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I currently play my Ibanez TMB30 through my Fender Rumble 40 and am very pleased with tone and volume. I want to have a method of "silent" practice. I notice that when I plug in my AKG 240 Studio headphones, the sound is fairly muffled and can be increased in volume with the Master knob, but the...

I have taken several beginner lessons and note I have a few problems that may not be surmountable physically for me and thus perhaps the Upright is not appropriate for me. I have an unstable thumb commonly known as a Z thumb, that is, hyper-extension of the inter-phalangeal joint of the thumb...

Potential new upright player here. I am a life-long guitar player and relatively new electric bass player interested in dipping my toe into the upright bass world. I am interested in pop music and not classical. I am not interested in bowing. I respond really well to high quality video tutorial...

Greetings. After viewing a recent video from a teacher who had chosen to start using a wireless transmitter for his bass to amp, I thought this might be great for me too. I have my amp to my left of my sitting practicing seat and computer and cannot move the amp to a different location for...

Greetings. I play through a rumble 40. The wife has asked my to "TURN IT DOWN!!! LOL. So, I have hooked up an xlr cable to the rear panel line out and into my Focusrite 2i2 interface with instrument level turned off. My goal is the hear my bass and something playing on my PC (backing track) and...

I play through a Fender Rumble 40 which sits in a corner of my practice room and the placement cannot be changed. It sits on the floor. I notice that even at modest volume levels things around my room sometimes rattle. This made me think (newbie question) whether lifting the bass up off the...

Knowing not much, I have used exclusively for my guitars and bass, the Planet Waves custom series cables between 10-20 foot and some 2x straight plugs and some with one right angle plug for different guitars. I think over the years I have had three now fail at the strain guard area where they...

Embarrassing to ask, but I clearly do not understand the difference between my Ruble 40's Gain knob and the Master knob. Both seem to increase "volume". I never play drive or any of the "tone" buttons activated. So in beginner's terms, can you educate me on how to understand these two controls...

Newbie bass player here. I play an Ibanez TMB30 short scale and have to use GHS strings due to the odd length of a ball end to the first tuning peg. So the 32.75 fits nicely. I currently use their pressure wound strings that only come in "light". 40-96 I want to try flats. The GHS options for...

I am a relatively new bass player, but a life long guitarist. My first ever and current bass is a short scale Ibanez TMB30 which is quite inexpensive (<$300), but I think sounds terrific and plays really well. I am committed to short scale basses for a variety of reasons. BUT my local Guitar...

I am choosing to play some bass parts of songs for my own pleasure against the original recordings. I have access to some excellent tutorials that sound perfect. However each pro transcriber/demonstrator chooses to play the same notes in various ways on the neck. I am looking at Lady Madonna...

Greetings. I am working with a bassline over a gospel style exercise and am wondering about one particular note choice which seems to be out of key. Chart attached. My assumption on this piece is that it is in the key of Bb. The walk down from measure 17-23 I am assuming is a 5 > 4> b3 > 2...

I have been enjoying my Ibanez TMB30 short scale bass and am about to get it set up and choose a new set of strings I will be able to regularly buy. After much research and talking to manufacturers I have been somewhat shocked to find there is only one brand of string I can find that has a...

Greetings. I am new to the bass. I own the Ibanez TMB30 short scale bass and I want to change the stock strings to the D'addario XL Chromes flat wounds. My strings attach through a hole at the bottom of the bridge (not through the body). The measurement from the attachment of the ball to the top...