Recent content by 2F/2F

Then don't listen to him.

It might be a good idea to share what country you're in.

Just saw him live with Herbie Hancock last week. Excellent show.

How would that do anything about fretting out in the upper register? Shimming affects the angle of the entire neck, not just certain frets. It would certainly make your bass play like garbage. Fretboard leaning away from your arm, saddles in the dirt... I can tell from the way the Kahler is...

I started at age seven on a pre Ernie Ball Stingray fretless that belonged to my father. Yes, it was big on me, but it didn't stop me. I played all 11+ pounds of it daily until my very late teens, when I got a different bass. Point is, don't overthink the instrument itself. If he loves it...

A properly adjusted neck has a backbow when the strings are off. There is no "nut" to loosen on this type of truss rod, per se. There is a female hex drive receptacle that is integral with the rod itself (welded). WD-40 accomplishes nothing on this type of truss rod. Again, the adjustment is a...

It's nothing rare, historical, or valuable. It's your bass. Do whatever you think is right. Nothing bad will happen to the bass by leaving it as is, should you decide to go that route..

I am talking about neck angle – a shim. The truss rod adjusts relief – bow. Adjusting relief would not fix the problem. You need to angle the neck.

As expected, that is a poorly set up bridge. Your saddles are too low. Your break angles are less than ideal, every one of your intonation screws is angled downward, and your strings don't have much air between them and the top of the body. You seem to have a neck that is flat in the pocket...

May we see a picture of your bridge?

Should have angled your neck instead of lowering your saddles. Exactly what I'm saying. Set your saddles for proper geometry (break angle); you don't want that to be changing when you change action. Then you angle your neck to get your action. I didn't say anything about buying the screws you...

Don't bother asking around what screw size you need for something. People often don't know what they are talking about, and you will usually get conflicting answers. Why rely on another human being to dole out what MIGHT be the correct answer, when you can easily just find out definitively for...

IMO, anything you do to "protect" it will look far worse and devalue it far more than just letting it age to reflect its use. I also wouldn't trust anything to stick to that finish, and come off 100 percent cleanly, not to mention that you will be wearing the finish around the guard too. Meaning...

I wouldn't put a $50 instrument in this joke of a bag. It's down there with the old Gibson single layer nylon gig bags from about 20 years ago.

At 10 on the tone knob, your bass sounds the same as before, to "the" human ear. When rolling down the tone knob, of course there might be a noticeable difference in which frequencies are dumped. You changed the nominal value, and almost certainly the actual value. You might or might not hear...