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So I plan to uninstall the neck on my current old 2010 production main Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Bass with a pretty battered up body and transfer it to...

Even after a setup, I haven a buzz on both my jazz and pbass ONLY on note E 2nd 3rd and 4th string octave, not on the open E. They are tuned to...

I'm serious, how important for a bass player is scales? Any good videos that break them done or book or etc? I know there is many but what is...

Does anyone have transcriptions of the bass lines for How Insensitive and Meditation from Aebersold Vol. 98, Jobim, or know where I can get them?...

Hi Rockers. Im kinda new into gear. And for my new band i have to get a Pedal chain. But im a noob when it comes to cables and stuff. My...

Long rant/post alert!!!! Wow. We have had a TON of threads lately about rehearsals. It seems this is an area where virtually every local bar band...

William Shatner is appearing here soon. There will be a screening of Wrath of Khan, followed by Shatner reminiscing and taking questions from the...

I have been smoking for many years now. I am normally a strong willed person with good self discipline. But when it comes to nicotine, I have been...

So I saw this - [MEDIA] I'm NOT a bass player, just some guy messing around on weekends for my own amusement, but I love bands from...

Moderators, feel free to move this post to where it belongs if I mis-posted. I just viewed a nice thread of a bass player posting pics of his "CD...

I´ve been asked to play with a quartet - me, sax, trp and drums, so neither piano nor guitar. Any advice/hints/records to check out?

I've seen many bassists use the 3 finger strum technique, or even 4 fingers, but is this really necessary? If so, when should I start to practice it?

My instruments are kept in the basement. We just installed a new dehumidifier and it's working well. Important to keep the basement dry, otherwise...

I got this case with a 1975 P-bass, and I'm trying to figure out what it is. I have a couple other Fender bass cases (a 1966 and a mid-70s) and...

I tried adding the correct one on top/last added as a pic, since the one it was showing (the back of the instrument) was at the top of the list,...

Hey, guys! So this summer I will be studying in Valencia, Spain at the Berklee College of Music. I was wondering what the process is of getting...

[MEDIA] I may have posted this before, but I really like this review. He does a good job explaining the preamp. He demonstrates tones without...

I've been looking for something a bit more interesting and unique to put on my Warwick Corvette double-buck and been looking at some videos and am...

If I turn my pickups volume(on the bass) over 25%, or my amp volume over 50%, its making a terrible buzzing sound, then if volume and pickups are...

I'm looking at the Stingray Special and none of the options work for me. Burnt Apple is nice but it isn't offered with a rosewood fingerboard,...

So, a year ago, my wife brought home a ukulele from her place of employment. She was doing locker clean out after the school year and somebody...

I'm working on some recording, and while I'm not too proficient at bass (I mainly play guitar) I think it would sound best if I'll slap the bass...

Well I have wondered about this for years. Sure, an investment in a band full of equipment would best be served by a sound systems pro, but for a...

Some of us are picky. We like new things to stay new. Sometimes it can be an issue. I have several pedals. Want to have a way to have them all...

There are a number of songs where I would like to be able to duplicate the sound, mostly an effect and/or amplification issue, of course also...

Hey all, So I recently started a classics double bass duo, and we just got our first gig that requires more than acoustic sound! It’s classical...

The speaker on the combo has been disconnected and I'm trying to get to it. The amp doesn't seem to have a "back panel" like guitar combo amps...

So I did it. I picked up the Bass just over a year ago, and I'm finally playing in front of an audience. So far I've been practicing with my local...

I have returned 3 MIM Fender basses within the last month. A Players P, a Players J and a Deluxe PJ. All of them had issues with sharp or at the...

So I recently acquired this sweet baby. It's changed hands on Talkbass a couple times. Bel-Air green USA G&L M2000. Vintage tint gloss quartersawn...

I now own about 15 basses and 20 plus ukuleles. Before my divorce...I owned 1 bass for 40 years----a '65 Precision. I am obviously trying to...

So. I am trying out a B7K Ultra in the parade-o-preamps, and thus far the dirt in it has surpassed what I got out of the MXR M80 (last one of...

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Hey, I was jamming with some buddies: a pianist, guitarist, a drummer, and me, a bassist. My bass sounded good to the ear, but in the recording,...

Context then question: I wanted to fix this, [ATTACH] but couldn't get much movement without feeling like I was going to break something. Rib...

I'm starting a 7-week contract this summer, playing between 3-4 half hour sets a night six nights a week. I'm planning to bring two basses - one...

I've just discovered that I've got a second bogus Talkbass account. It definitely wasn't created by me. The day the user joined Talkbass I...

I have a Traynor YBA 1 Bass Master and want to try something different. I want to replace the 12ax7 in stage one with 12 ay7 but don't know if...

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