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Hi all, First I know this can get political… please if that’s your point move along and do not post. My goal here is absolute positivity and...

Hello there, folks! I figured I'd poke some fun at a horrendous gig I played about 10 years ago at some crappy VFW in New Bedford, Massachusetts....

There is no reward really although I will pick a winner on the best story about the bass and how beat up the bass is. And then who I thought was...

So the other day a drummer acquaintance asked me to join them and a some musician friends for a jam at a local studio. Now, the dude is a tad out...

Hello Fellow Bass Players! My name is Łukasz and I'm from Kraków, Poland. Profesionally I'm a game programmer (currently at CD Projekt RED,...

Two months ago I was asked to sub for a pretty big band in town. I felt this was a good chance to be seen by a newer bigger audience, some...

perhaps my favorite story of all time: Paleoanthropology Division Smithsonian Institute 207 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20078 Dear Sir:...

Hi! So as you may already read from my other posts in TB... I have a 70s Jazz Bass, MIM, which uses the bullet trussrod adjustement like the Jazz...

What's funny about this is that I owe the majority of my bass playing style and ability to that band and the lead guitar player, lets call him...

Last night was running along perfectly. Sold out house of really great people. The band was hot despite it being night 5, 5 venues, and everyone...

Hey TB, more of a reader than a poster here, but I really need to vent this out. Whoever doesn't feel like reading the backstory can skip to the...

Can You help identify this pickup? Thanks. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Hi Bass-Friends, I've made a kind of video clip just for fun :) ... Nice weekend ! Peter [MEDIA]

Hiwatt / Hitone / Maxwatt --- what is the story behind these? All claim to be based/true to original vintage Hiwatt design and build specs. The...

47 year old, just starting on bass. Have asked for an electric guitar or bass guitar probably since the age of 13. Finally when looking online,...

Whether or not it's people getting physically involved helping others is not important. As the title suggests, it doesn't have to include a...

I had a couple of Rumble 500 Heads for sale and one of them sold to a gentleman in southern California. He paid, I packed and shipped and then I...

Gibson Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

I've been playing for 44 years and never had this happen before....now twice in a month. My band was asked to play for a exclusive club...

From this morning's Omaha "Weird Harold." This did not happen here, but in a neighboring state. Names, personal and location information has been...

I will keep this brief out of respect for your time. Pictures of the bass included for your reference. Pulled from a dumpster in Dekalb Illinois...

About a year ago I left the cover band I was in. Long story short, between bad attitudes, Personal life problems effecting the band, lack of...

I decided to trade my Rumble 40 for a GK MB112-II. Went to my local GC to do the deal. They offered $70 for the rumble. I said I was hoping for...

If you're actually famous, no need to respond. I posted a response in the "famous people who have seen me play" thread that more properly falls...

We all have one. That one gig that is burned into your memory and will never be erased. Whether it be a good or bad memory, it's a gig you tell...

Here's a challenge to hone our storytelling, word usage, and similarly lyricist skills, under the confines of certain restrictions, as in being...

I cried... [ATTACH]

Following story was originally posted by me in this thread: Why did Jaco remove the pickguard? , but though it turned out so well and even quite...

Well with a lot of documents from Area 51 now being declassified, one of the biggest mysteries has finally been cleared up and it's about THIS...

[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] So I got this badboy for $600 which I consider a steal. Has a little ding on the body which is *meh*...

[ATTACH] In 2012 a new series of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered on Nickelodeon with a good casting of voice actors (With Robert...

So, Yesterday I drove 4 hours round trip to probably overpay for what turned out to be a non working Peavey Bassfex and Profex controller. The...

Last week I decided to be a good roommate and take out the garbage. This was apparently a good decision, as Karma instantly reached out to me in...

Okay, having line up changes is something every band has to go through, although with the Beatles they always said "it's going to be the original...

TL;DR: There are children out there who think bass is super cool :cool::bassist: I went to my local L&M yesterday evening and saw that they had a...

I might still do a BoB with the group, but I'm outtie. Too many issues and I no longer enjoy being in the band. I am going to start my own band,...

Bang Records - The Bert Berns Story Documentary Film Over a prolific seven years, the songwriter and producer Bert Berns was responsible for...

I’ve always thought I was a pretty lucky guy, and this was one of those times. About two years ago we had just finished a gig at a VFW. It was...

This was a couple years ago, but I thought I would share. I was in this country band, pretty much exclusively covers; not really my thing, but it...

I had set up a trade with a fellow of a 1977 Mesa Boogie Mark I combo I own for a 2008 Rickenbacker 4003. So the guy sends me a bunch of pics and...