Bass player. Long time pizzicato, first time arco. What do I need to know about my bow, specifically regarding rosin? [more inside]
posted on Mar 17, 2008 - 14 answers

Help me identify this mystery track from my friends' mix CD, that he can't recall either. No sample available, yet! It's more than likely a movie score track. Cross between 1941, Elfman, Zimmer, Willow, and involves kazoos in places. [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 12 answers

What happened to my Strat? [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2007 - 10 answers

How and why cables/strings/hoses/lines/cords etc. become entangled? Is there any scientific explanation of the process and more generally a science studying the physical/topological properties and behaviour of string materials? [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2007 - 6 answers

What is the piece of music used at 12:29 in the Neill Blomkamp short "Tempbot," at around 12:29? (link to the short movie within) [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2007 - 4 answers

Guitar Filter: Has anyone ever miked nylon strings (on an acoustic or solid body) and put it through a distortion box and/or an overdrive box? How does it sound? Pleasant or not? Does anyone know if any professional musician has experimented with that?
posted on Jul 11, 2007 - 19 answers

Guitar Filter: On a 6 string electric guitar playing blues or rock, have you ever strung the same gauge on all three lower strings and the same gauge on all three upper strings? What did it sound like, and did you like it? How about the playability? [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2007 - 17 answers

Guitar tuning through harmonics: Could you fine fine folks explain the physical/mathematical principles behind the increased "distortion" as two guitar strings being tuned through harmonics approach being tuned? [more inside]
posted on May 19, 2007 - 24 answers

I'm looking for good resources for upright bass DIY education—especially regarding bowing basics and other physical/form questions. [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2007 - 14 answers

Two questions concerning violins (and by extension, other string instruments): 1. Mass production! 2. Strads! [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2007 - 14 answers

Man making sheep noises with delicate musical accompaniment. What is it? [more inside]
posted on Nov 12, 2006 - 3 answers

Help me find more "classical" music that I will like. There is... [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2006 - 33 answers

Help me clear up all the guitar stringing advice I've received. Should you remove all the strings from your guitar and then add the new ones, or change the strings one-by-one? [more inside]
posted on Feb 9, 2006 - 22 answers

Has anyone seen a non-Konfabulator Windows Start Menu replacement that allows the user to enter the names of programs to run? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2006 - 13 answers

I need some music reccomendations. I really enjoy instrumental string music, but have no idea who some of the really good performers are. In particular, I like the style presented in the theme song to "Angel" by Darling Violetta, where strings are mixed with a modern rock sound.
So can anyone reccommend some good artists/albums to check out?
posted on Dec 21, 2004 - 7 answers

Jacob ter Veldhuis' String Quartets, as far as I can tell, have been recorded only once. That label doesn't seem to have any current contact information. I'd like to get my hands on this, and tried a bunch of the local options here in San Francisco, including Amoeba. Is there a secret place on the internet like alibris.com for books where one can go find relatively obscure Dutch string quartets?
posted on Nov 14, 2004 - 9 answers

Bass guitar string gauge determination [More Inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2004 - 6 answers

Guitar pickers - what kind of strings do you prefer for your acoustic and more important, what kind of string treatment do you use? (more...)
posted on Feb 20, 2004 - 7 answers