Could someone please point me in the direction of either good sites or good books that have reading material for the electric bass (as in note reading...not books about bass)?

I already have most of the Berklee series and a Carol Kaye book, as well as two Nanny books, but would like to get plenty more to keep me busy.

I plan on buying a cheap guitar(as stated in the pick-up thread) and now I don't know what wood is better, alder or basswood.
I read something here:
http://www.jemsite.com/axes/htm_features/wood.htm

but I still want to know what wood would be best for metal like Death,Lamb of God or Slayer ?

I'm trying to get a nice sounding bass sound that emulates the
early Zep stuff. Looks like he used an acoustic 360. Any idea if there is a way to get that sound with some pedals or some of the new type of amps?

Thanks.
Mark

Hi everybody,

I'm new here but I recogn a lot of professionalty and experienced people in this forum!

I produce drum and bass dance music in italy and when it come to master(in house or pro-studio)is always odd.

I have a Fender Standard Jazz Bass 5 string. I bought it used and it has two pickups, One is really loud, and the second one (which I think sounds better, not as throaty as the first one) is really quiet. So if I'm trying for a nice smooth sound I have to crank up my amp. Is this a common problem, or should I look at this?

Curious to know most widely used bass recording technique used in pro and semi-pro projects: DI vs Mic vs Both?

99.9% of sessions and original projects I work on use DI. In fact I can't recall ever using mic on my rig (or brining my rig) during a session.

It would be for many different styles of music. My budget is around $2300 and so far I've been looking at the UA 6176. Thanks for any suggestions

Sorry I'm such a noob, but is there a simple way to add subsonic frequencies for a bass guitar, so that one doesn't hear them (as subsonic implies, heh), but rather feels them? Or am I in need of a special plugin /hardware to accomplish this task?

Thanks,

Rohan

I currently own a Gretsch Birch kit and Taye Basswood/Birch kit. I use a Shure Beta 52. My bass drum sounds awesome acoustically (deep, warm, punchy), but when I mic it, I'm not getting the same sound out of the speakers. The sound is real open and too sustained. It has the depth, but not the punchy sound I'm looking for. I'm not running any EQ on the kick. Will that make a big difference?

hello everybody, i just have a question about the bass slide/glide sample that producers use for rnb tracks. anybody know how they make it sound like that?