Bass Messages by Steve Giedosh

1. Re: fretted to fretless?
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Building/Repair Forum · 207 Hits · 8/13/2004 12:58 PM
   Ok Jim this is how you do it. First, find your fretless candidate. 1.Remove the neck from the body, then get yourself a ravor blade, soldering iron, small needlenose pilers and painters tape. 2.put tape in bettwen the frets, make sure the tape ...(more)
2. The Dreaded Buzz!
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Building/Repair Forum · 86 Hits · 8/13/2004 12:29 PM
   Hello fellow Groovers! I have two technical questions for you guys(people) 1.I have rewired my fretted jazz bass to this diagram: (http://www.mrgearhead.com/faq/pdf/diagrams/JACOJAZZFL/SD0196208APg2.pdf). I have put in dimario 100s humbucking j...(more)
3. The dreaded buzz again!
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Building/Repair Forum · 37 Hits · 8/12/2004 6:58 PM
   Hello fellow low-enders and Groovers! I was hoping someone could help me? I rewired my jazz bass, connected everything back the way it was supposed to, and still, when I remove my hands the buzz, happens? Does anybody have any sugguestions on w...(more)
4. Re: fretless bass
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Theory Forum · 91 Hits · 1/27/2003 1:22 AM
   Hi pat! Options on a fretless are very wide open. YOu have to find what sounds the best for your style of playing. I did the Jaco thing, Converted my 5 string and coated it with varathane floor finish. Round wounds dont eat threw, and nice br...(more)
5. Finding a Groove
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Instructional Forum · 96 Hits · 1/27/2003 1:00 AM
   Hello fellow low-enders, I would just like to know how everybody finds a groove, whither its on the fly jamming and what ever! What is your own way of finding that perfect funky groove! Rock on!
6. Round or flat strings
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Instructional Forum · 107 Hits · 11/29/2001 9:52 AM
   Hey! I just got a new fretless neck for my jazz bass witha Pau Ferro fingerboard. Should I go with round wound or flat wound strings?
7. Re: BEATLES TONE?!!
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Instructional Forum · 59 Hits · 11/28/2001 11:57 AM
   Hey! Its a great questions that McCartney bass tone. I learned bass from the Beatles, I am a HUGE Paul fan and have found a way to get the sound. I too play a jazz bass. I play it threw a peavey mark iv and I find that if you boost the trebl...(more)
8. A replacment jack socket.
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Building/Repair Forum · 68 Hits · 6/20/2001 1:04 PM
   Hello. The jack socket on my 5-string alverez went band so I removed it and got another one. I went to put it in and hooked up the wires to the right spot. When I tested my bass a nasty hum was there and before this bass was dead quiet! I put...(more)
9. Re: Why did u start playing bass?
   
   Steve Giedosh (178)
   Miscellaneous Forum · 30 Hits · 5/15/2001 2:58 PM
   Well when I was a junior in high school I picked it up. I played tuba for seven years before hand but I wanted something differnt something that rocked so a good friend made me listen to Lucay in the sky with dimonds and a flood gate of rock an...(more)
10. Re: Why did u start playing bass?
    
    Steve Giedosh (178)
    Miscellaneous Forum · 24 Hits · 5/15/2001 2:56 PM
    Well when I was a junior in high school I picked it up. I played tuba for seven years before hand but I wanted something differnt something that rocked so a good friend made me listen to Lucay in the sky with dimonds and a flood gate of rock an...(more)