Stringed instrument tuned the same as the upright bass, first appearing in the 1950s. Usually has 4 strings tuned in 4ths, and a fretted fingerboard. Played primarily with the fingers or thumb (by plucking, slapping, popping, tapping, or thumping), or by using a pick.
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Are P-bass pickups noise cancelling?
I'm getting conflicting information as to whether the two halves of a P-bass pickup are configured so that they are noise cancelling, so
Are the pickups in standard P-basses (say a Fender American ...
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Speaker clipping when bass guitar controls turned up, but not when amplifier controls turned up to same volume
I've noticed if I have my bass guitar's volume and bass EQ knobs turned all the way up, it sounds like the speaker is clipping. If I then turn the volume and bass down on the guitar while turning the ...
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Howto: Electric Bass Guitar - Home Recording
My question should be quite clear from the title, but, I want to know what devices should I look to home recording my bass guitar, I've tried connecting my amplifier output to my notebook's microphone ...
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Bass guitar solfeggietto adapted from guitar tab
I want to adapt the Solfeggietto by C.P.E. Bach, to play on my bass, like seen here.
First of all, I'm not a musician but a software developer. I've been playing bass for fun since I was a teenager ...
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Do hollowbody basses feedback as much as hollow body guitars?
With a hollow body electric guitar, you'll have to manage (control or suppress) the feedback at any amplification level loud enough to be heard over a rock and roll drummer.
Is the same true (in ...
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Learning to play bass guitar: Fretless vs Fretted
I took bass guitar lessons years ago, but decided I was going to start self-teaching again. I have 2 basses, a Squire P-Bass, and a Fender fretless J-Bass. I was thinking about teaching myself to ...
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Bass sound in Ride the Lightning
I have listened to Metallica's Ride the Lightning over and over again, but never paid an attention to the crunching bass sound Cliff Burton uses at some places in the song. Any idea how does he get ...
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Is is alright to switch from finger picking to slapping?
I am good at both fingering and slapping. From a tonal perspective switching from fingering to slapping back and forth for different parts of a song has a huge leap in dynamics. I have been training ...
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When decreasing string gauge on a bass guitar, will I need to adjust the truss rod?
I'm planning to make some changes to my bass guitar. I'd like to:
Moving from heavy to medium strings
From flatwound to roundwound strings
Lower the action
Obviously, the guitar will need a new ...
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What is the correct way to modify a bass bridge to accept thicker guage strings?
Recently, I tried to restring one of my 5-strings and found out that the low B string wouldn't fit through the bridge. The bass is an LTD B55
I was thinking of drilling/boring the hole to be wider, ...
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What are the disadvantages of buying a short-scale bass guitar
I'm considering buying my first bass. I already play guitar, and find that even though I'm an adult, stretching to a fifth is a struggle -- so handling a bass with its more widely spaced frets is ...
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What is the technical term for Bass 'growl' or 'roar'?
I've been looking everywhere for the past 2 days for the terms of these two awesome electric bass 'techniques' and couldn't find 'em.
I want to know their technical or common names..
When you ...
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Using an electric bass guitar with a guitar amp / hi-fi system?
I understand that you should use an amp that was meant to be used with your instrument, but sometimes maybe you just don't have the money, or your amp is not around when you need it, or for whatever ...
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Difference between “hi” and “low” on amps?
What is the difference between "hi" and "low" input jacks on guitar / bass amps? Usually bigger amps have both of them (didn't see them on smaller ones really)..
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Bass-guitar online exercises for not-beginner
I'm an intermediate bass guitarist, and I want to improve my left arm fingers work, and improvisation during bass solo.
I think I should learn not only by simply remember some tabs by famous bass ...
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Soft sound strings for Fender bass
I'm looking for "soft sounding" strings for my five-string Fender bass (American Deluxe V).
Default Fender strings are not for me, unfortunately. What kind of strings can give me this sound?
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How can I keep my low end level constant across my strings?
I'm a bassist. I play a Warwick Corvette std 5 string with MEC pickups. I use D'addario strings.
Ok now my problem, I play in a band and we play progressive thrash metal (kinda like Metallica meets ...
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Carving a cutaway in a right-handed bass guitar to better suit a left-handed player
I am annoyed with the selection of left handed guitars. What bothers me about turning a right handed guitar into a left handed guitar is that there is not enough room given for the hand to reach the ...
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What is a violin electric bass?
I have seen advertised, electric violin bass guitars such as the following:
Are they really any different from a normal bass guitar, and if so what makes them different and how then should they be ...
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Are there exercises similar to the 'Buddha rope' for endurance on bass guitar?
The "Buddha rope" technique described by Bill 'The Buddha' Dickens in his training DVD basically entails putting a rope between strings and then using the increased tension for building muscles in ...
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What features should I look for in my first bass guitar?
I am looking to buy my first bass. What are the various aspects to look out for? I see the neck length as one. An other is the number of knobs it has. The minimum I usually see is 2. One for the ...
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Lowering the action on a bass guitar
I have obtained a rather cheap P-bass imitation bass and, while it plays well in the lower register, about the 9th fret the action starts to rise and after the 12th fret it's in to the "wow, this ...
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String buzz on bass guitar
The A string on my Peavey T-40 bass buzzes quite loudly. I've found that duct tape on the string above the nut will quiet this, but only if it's pulled taut against a neighboring string. It doesn't ...
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Beginning Slap Bass
Back when I was taking lessons, I had an instructor who did a great job teaching me how to work tapping into my bass lines, but when we tried to expand it into developing slap bass I ended up getting ...
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How do I set up a bass guitar?
How do I set up the pickups, neck, etc. in an electric bass guitar? I'm not concerned with producing a particular sound as I am with keeping the neck from warping, prevent string buzz, improving ...
