Just simple stuff today. A few things I learned about my Deltatone Bass from 2007 and my 2013 Peavey Vypyer VIP-1 amp.
Moderately Deaf Bass Player Advice on Rattling Amp
Take out your hearing aids.
My Peavey Vyper VIP-1 and VIP-2 were both rattling on some low notes. Not a whole lot, just enough to make me unhappy.
I easily spent 16 hours on my two Peavey Vyper VIPs bracing their cabinets with lumber and sticking adhesives underneath parts of the cabinet. And still, my Deltatone Bass rattled on a few low notes.
My solution? I took out my hearing aids. I don’t hear the minor rattles anymore. It’s an imperfect world with imperfect solutions.
Plucking with a Twang on my 3rd or Middle Finger
Pluck-twang. Pluck-twang.
I tried plucking differently with different hand positions. The twanging continued.
Trim your Nails on Your Third Finger
Guess what? That solved the problem.
The bass no longer twangs when I pluck with my middle finger. That’s all it took: trimming my middle fingernail, a lot.
Getting a Bright Tone from my California (Eleca) Electric Bass
I really should sell this first electric bass ever. It has a stripped truss rod that can’t be easily fixed. But secretly, I enjoy it.
Experiment with your Tone Knobs on Your Bass
Wow. I fiddled with the tone know on the California Bass (Eleca, made in China in 2004) and all of a sudden, the bass wrang out some very clear tones. Sounds like a jazz bass perhaps.
Fun.
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…perhaps you learned something today to improve on your bass playing or enjoyment of it.
I am in my 13th month of playing guitar and now bass and I enjoy it. I am Shoshin in my attitude.
Shoshin in Japanese means “beginner’s mind”. I approach guitar and bass playing with a new perspective every day welcoming anything I can learn to play bass better.
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