Robbo

Thanks Snorkie.

Just wanted to introduce myself I joined the forum a couple of years ago but never got started had all good intentions but my wife has been ill for a number of years and I packed up before I even started sold the gear I had. But hopefully a new year and new start just purchased a second hand Ibanez bass for £80 and a Blackstar guitar combo as their wasn’t any bass combo’s for sale, but hopefully it’ll do for the time being I practice with headphones anyway because I’m awful at the moment. Very late start at 62 but played a bit of acoustic guitar in the past, all the best to everyone and I’ll see how I get on

Happy New Year Folks haven’t posted anything in quite some time due to general lack of time and interest. But new year and hopefully a new start, I’ll cut to the chase I just gave up on Bass due to my wife being very ill I just didn’t think it was worth carrying on but a friend was selling an Ibanez SR300 it’s a fairly old one I payed £80 for it but it’s very unbalanced sound wise, the bass nob is one of those stacked nobs and very muffled, the strings are old and seem dead so wondering if this could be the problem, maybe needs a replacement battery too. Was just wondering if I gave it a new set of strings and replaced the battery if this would help, apologies if this is a stupid question but I’m a late starter and I’m in my 60s now and very inexperienced technically and attempting to to make a new start again, but slightly disappointed with my purchase, i practice with headphones and playing through a small Blackstar guitar 10w combo as I haven’t got a bass amp. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks