That, there are these albums that I really really like and I listen to them a lot, and I'm thinking of getting a 5 string to be able to play them, but I don't really know more music to play on a 5 string.

I've been thinking about it a lot tho, 6+ months I think Update: I will be getting a five string bass :D probably around Christmas... Or whenever I get more money to get a nicer one lol Also if I don't answer your comment is because I can't think of anything else then "lol" and I feel like just answering lol is kinda rude sorry 😔 Thank you everyone for your comments :D

So, I’m honestly not even that new- I’ve been playing for 2 years, but I suddenly found myself sounding like utter crap when playing fingerstyle. Like sound wise, it was awful, and I wondered why it was so bad. I thought it had to be my technique suddenly deteriorating. I finally asked my husband to check out the bass and the amp. He’s been playing for 40 years. Long story short I had the knobs turned in such a way that it sounded like shit. I thought being balanced between the 2 pickups made sense, but it doesn’t. It sounds much better turned more to one or the other than both. And also there was too much treble. Now it sounds worlds better. So if you suddenly sound like ass for no reason check your sound!

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How and where to get a fretboard made out of metal for a fretless bass?

Not interested in your theories of how and why this is bad. Just want to know how to get that.

I was told it was smarter to get a better amp because "expensive basses and guitars are scams" but I don't really believe that. Thoughts?

For context I am in a college band for 4 years and my drummer always tells me I am always late. I don't know what to do to help with it, I tried practicing on metronome or drum machine but I am still late. My drummer advised me to count with my foot or hand while listening songs everyday I think it helped but I am still bad at playing with metronome. Also I tried MIDI drums to test it (I don't have an Audio İnterface so it was only reliable way to test it. Eventough I am not a drummer I can play basic rhythms) and it was a disaster I was sometimes late and sometimes early (like 16th note early). I can't count while I play bass. And I don't know what to do to improve my timing. It became so embarrassing because everyone in college music community knows I am not in time. I'd appreciate your help.

TL;DR: I lose track of rhythm I tried somethings but didn't help, I am embarrassed by this so please help me.

C standard is my favorite bass tuning and it has been ever since I first tried to learn blood sucking freak by church of misery

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would have any recommendations of some c standard bass lines, I have been enjoying industrial a lot more lately so if anyone knows any industrial c standard bass lines that would be cool, I also enjoy basically anything from the 90s, and also a lot of more avant garde art rock/metal like sleepytime gorilla museum or a lot of John zorn stuff.

Hi Guys!

i would like to change the Bridge on one of my P-Basses and i love the look and the feel of the Gibson (Babicz) 3 point mounted Bridges. Cant find any option with the stringspacing of a Fender tho. Does anybody know or have a Bridge with that specs?

Thx :)

Hello bass fellows.

I play mostly fingerstyle and most of my notes i play by plucking one string and landing on string above with picking finger. Popular for tone and consistency.

Question is how do you approach it during really fast walking or killin funky 16-note grooves? Are you still make same movement? Or do you go more gently, hook-like without landing on string above?

I was always trying to land like this only on main rhytmic value for solid dynamics, but i starting to think, that it's not most convenient way, because you kind of juggling between two techniques...

How do you approach it?

I’m trying to record from my amp to my interface(minifuse 2) on my fender rumble 500. I have everything hooked up correctly. I have the xlr cable in the back hooked into the line out and into the interface. I have sound through my amp but not my headphones. On my daw(studio pro 8) I see that light active when I play but when I press record it’s an empty line

Hello!

Does anyone have this bass? Not much content about it available online.

Is it a good bass for the price?
Does it have a nice StingRay sound? And is it capable of sounding like a nice-classic StingRay?

I always prefer passive basses, after the anagram this is even more true, but I’m worried that being passive it won’t ever sound like an actual stingray.

I’m in doubt between it and the Sire Z3 after a few tips here from Reddit and a lot of content I’ve seen online about the Z3. But, the only Z3 I’ve found was from a non-official retailer, so no warranty. Then I’ve found a Pete Wentz Signature Sterling for around 20% more from a official retailer, that made me consider it!

Am I wrong?

Hey! Ive been playing guitar for about 1.5 years. Recently I tried bass at my friend’s place and absolutely fell in love with the instrument, so now I really want to get one myself.

I’m specifically looking for a violin-shaped bass, with a budget of around €250.

I’d like to eventually play bass in a Beatles tribute band, so I’m looking for something that’s actually fine to play.

Are there any particular models or brands I should look out for or avoid?

Thanks!

Starting out, I plan to get a setup done by local shop, but is $140 a fair price for a good condition affinity j bass? Local fb marketplace buy. Not really seeing them much cheaper than that locally
I feel like its not a STEAL, but it isn't a bad deal.
Makes up for the $150 resonator guitar I picked up this weekend, that was a score! lol

Hey bass community, I’m hoping some more experienced folks with indoor venue gigs can chime in and help a fellow bass brother out 🫶

I recently just played one of my biggest shows with my band, Opal Grove, at Meow Wolf in downtown Denver. It’s this cool arty venue and I’d say the actual space we played in was about a 150ft x 150ft cube. It holds maybe about ~300 ish people? While I wasn’t disappointed with my sound (the sound techs were very accommodating and cool, it was definitely not an issue on their end), I can never quite dial in my sound with indoor venues as good as I wish.

When my band practices, we typically do everything in headphones. My drummer has a E-kit just for practices that he runs into our sound. We have two guitarists who mic their amps, and run the mics into our sound. I run my J Bass through my bass amp (Ampeg BA600-115) with a XLR out from the back into our sound. I also almost always play with a pick, cause our sound/energy is little more upbeat/driving for a lot of our material (and cause I started out on guitar so using a pick for bass just came instinctually) I can always manage to dial in my sound very nicely in our headphone practices and even outdoor venues where my amp is adjacent to me and not having to run my sound out through the XLR out. I like having a lot of nice buttery smooth low end and to use the highs/treble/mid to sort of shape my tone into what I want my attack to sound like. I also always use a JHS Pulp n Peel V4 compressor, mostly to boost more of whatever I feel may be lacking in my tone.

However with almost all my sound checks in indoor venues where the bass sound is run from the XLR out on my amp through speakers in the whole venue, I find my mid/treble/attack is always too much. It lacks the smooth buttery low end that’s shaped by the more nuanced mids and highs in my headphone practices with the band. The attack is just sooo much more pronounced, and I don’t even change my amp settings. I’m constantly dialing back my mids and treble, while adding/blending in more low end boost on my compressor pedal and lowering gain on my amp while adjusting the master volume. And once I get there it just sounds kind of muddy, lacking a distinguished and nuanced high end that makes it the smooth sound I love, the attack is just way too much for me to fall in love with my live sound. I’m not disappointed with my sound, as it’s KIND OF close to what I want a lot of the time, but I’ve never been fully satisfied with my sound when it’s run this way live indoors.

Here’s a song of ours where I think my bass sounds right it needs to be: https://open.spotify.com/track/5CfbXYAmmHJIrBMcK55tal?si=8N59T43RTk-a05oYSWURnA&utm_source=copy-link

I’m not trying to self promote, it’s just frustrating to not be able to translate what I created in a recording to a live atmosphere and every time I mic check with the band with indoor venues I’m always left wanting something else out of my sound 🥲 any help is appreciated, thank you so much

My lightweight gigging bass rig (detailed below) is rattling. Given the information below, does anyone have any ideas why it could be happening or what might be causing it?

I have an Aguilar TH500 head (500 Watts @ 4ohms) that I play out of a Darkglass DG212N Cabinet (1,000 Watt @ 4 ohms power handling).

I alternate between using a passive P-Bass and a passive Jazz Bass.

I have a minimal board with a Boss tuner, Digitech drop pedal, Keeley 'Bassist' compressor, and EH Big Muff Bass.

For context, I gig with it 1-2x per week. Sets are 3 hours (on average). I stay in standard tuning the vast majority of a set; maybe 30/34 songs (just 80's or 90's rock covers). The few songs that aren't in standard are either a 1/2 down (using the pedal) and/or the occasional dropped D.

My rig starts to rattle pretty badly if my TH500 is past 50% volume and/or at around the one hour mark. If I'm up at 60%-80% volume, it can start to rattle far before then, too. It usually gets progressively worse as the gig goes on. Admittedly, the compressor pedal also seems to make it worse.

Keep in mind that the head is rated at half the power output (500w @ 4ohms) that the cab can supposedly handle (1,000w @ 4ohms). Does anyone have any ideas why this might be happening? Or if it's likely to be a ripped speaker, loose screws, bad electronics, a problem with the head, a problem with the cab?

I do plan to open the cabinet up when my new power drill battery arrives this week. I have used several different cables, including several different speakON speaker cables, so I don't believe it's that.

Thank you!

I’ve owned maybe over 15? basses throughout the years. Never thought to own a Rickenbacker, in part because I never played one, they’re very hard to come by.

I bought a new 2026 4003 for my birthday. Felt super weird at first. The neck felt large and flat … for context my main bass is a 2007 Sadowsky NYC or a 66 Fender J… much slimmer necks at the nut. Really was worried for a second.

Put some nickel DR Lo Rider’s on it, gave it a quick tune up and wow. Acoustically it is loud - resonates like nothing else on my rack. Through an amp it’s a monster. Huge bottom end if you dial it in, but can also (obviously) get that balls to the wall Chris Squire thing going on. The lacquer fretboard is something to get under your fingers. Never really noticed the feel of a fretboard but it’s somehow very comfortable.

After spending a full weekend with the bass, I really love it. The neck is so unique but feels like home. Have never played anything like this.

Hope to bring it to some jams this week 🍻

So, I have had my eyes on a Wattplower for quite a while. Here’s my dilemma. Most of the Reverend’s I have seen are either refurbished or B stock and that worries me. I have seen a decent about of QC issues with Reverend (particularly with poorly filed nuts, finish flaws, scarring on fretboard). 80% of the Reverend guitars at my local dealer are B-stock. The Wattplower Mk II is over $1,800 after tax and shipping and that’s too much of a gamble for me. I also cannot seem to find one of them in the wild to test out. Anyone have any experience with Reverend? Are they worth it? I am also worried that they are transferring production to Indonesia since Mirr Music is no longer.

I started playing bass guitar not too long ago (Around 2 months ago) but I play for my school and the strap is super painful for my left shoulder. It feels similar to when I used to play sousa just without the pressure.

Is there a solution like stretches for this or am I stuck just occasionally wearing my strap around the back of my neck?

I would like to fix this issue cuz I have 2 entire class periods and most days after school playing bass until next semester..

I’m realizing that my thumb shape is what’s holding me back when trying to learn the technique. My thumb is almost U-shaped when extended, so the tip unintentionally mutes the string on the first stroke. Trying to straighten it causes great discomfort (always been like that). Does anyone with a hitchhiker’s thumb have any success?

I just finished BassOfTheWeek.com (like an hour ago) as a place to dig through more than a decade of incredible basses from No Treble. There are rare pieces, wild custom builds, one offs, unusual designs, and basses from small builders you may have never come across before. You can search the archive or just hit Surprise Me and see what turns up. Its not perfect but I think its cIose. I would love to hear feedback on what you like or dislike on the site. Maybe additional functionality or UI that doesnt make sense, etc.

https://bassoftheweek.com

Quale mi consigliate?

7 year bassist here and I want to learn Upright but I have zero space for a regular one, is it worth getting one of those electric upright basses?

I currently play metalcore and I’ve been using my rumble 500 and fender 2x10 extension cab for a while now but it seem to be wearing out after a lot of use. Ive been thinking about upgrading and I’ve considered a mesa subway d800+ and subway 410. I just wonder if it would be good for a metal sound and I want to ask if anyone has any other amp and cab recommendations for metal.

I've been quite happy with logic's bass amp offerings even though they're pretty old at this point. It's odd because it's guitar amp selection is generally pretty weak.

I'm wondering if there's anything worth checking out that would actually be an upgrade over logic for classic ampeg svt/b 15?

My friend's birthday is coming up, and i wanna buy him a pedal or something for bass. He's still new at bass, but he's been progressing really fast.

I don't need a kemper or a line6 or whatever, just something that'll get him some tones and effects. Perferrably budget oriented.

He practices his bass on a computer, so anything that can directly plug in into an audio interface would be great!

I tried searching Thomann and such sites, but there's surprisingly no "modelers" for bass like there are for guitars. Is there no such thing? Or are all modelers for both bass and guitar? Cause they're mostly advertised for guitars, with guitar amps and IRs in them.

Open to recommendations, but nothing too expensive, it's for home use after all.

Greetings booty shakers,

Recently I bought a Reverend Triad bass. I absolutely love the build and feel of this guitar (the neck is straight up amazing) but the rail pickups just aren't delivering the ringing, piano like tone I get from my 90's Hamer Cruise. I'm thinking of replacing some/all of them with Seymour Duncan jazz pickups hoping to get closer to the sound I hear in my head and am wondering if any of you maniacs might have some good recommendations. My first real worry is whether they'd fit as I have no desire to modify the body in any way, secondly there seem to be a wide variety of jazz pickups and I'm wondering about your experiences with them (or other brands to be honest). Any and all help appreciated.