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Hey everybody! I just finished recording a new song and I thought this might be fun: Here is the finished product without the bass track. Go ahead and have fun with it! You can use it just to jam or to practice building bass lines, whatever your heart desires. It would be really cool, though...

Hi everyone, I am new to TB (with an account) but by no means new to TB itself and have been playing since I was 13. Please don't be too hard on me! I thought I would ask everyone just out of interest; what is your pet peeve that people do when playing bass or with a set-up that annoys you...

Hey all. Just wondering if anyone else has this issue. For whatever reason, I seem to be far more comfortable playing with my plucking hand over the neck pick-up. It seems to have something to do with liking the fuller sound that it seems to give, and perhaps more so, I feel much more...

For me it is a Fender Rhodes. I know the general aspects of making chords on a piano and can play some, however I love whenever an actual pianist gets behind a Rhodes and starts laying it down. It is an instrument that could work in almost any setting if used properly. I'd love to have a...

i usually practice sitting down, and it’s a breeze playing that way. but, when i stand up and try to play it’s suddenly all weird. i’m not sure where to angle my neck at, if i should just have the bass parallel to my arms, or if it should be angled all which way. and then when playing up the...

i got a 200 watt electro-voice monitor speaker cabinet and a 20 watt tube amplifier. what do i do? play outside and annoy my neighbors!!! lately i’ve going heavy on black sabbath, and when music gets so heavy, you really can’t help but move around like you’re playing in front of a million people...

i’m sure we all enjoy being able to put on some headphones, turn on that amp of yours and play along with some of your favorite songs. but what band gives you the most satisfaction when dishing out the basslines? i’d say easily the beatles, i love love love paul mccartney’s melodic bass playing...

i’ve heard geezer butler used to do that, where he put his thumb on the neck nearest to his pickup and plucked in-front of it. i seem to do it sometimes myself. does anyone else do it sometimes too? it’s seems to get the most “punch” and breaks away from the twangy sound of the bridge. and...

Salut all Out of curiosity : Do I play guitar like a bass player ? Do I mix the song like a bass player ? Do I play bass like a guitar player ?! Do I sing like a no singer ? ( answer is yes but you know ) Can we hear the bass is my favorite instrument when listening to the song ? Maybe can...

hello bassists I'm a professional double bassist presently completing a degree in osteopathy in Montreal, Canada. I'm doing a research on double bassists right now (musculoskeletal pain vs practice habits) , it's a 3-6 min survey, your support is appreciated! You can subscribe at the end of the...

Some days, I feel like I'm spot-on and my rhythm is right where it should be. Occasionally, for no apparent reason, it feels like my two playing fingers are suffering from Down's syndrome and they can't get out of each other's way. I have no logical explanation for why it fluctuates but I was...

I really like the sound that I get playing on higher frets (especially 7th-12th frets). Is there anyway to get this sound, or one similar to it, without needing to go up the fretboard?

Salut all I need some opinions and advices on my playing ! I know the Talkbass community is ready to help to improve. My bass can be heard on our first album A Ride Across Your Mind , by Cosmocracy Inc. : You can just scroll several points in the video if you want Thanks for reading ...

I've been playing bass the last 2½ months in a local "School of Rock"-type program, which I joined to get real playing experience and to meet other musicians to continue playing with. We played our first (mini)show Sunday afternoon at a local micro-batch brew pub. We shared the time slot with...

I have had plenty of embarrassing experiences playing live on stage with my band in the past. I've had my strap fall off, I've accidentally stepped on my tuner during songs, my bass losing signal and more. What are some of your most embarrassing experiences playing live and did you end up...

Has anyone stopped playing the bass? If yes then what happened? Another instrument, no more music, do tell.

For me, it's tough. I don't know how I can schedule bass into my life. I know, If I REALLY wanted to play bass I'd play regardless of school, friends, personal life, or exams. Trust me, I hear it a lot. And the thing is, I do wanna keep playing. Hopefully, even make a High school band. Who...

Lets say you are playing a song that requires a lot of the note E. Do you prefer to play the open E or do you down tune so you can play the E as a fretted note? Ive gotten pretty good at muting the open E note quickly to hit the next note which is a D on the A string, but Im wondering if...

The arthritis has gotten pretty bad in the first knuckle of the left index finger. I'm wondering what others with this condition do to try to slow its progression, or at least treat the stiffness and soreness while still putting in hours on the fingerboard. My approach thus far is NSAIDs...

Good evening everyone! I listened a lot back in the day to the full track of the following video. It was uploaded to youtube in its entirity but it has been recently removed. Does anyone know if i can watch it again? Ron played some beautiful lines there I think the footage is from the...

To play bass well, you will need to know how to shift positions confidently and move up and down the neck based on what you hear. A good exercise is to learn to play melodies and scales on a single string. Try Twinkle twinkle little star using just your index finger. Then On top of old...

A complete run-through in one take. It's fairly representative of how well (or poorly) I play this piece. Sometimes I make fewer mistakes, sometimes more. If I do a couple of takes, the best one will be better than this, but that's just probabilities at work. So I posted the first complete take...

Hi all, Was wondering if you Gibson Grabber/Ripper owners could provide me with some much needed advice. Basically, I’m a tall guy at 6’2.5, 27 years old, not that strong and don’t weigh much, about 64/65kg (most likely considered underweight due to a couple of medical issues), I sometimes...

Hey TB, I’m a novice 4-string player whose been playing a little over three years. I started Nov. 2015 after a GAS attack on a Ebay five string. After a year of playing using Youtube etc. I assessed my skill and it felt like I had not made as much progress as I desired. So, I started taking...

It was a house jam, and I was invited to play as the drummer. It was really fun. Everyone was very supportive... and I didn't get asked to leave. :eek: I just locked in the the Bassist and kept the beat. Not doing any crazy fills. We worked through 6 songs, a couple I've never heard of. I came...

I have read so many times here on TB of people who refuse to play songs such as Sweet Home Alabama, Freebird and many other songs that they consider "cliche" or overplayed. I recently joined a trio in January with a singer/guitarist and drummer who are about 10-15 years older than me (i'm 49)...

I ran across this video and had to watch it twice (so far). In their sleep, these guys can probably play licks that I can only dream about playing. Maybe if I practiced about 12 hours a day for the next year or so. :bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist:

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Guitar player in one of the bands Im in is bringing what's probably the most tacky guitar ever to an upcoming gig. He actually seems pretty proud of it, so I haven't said anything, but it literally looks like someone slapped a couple of layers of paint onto it, added a design of some kind made...

My new project is indie pop/rock and there are some synth leads and other parts that when we finally perform live, Im going to have the pain/pleasure of playing. It will be a mix of backing tracks, parts assigned to pads that I will trigger, a little bit of playing a 49 (possibly 61) key...

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, you could not hear the lower notes, such as open A, or lower. However, the higher ones, such as open D or higher, were much too loud. What should I do...

I was eight years old when the song "dance hall days" by Wang Chung was a hit and being the kid I was, I was totally enthralled by that song and its "Wizard of Oz" music video. Now 1984 also was the year that the annual Pinkpop festival decided to have a look at the singles charts and booked...

The drummer for my Rockabilly trio plays with another band, a "pick-up" band where the BL books gigs and then whoever is available shows. He was playing six blocks from my house, so I thought I'd go see them. It was awful, amateur hour in the worst possible way. Their setlist consisted of every...

Hello TBers, This may seem like a silly topic, but here goes... I'm a drummer and somewhat new to bass. I had a Markbass CMD 102P that I just could not get a good sound out of, no matter what bass or settings I tried, so I decided to sell it. A guy came over to check it out, plugged in his...

It was a very small bass, but don't think it was a Hofner shorty. Does. Anyone know what he was playing?

Hello! I'm new to bass guitars and I've only been playing for a month or so, but there's a thing that's driving me crazy. Whenever I play, I can hear a click when I press down on a string. The click is produced by the string hitting the fret. This occurs even when I'm playing very softly and...

I'm looking for technique advice for paying melodic lines over the bridge pickup on a Jazz bass. I like the feel of a P-bass played over the pickup but love the sound of a Jazz played over the bridge pickup. I've been practicing for months and it feels really awkward still. My hand/arm...

This was the Transcription from last month’s Bass Player. Ed Friedland showed me that I didn’t really know the song! This song is actually a good finger Funk workout.:bassist: