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If I had 20-30 minutes a day to practice what should I turn to? Resources I own: All of Jeff Berlins Online Lessons, Talkingbass Sight reading, Chord Tones, Walking Bass, Janek Gwizdala 251 book. Berklee Music Jazz Book + A Few Youtube Channels I love - Dan Hawkins major shout out!! Open to...

I am completely out of routine since my son was born 2 months old now. Lately, if I play at all in a week I basically grab the bass and noodle, practice 2-octave arpeggio shapes, think about interesting intervals, youtube drum tracks, etc... nothing structured. Resources I own: All of Jeff...

If you care to help I have a few questions that would really help me out by answering. #1: MODES: I've been learning my modes and I have them down pretty well - as well as scale degrees and their qualities. So if it's a 251 progression should I play 2 Dorian, 5 Mixolydian, 1 Ionian? Or just...

Let's say you have your P bass needs covered but you have to choose between a modern active jazz style - Schecter, Warwick, Spector, Ibanez or a passive Jazz - Fender. What do you pick and why? You can only have 1.

I'm a metalhead at heart but most of my studies so far have been jazz/blues oriented. I have been working on my theory and mostly playing walking lines over changes. But for fun I want to also be working some of the songs I love. Thing is, I don't know where to start with this genre. The speed...

I am working my way through Jeff Berlins packages and Mark Smiths at talkingbass courses. I have been learning a lot of theory and I am loving my developing reading skills. I want to hone them by playing good melodic/harmonic music that will help cement some of these concepts I am learning in a...

I bought my bass used in 2017 and have no idea how old the strings are. The old strings are round wound, that is all I know. I play a Schecter Stiletto Extreme 4 out of a Mesa D800 and an old Avatar 4x10 cab. Stiletto Extreme : Stiletto Extreme-4 I play a lot of blues, rock, and worship music...

If I am playing off of fake chords/guitar chords and it says to play a Cm7 should I play the B on the G string? That is my minor 7th. Or is it acceptable to play my minor 3rd as it highlights that the chord is minor? An example is in this song. There is a Gm7 and a C7 is that telling me to...

I would love a nice 5ver PJ with a simple EQ or completely passive. Vol, Vol, tone if I could choose. I want a more traditional fender look for this bass and my #2 will probably be a more modern Ibanez premium down the line. Of the basses, I've considered I'm not the biggest fan of how the...

I understand my scales and arpeggios starting at the root and ascending or descending and ending at the root. I also know the 5th is the same fret just a lower string. But how do I think about playing the notes a string lower? Like if I am playing in the Key of D in the first position that is...

This Avatar B410 features four Custom Eminence Deltalite II 2510 250w 10’s with black carpet and metal grill. 4×16 ohm wired all parallel for 1000w 4 ohm cab. (the used one is 8ohm, not 4ohm) Found one used for $100 but it's an 8ohm cab not 4ohm. B410 DeltaLite II SPECIAL – Avatar Speakers...

For example: When you normally would play the C on the A string would it be wrong to play the C on the low B because you can? Like in a blues, country, pop, rock, worship setting. Or if a song was written with EADG tuning in mind but you played that on a BEAD tuned bass using the B string would...

I am looking for a versatile bass as my first upgrade. I have heard people raving about the Ibanez Premium SR series with Nordstrand pickups, Yamaha BB's and G&L L2500 series. I am really only going to be able to have 1 bass. I'm split between these choices. I am hoping to be able to have a 5...

I am hoping to simplify things. If I have a pedal like a sansamp and I have an amp with an EQ. Aren't these overriding the EQ of an active bass? Or isn't some of this tweaking redundant? Besides the convince aspect... Whereas if I have a passive bass with a sansamp pedal + an EQ on my amp...

Looking to build this on a budget. TC Electronic Thrust BQ500 + Ampeg 410 cab or w/e I can get used. + Darkglass and Sansamp pedals. I know some heads can sound weaker than advertised. Any experience with TC Electronics? We are a cover band that plays small to medium shows.

I am hoping to assemble a gig-worthy amp setup on a budget that will allow me to be versatile/flexible and loud. I don't 100% sure know if I want to sound like ampeg, Aguliar or orange heads.. No idea. I heard about combining a power amp with a preamp like a sans amp would work instead of...

I am looking to buy my first upgrade and I am loving the idea of a PJ setup. Something versatile for Metal to blues to funk to church music. If you have played these bass's I want to hear from you! 1. Are the pickups that much different sounding in passive between the two? 2. Is the active EQ...

I have a 4 string I really like but I have been dreaming about getting a 5 string to play songs that I like without drop tuning. I am reading all about J/J, P/P, P/J, P/MM, and P/Humbucker and I am feeling overwhelmed with all these options. I have seen a lot of praise for BB-735, Lakland...

The only difference I am seeing between them is that the BBP35 is passive only and has the IRA treatment. But the BB735A is like $700 cheaper. What am I missing? I assume I could play the BB735A passive only if I wanted too and achieve a similar result as the BBP35?

Why is it some of you recommend some pre-2000s bass's or just older models over newer stuff like the Ibanez EHB series which appears to have newer tech/construction etc.. (Outside of the fact that is priced lower due to it being used) As someone who only has 1 bass and doesn't have a lot of...