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Guitar player in one of the bands Im in is bringing what's probably the most tacky guitar ever to an upcoming gig. He actually seems pretty proud of it, so I haven't said anything, but it literally looks like someone slapped a couple of layers of paint onto it, added a design of some kind made...

I was just talking with my girlfriend about this a week or so ago. If we were in the area where they filmed Jerry Springer, I would love to apply to get tickets for a taping. Is it lowbrow: Yep. Is it evidence for the decline of Western civilization: Possibly. Would it really be a cool bucket...

Have you ever been recognized as a musician?.... ...In a non-musical environment? ...By someone you know would never have seen you play? ...By someone you literally just met? I went with my wife to her lawyer appointment yesterday*, and as he was asking questions, he suddenly looks at me and...

Have you ever been listed on a website as a member of a band you never played with? My drummer/keyboardist/vocalist and I, bassist/vocalist, were and still are listed on a website as members of a band we never played with. Here is what is going on. Four years ago, my band of 12-1/2 years...

Hey TB, I sometimes see threads about TBers asking "which backup amp" they should buy. I see people with 750-1000w, top of the line amps who want to spend a ton of money on another high-wattage expensive amp just to keep it in a gigbag. I understand if bass is your living but I usually see this...

My band is trying to get some recordings of ourselves and work on our stage performance so we can have samples to send to bars. So we've been taking several charity church gigs, mostly populated by sweet old ladies at our church. I was cool with this because I knew we were working towards...

I did. I will save the details for NBD when it gets here. But yeah, I’m up to five now and I really didn’t think I would be getting another one... definitely the last one o_O Everyone is gonna kill me lol

That this is hands down the best instrument you've ever owned? 1997 modulus flea. Lane poor/aguilar. I've had a few fb4's, but this one is just special.

I have read several threads on compressors, and thought it would be interesting to frame the discussion in a slightly different way. So, ... Is there anybody out there that, after you added your first compressor, you were totally blown away? And wished that you had gotten a compressor much...

Just 12 bar blues in C, but what a great bass line. 12/8 time signature, so the beat's on the dotted quarter. Usually Carl plays the middle eighth as a rest (notated as a staccato quarter), but sometimes it's a full quarter note followed by an eighth note. Check out some of the 16th note...

Hi all I picked up the bass for the first time or 7 or 8 years about 10 days ago and I have been playing a couple hours a day I guess. I also have a degenerative neck issue and a numbing and heaviness feeling of my arm as a result of that. This week the interior muscle of my forearm on the...

Hello all. I've been trying for about a year to get Mattison Bass in Sweden to respond to my inquiries about ordering the Henrik Linder Signature Model with the true temperament fret system. Has anyone had the pleasure of dealing with them before? Are they super backed up? Do I have to...