Recent content by lilfreebear

I do like this dude from Fender's official channel, he has barely any windings. Yes, you probably need a new nut!

I trim the strings about one and a half peg, so I don't have to wind all day and can start practice after I have pulled/bent all strings and tuned them, by ear of course...

I wounder if you or anyone else can transpose while playing, and if so: is that a skill which I should strive to master? Or maybe just transpose a few bars? Soon done with the first package, what a massive boost in my reading skill, to myself I also play a little better already. But I don't...

I lost some screws for my tuning pegs and they sent me screws free of charge.

I removed one string on my PM 4 and it has that kind of wear, I don't mind that...

Changing strings after 100-150 hours of playing. Should I just try to renew them? I don't wash the strings before/after or even my hands, I just try to get as many notes played as I can. Economy wise it ain't costly per hour played, and new strings with the zing makes me wanna play more. Can I...

Funny you mention tanks, that is what I think of the saddles, a little complicated when doing setup but once that is done it stays in place. Not like a bridge where you can physically move all saddles around by will or accident... Pros and cons I guess, the Leo-style ones takes just seconds to...

We've just moved to another rehearsal room which is more dampened than the old one. I brought my very cheap entry bass, and I noticed a tone (on both spots on the neck) got swallowed whole. I've tested it at home and the note is not at all dead amped or unplugged. Will test with my other bass...

Since my first and only post got removed from "the ski jump"-thread I will try a TL;DR here while I join the club. Bought a way too good bass for my level, just to get inspired. After not that many days but way too much playing I started fiddling around with the at the time extreme relief and...