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EDIT: Turns out my answer was in Octavian's reply. Relax the fingers, kick up the volume and let the electronics do their job. Somewhere along the line I had turned the volume down and I was trying to compensate for it by plucking more firmly. Apparently all I needed to do was twist the volume...

If the frets are placed exactly right and the setup is good then every note should be clean and true. If the PU's are decent then the sound to the amp will be strong and clear. A bass that's put together correctly doesn't need to cost a fortune. The hard part's on you, Superman :D

Time is on my side - Rolling Stones

To prevent having the shapes drive what you play instead of what you hear, I'd recommend this: If you can, listen to the tune first. Imagine various lines, hear them in your head. Get one into your head that really grabs you and only then try to create it. You'll find that the shapes will get...

Wow Ed, that's awesome stuff. Here I thought this thread was going to stay at kind of a kindergarden level for those who are trying to figure out the basics of chords and you toss in the kind of thing that someone can use for years and years. :) It kind of reminds me of the sort of thing Victor...

Rhythm of My Heart - Rod Stewart

I can see that I probably did it again... I didn't write exactly what I meant. When I said I moved to Newburgh Hts, I meant: Number Please :)

Add me please. I've never been in a band, not sure I'd want to unless they were up for playing melodic lines and using counter melodies. The vast majority of the time I'm playing the only person who can hear it is me... because I play with headphones on for the way I feel when I play. I don't...

Stuart, It's awesome that you're getting a lot of good ideas and opinions that you can really use in a constructive way! I'm really glad to see that you're coming away with this excited and looking at new possibilites rather than grumbling and feeling insulted. :) One last little bit of...

I think your old teacher wasn't trying to be critical of the things you did do, he was trying to tell you that something was missing. Victor Wooten really pounds on these same points in nearly every workshop I've seen and he really hits on them in his 4 hour groove workshop DVD. Think of...

http://www.musicards.net/cgi-bin/music-note-flashcards.pl?type=bass Just what I needed at this point. :) My reading is really weak.

If you are seeing line break HTML code in my reply it's because I posted this from my tablet. The talk bass app on my tablet seems to insert code no matter how I try to prevent it from doing so. Sorry about that. In step six I'm still referring to the triad. One of the points that I make in...

I don't know how to describe my reaction... FLAVA is a cool tune and has a LOT of potential. However, I kept getting annoyingly distracted by something and it took me a while to figure out what it was. The dynamics of all the instruments, especially the bass, are exactly the same. Attack...

"The most imporant note is silence" Tied with: "Learn the shape of the arpeggios, then move them around to the root of whatever chord you need. Don't try to memorize 30+ separate arpeggios."

Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers

I can't help myself. - 4 Tops

Smogg's got the idea but I did it on the cheap. I have a fat, padded Levi strap that I opened up all the way to make it long, folded up the nylon so there's a z shape in it to eat up a little of the length (you don't need much) and then super glued the nylon to itself so it stayed pressed into...

Thanks for the feedback! Sometimes I don't phrase things as well as I could have and please remember that after four hours of writing that post I had to stop somewhere. I couldn't put everything in it and some things are actually implied. It's implied that it should all start to click when you...

First off, the subject says might help, not will help. Hopefully you'll take something good from this, maybe not. Some will, some won't and all I can do is try to let you know what worked for me. I'm not a music teacher though I have studied the art of teaching itself, for other subjects...

These may help... they're on using simple shapes on the bass. #1 Invalid Link Removed #2 Invalid Link Removed

Black & White People - Matchbox 20

Jailhouse Rock - Blues Brothers

Due to a shoulder injury and "Victor Wooten hands" (short fingers) I need to play a 30" scale to prevent injuries. I had a Bronco that had a tone I wasn't thrilled with even after putting in SPB-3's and I had a Squire Jazz body laying around from a failed de-fret. Soooo... My Franken Midget...

The documentation that you gave the luthier and any receipt for a deposit you gave him should prove that it was your idea and that you hired him to build it. In this case, he's a contractor hired to build your prototype. If you gave him specs and have proof that you gave them to him, and paid...

Witchy Woman - Eagles

You've expressed one of the most common grumbles on the site, and of bassists in general. Victor Wooten even commented on this in a workshop on Truefire, saying that he thinks the tide is going to turn back that way because bassists are demanding a more active role. I personally go back further...

And here in the OP you seemed like you were afraid people would slam you or something. I love how no one is judgemental, the only real concern being that your don't harm your bass. As long as your instrument won't be ruined, do whatever works for you and makes the magic sounds come out of the amp.

Post Script... I went and got a few thumb picks today. After only an hour I can flip it out of the way easily and without much of a pause (probably one quarter note), though flipping it back into the same spot on my thumb will take a little practice. It keeps wanting to end up deeper on the...

I believe it. I'm an appliance tech. The horror stories I've had to follow, and strighten out, could fill a book.

Wow... I wonder if they ran that "exactly like his father" thing by him first. I doubt it. I don't think he'd have let that one happen if he'd known ahead of time. Marketing people tend to make up whatever sounds like it'll sell the most tickets, usually without telling people first. Now I'm...

Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles

For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder On a bass forum I'd have expected that at the first chance anyone got. :smug:

One is the Loneliest Number - Three Dog Night

The Blues in Rockville - Blues On Board

A) He's a scammer. B) He's so gullible that a "technician" who is a scammer told him a bunch of bs in order to scam him and he's too ignorant about setups to know any better. Bridge 90 degrees off? So he's saying the strings are wrapping around the body now? What did he do, get into a car...

I like to say that I'm not a bassist, I'm a guy who goofs off with a bass. In my job (self employed in appliance repair) I meet other bassists in their homes and sometimes they let me use their bass as we play a little and chat. Every one of them has been very complimentary and I think it has a...

Thanks, I also checked out the spider in the sticky. Somehow I missed the sticky before posting. If you're reading this thread looking for answers to the same problem, try the above and also check the sticky post.

I'd be very concerned about the pressure on the neck from cranking the heavy string that tight. The tension has to be a lot more than the neck was meant for, since getting a mid G out of a thick string takes a lot more tension than getting that same note out of a thin string. You may be running...

The subject pretty much says it all. There are times when I move my left hand up or down the fingerboard in order to reach a note when: - I finger between strings. - I finger so far above the fret that the note sounds awful. - I finger just below the fret and it kills the whole note or...

I used to think that having a pick in my hand would hamper my ability to do all the other techniques. I never thought that picks were bad, just that if I had one in my hand then my hand would be "full" with the pick, keeping me from doing other things. Then I saw Mario Cipollina use a thumb...