The reason I want to replace the bridge is that it's the only part of the bass that is cheaply made. It was pretty difficult to get it intonated. I'm not looking to change the sound. I love how it sounds. I think the original BadAss bridge is the one that will fit my bass.

Kings X albums: Gretchen Goes To Nebraska, Faith Hope Love, and Out of The Silent Planet, and self titled albums are essential. Their other albums are good (I really like Dogman), but they set the bar high with those first albums. I hear a LOT of bands that did some heavy borrowing from King's X. They are probably my favorite rock band. If you like that progressive melodic rock sound you might really like Porcupine Tree if you haven't heard them.

I agree about bass and drums. I find it really hard to play a song with a drummer that isn't solid because I'm listening to them so much and trying to play off of what they are doing. I hate when I play with a drummer that slows down and speeds up.

I've been training my voice everyday for about a year now too. I'm not really trying to increase my range much, but more trying to improve the tone and power of what I've already got. I think one thing that was holding me back was that I thought I was a lower voiced singer than I am. It turns out that i was kind of pushing my voice down and straining it even though I didn't realize it. When I just "let it fly" my comfortable singing range is actually pretty high. I had a lesson with Oiselle where she taught me to drop my jaw correctly, basic support, dropping tension under my chin and just letting my voice go where it wants to. It has made a dramatic improvement to my sound and I don't feel tired after singing for a while. I would love to be able to sing some Journey stuff! That's great man. Yeah, the wife and I love Lost. We are watching season 6 right now on Netflix.

Dude, I like playing with a pick and fingers. It really just depends on what sounds better on a song. I've found that typically when I play more driving rock stuff that I sound better with a pick. When I'm doing slower ballads and more groove oriented playing that the fingers sound better. I like em both. I almost never slap and pop though. I think it is over done and I just don't like how it sounds when I do it. Some people sound amazing with it though. It's just not me.

I went to an acoustic jam last night/band tryout. The told me told me that I was an excellent guitar player and a really good singer. They invited me back next Tuesday! :)

I'll listen to your demo later. I'll have to record myself singing sometime.