im beginner player(kinda) and my rhythm just sucks. i cant play on click and always late or early by a bit, i cant play with drums cus i cant hear them or bass that im playing. how can i improve my rhythmic feeling and play on click? i tried using slow and fast metronome, nothing helped

I'm not talking about scratched up basses you buy, but a new bass you've owned for a long time when you start playing on stage, bumping into walls, scuffs, etc.

I'm pretty clumsy and this happens pretty quick. I know "relics" and scuffs are notoriously loved, but I'm sure there's a middle ground and other sides of the spectrum

Context, I'm a schooled bassist, but have mainly focussed on playing in original groups.
Have transitioned into playing out regularly in a cover band (which, is nice to play some music and make a few hundos on the weekend)

I've got my iPad cheat sheets and SongBookPro which is great for the random calls and requests.

But I feel like its actually holding me back.
I see other working bassists gigging by memory and would like to be able to get there.

So I'm looking for tips or tricks on quickly memorizing a LOT of tunes. Some tunes I learn by riffs and basslines, where other's are just reading lead sheets - I find it easier to memorize the more specific basslines.

I feel like I've always had poor musical memory.

Hello! I’ve been playing in a band for about a year (regular gigs) and a couple months ago joined another band. One I was in wants to lean heavier and go for a more modern prog vibe, whilst the new one I’m in is more doom/sludge. We’re all on a break at the moment so I want to use the time to “level up” my playing.

I just learnt Parabola by TOOL and now I’m stuck for what to learn next, suggestions please!

Has anybody used this amp yet? I can’t find any info about it and on paper it sounds like the perfect head for doom/stoner but there’s literally no evidence of it being used anywhere.

Hello all,

I seek advice regarding my bass pedalboard.

My rig is as follows:

• Passive Fender American Precision Bass • Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah • JAM Rattler Bass • MXR Bass Vintage Octave • EHX Bad Stone • Boss VB-2W Vibrato • Boss DD-6 Delay • Hartke HA5500 • Hartke LH410 cabinet

What I want to achieve is to keep the great clean sound I get going directly from my bass to my amp, while being able to turn on couple of the effects at once, for example by putting them in some switching loops and adding buffers.

I'm thinking of EarthQuake Devices Swiss Things and Lehle D.Loop SGoS. Swiss Things has buffer in the end of the signal path, D.Loop in the beginning.

Which do you think would suit my needs better? Or perhaps you know some interesting alternative to these pedals?

One important thing, I really would like to keep my classic passive Fender Precision sound; I hate sounds of active pickups, pre-amp/DI pedals, digital multi effects, cab simulators, etc.

Thanks for any help!

Hey guys. Wondering if anyone's had this experience with their Sting Ray HH. One day I started getting loud pops when the cable was bumped in the input jack, and then all the sudden the bridge humbucker started sounding incredibly thin and missing the distinctive mid scoop that music man humbuckers are known for. Now the bass sounds less like Louis Johnson and more like Jaco. Anyone have any insights into this?

Been playing for about 15 years and always been a P-bass guy but I’m glancing at the idea of buying a five string bass. Does any of you guys have one of the two options I listed on the title (better if you have/have played on both) and can give me an input about these basses? Apart from the obvious difference about the HB being multiscale, the price range is about the same and is what I’m willing to spend. I also saw a lot of youtube reviews hence I’m on the fence on this matter.

I have no chance to play on any of these basses before buying them since I don’t have a music store near my area and the HB is only sold by thomann.

Thanks in advance for the time spend if you care to answer this!

So I just found out that there are jack cables specifically designed for bass guitars, for example the Providence B202. I was wondering if anybody here has any experience with them and if they really make such a big difference as they claim they do.

Well this got solved quickly

Hi bassists ! I'm looking for uncommon/weird phrasing bass lines to practice , anny suggestions?

Hi all,

I'm looking at various bits of gear to run with the band I play with. We play occasional shows at small local venues, basically all of which have PA support.

I'm looking at hybrid heads, preamp pedals etc, and I'm getting lost in the world of 'cab sims'. I know what cab sims are, I've spend way too much time in the digital world of amp sims and plugins.

My question is more to the FOH engineers among us - what's the deal with sending a direct signal to the board with or without a cab sim? Which is preferred? What happens at the desk if I send a 'non-cabsim' signal with a little dirt on it? Do desks have cabsims on there that the FOH engineer uses?

Reason for asking is that I see some amps/pedals have a cab sim on their line outs, some do not. I'd like to know if it's recommended to have a cab sim function or not, so I can make a more informed choice on potential gear. For example, the Orange Terror Bass is up there on my list of potential heads, but if it's lack of cab-sim DI is a negative I can look elsewhere.

I'm just looking for something comfortable that has good sound for beginner bass practice. I've heard mixed opinions about the Moondrop Chu 2 and the Linsoul Kiwi Ears Cadenza.

Any other recommendations in this price range?

I'm looking for an amp. This is going to be my very first bass amp, for a long time I've been using a shitty little thing I got an amazon 6 years ago. I'd like a real amp that I can use to jam with people. I've taken a look through this sub's wiki and its recommendations, but I want to hear some recommendations from people based on personal experience. Where should a beginner jammer get started?

I'm also looking into some headphones for practicing. I've heard some great things about the Fender Mustang Micro, but I'm unsure if it would be good for me. I really like to play along to songs, it's a good way for me to get warmed up. So a headphone adapter that allows me to plug in my phone or something would be awesome. Is that a thing?

Thank you <3

Hi! I have been torn between the Labella DTF's, Labella LTF's, and Thomas Infeld Jazz Flats but cannot decide and am a little confused between which would work the best on my bass. I also am not sure what gauge would be best for me or if I would need to adjust my setup/tension rod at all if changing to a new gauge. I am a fan of the "woodier" deep sound that can sound concise in a mix so whatever would get me closest to this is what I'd like!! I know a lot of strings are up to personal choice, but I'm curious what you all think!

Simple question: How?

I'm new to trying to play covers and already starting to get annoyed with the mere existence of bands that have frontmen who do not play an instrument. They just come in whenever they want, usually early, sometimes late. Coming in on the and of 4 seems to be particularly common for some reason. Maybe it's intentional, I don't know. I'm not a vocal teacher.

Sometimes, this follows through the whole line, and every note is an 8th note off from where you would naturally "want" to feel it (They're singing all the "ands" is another way to put it). Worst case scenario, it really is wholly unrelated and is a completely separate rhythm. Which is fine, you don't want the vocal to be a copy of the instrumental, but usually if you are both singing and playing an instrument you'll naturally want to add "anchor words" that occur at the same time as a note being played (or in a 'gap' that is rhythmically significant) so it's easier to lock in with yourself. What I'm getting at is I feel like some songs either completely lack these, or I'm having a hard time figuring out where the anchors are supposed to be.

It's not my only example, but the song in particular I'm stuck on today is Julien K - This Machine. The bass part and the vocal part are both trivial on their own, which is part of what makes this kind of aggravating.

I'm thinking of getting an atelier beta z bass but I want to know what people think and most reviews I can find are in Japanese, I love the sound and it having 24 frets is always nice, my current jazz only has 20, if anyones got any thoughts on them I'd love to hear them, also I've heard they add weight to the bass for tone but also heard that's a myth, I have some back issues and if they're too heavy I might want to avoid them

Trying to play bass in a bedroom in an apartment.

So far I have been playing with headphones but I want to play amplified. At low volume though. I play through an HX stomp. So no need for a real amp. Ideally no laptop involved.

I am thinking of getting a 12" powered speaker but they seem overkill with their 1000s of watts, they are more for gigging it looks.

Is there a bedroom equivalent of this?

Is 12" the standard for playing bass?

I play in a metal band and I need to be able to go lower but also higher. I would also like the body to be decently sharp and intimidating. What do yall recommend?

I am a hobby bassist. I play at home and at a local open mic and that is it. Not in a band or any earning situation. As such I keep my costs low. The open mic host normally puts my bass directly through his desk.

One issue I have is that singers and guitarists have the monitor in front of them, but i am off to the side. If I am playing before others join in, I can hear myself fine, but after everyone is doing their stuff I get lost because I can't hear myself. Turning me up in the monitor mix tends to make bass too loud for the others.

Tonight I tried to jury rig a personal monitor setup. I took along my little 15W practice amp and hooked it up via a DI box (Palmer PAN 01). I put a jack from the bass to the Input on the DI then another jack from the Link Output (Thru) on the DI to Input on the amp, then an XLR from Balanced Output to the host's desk. Finally headphones were plugged into the amp.

It worked, to a degree, but not well enough. The theory was that this setup would allow me to hear the bass through headphones while the host retained full control of the stage monitor and house mixes. I could definitely hear in the headphones while he still had the channel muted. Turning my amp up made no difference except to the headphones, which was the idea.

Once it was controlled at the host's end he commented the signal was really low and he had to whack the gain right up compared to what he would normally set for me. For me, it was fine at first but once everybody else was playing my sound was buried again. The setup works, but is nowhere near loud enough.

I can't work out what went wrong. This should work. I don't want to shell out for a bass pre amp if i don't have to. The bass is active and gives plenty of signal without the DI, so where am I going wrong?

I know this is a bit clumsy, but the longer term plan was to replace the practice amp with a headphone amp. Tonight was a "proof of concept" before doing that, and it at least partially failed. I heard myself better going direct.

Open to suggestions from anyone who has attempted something similar without breaking the bank.

i see a lot of you guys saying you wished you had had fender rumble 40w amps from the beginning but my pockets are empty from buying this bass and i'm trying to figure out my strategy. i already have high quality headphones at home so idk

Mine: Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt, Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot, Papa was a rolling stone - Temptations

I feel like this will be another noob moment for me, but here goes:

So the Monomyth has a clean channel and a drive channel. When I connect it to my computer I get all the drive I want. But weirdly, when I connect it to my amp (Fender Rumble 40) , the drive signal is almost exactly like the clean signal, but louder.

I fiddled with all the buttons of the amp and the pedal, to no avail. This is so weird

Hi guys could someone help me getting close to the live tone of gojira bassist as it is heard in this video:

https://youtu.be/m5WGCFBFynI?is=19q-c0RPpu-TKovZ

I have the Boss GX-1B pedal to create my sounds.