Recent content by chitoryu12

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    Heavier strings for a short scale bass?

    Thanks! I just ordered a set.
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    Heavier strings for a short scale bass?

    I just bought a Gretsch G2220 last night. I love just about everything about it, but the strings feel too loose and twangy even when tuned to E Standard and downtuning even to Drop D is terrible. I was wanting to install some heavier gauge strings to see if that solves the problem, but I've...
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    NFTBD (free trash bass....literally)

    Just as an update on my Davison, I broke my first string on it two days ago! The seller said it was freshly restrung before I bought it, but I had probably played close to 1000 songs (including two runs of "2112" and various other long songs) before it snapped while trying to tune slightly sharp...
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    Gretsch G2220 bass

    Just got mine as my second bass! There were about a dozen in my price range at Guitar Center, but after playing about less than half of them I settled on it. It's incredibly easy to play and the humbuckers give it this really rich, fat tone that I can do a lot with. I'm excited to see where I go...
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    NFTBD (free trash bass....literally)

    I bought my Davison secondhand for $110 as a learner and I absolutely adore the cheap thing. I had the action redone as well as you could without filing down the nut to get rid of some buzziness and make it more comfortable to play, but it's otherwise perfectly fine and has never had any...