fingers

Well, ok, maybe not huge shards of wood... But twice now in the past few months I've firmly planted rather large splinters of wood from the edge of the fretboard on my Taranis 5-string into my finger while gliding my hand up the fretboard. This bass is still under warranty, but only for...

Hey I have an album recording coming up on the horizon and i've just decided that i kinda prefer the pick sound to fingers for alot of stuff. I was hoping to record using both... How does this work, do i have to change my eq every time i swap over or is it going to sound crap if i dont? or is...

My guitar player just called me last night and said he wanted to start playing some dream theater,,,LOL,,,LOL what song I asked, he said Constant Motion. this is gonna be funny to see..... if I even come close to getting this song I will put up a vid of it,,,LOL

Someone here posted a pic of Jaco's brother Felix Pastorius's fingers ages ago. He stretshes over 1st to 6th or 7th fret on a bass. Someone remember this? Can someone send me a pic or link. Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAHCVNTiwM4 Sorry, had to do it. I felt like the day shouldn't be wasted, so, needless to say, I busted out some RHCP all day today, and well, the end result just ain't too purty. So is the love of being a bass player! :P I actually developed, and...

Hi everybody! I wonder if you guys have this problem... When practicing alone or jamming with my music buddies, my hands don't sweat at all, so no problem. But when it comes to play with an audience they do sweat, not that much, but enough to compromise the speed of my right hand (fingers...

Hi , It is the first time that I play Warwick strings....I love the sound...but they are hard on my fingers..... Does the EMP have the same sound & feel a little better under my fingers? What about the DR Black Beauties? Any opinions?

about 2-3 months ago i started playing bass wth my fingers (id been playing pick style for years), i tihnk im starting to get good with it, however when play with my fingers (mostly at faster speeds) i get a lot of clicking of the strings. is this normal?