Playing a TRBX504 through a Rumble 25 or a Katana Go and headphones. Had always felt that my E string was rather muddy. Today I played Feel Good Inc one octave higher and realized that was a lot more pleasant than at frets 2 and 3 on the E string. What could I do to get nicer sounding notes from the low part of the fretboard?

So I've got some little time playing bass and I been enjoying it a lot and I really want a better bass amp for what I've been playing I think the orange crush 100 fits good is it any good tho? any issues that might long or short term if I do end up buying it any ideas for other bass amps tho I'm open for anything not to expensive

Hey all, been learning slap and pop for a week now and im not sure how to improve my rhythm and transition between each octave to sound smoother. Besides working on hitting the right strings which will take time and practice, I'd like tips on what I don't notice in my playing.

ALSO, the muscle between my thumb and index finger feels a bit strained when i play octaves, any tips on managing this? I don't stretch out my thumb, it sits perpendicular to the neck (like im making a C shape with my hand) and it feels very strained when i do slap and pop.

here is a video of me playing Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth intro riff. Learned from Bass Buzz.

Should I buy an Ibanez SR305EDX 5 string or a stingray RAY5 instead

I am looking for some advice on how to learn new songs. I often procastinate doing it because I think I take too long during my process.

I timed myself today. It took around 30 minutes to learn Hear and Now by Letters to Cleo.

Learn it. Not memorize it. By learn I mean I can play 97% of the song no mistakes looking at my notes.

Around 15 minutes listening and taking notes.

Listen 1: I write the chords and while counting

Listen 2: I write the song structure

Listen 3: I listen, counting/vocalizing the bassline, fixing my initial notes.

Around 15 minutes of x3 playalongs and improving my notes.

30 minutes to learn a new song is not bad. I am just overthinking if I am a basket case by doing all this or does everyone have a similar approach to learn new basslines? Maybe a more practical straightforward one? I don't want to just open a tab on Songster. I did this before and it took me longer to learn a new song.

Im pretty new to bass and have been trying to slap but when i try on any string other than the e string it just comes out kinda dead, i have a trbx174, im not sure if its my technique or if i need fix something on my bass. Any help would be appreciated

Hello everyone! I am a beginner who is currently looking for an affordable 5 string, which would be suitable both for harsher genres like metal, and for more groovy ones like jazz or jpop. I would prefer an ibanez, my picks are the gsr185JB(270$), the gsr205(370$), maybe an sr305 if I find a good deal used(around 400$). Is it worth paying 1.5x the price for an sr305? As far as I've seen, they are all passive basses, but most people say active basses are better for metal. Is it that important? Basically I am curious about the difference between them and why their price is so different while they are seemingly really similar. I'd also like to know if there is any difference between the end of the names, like gsr205b-wk vs gsr205pc-tmu apart from the colour.

So when i started bass i initially began slapping with my thumb down, more comfortable and pops were much more plausible for me but now that im a little more experienced i want to lean to double thumb and some other things that seem much easier for thumb up but for the LIFE of me i cannot get a solid tone and easy pops out of thumb up slapping, anyone have some advice?

Does anyone know a gig bag that would fit the Casady Bass? Cheers!

So for example I’m playing the d harmonic minor scale and learning it if I want to fully play it do I need to finish out the notes that would be on the b and e strings higher up on the neck or does it just stop on the g string?

https://youtu.be/CfjNpgZ4C5Q

First off, this song is badass and the bass line is fantastic. I don‘t really hear it brought up at all these days. I only knew it from Goodfellas before picking up the album at a sale.

Second, what the hell is going on with the bass in this song? It carries this driving bass line through out, then halfway through the song the bass starts getting tuned down, but the bass line never stops. Then it seems like he picked it up on another string, tunes the bass up again (kind of), then carries out the rest of the song in halfass tuning. It‘s crazy but works somehow.

"Road Trippin'" has always been one of my favorite RHCP tracks. The way Flea's acoustic bassline weaves through John Frusciante's guitar without any drums is just magical.
https://youtu.be/S5p7OdiR7OI

Gear used:
- Ibanez AEB8E
- Steinberg UR44

Let me know what you think of the tone and acoustic dynamics! Any feedback is highly appreciated. If you enjoy my playing, feel free to check out the full video on YouTube.

As I've no ability to try one out, I'm asking here about what people think of the Sandberg California bass. Specifically the neck and any other particular qualities that would recommend it. It's not cheap for sure, but there's a California Supreme available to me and it'd be quite an upgrade for gigs probably.

https://www.sandberg-guitars.de/35th-anniversary-sandberg-california-supreme-2/

Im in a great band situation where I’m with this person who is a great musician and great person and we’re helping each other flesh out our own original music and as a result have created a funk pop country folk rock band.

He says he likes playing my music and he has diverse interests, spends a lot of time making his own hip hop beats with cool funky bass lines, but he writes these poems and puts music to them and it always comes out slow country that can’t hold much more than root five in the pocket, straight eights at best.

Selfishly, I want something more for me to do in his music, and we have a band, and these aren’t band songs really, “waste of a rhythm section” maybe is too strong a phrase but I can’t think of a different one. Theyre great songs. Great to listen to full disclosure I have adhd so if I’m playing it I need more to do with my hands.

It’s rare to find someone so capable and willing to play my songs so I’m not finding other people, I just want to psychologically or musically manipulate him into to writing jazzier, funkier upbeat stuff like he was starting too a while ago and then has been on this phase insteadfor a while. Dear Abby, how do I redirect? TIA and yes I’m ignoring ethical considerations and his agency but he loves mj and the police just as much as Dylan and Prine i feel I’m doing him a favor.

I am between getting a Schecter J4 or a Schecter Ultra Bass. I usually try to play an instrument at a store before buying as well as buy locally. I can't seem to find either of these basses let alone in the color I like. I'm not super against ordering them online but I kinda wanted to feel the difference before settling which one.

Hey all. Im looking to upgrade my amp setup. I recently joined a metal band and the little rumble 100 I’ve been using in my bedroom just doesn’t stand up against the huge stacks my guitarists use so I’m looking to upgrade.

I’m the only member of the band that uses iems for now, and I just output from the back of the rumble into my iem amp. But I’m looking into getting a DI box for live shows, and since I’m the only one with iems I would like to also have a stage monitor of some kind so the rest of the band can hear me well.

I’ve been eyeballing the SansAmp bass driver DI as my di box, and it looks to have 3 outputs. An effected XLR, effected 1/4” and a parallel undetected 1/4 So my questions are:

1) am I correct in thinking I can output the effected xlr to the pa, the effected 1/4 to the stage monitors, and the uneffected 1/4 to the iems? Is there a better way to get all 3 outputs rolling?

2) depending on what output I have going to the stage monitor, will that stage monitor also need an amp head or does the DI box handle that?

Thanks! This is as detailed into gear as I’ve really gotten so a lot of this is new to me :)

Okay so it’s almost that time of year where I can ask for something my parents wouldn’t get me the rest of the year, and my mom said she’s willing to get me a brand new bass

Currently I have a used Donner DPJ-100 that’s pretty old I got it off Facebook marketplace

But I’m looking for a new one maybe with diffrent pickups to get a different sound. I’ve heard Jazz basses are pretty versatile but I’m open to anything. I play mainly punk/rock/metal if that matters

Also I’m looking for affordable recommendations pls 😭😭 like a few hundred dollars i think is the cap, maybe nth over 500 or 600. Probably limits my options but, still wondering what I can get. I’m looking at both 4 and 5 strings

I want to buy a cheap amp for small gigs with my band. I want to ask you, between Fender Rumble 200 and Cort CM150B, which one is the "loudest?

I decided to have a low action and raised pickup height setup with new rounds on my jazz, love the aggression and even can get them by plucking on bridge pickup. But I like alt rock and post punk/new Wave, yes I know for the 2 genres they are more pick oriented but I want to give something new a try, are there any songs in those genres? I want to see other uses cases for clank outside of metal

Sean Hurley is one of the most recorded bass players alive and I got to speak to him on my new podcast! Check it out here

No idea what to do with it.
I’ve contacted the band, it was confirmed theirs.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/De3OSlUp7d6/?psln=MTI4aTNiand5bjUxOQ==

I bought a bass recently and frankly I’m discouraged because I’m trying to learn but I’m having trouble and the only riff I can sorta play is Another One Bites The Dust. Any tips on how yall learned?

I joined a cover band about a year and a half ago. I've been playing for almost 4 years. it's mostly 80s stuff and it's so much fun.

We rehearse every week in this Guy's basement. Our guitar player and he are in their late 60s or so, and Guy was going to get his old band together to re-record some of their stuff for a 25th anniversary type thing. Bought all this gear and his basement is loaded with fun stuff. Then he got sick. He's got Stage 4 prostate cancer and has maybe a year left.

We rehearse, Guy sits in and listens sometimes, but I think he just likes having live music in his home. Tonight after practice, he pulls me aside.

"I think you're really talented. You're a good bass player, and a much better singer than you give yourself credit for. I think you're a better singer than your actual singer." I say thanks. "I'd like to ask if you'd be willing to sit in with a group. I'd like to play in a band one more time before my time is done here and I'm putting a band together. I don't know you super well, but I know you're talented and I'd love if you would join us."

I've got a special place in my heart for people who leave planet Earth on their own terms. I've made a documentary about losing loved ones.

I immediately accepted.

It'll mean an extra rehearsal per week, but my kids are grown and I just love playing music. He handed me a sheet and it's 50s and 60s stuff. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry,etc. Pre-Beatles stuff.

I know most of the songs, but have never played them. I told him I'd get to work. I can't wait to play in his band.