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I had the good fortune to spend last weekend at the Pickathon music festival in Happy Valley, Oregon. So much great music all weekend, this video is from 3am Monday morning, final set of the festival. Hogslop String Band did a completely unplugged set, and I landed front and center. Great band...

I walked into my local music shop with a problem. Granted, it was a good problem to have. I'm an elementary school teacher, and the adults of my students chipped in before winter break to get me a generous gift card for said music shop. My problem - I don't need anything! I've got all the gear I...

I was out at Pickathon this weekend working as a stage manager. Mononeon played 11pm Saturday in the Galaxy Barn, its capacity can't be over 200 people. My nephew and I were lucky enough to grab a couple of backstage spots to the left of the stage, we were about four feet from the drummer's...

New Vinyl Sticker Inlay Day! I've had this pink Peavey B-Ninety for a few years, but ten dollar star inlays make it look so much more badass! Outfitted with EMG GZRs and DR Black Beauties.

I've got these two cool bass-themed ornaments I received as gifts over the years. Both are laser-cut wood. Anyone else have any bass or music-related ornaments in their collection?

The song is something I threw together after a fan told me I should have a song of Unicorns. All of the ideas I had were seeming really cheesy to me but then the phrase popped into my head "Unicorn Uniform". Those are the only lyrics to the song, other than that it's me on bass...

tl/dr I played a gig and had fun. I was hoping to have this be a more photo-plentiful post, I was stoked to be the bass player for the house band for a ukulele showcase and strum along. We played a bunch of fun tunes, including old R and B, rock and traditional tunes. I sang and led three...

Sorry if this has been asked before, using the search didn't give me any definitive answers. I'd like to use a footswitch for my Fender Rumble 100 combo, but the one Fender sells costs $60. I know they're well made and have a warranty, but certainly there are cheaper options for something with...

I've thinned the herd down to four basses, they're a couple of odd couples. Two US Peaveys, about as classy and cheesy as they come. Early 2000s Cirrus 6 Maple, and early 90s B-Ninety in Raspberry Pearl. The Cirrus is all original, 35" scale and strung with D'Addario PRO XLs, I can get any...

This is one to tick off the bucket list for me. I worked retail at a Peavey dealer in the early 2000s, and I always drooled over the Cirrus basses we'd get in. I was saving up to buy one, and my boss went to a NAMM show (probably 2002). When he came back, he said "You gotta check out these new...

I picked up a Squier Vintage Modified P Bass off of craigslist the other day. Did the serial number lookup, it was made in 2012. Most of the examples Ive seen of this model had "Duncan Designed" printed on the pickup covers, but this one says "Seymour Duncan" The pole pieces are also larger than...

I've been watching We Are Lady Parts, a funny show about some musicians in England trying to make a go of it. Really cool perspective, since it focuses on Muslim women in Great Britain, an interesting dichotomy of punk/rebel and traditional/conservative worldviews. What initially made me want...

On one hand, I think so. On the other hand, I think no so. Thoughts?

I've been going to an open mic the past buncha weeks, before tonight I've brought an acoustic guitar and sang. Tonight I brought my pink Peavey B-Ninety with EMG Geezer Butler pickups into my Fender Rumble 100. My set list: We are the Dinosaurs (Laurie Berkner) Pollywog in a Bog (Barenaked...

Just played my pink Peavey B-Ninety for the first time with the new EMG Geezer Butler signature P/J set - I'm so stoked! This bass is alive in a way that it wasn't with the original electronics. Honestly, I paid more for the pickups than I did for the bass... and it was worth it! I've got it...

I have a Peavey B-Ninety I bought used on the cheap a few years ago. It's got a really nice neck, and the active pickups were fine to my taste, although I prefer passive pickups. Well, the P pickup gave up the ghost, and though I like the sound of the bridge pickup soloed, I have also heard good...

Several times in the past few weeks I've seen the subject come up in these forums about the ridiculous selling prices people are seeing on used gear recently. Since Covid hit, I've been reevaluating my life, and my possessions specifically. I spent years in musical instrument retail sales, lived...

I've been a gigging bass player for almost 20 years. Before yesterday, I'd never had a piece of gear fail on me at a show. Never even broken a string, honestly. I typically only bring one bass with me, and trust that things will work as they should. Never again! My bass started crackling at my...