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Let's get some inspiration!
The Studio has a minor quirk where you have to be careful about winding the G string. Over time the bend where the string goes in the tuning peg breaks, so you end up retuning 50 million times as it just slips around the peg. At that point you just restring all of it with a new set. Unsure if it's due to the string thickness and how many times you bend it, but it's one of two longest strings on that kind of headstock so there's more tension. Plus, I know I bend a G more often than a D (don't think I ever bent a D, actually).
That's interesting. I had a Cort when I was a teen that did that a few times. Granted, I played mostly rhythm, so I wasn't putting more tension on the strings with bends or the tremolo very often, but it would still happen.
For me: Mostly Classic Rock and Punk.
Although, when I played in high school in the early/mid 70's there was no 'classic' to it: Zepplin, Bad Company...
In fact, my current finger exercise is bascially the beginning to Over the Hills and Far Away.
I'm a big fan of classic rock as well, but for bass, I've found most songs are pretty uninteresting to play. With a large number of exceptions, of course.
I was planning on working on War Pigs soon because thay bass line is soooooooooooooooo good.
As for finger excersices, these arpeggios are killing me! So boring. I usually put on a movie or documentary when I'm just repeating scales over and over and over and over and over to help mitigate the boredom.-Jay
I primarily played 80's heavy metal, like Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer, plus a bit of Black Sabbath. Some classic rock, too. Don't get me wrong, I was never that good at it as I didn't dedicate the time to learning the proper techniques like I should have and I never took any lessons, but I could still get through a number of less complicated songs fairly well.
I've never tried playing bass, though I imagine it would have been pretty fun, as well.
I wouldn't get hung up on technique. I still think I should take some proper lessons to get rid of the bad habits and shortcuts I've picked up - mostly because I'm left handed, but trying to play like a righty (aka Joe Strummer style). Bottom line: Left hand is too quick for the right, which has trouble some times even finding the correct strings. Leads to a lot of hammer on/offs when I should be picking (I cheat).
Some days you're on, some days not so much... lol
