150 less than the only one listed on reverb today). Considering I spent almost that much on groceries last night, how bad can it be? I would just use it...

Desktop or phone, when I try to add a photo to a post, it fails. On my phone I tap the icon on the toolbar, then select my photo to upload, then insert. Now it won't upload, so I can't insert. Same issue on desktop. Drag and drop on desktop also fails. I haven't changed anything, and photos are...

Tag yourself. I'm #1(ish) and #5.:roflmao: I know I've missed some. No offense intended to anybody; you know I love you all. The hoarder. Has lost count of their basses. Hasn't played In a band since before getting married. The alpha stomper. Has at least 3 pedal boards and several spare...

Due to ongoing hum issues and power consumption concerns, I decided to retire my studio monitor power amp (a trusty BGW250C), and was hoping to find a low powered class D stereo amp in a 1U form factor, with the usual pro audio connectors (balanced in, speakon and binding post out). I don't...

Local pick-up only, Gresham, OR Excellent condition. Still has some peel-off scratch guard on the back. Minor scratch on back of neck, near first octave (not visible in pics, but you can feel it). Neck is straight with a nice shallow profile; two-octave fingerboard is flat, smooth and level...

Ibanez SRF706. Ordered in May with a memorial day coupon, and waited patiently as the backorder date moved from July to late October. Then got a surprise shipping notification last weekend and started obsessively checking the tracking daily (as one does). This is the first Ibanez I've owned...

I'm a long-time MF customer, going back to when they were an Oregon-based mail-order company (before I had internet). I've never bought a bass mail-order or online, but I'm about to. Sweetwater comes so highly recommended, I thought I'd give them a shot with a pre-order. First thing that stands...

Hey gang, I've been enjoying my cheapo fretless 6-string and briefly toyed with upgrading it. But now I'm jonesin for a decent one. The Ibby SRF-706 seems to get a lot of love, and it looks pretty decent (and stands alone at its price point). Things I like that it has: unlined fingerboard...

The "favorite gigs" thread got me thinking... sometimes the worst gigs turn out to be type 2 or 3 fun, and make the best stories. Anybody who's gigged at all has some of these stories. Tiny "stages", janky power, worthless PAs, drunk audience or band members, gear failures, etc. At one point in...

I had a MF 15% coupon burning a hole in my in-box and had a hole in my percussion collection, so I splurged on a new güiro as well as a flex-a-tone, which I've always wanted. And of course, when I get a new instrument I frequently want to record it, so I banged out a song that was bouncing...

Annie Clements Explains Her Grammys-Played "Bass of the Future" My issue with this is I play key bass with my left hand. Is that just me? I guess sometimes I use both hands. Anyway, this does seem to be a bass of the future, given most pop music these days uses synth bass some/most/all of the...

Guitar World: Fender Japan's Kenji Hino signature Jino model might just be the most versatile Jazz Bass ever. Fender Japan's Kenji Hino signature Jino model might just be the most versatile Jazz Bass ever | Guitar World

I don't know, maybe a decent deal for the bass, but you'll need to knock 50 bucks off if you want me to haul off your ratty old couch. Also, are you going to meet me in a public place with the bass.... and the loveseat? :laugh:

Why not? I'll start with the Talk Bass hive mind. Having come up in the pre-internet era, when info was viral (and often wrong), it is awesome to have a source of info that converges on something approaching consensus.

Link Removed I got a J, no surprise. Whatta y'all get?

For entertainment purposes only, love and light to you all! :thumbsup: 1. Which P bass should I get? I don't know, do you have a favorite flavor of vanilla ice cream? 2. Which kind of flats should I get for my flats? Uhhhhh 3. Which color pickguard will make me a better bassist? Tort made...

Hey-o I'm a mostly stock player; I have once in my life swapped pups in a bass, and never bothered with tuners or bridges. Now I've got this cheap-o fretless 6-string I want to fix up. First thing I want to do is replace the janky bridge. I can't get it properly intonated, so I was thinking...

I'm trying to see something here. I have a theory.

I've got a Hartke LH500 that won't power up. I changed the fuse in the power cord jack, but still nothing. Bench fee to get it in the door at an authorized repair shop is probably $100, and if it's much more than that to fix, eh, I don't love it that much. So, should I take my chances at the...

We were just getting ready to gig when lock-down hit in March, which has pushed us a few steps back. But it was good to get together again and make some music, even if we both forgot some of the arrangements. We did it outside, socially distanced, and it was nice to hear the music in the trees...

"Douglas" brand. A coworker bought it off rondo some years back and quickly tired of it. Fingerboard is a little sharp on the edges, but the playing surface is smooth and flat. Sounds way better than I expected, it's light, and it neck dives less than my L2500. Straight neck, plays all right...