Recent content by Charlie8927

I should preface with I have a great wife. I've always been a Fender Jazz guy. I'm not a huge bassist, but I played for a while in high school, selling my bass to fund a camera which became my next big hobby. But since then I've bought (and sold, due to not playing enough) two more Fender...

So many suggestions! Clearly this is why we need to test out gear beforehand, unfortunately that's difficult where I live. There have been a number of repeat suggestions for the Barefaced cabinets, but I don't see any used listings and I don't want to wait a month or two (or more) for it to...

Portability and performance are the more important criteria. I'm happy to pay more for quality. I used to have a Rumble 200. I can't say I was that impressed by the sound of it. Changing to flatwound strings helped though. The Genzler looks intriguing. I like the size/portability and the few...

My wife is the musician in the family. I just know/knew how to play bass and my goal is to help her out with recordings/small gigs. Sadly I sold my gear years ago as I just wasn't playing. Still, while I know how to play bass, I never really played with a band or actually learned much about the...

Thanks everyone for the advice. Going in person would be great, but other than the small store I already went to with limited selection, the closest large store with good inventory is at least a few hours away and it'd be some time before I can make it down. My wife wants to start playing sooner...

This is where I'm leaning right now. I like passive pickups and wasn't a fan of the MIM Fenders. But looking into Warwick/Yamaha and others kind of just adds a lot of complication/uncertainty. Good advice from others regarding GC, as the return policy would help. I think the closest one is...

So when it comes to Yamaha, how do you sort out all the letters? BB vs TRB vs RBX? Is primary difference that BB's are sort of a combined P & J bass? TRB's seem to have the J pickup setup. Is one going to be better quality, or more suited for the genres I'm looking at playing? What about all...

Probably a common first post... I used to play bass and am looking to get back into it. Lots of great advice here on the forums. Problem is I can't test out most basses in person as selection where I live is very limited. Fairly rural area. My first bass (courtesy of my dad) was a Fender...