Recent content by bammax

Would it be worthwhile to go with the M-audio Fast Track mkII instead of the Guitarlink? I'm trying to avoid running a pre-amp until I can save up enough for a good small amp. I figure this seems to have the built-in preamp plus a mic hookup and stuff so maybe it'll serve me for a longer period...

This is on a fretless 4 string with the generic factory installed strings. E string has a buzz everywhere on the fretboard. The only way to prevent it is to pull the string down to the A string when holding the note. The buzz is coming from around the bridge I think (body of the guitar). The...

Here's where I'm at right now. I read through all the stickies and did some searching but didn't find quite the info I needed. I want to do some basic recording just so that I can keep track of changes made to my bass such as string changes or pickup changes. It's really just a way to...

Just an update. Spent some time checking out another guitar place and found a few I liked but they were way out of my price range. The fiancee ended up buying a nice lefty Squier Strat which is funny because she wasn't even considering electrics a week ago. The search goes on

So after some more wandering I've decided that the Squires are just a bit heavier than I want. I found a nice Yamaha RBX250F for $140, but it needed quite a bit of work. The knobs were loose and the tuning hardware was rusted up. Also the body itself was pretty beat up from someone playing...

I'm taking in all the suggestions. I'm heading over to the local guitar center in the next couple days and will spend some time with the Squire and the Ibenez lines. I'll check out the Yamahas too since they tend to be pretty light and easy to handle from what I remember. The Squire I played...

I'm looking to pick up a basic bass for a couple hundred or less. I'm stuck because the things I'm looking for in a bass don't seem to be very important to most players which kind of makes finding the right one tricky. For background info I gave up playing any instruments 10 years ago due to...

You guys are awesome. That's the exact thing I was looking for.

I'm trying very hard to track down a discontinued and short lived electric bass. I'm pretty sure it was a Yamaha but I could be mistaken since it's been a few years. If anyone can help I'd be very grateful. Here's what I remember of it: It was sold sometime between 2000 and 2009 MSRP $299...