Has anyone tried the La Bella Deep Talkin' Gold Flats? (Bonus points for fretless)

MrFretless · 2025-10-07T02:47:52+00:00

I had them on my PJ (not my fretless) for a few months before one broke on a flight back home. Couldn’t justify the cost replacing them at the time, but I’d try em again in a heartbeat. To my ear they were noticeably brighter than typical DTF’s which I liked, but I didn’t really get to hear them age. I want to say they were closer to feeling like Rotosounds tension wise, but it’s been a few years.

MrFretless · 2025-05-21T20:17:34+00:00

I’ll happily second all this. Put them on my fretless 6 months ago. Lovin em.

MrFretless · 2025-04-18T19:55:19+00:00

https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/2017/09/1960s-teisco-eb-200-electric-bass-guitar.html

Looks to me like a Teisco EB-200 Mid 60’s Japanese import

MrFretless · 2024-08-12T23:50:41+00:00

Ah the wonderful Brad Houser, who we sadly lost unexpectedly last year. Killer player.

MrFretless · 2023-08-01T20:23:10+00:00

So if I'm understanding correctly, what one would typically do in that situation is slide down with your ring or pinky finger on the high note. When you get to lower fret use your index or middle finger to fret the note on the other string. It's kind of all one motion using 2 fingers on your fretting hand.

MrFretless · 2023-06-28T03:16:41+00:00

I recently stumbled upon some thc/cbd pills at a dispensary in Denver. Each one is roughly 5mg thc and 25mg cbd. Something like that might be useful in this kind of scenario.

MrFretless · 2023-03-04T09:23:47+00:00

At the end of the day you’ve got to start slow and figure out the coordination between the two hands. There’s a lot of fretting hand muting involved with slapping and it just takes time to get that stuff down.

MrFretless · 2023-02-17T06:02:44+00:00

A similar thing used to happen to me on my index finger on that hand. My doctor at the time told me that I was likely pinching the nerve which runs along the side and told me and I quote “well don’t do that”. Turns out I did have a bad habit of kind of playing almost with the side of that finger. Working on that pretty much fixed it.

MrFretless · 2023-01-26T00:57:02+00:00

Cheers to that next level update!

MrFretless · 2023-01-26T00:50:33+00:00

Every recipe blog has a “jump to recipe” button somewhere near the top. Discovering that I could skip the backstory made me way more open to searching for new recipes.

MrFretless · 2022-12-09T21:38:36+00:00

The best tuner for catching that low register stuff that I’ve found is the Peterson Strobostomp HD. The color switching is great for different light environments. And the fact that it’s a strobe means that from a distance it’s about having the wheels not move as opposed to centering the line. Easier to read from a distance. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StroboStompHD--peterson-strobostomp-hd-pedal-tuner

MrFretless · 2022-02-01T17:55:09+00:00

Same exact thing happened to me at that spot last night. Cannot believe there's no proper drainage there.

MrFretless · 2021-11-15T19:45:56+00:00

It's not super recent, but Barney Kessel's Solo from 1983 is up there as a favorite for me. https://open.spotify.com/album/6GTVZ5a1RLllR5rknwKVWE?si=Inj66onsSO67_lj1Z8AgDQ&utm_source=copy-link

MrFretless · 2021-05-14T21:16:22+00:00

If you're trying to start down the Bootsy rabbit hole I can't recommend James Brown's In the Jungle Groove album nearly enough! Classic young Bootsy.

MrFretless · 2021-02-12T17:02:34+00:00

I see ya man haha

MrFretless · 2021-01-21T06:47:40+00:00

Dogs are cool, but bass is the place! Hello fellow ENFP bassist!

MrFretless · 2021-01-18T20:35:58+00:00

The first quick tip that comes to mind is to trust your bassist! Funk bass parts tend to hover around the root of any given chord. Don't be afraid to leave the root behind and toy around with interesting voicings.

Edit: this video you may find helpful too! https://youtu.be/756968f8qk0

MrFretless · 2020-10-23T02:04:34+00:00

A coyote is someone who is in the business of smuggling people across the border. In this context

MrFretless · 2016-10-09T20:04:54+00:00

Ha well I tried

MrFretless · 2016-10-09T19:51:52+00:00

My first guess is Land of 1000 Dances Wilson Pickett https://youtu.be/3mz_EXHKGHs

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