Oh Man, Someone Failed "Bass String Installation 101"

[Corigan]

Best string install for metal thread..

I'm a metalhead, it's a joke.

 

[LedReign]

the seller did say it plays fast and makes sweet sounds. Maybe they know something we don't know about basses.....

 

[prowla]

It's a drop-nut.

 

[Watchootognbout]

One of those guys who calls himself an "Individual"
A "Character"
Yeah.....mmm hmmm...

 

[Microbass]

In today's world with so much information at our fingertips, what possesses someone to do something like that?
I have a hard enough time dealing with things when the silks don't come out even.
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Rotosound?

 

[two fingers]

Yeah that nut popped and slid over due to tension. The owner didn't do it intentionally. He's just too ignorant to realize it happened.

 

[castlev]

I ocd about the number of wraps around each peg. He didn't even cut the strings, he just kept winding and winding. All that after spending extra on blue coated DR's because he wanted to look cool.

 

[Vodyanoi]

The B isn't even over the fingerboard!

Brings the "air guitar" to a whole new level, I suppose.

 

[Hypercaffium]

It adds mojo.

 

[BarqsBitMe]

In today's world with so much information at our fingertips, what possesses someone to do something like that?
I have a hard enough time dealing with things when the silks don't come out even.
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There are still countless numbers of people who drive around without seatbelts. Access to information isn't the issue I think lol.

 

[jd56hawk]

There are still countless numbers of people who drive around without seatbelts. Access to information isn't the issue I think lol.

A few years back, I never wore a seatbelt.

 

[mellowgerman]

 

[SixtyCycleHum]

I've seen some badly-strung basses, but shifting the nut to one side to accommodate? That's a whole 'nother level of bad...

https://reverb.com/ca/item/50165012-ibanez-2021-sr605-cosmic-blue-5-string-bass

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My brain melted trying to figure out exactly what the funk is going on here..

 

[flannel cat]

I would be asking about the nut first.

its the new ''adjusto nut'' version.

 

[SixtyCycleHum]

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Sadly, even this dingus knows how to string his bass.

 

[SixtyCycleHum]

I ocd about the number of wraps around each peg. He didn't even cut the strings, he just kept winding and winding. All that after spending extra on blue coated DR's because he wanted to look cool.

They're actually not that expensive, comparative to competing brands. They are just a gimmick. DR Suns with a coating that chips off a little more every time you look at it and sounds *wretched* once they die.

 

[Gunga Din]

Worthy of He Who Shall Not Be Named, over in the UK.

 

[Plain Old Barry]

I've seen some badly-strung basses, but shifting the nut to one side to accommodate? That's a whole 'nother level of bad...

https://reverb.com/ca/item/50165012-ibanez-2021-sr605-cosmic-blue-5-string-bass

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I see this often on Craigslist!

 

[halcyo]

Gave himself extra room to do big bends on tha G string.

 

[gln1955]

It's not a bug, it's a feature.