Our rhythm guitarist went ghost on us.

So now I Play bass in a three piece punk band with the drummer on vocals.

I gotta say I really like our sound with only one guitar and bass.

This is the only band ive ever played in and ive been playing with them for only like 3 months , but this just made things alot more fun for me now that i can really hear my bass parts.

Anyone else been in the same scenerio?

Hey!

I've been playing bass for about 6 years, but I never really immersed myself in the technical side of things, but I've decided to buy a multieffect pedal that is kind of a jack of all trades. The darkglass anagram was suggested to me but it's a bit out of my budget, and I heard that the stomp could be a cheaper alternative.

Would it be a good idea to buy it? I don't really want to build a giant pedalboard since my style is more simplistic, but I think it would be useful to have an effect ready on the occasion that I need it

What are your thoughts?

Could anyone who has experience with the stomp help me out?

Thanks in advance!

One thing I've noticed with bass is that knowing the notes isn't always the same as feeling locked in with the song. I can understand a bass line on its own, but playing along with a full track sometimes feels completely different, especially when the drums get busy or the groove isn't as obvious as I expected.

I've been thinking about how much of bass playing comes down to timing, listening, and learning when not to play. It's easy to focus on hitting every note correctly and forget that the bass is also there to connect the rhythm section.

For those who've been playing for a while, what helped you develop that internal sense of time? Was it practicing with a metronome, playing along with recordings, jamming with a drummer, or something else entirely?

I'm curious what actually made the biggest difference for you.

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I don't want to waste a person's time by showing up to a jam sesh not knowing what I'm doing. I mean I can still improvise over backing tracks and it doesn't sound to bad but I just wanna show up and let them know that I'm really good at it.

Btw I'm not a complete noob to music just a noob to being knowledgeable at any basic music theory and time signature.

I have a Yamaha TRBX 174, their entry level PJ bass. I’ve played it to death, but I keep coming back to how much I love the tone of EMG DC35 pickups. Especially when paired with a dark glass onboard pre-amp.

Now I’m not made of the kind of money where I can just go swap out my Yamaha for anything that comes with EMGs, or buy EMGs + a dark glass tone capsule, but I do have a friend with a massive woodwork shop and a willingness to help me route for pizza + beer.

I can route out the body for EMG, enlarge the control cavity, then make a pick guard to cover the slightly uneven cavities. Scrap steel from work + a layer of insulation to keep it from further damaging the body.

I would drop in the Darkglass at a later date.

Total cost is 210$ in parts and 40$ in snacks. It kind of sounds just like a fun time and worst case the EMGs can just go in another guitar right? Risk being This is my only guitar and if I fuck it up I can’t buy another for a couple months.

Personally it was one of the most intuitive skills on the instrument for me, but I know some people have trouble feeling it. Finding the 1 can be the hardest part, but after that it's just a matter of counting until you find the next 1 (to me). Practicing counting on Animals as Leaders and TOOL songs helped me the most.

Besides this I pretty much suck at everything else on the instrument!

I've been playing electric bass as a hobby for 10+ years

My band is currently working an acoustic set we can use for smaller venues.
The keyboard player whipped out an accordion for it and it's awesome

the situation makes me want to get a double bass
I love orchestral music, I love jazz, I kinda always had in the back of my mind to get either a double bass or a cello

Never really laid my hands on one, don't necessarily have the time to study much for it, and it'd be an issue in terms of space inside the house

I have the budget to make myself a gift, if it's money well spent
(goddamn adult life, when money stops being a problem and everything else is lol)

I'm not really considering electric double bass, if I'm doing this I'm finally getting my hands on an actually acoustic instrument, it's a big part of what I'd like about it

anyone who plays both, or who had an itch like the one I'm having, please help me clear my head and make up my mind about this

cheers

Hi I have an ibenaz gio soundgear jazz bass and I'm trying to restring it with 66 long scare standard gauge swing bass (45,65,80,105) when I try to tune it it sits right against the fretboard and sounds horrible. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong or if I need to adjust the action (the action was fine with the original strings) please help me out as this is my first time restring

I've searched on here to find discussions about these cabs and only found a few comments. Anyone have thoughts on them vs more traditional cabs? The weight numbers are pretty insane compared to even regular neo magnet cabs.

So im currently playing on my first bass, a Yamaha RBX170 but i might or might not get a squier classic vibe mustang in a few months. I wanna get a pair of flatwound strings with a more mellow, thick and thumpy sound, however i would like to be able to cut them and put them on the Mustang if i end up getting it. I heard a lot of good abput the La Bella 760FS Deep Talkin strings but it says they might not work on through body builds like the mustang. What Strings would you reccommend?

Bonjour, j'ai appris la guitare électrique avec Justin Guitar. Il est extraordinaire. Est-ce qu'il existe la même chose pour la basse ?

Seems like a huge gap in the market. The closest I can find is the Dingwall SP-1, but that costs 2 grand. The Ashdown Savant seems interesting, but for a more traditional sounding bass I feel like 32-35" (like the SP-1) makes more sense than 34-36" (like the Ashdown).

What is the most important lesson you have received, or something that has unlocked your mind?

I'm not very knowledgeable on strings for the most part. However, I've always loved using these strings. These are my default set of strings for all of my basses. They feel very light, sensitive, and responsive. I love how I hardly need to exert any force when I press down and it feels like I can play for long periods of time without getting tired. It's kinda like how some gaming keyboards feel so fast and responsive because the mechanical keyboard switches are really light compared to regular office keyboards.

That being said, I don't know if these strings are actually considered as "light" for Bassists. I've pretty much only used these set of strings and I never bothered to explore other brands such as Rotosound, D'Addario, etc.

If these aren't considered as "light" by most bassists, I'm willing to explore further and find something even lighter.

Disclaimer - I'm only talking as a 4 string bass player.

Ok. I did some head scratching and was thinking of a way to memorise it all in regards to pentatonics and uding them for on the fly improv... In no way do I claim it's a revelation or anything. If at all - it's just me trying to put it all into a visual framework to enable me to memorise and access it on the fly without getting lost. Now I am asking for people to look at my idea and maybe give it some critique? However I do ask if you critique - can you just say where my idea falls apart? I'm working on ironing it out...

But if it's annoying I can take it down... As a person who thinks visually in geometric pattern approach to anything that needs memorization I came to the following approach. If we talk in general then mode shapes as Charles Berthoud (from his Patreon) mentioned are traveling along the neck. If we visualize them abstractly then any given minor pentatonic mode can be generalized as the following shapes:

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1 st mode

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2 nd mode (lowest note 3 semitones above root)

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3 rd mode (lowest note 5 semitones above root)

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4 th mode (lowest note 7 semitones above root)

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5 th mode (lowest note 10 semitones above root)

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Also noticed that there is a mirror symmetry around the 3rd mode which essentially is a "box" or rectangle. In other words 5th mode is a mirror inversion of 1st mode. 4th respectively of 2nd. Using this approach and knowing each fret is a semitone I found it easy to get the correct fret numbers of any mode of any minor pentatonic. Say for example take 4th mode of C minor. Root note is A string 3rd fret. Lowest note of it's 4th mode is fret 10 on A string. Using the shape diagram (which should be memorised) 10 fret -> 3 frets above on first string (in our case A string) is fret 13. Same for D string. G string it's only 2 frets above - i.e. 12 string. And indeed it matches the tabs for 4th mode for C minor:

G string 10 - 12

D string 10 - 13

A string 10 - 13

To jump to a major pentatonic it appeared to be extremely easy actually. The second mode of the Minor pentatonic gives you first mode of its relative major pentatonic. So 5th mode of any given minor pentatonic gives its relative major 4th mode pentatonic and so on. In other words one could also say for any given minor pentatonic it's relative major pentatonic root note is just three semitones above that minor key root note.

Offcourse this all works neatly on a 4 string and I'm only talking 4 string bass. I've yet to come up with something similar for other key modes such as Lydian Phrygian and etc.

As I said - I'm posting here NOT as an intent to preach. I'm a noob - I'll say straight. The only reason I'm posting this all is I'm needing a few fresh pair of eyes to look at this idea and give a fresh review/critique. I don't have local bass or much musician friends locally for that matter to discuss all of this in depth. Many thanks in advance for your patience in reading this whole load of thoughts 😁

tbh the standard ric strings are a bit expensive and I prefer stainless steel anyway. i heard rotosound strings are good

My boyfriend and I are starting an acoustic duo of sorts playing covers of contemporary pop music (think upbeat stuff like Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, etc). He plays acoustic guitar and I play bass, and we both sing (no drums, just a few auxiliary percussion moments we both cover). I’m currently using a Peavey Grind bass into an MXR compressor and Fender rumble amp, and although I like the sound overall, I feel like I could have a sound that serves the overall sound better (I also own a Spector but like the Peavey more in this context).

Since this isn’t a common musical group instrumentation I’m having trouble finding advice geared towards this. What would your setup be if you were in this situation? I’m open to any kind of changes in pedals, the bass I’m using, and changes to the amp (though I’d like to keep using this amp if I can). I play bass lines of course but also a lot of melody parts if that changes your answer.

Acoustic basses seem like an option at first but I think I would need an amp to be heard still, and at that point it seems to make more sense to just us an electric. I’m thinking about picking up a Fender Mustang, partially because I think something that sounds closer to a p bass would work well, but mostly because I’m finally accepting I have small hands and want to try a short scale bass, haha. I think getting at least an EQ pedal as well would help me dial in the sound? Have also been looking at hollow body and fretless basses, but I’m curious what other people think.

Also, if you have any recommendations for music artists who play in a similar kind of group please also share their names!! TIA

https://youtu.be/CdGp56X4up0?is=tKK8T760a2SW4SD_

I’m trying to get this specific bass tone and I can’t seem to figure it out yet. I use an ampeg SVT8x10AV cabinet, with a burgera veyron BV1001T tube bass head, B1X four zoom petal, and a jazz bass.

One thing I find interesting about learning bass is how you can get away with bad habits for ages before they start causing problems.

Could be playing way too hard, relying on the same few patterns, gripping the neck like your life depends on it, or never practicing with a metronome.

Sometimes you don't even realise you're doing it until you try to learn something new and suddenly everything feels harder than it should.

What’s a habit you had as a bass player that you eventually had to break? Might save someone else a bit of frustration.

Hi guys. I’ve been getting conflicting information regarding a drop in replacement for a Squier vintage modified jazz bass. Does anyone know from experience which set would work?

I’ve been learning to play since January and have never played with others before. I was recently invited to join a group to jam some reggae, and I’m as excited as I am nervous. I have a rumble 25, everywhere I see online says I need at least a 40, if not 100 to play with others. When I play in my room, I have the amp volumes barely turned on and it’s blasting my ears.

This may be a dumb question or just me not wanting to make another purchase, but would a bigger amp be necessary? How loud is it actually going to be? Do you guys wear ear plugs? Thanks in advance

I’ve had a P bass for a while but didn’t play it much. The fatter neck just did not agree with me and gave me a lot of joint pain.

It’s an Am pro II so you can’t just buy the neck on fenders website. Luckily a kind Redditor told me about Stratsosphere and after waiting a patiently for a few months a rosewood jazz neck came up on EBay.

The craziest thing is how easy it was to replace. I just used a screw driver to swap necks, did a regular set up. I gigged it the very next day.

I love my jazz bass and still feel like it’s home but it’s so nice to have that fat mid hump again. The only problem is my bandmates want me to only use that bass from now on.

John Deacon makes that line sound so easy, but getting it to sound right is another story.

You can hit all the notes and it still doesn't have that same feel. The timing, the muting, the way everything locks in with the drums... it's annoying how much you notice once you try playing it yourself.

Makes me appreciate bass players a lot more when I hear songs I used to think were simple.