my strings are hitting my fingerboard

You need to resetup your bass:
ALL BASIC SETUP QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE

 

Aidil provided a link.
Click on it.

 

@Giacomo1311, seems that you aren't familiar with setting up your bass...

Yes, it's a link to a thread of setting up your bass so that you won't get string buzz (from strings hitting the frets). Lots of topic on the link, but basically, the things you need to follow are:

• readjust your truss rod to get correct neck straightness/slight curvature,
• readjust your bridge saddles height,
• check/set your bass nut action if required, and
• check/set the intonations of each strings.

 

As a bass player, we need to have at least some basic tools to make our bass in good shape, or simply to make it playable, which could be something like this:

 

I'd suggest finding the tools for the job & learn how to do it yourself, or you'll have a lifetime of paying someone else to do it for you.

 

You do not need a $30 tool kit. You need three tools. One for the truss rod, one for the bridge saddle height adjusters and one for the intonation adjusters.

Depending on the bass that will generally be a big hex key, a small hex key and a screw driver. Plus a tuner, which you should already have.

 

Two Allen wrenches, and a small Phillips screw driver. Raise the string saddles a little, and/or releive the neck a little

 

First, Welcome to TalkBass.
Wait, if all he did was take the strings off to clean the fret board, he should be able to put the strings back on and be set up. If the strings have been off a day or more then the neck may have relaxed some. String it up and let it sit for 24 hours and then check it again. Re-tune as required and he should be fine. I posted a shorter version of this and apparently it got reported as sarcasm.

 

That's helpful. ...still looking for the sarcasm

 

It was a very short curt post. I'm not getting spanked over it; forget about it.

 

Unfortunately, it sounds like it's time to throw away that bass and maybe think about switching to guitar. There's a couple of really great forums... for guitar.

 

Forgot already...