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Anybody ever boil your strings?

I have a '75 Twin Reverb that had the original Utah speakers but replaced them with Jensen Blackbird speakers. I don't think I'll run my bass through that. The Crate was given to me by my neighbor so I wasn't too worried about running a bass into it. I never heard JBLs in person but I know they...

I'm a guitar player trying to learn bass and although I have a couple of bass amp combos, I ran my bass through an old Crate guitar amp just to try it to see how it sounds with the 12" speaker. It had a different tone, kind of like Bouree by Jethro Tull which I kind of liked. I imagine bass...

Antigua sounds Spanish. A more appropriate Spanish word would be "guano" or "guano burst".

Yeah, this thread mentioned a few times about having to route a bit out for the jazz pickup. That is one of the reasons I'm keeping with the stock pickups for now.

I got mine for $250 from Music Go Round. It is in great shape for a '99 bass. I haven't decided if I will upgrade the pickups and electronics but for now it is fine.

I think it is technically galactic purple according to the first posts. It kind of like like grape.

I'm new to the site and am a casual bass player (I mainly play guitar). I found this thread after doing a search as I'm trying to find out more about the bass I bought. I bought a '99 Indonesian Squire Precision Special. Not crazy about the color but it is in great shape and has decent action...