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Geek99

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  1. Geek99
    Surely all us fenders are made by hand by American elves using only the finest hand crafted parts made in, like, Michigan or somewhere thus justifying the doubled cost and the sticker
  2. Geek99
    Seriously though @SpondonBassed is right the strings they come with are awful. I’d hold off further mods until you get some decent ones in a gauge you like you might get a good setup this time but What would you replace them with when they get tired? One, square, to, back
  3. Geek99
    Good alternative to ridiculously expensive nut files that you need once every ten years like this https://rover.ebay.co.uk/rover/0/0/99?loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fp%2F1105398624%3Fiid%3D401666860931
  4. Geek99
    You can easily discover if the nut is cut right - guide measurements here https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nut-height-action.619581/?amp=1474037821 You’re right that there is no undoing it, so go carefully as you are but if nut height is wrong then most things won’t follow right . It might be out for only one or two strings I always check nut height, then neck relief, then twelfth fret action then intonation
  5. Geek99
    Just get a set if welding cleaning files
  6. Geek99
    And the GAS...
  7. Geek99
    That sounds like a good offer to me ...,
  8. Geek99
    At the end of the day it is the sound we judge a p by. Does it matter how that sound arrives at the amp ?
  9. Geek99
    Don’t expect perfect but it sounds not even close
  10. Geek99
    This looks good to me for a newbie caveat - I don’t know the seller, just trying to give an indication to you
  11. Geek99
    No excuse for that. Who did you buy it from ?
  12. Geek99
    My kids turned around to listen so that’s a fairly good sign
  13. Geek99
    I’d just leave it alone personally they sound just like a p as they are
  14. Geek99
    Flip the photo back the right way please - can’t stand it when my phone mangles photos like that nice collection
  15. Geek99
    :awesome:
  16. Geek99
    I’ve been there, they seemed a perfectly reasonable shop to me.
  17. Geek99
    Welcome - try listening to Motown and stax too. HB are highly respected here
  18. Geek99
    To clarify - GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) will get you in its evil jaws. Some people own basses for just a few weeks before moving them on in favour of something else that is equally/more shiny. If it’s of reasonable quality it will do, whatever it’s price tag. Even cheap stuff is decent these days and there is enough experience here to advise how to make it better than that. i would never spend your budget on a bass even now. £500 is the most I’ve ever spent on anything and that got me (admittedly with some luck) into US fender/German-made Warwick territory.
  19. Geek99
    Take someone from here with you if you can. Second hand US or jap fender would get my vote for less money than you’ve got ready
  20. Geek99
    Mine had no scratch plate and wasn’t active otherwise it looks broadly similar. It’s not a bad price for a shop
  21. Geek99
    We’re both being played at the same altitude ?
  22. Geek99
    I had one of those, the five string in trans red. Regret selling but I needed the money it was a 4 plus 1 headstock with jazz bass pickups. I put an emg preamp in it
  23. Geek99
    I think that’s actually pretty good @caitlin
  24. Geek99
    Oh that’s just too awesomely amazing - it’s obviously all fake news...
  25. Geek99
    There we go, we’ve just got him calmed down and you go and stir the pot....
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