Recent content by firebyrd516

Me and my 1983 Kramer Pioneer Carrera USA. The rarest of all the Pioneer series, it is essentially a black on black P-Bass with selector switches in a P/J format. The J in this case an H. I usually have DR Black Beauties on her (it was originally shipped with black coated strings). Although not...

I've actually never received a stringed instrument from any company that was tuned or even set-up at all. The specific reason for de-tuning a guitar prior to shipping is simple. The strings exert a considerable amount of force on an instrument all the time. If Mr. UPS man drops the packed guitar...

I ship guitars and basses for a living. Nothing fancy. Just make sure you loosen the strings quite a bit and wrap the bass itself in bubble wrap. Place 2 or 3 layers of bubble wrap in the bottom of the box, slide the wrapped guitar in, and follow up with some more bubble wrap. Always do a "shake...

As far as non-vintage Fenders, best bang for your buck.. Geddy Lee MIJ.

I wouldn't buy anything Ampeg that is post Loud Technologies buy-out (early 2000s I think). I have encountered tons of quality issues with these amps. Sounds like yours is clipping pretty bad...

New to TB here... and fairly new to Charlotte.

BF-2 MIJ

+1 on the new tuner.. My personal pref was to get a Korg rackmount tuner just to get it out of the way of pedal board for good.