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What am I missing here? The nylon tape wrap removes string ground. The bass buzzes (talking vintage style passive basses). I actually like the sound of tape wounds, but this is a deal breaker. Have people played them since the 1960s and just lived with the buzz?

Hey all! I'm looking to put a set of round core, round wound pure nickel strings on my Epiphone Rivoli (same as Gibson EB-2, 30.5" scale). Any recommendations? In my guitar playing life I use Pyramids, but I can't find info on whether Pyramid's offering (blue pack) is round core or hex. I...

I really like the look of the Warwick Jonas Hellborg signature bass, but this thing confuses me. Does anybody on here own one and can answer a few questions for me? There is weirdly little info about it out there, and even using the search function on this forum brings up very little, if...

I've been playing bass "around the house" for years. Vintage Fender basses. I'm a guitar player, but finally getting into a gigging situation on bass. So I bought a compressor, because supposedly "you need one". And also because the flat pole pickups on my old basses emphasize certain strings...

I tried to read up on this, but can't really find an answer. Please accept my apologies if this has been discussed. I am a longtime Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats user. They are on all my basses (vintage Jazz and Precision basses). To me, these strings do not wear out. The set on my '59 P-Bass has...

Hi, I'm a noob here, just a hobby bass player. I just acquired a 1953 P-Bass, first generation slab body. These have a flat pole single coil pickup (obviously). Due to the 7.25" fingerboard radius, the two outside strings are significantly closer to the magnetic pole pieces than the center...

Hi guys, I'm new here. Thanks for having me! I'm a guitar player who just dabbles on bass around the house and at the occasional jam. I have a couple of old P-Basses and a fretless Jazz Bass. I'm not into what would be considered "modern" bass tones, and I don't need a ton of power. I also...