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Hello, For primarily financial reasons, I have unfortunately not been able to have formal training, so I'm self-taught. When I began two and a...
I wonder if anyone can help, bit of background , been playing for nearly 20 year's, the same fender jazz in similar bands (rock / funk) rehearse...
Filed the fret ends flush with the neck
More filing fret ends
Filing the fret ends
Spraying a few coats of clear on the fretboard to protect it during fret work
Frets are in and trimmed with the Dremel cutoff wheel
The other night while adjusting my intonation, I was struck with a curiosity. When you fret a note, the majority of the change in pitch is...
I've been playing bass for a year and about 8 months into my playing, I started to get serious wrist pain in my fretting hand. I took some videos...
My current technique to is use 1234 fingering on frets higher than 7, and 124 on lower frets; this is common from what I read. That worked great...
I've got a problem. My fretting fingers are nice and calloused. When I press down on notes i feel pain under my callouses. Is this common?...
I've just got my fretless and started playing some tunes unplugged, and I've noticed that when I play a note on the positions 5, 7, 9, etc. the...
SO been having numbness for a while in my left hand. finally today was diagnosed with carpal tunnel. Playing has actually helped strengthen my...
Good day all, I am wondering how often people use the pinky finger (on the fret hand)? I am experimenting with different scale patterns and it is...
Hi I'm new to this forum. I'm trying to learn bass guitar but I have have 1 finger amputated on my fretting hand. It's the ring finger so finger...
After reading through a number of posts, I didn't really see anything exactly related to my issue. I've been playing steady for about 7 years,...
It appears I've injured some tendons in my fretting hand. It was a result of crab claw while playing one fret per finger on a full scale bass. My...
I am getting a electric upright and as I was reading up on fretting technique, I read that you need to fret with your fingers standing up,...
So I've started playing bass again after a two month break. I was practicing scales (which requires a lot of stretching because my hands are...
Simple. Which is the correct way of fretting here? A or B As you can guess I am an absolute beginner and want to know if I have to keep pressing...
OK, so it seems there's two schools of thought regarding fretting fingering. There's the one-finger-per-fret crowd (1-2-3-4), and the 3-finger...
Hi, all. Im at the point in my builds where I need to cut fret slots. I have seen older posts about how some of you print out a template and...
Hi all I hope this is a quick one, and I'm being my usual slightly slow self. There are lots of threads about fretting with either a straight...
I recently picked up a gorgeous 1971 Fretless PBass. Love the bass, love the sound, but I am not a Fretless player. Ideally I want a mint 1971...
I'm fairly new to bass (long time musician on other instruments) and I've been practicing bass and making some headway. But I have a few...
When I play bass with my band, I usually experience pain in my left hand (I'm a righty). It is centered right below the palm of my hand but above...
Hello, today an idea came up: buy 2 x ibanez gwb 205 basses, take one to local builder in croatia and pay him to put frets on it. Other would stay...
Still mulling over the direction of my next project, and JIO has been exerting a good deal of pull on those thoughts... I've never made a neck, or...
First, I know someone is going to say play it how I want. Thanks, but looking for more. Consider this a bass theory question. :D Working on a...
Hello, I started playing bass 6-8 months ago. I've taught myself mainly with books (and the occasional dvd) borrowed from my local public library...
Hey, this might not be in the correct subforum but I am going to post operating under the assumption that it's a technique issue. For the last...
The title says it all. I'm not sure if it's because I've been playing more lately or if it's because I injured it somehow but every time I start...
As a beginner builder, it's easy to get lost in the hundreds of choices in specialty tools available for every conceivable task. Beyond the well...
