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I was going to post this in Band Management but after saying it out loud I realized this is a more appropriate forum. About 20 years ago I auditioned for a band in some guy's basement (remember that band from the movie 'Sling Blade'?) The BL/LG told me he had a connection because his wife, a...

In 1988 (high school) a friend convinced me there were too many guitar players and I should learn the bass. Conveniently he had a buddy who was looking to sell his "bass." It was a Mako bass, definitely short scale as I recall. An additional feature was you could hold it up to your face and yell...

Growing up I heard variations of these multiple times... If you want to play electric guitar you should first learn to play acoustic guitar. If you want to play guitar you should first learn to play the piano.

Hello, I've had this Ric for 20 years. When I was playing out I had no issues because 1. I like the look :) and 2. I was playing detuned metal so I rarely ventured up the neck. So the issue is the action on this is too high. 1/4" at the 12th fret on the 1st string; slightly higher on the 4th...

I have a Martin B1 acoustic on which I've always bought the corresponding Martin strings. Has anyone ever put flatwounds on a bass like this? Any recommendations? \m/

Here I go (although maybe these are the best-worst band names I've ever heard). Plaid Habits Sweat Pant Boners (members went on to greater things) Wargasm (thrashband, once you hear them it makes sense) The Police (free advertising) Gaza Strippers Brian Jonestown

The By the Record or " With Our Own Twist"? thread got me thinking of another approach/technique... Are there covers you play where you swap out the bass line for another instrument's part either because you don't have that other instrument in the band or because you like the other line better...

I have a bc rich nj beast and a set of Steve Harris and another set of Geezer Butler P pickups (both passive). Any one know where this newbie can find a wiring diagram for something like this? TIA \m/