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Got into a discussion last night with a guy from another band about which bass is the most heard bass in music of all time. We both argeed that it...
So I just joined a band a few months back after a long hiatus from playing. While we were practicing, the other guys seemed to just want to go...
...thanks to nobody buying albums According to Nielsen Music’s latest semi-annual report, hip-hop (including R&B) is now the biggest genre in the...
I've been playing bass for just about 50 years, started out on trumpet in grade and junior high school, semi-learned to read but always could play...
I have done it with my BP-90 Digitech. It has two amp outputs on the back. I hear you can do it off a mixer board as well. Have you ever done...
When are you too old to perform? Sure the legends are still out there, but they were touring when they were in there 20's. If you are a part time...
Hi guys, I wanted to ask you when do you know it's time to change bass teacher ? For the context: I have been playing bass for around 3 years...
These gals are from New Hampshire. They do things to time even Ornette Coleman never thought of. This is representative of their work: [MEDIA]...
Hi all, hopefully someone here can help me to installed a j-retro preamp into my squire vm jazz bass. j-retro preamp by FamMan posted Jul 6, 2017...
Playing a festival in Batavia NY today. Dozens of bands and 2 stages running. The down side, 5 minutes between bands to set up... who's idea was...
Aside from Olympic White and other variants of white, what paint finishes have you observed that substantially change in color with time,...
Since I'm almost finished with my second build, which I will be putting up for sale soon, I have some questions: 1. How do I protect myself...
These days I don't have much money since I am still recovering from a back surgery and having to go in for a second one. So I was looking through...
This will no doubt amaze some - but I had to turn down the tone on my Jazz at a gig on Saturday. For the life of this bass it has never been...
Edit 7/8/17: Video demoing the instrument is in post #24. My main instruments are tapping instruments (build 1, build 2.) With this build I...
Hey fellow Low-Enders!!! So, I am moving up in the worls from my Road Worn P-Bass to an American Pro Precision bass. The only question is......
I'm primarily a guitarist/drummer who really likes playing bass. I'm sad to say that I never really practice it, but through playing in bands and...
I'm not asking about reading posts, blog or news. I'm asking about how much time we spend reading literature, comic books, textbooks etc. You...
I was I the dentist office. They played a solo piano elevator music version of "Teen Spirit"....or was it "Come As You Are"? I don't know....
I have been using an Digitech iStomp pedal loaded with whatever Digitech octave pedal was available a few years ago when the iStomp was a thing....
Warm, studio-quality sound and low noise. Sloped front panel allows easy access to the simplified 3-band tone section, adjustable dbx-style...
Not going to go into details, but I need some alone time, with my bass, and my amp, to blow off frustration, and downright anger at certain...
Changed the strings on one of my basses for the first time. You'd have thought I was performing brain surgery I was so nervous. I put flatwound...
Hi All, Well, my long time cooking companion, my Vermont Castings BBQ is finally starting to give up on me. I bought it a some expense back in...
So I've decided to refinish my Sterling SUB Ray4. I've never done it before but I decided since I wasn't a huge fan of the color I would give it a...
I picked up a Squier Affinity from Sweetwater a year or 2 ago to have as a backup and as a practice mule both to play and learn to set up. Last...
I bought a Keeley Bassist to add some signal leveling and perceived presence on stage. I accidentally boosted the signal like a gain knob (SVT-IIs...
Because, well, I'm bored. [ATTACH] From the top... Fender Sting Signature Precision - the SCPB is one of my favorite basses aesthetically, I...
Had a stage snafu on Saturday when the power supply for my Markbass Compressore fell out the socket and into two pieces (not broken, it comes...
Just bought this off a friend today. I think I got a really good deal on it. I was looking at a Fender MIM Precision Bass but thanks to Talk Bass...
Hi, I have a Fender Tony Franklin Fretted P Bass, and I'm going to swap out the fretted neck for the Tony Franklin Fretless P Bass neck....
I was in a Ferrari. My dad's rich friend took me out during my Bar Mitzvah, I was 13. Alone, I have been over 120 MPH in a Corvette and on my...
If things keep going the way they are, I don't think I'll ever be in a band. My job has such bass-ackward hours. The days and hours I work are...
...or How to decrease the value of a P-Bass by 2/3 in one easy step. Rare 1992 Fender P Bass Clock 1 of a Kind Craigslist OC Ad I suppose it's...
So for the 3rd time in my adult life (well... I don't count anything < 20) I played out at a gig last weekend. It proved to be an eventful night...
Okay contestant, who is the manufacturer of this upright bass? [ATTACH]
So Im using the LS-2 to run two Fuzz pedals at once. One in the A channel(the green pedal) and one in the B (the orange boss one) and they're...
I haven't played a gig with my current funk band for over a year... Our drummer left town, took us months to find a replacement, the replacement...
This is a question that came up on a fb thread, and I am really curious if anyone knows the answer. Question is: can you safely have two heads...
