Recent content by Flawed

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    Too much bass BS?

    argh, it can be so frustrating reading these forums sometimes. I just started playing bass in december and i am a poor student (like many here) and it can be so frustrating when i see all these basses i go back and forth from one decision to the next. oh i want a stingray or a ric or a headless...
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    putting together a bass

    it seems that every month or so i find some kind of new bass that i want and immediatley start fantasizing about it for weeks. I didn't even know what gas WAS before i found this place. i decided the best cure, for my gas and my wallet, might be to try and put my own bass together. I have...
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    thinking about getting a headless bass

    that is some hot **** my friend, nice bass! now if i could get my hands on it .... what's your address again? :ninja:
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    thinking about getting a headless bass

    does anyone have any experience with either the hohner sor steingberger headlesses? i really dig those guitars but dont want to make a bad purchase? what do you guys think of them, those that have played them. my local guitar center has kind of a ****** bass selection unfortuantely so i dont get...
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    What kind of strings give the best harmonic sound?

    does anyone with more experience than me know if one kind of string produces a much clearer harmonic sound than another? I play flats right now (i switched from rounds pretty quick, but I have no attachment really, just a decision that i made). also does brand make a difference beyond just...
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    which p/up conifguration is better for MM basses?

    wow, thanks for all the input guys, still havnt quite made a decision but i think i am def going with the stingray, i am leaning towards the H but probably need to spend more time learning the difference by playing
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    which p/up conifguration is better for MM basses?

    i am about to buy a new bass, either a stingray or bongo, not quite sure which one yet, and i was wondering if anyone has any more experience than me, which conifugration is better? is the HH, HS, or H, i havnt heard any HS but today i played a single humbucker stingray and it sounded fantastic...
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    Darkstar in an Ibanez SRX400...?

    this is a dumb question but I still relatively new to bass playing, i have heard people talk about them but what exactly is a dark star pick up and what makes it special?
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    a couple questions about amps

    i am a relatively new bass player and talk bass member and i have a few questions about amps the only amp i have had has been a crappy johnson something or other i bought when i got my first bass, i want to get a new one and dont knwo exactly what to look for. what kind of amperage is...
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    anyone have any experience with the Fender deluxe jazz ash?

    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-American-Deluxe-Ash-Jazz-Bass?sku=511525 this is the one i have had my eye on, my bass teacher has an old peavey something with an ash body (according to him) its real heavy and i like that a lot, it gets great tone, but i love Fender, the onbly...
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    anyone have any experience with the Fender deluxe jazz ash?

    i have had my eye on this bass for a long time now and am currently saving up for it, does anyone own one and/or has used one and can tell me about it? I like the butterscotch blonde with the maple fretboard
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    need help identifying a bass

    thanks, i didnt know Gibson made an ES335 bass (i am not a very big fan of them, but that bass is stylish!)
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    need help identifying a bass

    i am an absolutely HUGE Raconteurs fan, I know Jack Lawrence always uses a Rickenbacher something-or-other on stage but does anyone know what bass he is using on the album cover, look sorta like B.B. King's guitar, ES-335?? i dont know gibson guitar models that well, i dont think its gibson, but...
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    looking to buy a hollow-body bass

    can anyone recommend any good hollow-body basses? was thinking maybe the gretsch white falcon? edit: until i found out it costs three thousand dollars!!
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    looking for a new sound

    i finally bought my first bass a few months ago, have been taking lessons ans such and now am looking to refine my sound. I am a novice (obviously) and i play a traben neo 4. I never changed the strings when i bought my bass and that is the first change i want to make. I like to play more...