Recent content by Davealicous

Coming to an estate sale near me. I don't know anything about the build quality back when Indonesia began manufacturing in 2008. I tried looking up the serial number, but it came back with nothing. I see the serial number coding changed in 2009 so that's why I think this is a 2008. Estate...

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks so much for this post. Maybe down the road I'll go to sweetwater in Ft Wayne and go through the whole process. I guess it all depends on how serious I get about practicing all the time after I retire and playing out. For now, I just bought that MIM Fender P...

You and others have identified this as most likely my main problem, and I tend to agree with you all on that. Thanks so much for pointing this out. I think I'll book some lessons with a qualified bass instructor around here and see if I can find out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks so much!

Hey all. I hope you all get alerted I posted this as I don't know if I have to multi-quote you all or not. I've made a decision. The luthier I just saw says there's nothing wrong with my bass other than four high frets and a good setup. Oh, and it needs strings badly. He's asking just over...

poopie, I feel like a dumb ass for not googling that. Googling stuff is always my go to. I'll hit em up!

I appreciate the advice. I guess the place to start is get the tools and get on it. That's the only way I'll even begin to know if my bass isn't "good enough quality" for me or not. thanks so mcuh

I live in Kalamazoo, MI so there's only one tech in town as far as I know at Guitar Center. He's already looked at my bass and says it's got bigger problems that just needing a set up. When I posted about this eight or nine months ago, GC techs were roundly shat on so now I don't really know...

Question about the setup, it looks like I can do that myself with the videos above, but I did bring my bass to GC for them to set it up earlier this year, and I was told it has bigger problems that just needing a setup. Given that I don't know how skilled and experienced he is, I'm at a loss...

Okay. Awesome. Thanks so much for this go-to resource!

I replied to your sentiment in the above reply to Sharko. I wonder what your take on all that plus the FB PBass for sale near me right now.

I hear what you're saying and you're probably on to the truth more or less. I took my bass to GC to get looked at because of what I don't like about it. I thought he'd make sure it was set up correctly and I'd see what I thought after. However, he called me and said it needed a lot more work...

This is advice I will consider. Thanks!

Hello. I'm not a super talented bass player, and I'm only going to be playing with friends in a blues and blues rock cover band locally. However, I'm ready to ditch the starter bass I have now which I really do not like and buy one that I love playing and inspires me with the way it feels. I...

Great advice! What's an FSO, though? Yeah, I don't want to modify anything. I want an off the rack bass whose sound and feel I love that is quality constructed so that all I have to do is the setup and check in with that setup as the seasons change. I'm sure there are more than one off the...

You know what, there's no need to comment on this post. I see there is a ton of Googlable info out there right at my fingertips. I just posted here without searching for what I asked because I was already on this site for my previous post. I'll just read all the info and watch the videos of...