Recent content by bassfetish

Thanks, all. Will have a gander at the endpin and see if it sounds better without it.

Hi all, I got my hands on a cheap plywood bass. It has one problem, though: when I play Bb (and this is more so in the lower register, and especially so on the A string) something that isn't supposed to vibrate does and it sends a crazy sound through the instrument. It is all but hidden when...

I wish I had pictures but I didn`t take any before I sold mine, but I rigged up a bit of copper pipe I had lying around the house with a few joints to make a Y, then padded it all so the neck could sit in it without being scratched. In the other end, the stem of he Y, if you will, I put a bit...

Sorry for the late reply - I've been away... So there's nothing wrong with the device, it's just that there's a single pivot and the rubber that is there doesn't stick entirely so the bass twists around that single point. I would much prefer to see a couple of pins that slide into the bass...

I've had the bass since the new year. I've found that by carefully angling it I can mitigate most of the twisting but it's still a potential problem and I have to mess with it every few songs.

Hey all, I've been playing with my NXT for a couple of months now and like many here I have found the tripod a little underachieving. I bought the endpin stand and I have one major beef with it and I'm curious as to whether or not anyone else has this same problem or if it's a technique issue...

Good to know - maybe I should have held off until I changed the strings... More experimentation! I'll let you all know if I have any more questions!

I have a question about setting up the five stringer. how high should each string be from the fingerboard? I tried to follow what I would have done with a four-string URB but I'm getting a pretty bad buzz from fifth to tenth position on the A and D strings and the B seems a little high...