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Thank you! I did some business with them many years back but hadn't looked them up for a long time. I will check them out as well. Cheers!

Thank you! I appreciate it. I've looked up Goez and am very impressed with what I've seen. Will check out the others too. Cheers!

IMO, anything technique or exercise-based, or "fretboard mapping", will all just be going around in circles. If you don't already read, I would highly recommend starting. It's a really useful ability and, most importantly, will open the door to a lot of music and learning opportunities that you...

Hi all - seeking recommendations for the best/most reliable & trustworthy options for bass repair/setup/luthiery in the Missouri area. Ideal would probably be something in the I-70 corridor (say, from Lawrence, KS west to St. Louis east) but would consider other directions. I have always been...

For the most part I don't regret or miss anything I've sold in the past, but there are a couple exceptions. One is a general regret, that I didn't buy up a bunch of '70s Fenders when they could be readily had for cheap back in the '90s. I remember going to a guitar shop and seeing a whole row of...

It's only a good value if it feels great to play it. I've never played one of those, but they look like they're designed to be really easy to play. A bass that feels like "home" is worth more than its price. A good deal on a bass that doesn't isn't a good deal. Good luck!

I used to have one and it was very solid and clean. Great build quality. I personally didn't enjoy the distortion that much, but it's personal taste. If you're not looking to change your tone much and just want a solid DI, it's a good choice. I eventually sold it and kept the BDDI just because I...

Hoping someone can help me narrow this down. Roundwound, no silk on either end, silver ball end. Standard (not tapered) ball end. Not sure whether nickel or steel or core type. They were on an old Yamaha BB bass I bought from Japan a couple years back. They have a nice authoritative sound...

Simmons has a powerful and distinctive style that is immediately recognizable, which is no small potatoes, and he's had some incredible tones, especially live. Add to that his songwriting and singing and outrageous performance ability and business savvy, and you have a superbly successful...

Another plastic pop star and accompanying committee of "songwriters" vacuuming up any source material they can find to pile production tricks on top of and call original. Pop has become so cannibalistic and cynical these days, too much for any thinking person to ignore or stomach. Having grown...

I went through this exact process yesterday. I had put a set of TI flats on my '70s Precision, and the tension was so much less that I had to pretty much fully loosen my truss rod to get them to work. And there was still some buzz. Thought I would have to shim, but tried raising the saddles a...

Interesting. I just recently put a set of TI flats on a Precision and I think it sounds great with a pick. Very much the classic Precision pick sound. It's in the ear of the beholder, I suppose.

Old Yamahas actually have a very slightly shorter scale length (33 7/8"), so if anything, strings should feel just a tiny bit less stiff than average on them. At least, that's been my experience with old Yamahas. Most string makers have string tension info available online - you might refer to...

OH! What a beauty! I have a '75 that's much heavier than this one. Light and in such great shape, what a combo!

Or the ShrinkRay, perhaps? (I say this with affection, as I love the slimmer neck and smaller body.)

As an EBMM Sterling owner since '95, the naming thing has always seemed a bit odd to me. They make wonderful instruments, but it did feel a bit funny to have your instrument's name become the budget line's name as well. It seems kind of like Fender having a "Precision by Fender" line of...

I know this is an old thread, but since it's the one that came up when I did a Google search on the topic, I don't want to leave it in an incorrect state. Valory used an Ovation Magnum IV (not II) to record Escape. No fretless - he used an Eventide harmonizer, just slightly detuned, to create...

I'm a Yamaha fan from way back - a BB300 was my first-ever bass, and I still have it plus a BB800 - but I think the look of yours may even nicer than the original, between bridge and knobs. I think it's a gorgeous bass!

Could someone please confirm the total cost, including shipping, for a U.S. buyer to buy this pedal? I'm reading the info in the first post to mean the total is 342 Euro, since VAT is not needed for U.S. import. Is that correct? That would be roughly $370 total at the current exchange rate. If...

People convince themselves to want a lot of things.

Very cool thread and info. And the somewhat huge idea that the single most classic electric bass sound in the history of recorded music is played on a CBS bass. :) That doesn't at all diminish the pre-CBS era, of course. But it does help redeem the CBS era, and support the idea that the only...

Good gig bags are awesome. Light, convenient. Hard cases are awesome too. Strong, reliable. Both have their places, for different uses and contexts. When it comes to one's instrument staying in good condition, both are still just part of the picture, and neither guarantees anything. Proper use...

For what it's worth, he's been talking a lot on his Facebook page about the counseling/self-work he's been going through lately to gain a better perspective on his personal issues and learn how to improve as a person. He has strong opinions and a very specific ideology of music instruction, so I...

I was just about to ask this same question. Kind of surprised there isn't a more ready answer. From the random searches I've conducted on specific topics recently, it looks like a lot of guitarists hang out on specific sites like Seymour Duncan and pages devoted to specific makers. I'll check...

I hear what you're saying. I think there's a difference between music simply being present and music being a focus. The kind of listening you describe is more like a running soundtrack for other activities than a point of focus - with music sort of incidentally present, and just another thing to...

There is always good, even great, music being made at any given time. But I have to agree with those who think that the overall music scene right now is terrible. With gems still littering it, but terrible. Look at the very best stuff around right now - is it even in the same ballpark as the...

I think @Eilif has it right in his comment above. Leo already created his best competition himself. The Fender and Music Man basses were both iconic successes that were the de facto standard at the time. G&L was different in subtle ways, but was by and large another of the same type of bass (and...

Are they selling the guitar, or the company that made it?

I hadn't heard of the YoutubeSlow site, so thanks back to you for that! Its slowdown feature looks very similar to the Chrome one, but combined with its looping controls, it looks really handy.

Not sure how it works on phones, but on my computer, if you go to YouTube using the Chrome browser, you can adjust the speed of playback. It usually doesn't sound so great, but it can help a lot with learning a part.

I completely agree with you. That guy seems to make a habit of needlessly adding unpleasantness where it doesn't belong. To all those supporting the unprovoked name-calling: the OP was admitting his ignorance and his assumptions, and wanting to hear the real story from people who'd experienced...

To continue the line of thinking that WBasstrolo uses above, the challenge I have with multi-effect devices is that invariably, you won't like all of the effects. But maybe you like, say, three of them, and you use those three. But then, at some point, you'll start wanting something different...

No worries, in fact if I sounded like I was calling G&Ls hi-fi, it wasn't my intent and I'm glad you clarified that. I was really just trying to paint a picture of a full spectrum of hi-fi-ness that each subsequent Leo Fender design moved further along, but I agree with you that G&L is far from...

I hear you, but I honestly haven't liked the sound of their recent live releases. They sound harsh and thin to me. This, on the other hand, sounds magnificent - much thicker and warmer than other recent live vids. The camera work also looks very nice. So while I haven't had any interest in their...

The sound of him playing the P bass is phenomenal. Instantly my favorite Geddy tone since the Signals album. Makes me wish he'd been using that all this time since then.

This is a large part, I believe, of why Leo Fender believed each of his subsequent bass designs were better than the prior ones. From a sheer engineering standpoint, the designs have evolved and improved from Fenders through Music Man to G&L. There's a refinement, an increase in precision (no...

Sunburst, without any question. The blue one looks like a toy, or a piece of candy. The sunburst one looks like wood and warmth. I also don't care for matching headstocks, regardless of fretboard wood. It always looks tacked-on to me. But that doesn't change my vote in this case - sunburst...

Great pedal. Sounds great, and the controls are genuinely useful and create versatile sounds. This shouldn't last long, but GLWTS anyway.