Bass Player
I’ve been playing bass out in clubs, festivals, churches and theaters since the age of 15. I’ve been lucky enough to play with a number of incredible musicians throughout my life. Sure I play other instruments… I do a solo ukulele gig and it’s still a passion of mine. But I’m a bassist. I love it. 20 years ago I switched to the double bass as my main instrument and I feel like I’ve only recently started learning to play it correctly.
GIGS
Come see me do what I do.
The Bass Blog
There are plenty of people out there that know a whole lot more about basses, strings, amps, technic and such. But for some reason, some folks like knowing what I do, So, I’m trying to re-start a bass-blog. Here I’ll review some stuff, complain and explain how I do what I do.
Why bother with a bass blog?
Seriously?I don't read blogs anymore. I watch YouTube videos, I read Reddit posts, and I follow Instagram. But I don't read blogs. So, why bother to write a blog if I don't even bother to [...]
Sounding Good vs Looking Good
I switched my upright from gut strings to steel wrapped nylon to get a more traditional jazz sound and get used to steel under my fingers. I've been doing more recording projects with my NSD WAV with steel strings... and now I have the little bass that can cover everything from electric to upright, I can strap it on or put it on a stand. The sound is everything I want.
Sound Samples
Upright vs NSD WAV vs NSD Omni I have been posting a bit about my NSD Omni Bass and I've had lots of questions about how it compares and folks wanting sound samples. So [...]
NSD CR4 FRETTED!
Every 6 months I swear that I'm going to do a better job of maintaining this webs site. And I do a post and fix a broken template, then life gets in the way and [...]
More Strings?! Evah Pirazzi Slap/Golden
Really? Another String Post? Ok, Ok, I have a string problem. As I have posted many times. I am never satisfied. And new strings can be such a radical change... it's on par with [...]
I’ll Just Phone-in My Part!
Wow recording has come such a long way in such a short time! Yup, I sound like an old guy again, the other day my son played me a solid demo of a song he [...]