carlos fandango

Many thanks to you all for your replies but especially to hooky_lowdown for the tip to put a bit of sponge under the strings.....wow what a huge difference that made Who'd have thought something so simple would have a drastic improvement...cheers hooky and I'll be keeping my 'cheap' 4 string lefty Tanglewood for a little while longer 😁

Hi to all, new to the forum So I'm looking for a bit of advice please...... I have taken up the bass guitar and been practicing on and off for about a year now I currently have a Tanglewood Rebel 4K which to be honest is quite cheap but I just bought it for practicing but I have noticed when playing it the awful continuous feedback when playing a note and it's very off putting when playing the next notes as you can still hear previous note. I'm just wondering whether I'm actually doing anything wrong or is it purely because it's a cheap bass with cheap components and would upgrading to a better model be the way to go? If so, what do fellow bassists recommend? Budget approx £600-£700 but I'm open to suggestions don't mind paying a bit more for quality i just want to play a note and not have to hear continuously hum when I'm playing the next notes.......or again am I doing something wrong? Cheers Carlos