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I’ve gotta 2014 American standard p-bass that I bought brand new. I’ve noticed as it’s aged that sometimes during the humid months in the summer here in New England that the clarity of the E string will disappear and it will sound super muddy especially down around G. The action doesn’t seem to...

Hello, first post on this site so I apologize if this is in the wrong location. Me and some friends were getting a group together to perform in my highschool talent show. We have all been playing our instruments for about two years so we are still novices. I do not have a case for my bass and at...

It's that time of year again,, and I need some hand lotion recommendations that are hard on excema but easy on strings. What hand lotion are you rolling with this winter?

Hey guys. I haven’t been playing much (or maintaining) my old Czech double bass over the last handful of years.  in spite of using a humidifier, I have a couple of cracks and open seams. Is it better to repair the bass while the weather is still cold and dry, or wait a handful of weeks until...

So I’ve searched a little bit and the general consensus is that cold weather (37~ degrees) should not have any effect on solid state amps. Last year around February I played a gig with a gk mb500 fusion amp. And about two songs in, the volume dropped drastically. Barely audible. Luckily I had a...

A number of guitar/bass companies will include a sticker on the outside of the shipment saying something to the effect of “Don’t open your new guitar for 24 hours.” They want the new axe to acclimate to its new climate gradually. My question is, do you wait? Do you throw caution to the wind? Or...

It’s been a rather chilly spring here, and the heat running has started to do a number on my instruments. I noticed several have mild fret sprout starting over the last few weeks, so I’m breaking out the humidifier....but where should I put it? The room I keep them isn’t massive, maybe 14’x12’...

So, I had a particular bass that sat in an uninsulated crawlspace for almost 6 years (I won't get into the details of why) and it endured everything from brutally hot 100+ Summers to -30 temperatures in the Winter. When I finally dug it out and started playing it again, I noticed that the tuning...

Hopefully there's a WR aficionado here that can help me out. Did Zawinul write out - compose - all parts on the tune? Specifically in regards Shorter's sax sole. Or, did WS improvise his solo over the changes. Thanks.

Hey all, I've only recently become confident in adjusting a truss rod, and, naturally, become more attuned to paying attention to neck relief. Noticed today that a bass was buzzing and had lost some relief (I just got it about 3 weeks ago). The past week and the coming one have been/will be...

So today I bought an audio interface, webcam, and learned how to mix the song and bass track together and tried to then mix that audio track with the video. I did take video at same time as I took audio, but it is difficult to sync 100% and seems almost unreal because the DI audio kind of takes...

Share your current weather pic. I’m in Southern Oregon...gig is canceled, trying to get out now!

I am looking for a 5 string bass and went to the local GC recently. Tried a mid range Ibanez, an ESP, and a Musicman that was totally out of my price range. All of them, including the Musicman had frets that were sharp and protruding from the edge of the fretboard. The sales guy blamed the...

All, with the bitter cold many of us are facing, my furnace has been working overtime and as a result the air is even dryer than usual. As a result Im having to adjust my bass necks to compensate, i only ever to small tweaks but there is still a bit more bow than i want, but im afraid to keep...

Hey. So my 70's Ampeg V4 w/Reverb isn't making any sound. I powered it up and the amp turns on, tubes light up, but no sound when I take it off standby. Now I have a feeling the unusually cold weather might have something to do with this, as the amp was stored in my cold basement. We've been...

How bad is it to subject your cab to cold temperatures? Say, leaving it the back of my pickup truck for a couple nights? (The back is covered) It's going to be a cold, snowy weekend here in Massachusetts. Just wondering if the cold and moisture is bad for the speakers.

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Last Saturday, we were scheduled to play at a big festival in my hometown. I book all the bands and I have two a big stages and professional sound. We were to play under a 50 foot X 200 foot tent. There were thunderstorm warnings but it was sunny most of the day. We were doing our soundcheck...

I have 3 basses in the same room. a jazz bass with maple neck rosewood board a p bass with maple/maple and a peavey 5 string with a graphite neck (obv uneffected) The room is not air conditioned and it sometimes get a little humid. The jazz bass neck sometimes bows an insane amount that...

Unfortunately, I am having some buzzing issues with my bass and am wondering if anyone may have some insight as to why. I will offer as many details as I can that may be relevant. · The bass is actually a left-handed bass, converted from a right-handed bass. The sound post was not moved. · It...

Ladies, gentlemen and fellows all at TalkBass ... I recently re-discovered the music of Joe Zawinul and of his bands. I personally believe that Zawinul has been able to combine the musical spirits of various areas in the world ... the American jazz culture of the late 60s, the European taste for...

Outdoor gigs are my favorite. I'll take a big stage at a festival over a club or theater gig any day of the week. The atmosphere is energetic, the air is refreshing, and the natural light is so much more comfortable on my eyes than glaring spots or thousand-degree cans. But I live in rural...