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Yeah, when I first saw that video, I was HORRIFIED at what they were doing to those bows. I did some research and found that low-end 'student' bows can be had for as little as $15. I would imagine they've got a deal on them since they no doubt buy them by the dozen. Still, $15 a pop for a...

Here's one by 2Cellos. Their version of Thunderstruck: Bear with the beginning, it get's interesting at about 1:34

Have you guys heard of Pentatonix? They're a vocal group that is completely A Capella. Here's a link to one of my favorite videos:

It would have to be completely unrelated to GOL or AOA. It's not necessarily a bad idea, but there are already a lot of music sites out there and I'm not sure how we'd differentiate ourselves. I am currently taking lessons from a guy who plays a lot of the local clubs and such. My first...

Yeah, I believe the 6 string basses are pretty much all 36" now, just so you can keep a decent amount of tension on the low strings. As for 4-string vs. 6-string, I have no need for 6. I have a hard enough time keeping track of 4!

Truth be told, I sometimes wonder if I'm not just a bit 'teched in the haid' as they say. If so, I have no desire to be cured.:) For sure and certain, I've learned that I have a different way of looking at the world than most. That frequently gets me in trouble, but it also keeps life...

I've lived in a world populated by music my entire life. My Dad raised me on Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Ray Price. I've played Sax since I was 8 years old. I always have music going through my head, either songs I've heard or just stuff I make up. Everywhere I turn my ear, I hear music; in...

I've been debating on getting a Hipshot, because it detunes at the peg. There's another detuner that works at the bridge (the EVH D-Tuna, apparently created by Eddie Van Halen), as well as one that clips directly on the string just above the nut (the Pitchkey). The D-Tuna has a problem with...

The main reason I started playing bass was because I really wanted to play guitar, but my fingers are just too thick for a standard neck on a 6-string. No matter how hard I try, when I get my finger on a string good enough to get a sound, the pad just touches the next adjacent string. If I go...

I would imagine it also changes how you would 'bend' a tone, since you can just slide up the string a bit instead of having to actually bend the string.

Fretless? HOLY CRAP! I have a hard enough time hitting the right notes when I have frets!

I remember when those first came out, around '85 or '86 wasn't it? I was in the Army at the time, so wasn't paying a lot of attention to computers.

Dan, weren't you chiseling programs in stone tablets or something? :D

Oh dear. My first computer as a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, in 1981. I mowed yards and save money all summer so that I could buy that puppy. I would stay up all night typing in programs from magazines, KNOWING that if I lost power for ANY reason, all of my hard work would be erased, just so...

I'm just learning to slap. I'm also discovering that, even though I'm a metal-head when it comes to listening, I really REALLY like PLAYING funk.

Indeed, I didn't realize you were in the baritone range. I am actually what's classified as a bass-baritone. My absolute vocal range is from B1 (B below the bass cleff) to F#4 (F# above the bass cleff), with my usable range at C#2 to E4. This puts me pretty squarely in the bass range, but at...

I think it would be more appropriate to say that I play AT bass. I've only been playing it for about a year. Of course, I have 40 years of other musical experience behind me (I play Saxophone, I have played Clarinet, Bassoon, and French Horn in the past, and I also sing Bass/Baritone). That...

This is actually pretty cool. It's like the Arduino of the guitar effects world. I may have to play around with this for my bass guitar.

Actually, that's even better, because you'll be running them directly from the drive. Just open your file manager, browse over to the CD, double click on the file you want to view, et voila!

I frequently view PDFs right from within the browser. I'm using Chrome though, let me check that behavior on FF. Yup, same thing in FF. I suppose someone could be brain-dead enough to code a website to SPECIFICALLY look for the acrobat plugin, but that seems like it would be a huge pain to do...