Recent content by Thumpus

I have two identical basses side by side and one (video) buzzes in the bridge and makes a dull sound - the other is a perfect little angel. The only difference I can see between them is the bridge on the blue one in the video only touches the bass at the corners of the bridge.

I don’t see anything wrong up there and if I mute at the nut the ringing/dull buzzing still happens at the bridge end. I called Ibanez they’re sending me another bridge.

Thanks! I’ve had a few people try the bass now and everyone says “where is the vibration going?”. it’s super odd… it’s like something is totally sucking up all the resonance which is really annoying when you don’t want it.

I have eyeballed them level as best I can (in relation to the body, not the radius of the fretboard). Is there a "proper" way to do it? I have a magnetic angle finder for knife sharpening but its a little too big to get on there. I'm guessing a degree or so off of level shouldn't be a huge deal...

Hi all - long time lurker, first time poster. Used to play a lot ~10-12 years ago but went through several rounds of hand and arm surgeries so had to drop the hobby. I tried a few times over the years but the loss of hand flexibility and strength led to a lot of pure-buzzing ;) I recently...