Tag: bass

  • One inexpensive step to save your sound bar from the trash

    One inexpensive step to save your sound bar from the trash

    I love bass. Using my optical audio cable, I’ve been sending a full-spectrum signal to my Fluance soundbar for a few years. It had pretty amazing bass response until I tried a Foo Fighters show at full volume. My bass in the soundbar was shot, but only on ultra low frequencies, so I realized that…

  • Flea and the head-bonk bass

    Flea and the head-bonk bass

    If I knew every bass I bought ran a risk of loss or theft and being used by a non-bassist to bonk someone on the head, (bonk!) I might reconsider my feelings about bass accessibility and collecting. I like to watch Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers on TV, but that doesn’t mean I need…