Fretless! Poppa votes for fretless.Ever since I went acoustic and fretless, my electric fretted bass has become very lonely. Now-days I'm pretty exc...

Buy the bass - not only for the great list that Vic put together, but for the reason that you keep thinking about it - so do it.I started on guitar to...

I can't comment on the Olympia you reference, but I play a Michael Kelly acoustic bass and I love it (fretless too).I don't know your definition of ch...

I go along with Elektrablue and Vic - I'm a plucker on both guitar and bass.But I will force myself to play with a pick every so often to keep up with...

Well it's almost a week later and the bass still sounds fine. Thanks for the suggestions.

Slej - thanks for the hint I loosened the truss rod slightly and it's seems to have improved - I'm letting it sit overnight to see what happens.Laz - ...

I've played and sang on the back deck plenty of times. So what if the neighbors hear is my attitude(and I know they've heard because my wife has ment...

Thanks to all - it really was a great feeling...Vic and Corbind hit the nail on the head as far as what I was feeling - that fact that it came from a ...

I second what's been said so far - find a jam, host a jam, get out and jam.If you're not ready to try out for a band, then jamming is a good first ste...

... In my mind, i can picture using thumb of flesh to strike the string downwards, but what about upwards? doesnt the thumb nail hits the string and c...

... We're going on a cruise, so I doubt I'll find many pawn shops on the ship... -Kirk No reason why you can't bring your guitar on the cruise - tha...