jwizzle611 (July 31, 2008 at 3:17 am)

i play the upright "acoustic" and am pretty much self taught. When I'm the only bass in an esemble I'm constantly told to play louder and it ALWAYS hits the board. Maybe it doesn't matter to the audiance but it is super embarassing to me. And if its not supposed to happen then i don't know how to do it at all

bplay1 (June 5, 2008 at 1:09 am)

In the case of an acoustic bass, this almost never happens cuz the action is Super high so the string rarely "hits the fretboard" plus in case of happening, doesnt sound that noisy... and in the case of the electric bass... if avoiding hitting the end of the fretboard is what you want... The TRB series bass has a very high action, John plays his TRBJP I and II at a very high action so this almost never happens... PLus you gotta know how to pluck hard to get a loud sound the right way...

jwizzle611 (June 5, 2008 at 1:02 am)

okk so when you need to pluck a string super loud how do you get it so it doesn't like hit the bridge and make that annoying loud noise?

kurt11110 (March 26, 2008 at 7:20 am)

i went to high school with john. he was a nice guy, very intelligent, and had a gentle spirit. years later saw him playing in chick corea akoustic band at yoshi's in oakland. one of the most inspired performances i have ever seen. he and charlie haden are the two greatest bass players imo.

hairlesshamster (March 11, 2008 at 8:57 pm)

"WOULD HAVE"

yamaho5 (March 9, 2008 at 6:42 am)

John is not only a great player, he is a great person with a great helpful personality. He played the bass on one of my successful CDs. He was only 22 and was living in LA then. Thanks John.

beybybass (February 19, 2008 at 4:55 pm)

John Patitucci play the bass like an angel!!!

acoronab (January 25, 2008 at 10:28 pm)

Mexicans are second soda drinkers in the world, just after the americans. They are the second overweighted people in the world too (after the US, course). And quite a few of them do have the bad taste of opening soda cans in a concert. I can tell, I live in Mex-city.

watusi1971 (January 14, 2008 at 4:52 am)

I hear cottonfields, some black women gossip and a ungreased windmill in the wind... He understood it well.

moester101 (January 2, 2008 at 2:04 am)

lol. and taquilla, lol again