by Scott Feldstein | Sunday, August 18, 2024 | music
Here’s an update on the EBH1505MS from Ibanez. With the help of some others I think I have zeroed in on what its problem is: the pickups are wired out of phase. This results in an instrument that sounds perfectly reasonable with either pickup soloed, but that...
by Scott Feldstein | Saturday, February 17, 2024 | music
I recently picked up a new bass. It’s a multi-scale five string with a 35″ B string and a 33″ G. Behold, the Ibanez EHB1505MS in “Ocean Inlet” flat. Did I mention that it had no headstock and that it weighs just over seven pounds? I was...
by Scott Feldstein | Monday, June 26, 2023 | music
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by Scott Feldstein | Saturday, November 12, 2022 | music, tech
I’m a two bass guitar guy. One is definitely not enough, but three seems like maybe too much. So I try to cover as much ground as I can between the two I have. Bass number one is a standard scale passive four-string jazz bass. That’s my Sire Marcus Miller...
by Scott Feldstein | Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | music, rants
I once heard a very thought-provoking definition of genius. The idea is simple and to me quite compelling. I don’t imagine it’s a complete picture of what we consider genius, but I think it’s a very neglected component. The idea is, genius is love....
by Scott Feldstein | Monday, September 5, 2022 | music, rants
The other day I was watching a video clip of Geddy Lee and Alex LIfeson of Rush play one of their prog rock instrumentals, “YYZ,” with drummer Omar Hakim. The trio appeared on stage as part of a tribute concert honoring recently deceased Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor...
