In my old Rogers set, I use to use 15 small white christmas tree lights, almost no heat and I had a small hole cut in the first skin, much like the mic hole of today but smaller. I didn't have them blinking or anything fancy like that, just on. They lit up the bass and looked pretty cool actually.

Just kicking it around.

(I keep typing BASE instead of BASS, damnit !)

I USED to practice a couple hours a day--years ago. NOW my life is so busy that I'm lucky to get 2 hours in a month! BUT, I play gigs all the time, so I'm actually still spending as much time playing as before when I add in band practice time, too. I wish I had more time to practice NEW things.

Taking the practice thing a step further...how do you "practice?" Method books/DVD's/Video's? Play along with CD's? Work on your own new ideas? Just plain good old fashioned jammin'? All the above? On what do you spend the most time doing?

band pracices evey tues and thursday, i practice by myself rarely but every once in a while i get to play to some cds or something......

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I practice using most of the methods you mentioned, mostly with headsets on. I use the videos mostly for training. Most of the time I try to work on just plain 'ol rock and roll !!

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