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Well I am back after some time, and you know, to summarize my situation, I inherited a bass guitar and a double bass so I am learning how to learn how to play them. Natively I play drums as a hobby but I love bass as well, I can easily memorize basslines, I like to sing a basslines...

Hello, I am captivated with that specific bass sound they used a lot in the 90 (and later), like on the album Celebrity Skin. On songs Celebrity Skin or Awful, it's basically the same bass sound. First I don't have a PB or a JB, I've got a dimension bass with 2 knobs only. The tone knob is not...

Hello again, I wish to discuss this shortly. I am learning the electric bass and the double bass at the same time.. and I have these 3 tools, tools as simple as it can be. (well..) #1. A neck chart with all the notes for the 21 frets. #2. A scale book with 120 scales on 6 pages: Minor...

Hello this morning I examined my grand-father's double bass, the end pin, and I notice that it's not parallel to the instrument it has an angle. Clearly the wood was repaired previously as you can see in the picture, using strong glue. There is a reinforcement plate inside, looks stock, it looks...

I am just practicing scales from a electric bass book on the double bass. And from the beginning, I have used the American letter notation which I find less intuitive then the fixed-do system. Today I started singing while playing in "fixed do" instead and it feels much more natural. (The same...

Hello it's a quick question, we have this Martin product that is vintage, this bottle must be more then 40 years old and it's cleaning guitars and bass beautifully.. The bottle is almost empty and need to buy a new cleaner polisher bottle. The new Martin cleaner is quite expensive, it will...

Hey I am looking for a professor close to me, to learn the fretted electric bass and the double bass. By the time I find one, I'll try to pick up as much freebies as possible. QUESTION #1: Right hand position Naturally when my thumb is not on the E string to mute it, I have the tendency to rest...

Hello, I was playing the bass and I am not used to using such a powerful speaker.. I think I drive it a fairly low volume and I noticed a flapping sound as I play the lowest string. I removed the front grill to inspect.. the cone looks ok. it's a combo EDEN AC15. It looks like it's it's coming...

Ok i just started to learn the bass and.. well I spend most of my time on drums. BUT I received a bass and a double bass without asking for them, you know. The good news is, I have the passion for all of these instrument. I better take the instrument to improvise which is what I am doing...

Hello, i have this bass body and neck, my fathers bass, he had some troubles with the neck (I think) and he wanted to restore it.. never did it in the end. I would like to get some advises here, if this stuff can be used by an enthusiast, to restore that bass. What would be the year and the...

Hello, I've got this bad boy bellow it's a 15" Woofer 150w 8 OHM and the brand is Beckman model Disco 15. I tested it with a multi-meter, it has 6.8 Ohms of resistance, the 1.5v battery test, the cone is moving fine. I tried the speaker on my amplifier that is 300w RMS, it's a cars 4 OHMs...

Hello I decided to start my second thread, but I haven't read much on the subject yet and it's probably a massively discussed subject already. I've got 2 bases with twisted necks a bit, one Beaver creek acoustic bass and one Fender Dimension base, both are Chinese basses. I basically know...

Hi I've I inherited a double bass from my father, it was my grandfather's and it's in a fabric soft case right now, in the corner of my room.. it was in my fathers apparent with no climate control whatsoever for more then 10 years, the window was opened all the time, the sound of it is great...

Hello, new member here. I decided to join this forum because I'll badly need it. I inherited my father's instruments including 3 basses and one double bass which was initially owned by my grand-father. I am a bit overwhelmed by this, I play the drums myself, DIYfer jazz player, I have very...