What's a good starter for someone beginning the electric guitar?
Question:My son is wanting to purchase an electric guitar. He has never played before. He is going to buy it with his own money and wants to spend less than $300 - that includes the accessories. Answer:Go with a brand name like Fender, Ibanez. Skip the package deal. Get the guitar he wants, the ...
- Would a nicer bass be able to compete with a banjo, acoustic guitar and handrums, all un-miked?
Question:all..I'm going to start looking for an acoustic bass guitar soon, but as of right now, the only one I've been able to try out has been a cheap Rogue, and I wasn't impressed. I'm looking to spend around $500 for a nice used one, and I'm mainly curious about one thing...the volume. The R ...
tagged: Rogue Bass Guitar- Randy Rhoads/EHV, Who's better and why?
Question:I love both players equally although I'm biased to VH/DLR era records. I consider the 1st 2 Ozzy records to be classics and Rhoads' guitar playing to be nothing short of Guitar Mastery. Answer:Eddie wins every time....whether Randy lived or not.
tagged: Randy Rhoads Guitar- what I mean is since the bass guitar is low to very low frequnecies, don't you find it hard to find the right note?
Question:Has anyone out there found that it is kind of difficult to figure out which bass notes are being used on a given song when you are trying to play along with a CD? what I mean is since the bass guitar is low to very low frequnecies, don't you find it hard to find the right note? At leas ...
tagged: Bass Guitar Note- can anyone tell me the make and model of the viola bass paul mccartney uses(d)?
Question:can anyone tell me the make and model of the viola bass paul mccartney uses(d)? do any manufacturers make cheap replicas of it? Answer: McCartney used a couple of Hofner 500/1 violin-body basses (I believe the first one was later stolen?). Last I know, Hofner is still making them. Used ...
tagged: Paul Mccartney Bass- how different is it to play than normal accoustic/electric?
Question:First I'd like to thank everyone here. I've been reading this NG for a while now and have found it an excellent place to learn guitar! I truely enjoyed reading the posts and have found it great to hear from others who are enthusiastic about guitars! Answer:If you want to play bass - bu ...
tagged: Bass Guitar Notes- If somebody out there could advise me on typical dimensions through the neck at the nut and just outside the neck pocket?
Question:I am very slowly building a Fender-style bass, and am just about finished with the neck shaping. It feels ok to me, but I don't know much about basses. Answer:I recently made double-neck guitar/bass bodies for a client using a Jazz-Bass neck. I was surprised at how little material ther ...
tagged: Bass Guitar Neck- Is Oscar Schmidt a good brand?
Question:Is this a good brand? It does not look too bad. Any ideas?Answer:My brother has an Oscar Schmidt Acoustic/Electric Bass, and he loves it! Oscar Schmidt is a cousin of Washburn. Kinda like Gibson/Epiphone, Martin/Sigma guitar and so on.... It is, a great guitar, and I am sure it was a g ...
tagged: Oscar Schmidt Bass- What are your suggestions to setup of a guitar or bass?
Question:probably some of you remember my first post about... To Gibson or ... To Fender. I have visited two shops, after that, and played a few Fender Jazz made in USA. Answer:First, if you are not comfortable doing a setup you would be better off taking it to a tech, having said that, what yo ...
tagged: Les Paul Standard Bass- What is meant by the term full scale neck on a bass/guitar?
Question:What is meant by the term full scale neck on a bass/guitar? Does this mean 24 frets thus a double octave neckAnswer:doubt it, but you may have to ask the person using the term. I've usually seen it refer to necks that are full size, not intended for children. For Gibson type guitars, t ...
tagged: Bass Guitar Necks- Do you Play a Les Paul Guitar?
Question:The Les Paul Guitar is one of the all time most popular guitars. Les Paul Actually invented this guitar long before Fender Came out with the Telecaster. However, no one would build and market the Guitar Until Leo Fender Popularized the Solid Body Telecaster Guitar. After the Telecaster ...
tagged: Les Paul Guitar- is a bass guitar really E0 A0 D1 G1, even though most bass guitar music?
Question:I'm just starting bass guitar and have a training booklet that says the open bass guitar strings (given middle C is C3) are E1 A1 D2 G2. Isn't this wrong? From what I can tell from other sources, a normal guitar has open strings E1 A1 D2 G2 B2 E3, so is a bass guitar really E0 A0 D1 G1 ...
tagged: Bass Guitar Music- Anyone here have any knowledge of, or experience with the Carvin Bolt bass kits?
Question:Anyone here have any knowledge of, or experience with the Carvin Bolt bass kits? I'm building a guitar for myself right now, but I am looking for a nice inexpensive bass to use on home recording projects. This kit looks like it would do the trick. Any and all replies welcome... Answer: ...
tagged: Bass Guitar Kit- Anyone out there play a Les Paul bass?
Question:Anyone out there play a Les Paul bass? Any comments? Thoughts? Is it your main axe or does it sit by the side and only get played occasionally? Answer:I play a Les Paul, it used to be my main bass for years, but it's been designated the backup lately (main axe is a full body Steinberge ...
tagged: Les Paul Bass- Is this a good wood for the body, or are they using it to just make the kit cheaper?
Question:New to this group and flairly new to guitar playing. I have an Ibanez Artcore and some day would like to have a Tele style electric. In looking at web sites for kits, Tele style, and I am looking at Music Maker's site which has a tele kit with a Basswood body. I've heard of some differ ...
tagged: Bass Guitar Kits- What are their characteristics of sound and playability of les paul?
Question:I have a question about Les Paul Basses, epiphone or gibson. Does anyone on the group use them? What are their characteristics of sound and playability? What are the differences between the epiphone and gibson, and the different gibson models? And lastly, do any well known bassists use ...
tagged: Les Paul Bass Guitar- could somebody give me some more information about Kramer bass guitar?
Question:Maybe this is not the appropriate newsgroup to ask specific information about musical instruments, but our system does not carry newsgroups like alt.guitar or alt.guitar.bass or so, and that's why i'm posting this article here. Please forgive me. Answer:Kramer went bankrupt a few years ...
tagged: Kramer Bass Guitar- what would be the best kind of bass for someone who's mainly a guitarist?
Question:I've been playing guitar for about 15 years (since age 12), 10 years of which were spent mostly on classical guitar. I'm looking to start acquiring at least enough bass playing skills to record some decent bass lines. Until now i've managed quite successfully to either sequence them, o ...
tagged: Bass Guitarist- Any info and recommendations on books or other kinds of resources would be great?
Question:I know this is off topic, but I'd rather ask here for someone who can explain the stuff in english, instead of musical jargon that I don't know:) And I'm asking for info about two different things, as you can see in the subject. Answer: also got a bass for christmas ... standard mexica ...
tagged: Bass Guitar Info- Anyone played one of those big bodies Mexican bass acoustic guitars?
Question:Has anyone ever played one of those Mexican big bodied bass guitar often played in a mariachi bands? Are they fretless? How do they sound compared to an acoustic bass guitar? What are they called? And where would I get one? Do I ask too many questions? Answer:Galvan Music in Corpus Chr ...
tagged: Kay Bass Guitar
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