Punkviking

Still looking for a bass player!! There has to be someone that's interested

Hi were CDC and we're looking for a bassist with a small amount of experience playing a bass guitar and to small audiences, we do mostly our own songs.

We also have a bass amp and guitar that can be used if you don't have one.

Please message me or post so we can get in contact 😁

If anybody's still watching this post I changed the strings to some Ernie Ball 2852 Short Scale Nickel Wound Regular Slinky Bass Strings - 45-105 and it's done the trick, great tone and a good range, thanks everyone!

I also changed to using a thumb pic so I have a better range of picing styles and that's also helped!

I opened it up fully and could see through the back of the speaker that there was some black gunk on the very back of the central aluminum cone so I cleaned it off and it solved the problem! Also got in contact with Peavy regarding it and they said that the foam dust catcher falls apart over time and was probably what the gunk was, hope this helps anyone with the same problem.

I was so lucky, got it on eBay for 60quid (I don't think that's too bad and it wasn't listed as a bw) got it home did some repairs and research and have discovered it's a bit of a beast!

So for anybody interested, I took the back off (the heavy, very heavily magnetised part)the speaker itself and found several little black bits of somthing not really sure what they were sitting on the very central aluminium part of the speaker (along with other dried black crap) so I scraped it all off carefully (along with a few small hole repairs) and it works like new.

On secondry inspection it's the black widow version which may be a good speaker so might look into having it repaired

Hey everyone, 

My amp seems to have picked up a tinny crackle a little like a screw rattling in the bottom of a tin can but it only seems to ring out a little after a note is played, it's an old amp and I ran a fairly powerful pre amp through it before however I have stopped in favour of a cleaner low end tone.

I was thinking maby I have pushed the speaker too far, I've had it all apart in search of any loose items but there were none and I've cleaned the dust out of it (but not used contact cleaner on the pots) 

If I have broken the speaker can I replace it with any bass speaker of choice? Or will I need to replace it with the same one which could be hard as it's about 35 years old.

Cheers everyone hope your slapping and twanging well.

25 minutes ago, hooky_lowdown said:

Cool. In that case have you tried playing with your thumb instead of your fingers? Will give a much heavier and meaty tone!

I have indeed, I like to use my thumb on the lowE and a finger or two on the others (like a dordey pinch if you know what that is) it helps maintain a heavy tone but gives the higher notes a pop

4 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said:

I'm guessing the OP uses a pick, coming from a guitar background. Simple solution is to use a heavier pick. 

I use standard gauge 45-105 strings, with 1.14 gauge pick (purple Dunlop) and like a heavy sound.

The short scale will give a deeper tone than full scale, so really heavy gauge strings makes things more flabby.

I use both fingers and picks but prefer to use my fingers as I like to play octaves

Alrighty I'm going to give the Rotosound RS66LD Swing Bass 66, Long Scale, Standard, 45-105 a try and see how I get on

Interesting to hear, I searched through a few articles on my favourite bass players  (ie Cliff Burton, Jerry only and Lemmy) and the guages they use and they're all lower then mine, although my hands are fairly large being 6-3 and delivering furniture for a living.

I'm guessing I'm looking to find something that would give me the fluidity of a normal guitar but I expect that comes with time and practice.

I'm a fairly new to playing bass, I've played guitar for years and really enjoy playing guitar however I've always enjoyed heavy tones, in my current band there is me on bass/vocals someone else on vocals a drummer and another guitarist (so 4 members total).

I bought some new strigs a couple of weeks ago I went for a good brand (D'Addario EXL230 Bass Guitar Strings, Heavy 55-110, Long Scale) but being a dope and not really knowing my terminology well I went for a very heavy gauge thinking that that would give a heavier tone which to an extent it has but I'm unsure that's because of the strings or my playing style/tuning (drop D) and I feel the strings may be causing the bass to be more difficult to play at quick speeds.

The guitar itself is a Stagg BC300 3/4 BK 4-String Fusion 3/4 Model Electric Bass Guitar - Black

My question is if I lowered the gauge of the strings could I still maintain a heavy sound but also improve the playability of the guitar, close to the level of a standard 6 string.

Thanks, 

And as always have a great day!

I'd like to buy a fuzz pedal, I've seen a few and seen a few reviews but I can't tell the wheat from the chaff, I'd like somthing that sounds close to the sound of Lemmy's guitar but I'm very open and want to find my own sound, so any suggestions are welcome, 

Thanks!

Okay so it is a Stagg BC300 3/4 Scale Fusion Bass Guitar and the truss rod is at the very top of the fretboard, in the neck directly under the strings, I'll include a photo.

Alright I'll give that a few goes and see where I get, thanks!

I was thinking that however I adjusted it righty tighty to straighten it, would that be correct if it has a forward bend from the headstock?

Evening everyone,

Recently I changed my strings to a much thicker gauge 55/75/90/110 because frankly I didn't know what I was looking at, my low E string broke and it was my first time replacing bass strings so I thought yeah heavy guage that will be great I like to play heavy music *facepalm* besides that ive changed the strings and I originally noticed that the strings needed more tension to get them to E standard/Drop D tuning.

However I also noticed that the neck end of the fretboard seemed slightly raised so I adjusted the truss rod appropriately (tightened it) and then re tuned the strings but it still seems to have bent the neck of the guitar forward slightly and when I put my finger on the first fret and the fret that meets the middle of the guitar I find the action is higher in the middle then at each end or is it just my eyes?

Great post, now to show up at a blues/folk pup with an esp

11 minutes ago, skankdelvar said:

Idiotic band mates

How did you know?

Thank you very much that was very informative and gives good peice of mind

Evening everyone, firstly I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone for being very helpful in their answers.

I am in East Sussex (Eastbourne) area and the pubs we have played in so far are the Wheatsheaf in Willingdon once and the Six Bells in Chiddingly twice  (and these were all open mic nights)

The reason I ask about covers/genre specific audiences is that the first couple of times we played people were shocked but enjoyed it however our last set people didn't really seem to be interested given there was probably 12 people in the room including ourselves that probably doesn't provide much applause and I also suppose people aren't going to go mental over some random bunch of punks screaming their heads off on their calm Tuesday night, however the last gig just seemed off (maby it's all in my head) but I like the idea of meshing covers with original material,

An extra question if I may, how long do people spend practicing, and how do they practice? I.e learning songs, playing scales, taking lessons ECT.

Cheers, I'll have to find some more suitable venues and learn some covers 

Hello beard friend!

Hi there!

My name's Lewis and I'm from the south east, I'm a singer/songwriter/guitar player/drummer but my heart rests with the bass guitar, as I'm relatively new to playing the bass guitar as part of a band my rig/gear is pretty ghetto, I currently own a Peavey TNT130 1x15 combo amp, Roland cube 30 amp (which I often play my bass through to use fuzz/effects) what I believe to be a Stagg four string "Fusion", a Epiphone special 2, 6-string guitar, a mystery 6 string guitar with an explorer body made from who only knows what and a digital guitar tuner I found on the floor of a car park (lucky me).

I learn mostly from playing as part of a band and an app that I use on my phone, called Yousician I'm hoping to develop our current band into something we might tour with (however it is very early days) we have played a couple of open mic nights with a mixed/shocked reception as we play heavy punk music (we have a lot of our own material too) and most of the local venues are folk/blues oriented.

There's a couple of questions if like to ask,

1. Has anyone found playing to a more genre oriented audience results in an improved response.

2.has anyone found that most audiences want to hear covers and not our own material 

3. I'd like to swap the bass guitar neck onto my explorer 6 string body, do people this this is possible?

Thanks and I hope to meet some people and gain some music friends.