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One of my favorite pre-rock bassists is Paul West. I have enjoyed his playing with many of the greats including Dizzy Gillespie but I never knew...

Blasphemy! [MEDIA]

Guitar player here, I just discovered how to get the Bob Wills swing sound that I always loved by playing the bass notes as quarter notes. On the...

For the improvisers working on the blues... [MEDIA] Feedback is always welcome (unless it's about my sad piano playing) ;)

Still a long way from figuring it out, but the research continues! The Role of Temporal Fluctuations for the Swing Feel in Jazz Music

Hello people! So, I've been doing a few threads about strings, lately. I googled for this, but I didn't find anything... I just found people that...

Hey everyone. Sorry if this thread has been done before, but I’m wondering which bassline to play for certain jazz genres. I.e. walking for swing,...

Greetings, how are the notes is the attachment correctly phrased, if we play it in jazz feel (shuffle)? Nr. 2? Does 1 and 2 make any difference...

Hi, I'm playing in big band for few months. I've noticed that sometimes I drag the drummer (when he loses focus and starts to slow down),...

For sale: Rotosound 66 Swing Bass strings (RS66EL) Extra long scale standard gauge 45-65-80-105 Strings have never been used and are not cut....

Both are nickel covered roundwounds

Rotosound extra light gauge Swing Bass S/S bass sets made from singles --35 55 75 95-- I've got 4 sets available at $14 each or take them all for...

[ATTACH] I have 9 sets of broken in old school (silk on brass ball ends)[ATTACH] Roto 66 nickel, long scale strings all cut for Fender basses....

I know tone has a lot to do with your amp and the audio engineer and stuff. No need to explain it. But I'm in the market for new strings. I have...

I do a mixture of rockabilly slap and mostly gravitate towards gut or synthetic gut strings because I love that sound. When I play any kind of...

Time to restring my Warwick Thumb 5. I still have 8 packs of DR Low Rider nickels 45-105 left, but I found a pack of Swing Bass 66 same guage....

Thanks to all in advance. I have recently started playing with an 18 piece swing band. I'm playing on my 150 year old German bass with the David...

I have recently started playing with a 16 piece swing band and the music director has asked if I can readily alter my EQ from what I normally have...

So I walked in to a GC on the way to rehearsal............ As expected, the GC I visited over the weekend did not carry the Roto 66 LDN's that I...

Rotosound RS66 Customs Extra Lights 35-95 - Leaving the hobby - Liquidating all my miscellaneous odds, ends and leftovers. I have 2 of these...

5 sets of 45-130 Rotos Final price drop. $100.00 for the last 5 sets. Plus 11.00 bucks shipping. Thanks

During my lesson this Friday, my teacher got visibly happy when he saw that I have begun to make real progress developing a swing feel, no mean...

[MEDIA] Not an exciting video, but I am steadily working on my reading and feel. This is the first two measures of Thelonius Monk's "Straight, No...

hello all. the greats all do it without thinking at the best times and i'm trying to integrate the 'and' of 2 and 4 without making it too obvious....

FS: String Swing - Guitar/Bass wall mounts. Comes with hardware. I'd suggest mounting to studs in walls. Held a variety of heavy basses for years...

Has anyone else listened to this track from Mark Knopfler? I am wondering, do you think that he played the lead and rhythm in one track? It...

I like these Rotosounds but have liked the Elixirs Stainless Roundwounds. I can't seem to warm up to Flatts. I tried a set of Steve Harris , but...

So I have been trying some new strings and I purchased 3 sets of Rotosound Swing Bass 45-65-85-105 stainless long scale and put them on 2 jazz...

OK. My quest for the perfect roundwound strings for me has now led me right back to where I started - Rotosound Swing Bass 66. My first bass,...

It may be caused by the volume levels of the mix or (more hopefully) by a recent improvement of my ears/body sensibility, but I find Ron Carter...

These are a variety of wall hangers. Two of the usual kind and two of the horizontals. All are in good shape. Price includes shipping...

Hello! I've been playing with the same strings in my S.U.B. Stingray for about 4 months now and they are diiiiiiiiiiiirty. I'm a huge metal fan,...