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Actually, the tension created from always keeping the GDAE strings in the same orientation and tuned to pitch will cause your bass neck to eventually twist like this...
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To avoid this type of costly damage to your bass all you need to do is change up the order of your strings a couple times a year. For instance, go from a GDAE string orientation to a DAEG orientation on your next string change. Problem solved!
 
Actually, the tension created from always keeping the GDAE strings in the same orientation and tuned to pitch will cause your bass neck to eventually twist like this...
neck%20twist.png

To avoid this type of costly damage to your bass all you need to do is change up the order of your strings a couple times a year. For instance, go from a GDAE string orientation to a DAEG orientation on your next string change. Problem solved!
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A 10 year sting investigate has discovered that Fender Custom shop bass are actually the same inside and out as Fender Standard bass just named for a given artist so they can charge more money to the unsuspecting public. Many arrest have been made and the factory is currently shut-down. Special Agents have suggested that artist whose names have appeared on these so called Custom Shop instruments and the dealers who sold them worldwide could be arrested in the near future as this ground breaking news unfolds.
 
Before joining up with Korn, Fieldy was a well known bassist in the rockabilly scene. He was actually one of the first bassists to make the switch from upright to electric but, as one could tell from his slapping technique, Fieldy hasn't entirely abandoned his rockabilly roots.
 
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