PorchBoard Floor Bass: Difference between revisions

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* There's no reason to just tap with just the toe or ball of your foot. You can also turn it around to place the "tap-rail" ''(the one with the pickup under it)'' under your heel, so you tap by raising your heel rather than the toe. In a lot of ways that is often a more comfortable position for me when I'm playing the keyboard ''(raising the heel rather than the toe)''. Besides that, it uses different muscles -- so when my leg is getting a bit tired, I'll sometimes turn the Porchboard around before the next song.

* One can get '''really''' quiet taps by tapping on the "fixed" rail, rather than the "tap-rail"; that is, tap so the vibration goes through the whole board to the pickup, rather than tapping on the "tap-rail" itself ''(which is directly over the pickup)''.

* One can get '''really''' quiet taps by tapping on the "fixed" rail, rather than the "tap-rail"; that is, tap so the vibration goes through the whole board to the pickup, rather than tapping on the "tap-rail" itself ''(which is directly over the pickup)''. This effect, however, may vary widely, depending on which model of the Porchboard you have.

* The most interesting range of effects is possible when the gain is high enough that you have to tap softly most of the time. Besides that, it's a lot easier on the leg when you can minimize the effort involved in playing it. Yeah, it'll often "flash red" at those higher gains if you then '''stomp''' on the 'Board, but the associated distortion can ''(judiciously applied)'' have it's own place. Besides, why should guitarists be the only ones who have fun with deliberate distortion?!?!

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 * There's no reason to just tap with just the toe or ball of your foot.  You can also turn it around to place the "tap-rail" ''(the one with the pickup under it)'' under your heel, so you tap by raising your heel rather than the toe.  In a lot of ways that is often a more comfortable position for me when I'm playing the keyboard ''(raising the heel rather than the toe)''.  Besides that, it uses different muscles -- so when my leg is getting a bit tired, I'll sometimes turn the Porchboard around before the next song.
-* One can get '''really''' quiet taps by tapping on the "fixed" rail, rather than the "tap-rail"; that is, tap so the vibration goes through the whole board to the pickup, rather than tapping on the "tap-rail" itself ''(which is directly over the pickup)''.
+* One can get '''really''' quiet taps by tapping on the "fixed" rail, rather than the "tap-rail"; that is, tap so the vibration goes through the whole board to the pickup, rather than tapping on the "tap-rail" itself ''(which is directly over the pickup)''.  This effect, however, may vary widely, depending on which model of the Porchboard you have.
 * The most interesting range of effects is possible when the gain is high enough that you have to tap softly most of the time.  Besides that, it's a lot easier on the leg when you can minimize the effort involved in playing it.  Yeah, it'll often "flash red" at those higher gains if you then '''stomp''' on the 'Board, but the associated distortion can ''(judiciously applied)'' have it's own place.  Besides, why should guitarists be the only ones who have fun with deliberate distortion?!?!