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Yes, I know this is going to sound stupid, but I also know how much the members of this forum know, and can humor a stupid question now and then. :) So I bought this used Ibanez Soundgear. The strings that are on it are shiny black and seem, to me, to be tapewound or maybe flatwound. What I...

I just picked up this little sweetheart Godin Acoustibass (the earliest model). It has a great setup and plays like butter. Really nice sound with these black nylon strings. But my high G is a little low in volume, maybe half the volume of the other strings. It gets loud enough if I really...

I recently acquired a drop-dead beautiful Dean Performer acoustic bass in Koa wood. The neck feels great. The action is wonderful. But I noticed that the A-string was a LOT louder than the other strings. It keeps on ringing when plucked. It appears to be a feedback issue. So I did the usual...

I recently picked up a nice Ovation acoustic bass. It is from around 2002 with a spruce top and a deep bowl. I like it better than I thought I would, but it keeps wanting to slip off my lap. Stupid rounded bowl! Even with a strap on it, it wants to slip and put the soundhole facing the ceiling...

In this section, we have setup guides for electric basses. And I've found setup guides for acoustic 6-string guitars. But I (and many others) have these strange instruments called "acoustic bass guitars" and they are a bit different. Due to the way they are played, I'm not sure that setting...

Hi all. I just found a pretty nice Ovation acoustic bass (which I've been wanting for quite a while). Interesting, at least to me, is that the bowl is not black, but a dark brown. Anyway, it has a small spot in the lower bout where the previous owner said that it got dropped on a screw head and...

Hey, folks, I've got the opportunity to pick up a Roland KC60 (40W keyboard amp) for a steal and wonder how well it would work for a practice bass amp? Of course, 40W isn't good for much more than practice. But keyboard amps are designed to work over the frequencies of an entire piano keyboard...

Hey, folks, I recently picked up a nice little Ibanez acoustic bass just to thump around on for practice. Ibby says (or recommends) that only LIGHT gauge strings be used on this, probably due to tension on the acoustic neck. Well, I want to put some D'Addario ETB92Ms on it, which are black...

I'm looking for a nice, old-school "thump" out of my semi-hollow bass. From what I can find at a few various string manufacturers, it seems that flatwound strings have the most tension. For example, D'Addario's Chromes are 200 pounds tension versus their roundwound at 173 pounds tension for the...

I have a bass that is a little over 10 years old. Other than the color of the hardware (black chrome -- sort of a dark chrome), it is in great condition. Unfortunately, the black chrome is pretty mottled looking - on the bridge, saddles, knobs, and tuners. I don't want to buy all new hardware...

I recently came into a good deal on an acoustic bass, a Takamine EG512C. Everything is fine with it except for a small bit of lifting on the rear of the bridge. The lifted part is about 1/8" across the width of the rear of the bridge. It doesn't seem to be pulling up the top. So I have two...

I need just a small practice amp for my music room. I can get an Ibanez Soundwave SW65 at 65W or, for the same money, an Ampeg BA112 at 50W. Both have a 12" speaker. Given these choices, which would you choose and why? Thanks.

Hi all. Can anyone recommend strings for Ibanez AGB140? It has a 34" scale BUT the saddle and the bridge are separate from one another. So does it require extra-long or do most long scale strings fit? Specifically, I'm looking for half-wounds or flats. I don't know if Chromes would be too...

I know from the reviews that the finish on the Ibanez SR500 seems to be rather thin and fragile. It is nonetheless, IMO, a beautiful finish and I would like to keep it looking good on my bass. Have any of you tried using some kind of protective coating or sealer on your oil-stained...

I know from the reviews that the finish on the Ibanez SR500 seems to be rather thin and fragile. It is nonetheless, IMO, a beautiful finish and I would like to keep it looking good on my bass. Have any of you tried using some kind of protective coating or sealer on your oil-stained...

I did a search here but couldn't find anything on this. I have a '92 bass with Gotoh tuners on it. When I tune it, the tuners feel a bit "sticky", like they don't want to move, but then they move too much. Has anyone tried cleaning/repairing these old Gotohs? Or is my best option to replace them?

Hi folks! First post. I just came into a very nice Ibby SR900FM. In putting new strings on her (D'Addario EXL170), I've run into a small problem and wonder how others on this forum might handle it. The E string, and only the E string, is not quite long enough for the outer-most layer of the...