Recent content by piiman

I'll be going to camp this year with my bass. Lots of mobility required. I've seen the bass wheel but it looks a little precarious to me. I've also seen a lot of converted golf carts. What do you use? Peter

Does a guy need to increase string height when changing to a lower tension string such as the super silvers? Peter

Thanks Jake shouldn't the bridge feet fit over the center of the bassbar? Just trying to get an accurate measure for the c to center of the bridge feet

How do you measure the width of the bass bar, easy enough to measure the side closest to the f hole but how do you get to the other side? Peter

My memory is not good, but if it would serve me well this time I think I have D'adario hybrids on my bass now. they seem quite stiff and would like to change them out to something with less tension. I also play outdoors often so the ply. bass works well for that. I don't see myself getting...

Back in 1970 I went to Avco Finance and borrowed $700.00 and bought a a'59 VW bug, and insurance, the car was $300.00. Ive had bugs,mico buses and fastbacks, loved them all. Now I'm more of a truck guy. I ordered Chucks Book. Thank you. Peter

I play with bluegrass and Fiddle tune players. My bass is all stock aside from an adj. bridge. I'm not saying it sounds or plays bad, I'm just wondering if it can be optimized. I have read that cabon fiber endpins increase volume. Strings with less tension increase playability as does...

I posted this on another site and I'd also like to see what you guys think. I have a 1951 S8 Kay, I'm beginner/ intermediate level player. It's hard to decifer things sometimes, I read things like: CF rods on a laminate bass is a waste of money. Velvet strings on a laminate bass are a...