throwbackthursday – 2015, “surfing with the alien” at a Halloween gig. Playing in this morph suit was more tricky than anticipated because my field of vision was very blurry and having my fingers covered made it difficult to feel the strings and fretboard. I had a lot of fun anyways! Time to start thinking about my Halloween costume for this year. Any ideas?
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You’d think by now I would have figured out the proper way to hold this thing.
You’d think by now I would have figured out the proper way to hold this thing…
Of all the fretless basses I’ve owned, this one is definitely my favorite.
Of all the fretless basses I’ve owned, this one is definitely my favorite. The rosewood in the custom @alperiouspickguard matches the rosewood in the neck, and features Alper’s signature ‘Exotic Shine’ design. This bass was originally a fretted Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray5H, but the team at @13thstreetguitars converted it to fretless using strips of rosewood to replace the frets, PLEK’d it, and set it up for me. The unfinished neck feels great and the tone is fantastic. I use @ernieball cobalt flatwound strings on this bass, which provide a nice blend of modern brightness and transients while still getting that classic flatwound thump. It’s easy to get this bass to produce those quintessential ‘growls & mewls’ that fretless instruments are known for, which is why I named it “Maulladora”.
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Close-up detail of the Alperious pickguard on my Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 5HH “Sakura” bass.
Close-up detail of the @alperiouspickguard on my @ernieballmusicman Stingray 5HH “Sakura” bass. It’s a one-of-a-kind work of art, super durable, and it adds a nice, subtle change in tone and increase of sustain. I love the single lotus blossum around the pickup selector switch.
Here’s a new fretless 5-string bass play-through for “Already Gone” by my band, The Bredren.
Here’s a new fretless 5-string bass play-through for “Already Gone” by my band, The Bredren. Link to the full length video in my Instagram bio.
Scott Ramsay and I taking our mission dead-serious at the NAMM Show
tbt Taking our mission dead-serious at the NAMM Show
I just posted a new bass cover of “Teeth” by 5 Seconds of Summer to my YouTube channel.
I just posted a new bass cover of “Teeth” by 5 Seconds of Summer to my YouTube channel. Link to the full video in my Instagram bio.
Looking forward to sharing an upcoming rig-rundown video series on YouTube about using the Kemper Profiler on bass, integrating outboard effect pedals, and how I built my current setup.
Looking forward to sharing an upcoming rig-rundown video series on YouTube about using the Kemper Profiler on bass, integrating outboard effect pedals, and how I built my current setup.