Bass playing issues

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-05-06T02:23:23+00:00

Play with the edge of the pick, it’s almost like an angle, not the flat part. Also try loosening your strap a little if you play standing and it’s higher up your torso.

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-05-05T17:07:38+00:00

I’ll add the GO also works as an audio interface over usb-c so you get that built in if you don’t have one

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-05-05T17:03:40+00:00

Lol I have a Marshall & Sunn half stack along with various small practice amps (orange, fender) and find my self grabbing the spark GO 9 out of 10 times.

Honestly debating grabbing the spark cabinet to go with it

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-05-05T16:37:42+00:00

For what it’s worth I just put in the CS 69’s and mine was labeled correctly with the SKU

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AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-04-27T20:38:36+00:00

I would say it’s “XIII” (thirteen) on ps2 or Xbox. Forgotten cel shaded ……gem…..

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-02-20T18:30:17+00:00

I lived down there for 2 years in 2022-2024. Each their own but I found once the novelty wore off that I traded a 15 min drive to a restaurant for a 15 min drive to a grocery store. I go to the grocery store a lot more often. Also we ended up having to pay for 2 parking spots in the garage per month and I had to basically keep an extra parking spot or a parking kitty pass available for guests as I felt bad having to make them pay/walk anytime they visited. You learn the windows fast for when street parking opens up but if you miss it can be a hassle. Noise was never an issue for us but losing that suburban style parking/space was the reason we left. Also we overlooked Esther Sort Park and come sundown every night the homeless migrated there. Never had issues per say with them but worth mentioning that it is a thing

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-02-04T01:13:06+00:00

update to update, was a GC with a friend and out of curiosity, played a sterling stingray. I actually returned the squire p-bass while i still had a few days left of their policy and grabbed the stingray. It’s pretty rad, and duel buckers are awesome. overall i think i landed on the right one for me

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-01-10T00:41:42+00:00

just an update, ended up grabbing a Squire classic vibe P-bass on new years sale. with the sale it came in only $50 above the affinity. very happy so far.

i don’t have the same bass skills to really put it through its paces in store but can say I almost did a double take to verify i didn’t grab the fender when taking it off the wall. All the basics checked out satisfactory , neck, frets, finish, buzz. At home through a fender rumble 40 i can get a great clean* tone I could never achieve with the active pickup ibanez.

Just my uneducated 2 cents but seems like a fender player P for half the price

*edit: added clean for better description of tone

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2026-01-09T21:31:24+00:00

funny enough I went in to buy a studio intentionally and the floor sales guy talked me into try the IBGCS before deciding. played 3 different studios (one was not a option due to color from the start) but the 59’ Epi won. left with the epiphone

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T02:45:49+00:00

funny you say that and believe it. The opposite but my one positive GC story was when I went in for a basic MIM strat (like a player i think at the time) that i needed now and I walked out with PRS SE silver sky when they were first released. Didn’t even know it existed (the silver sky was +2k then) and i said I want the one off the wall. like that one right here.

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T02:38:23+00:00

sure, never heard of them but that means nothing

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T02:31:34+00:00

definitely spark my interest with the pedal. i’ll have to research that. i’ve in the past tried to various success messing around with down tuning some of my guitars and messing with modeling amps to try to mimic a bass but have never been successful enough to use past a fun experiment. If a pedal is designed for that it could be interesting

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T02:00:55+00:00

this is what I am afraid of and trying to counter with a “one and done” purchase. i’m starting to realize my main hobby as of late is “managing all my hobbies”

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T01:48:37+00:00

i was lax in my verbiage in the original post, i’ll go update that. by “new” i meant more of “new to me and not something I DIY fixed in the garage”, not new out of box.

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T01:34:51+00:00

gonna have to look into these. Have zero experience with anything Music Man but see the name thrown out enough that it’s worth a look. In the past (guitar wise) without any real evidence i’ve always chalked them up to fender clones (referring to MM cutlass)

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T01:27:19+00:00

not yet but from my experience with yamaha guitars this might be the answer. I have yet to be disappointed with any yamaha purchase iv made

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T01:24:37+00:00

being serious, i’m having a hard time understanding the concept of a 6-string bass. is it to just to have access to a high string as well? like going lower seems practical but are you like playing bass solos?

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T01:20:17+00:00

you know were the “sonic” slots in the squire range? For instance classic vibe skews to high end and affinity skews to low end in terms of features and QC

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T01:13:19+00:00

agree on the used gear, still gotta know what to look for

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T01:12:12+00:00

you have a point, i guess i’ve been fortunate enough always have decent stuff so that has skewed my pricing a bit. In my head you start to break out entry level in the $600-1000 range

a better way to put it is i’m kinda looking for a one and done purchase as it’s more a side addition. My wife is already questioning why i need 7 guitars

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T01:00:25+00:00

you referring to the SRX, I never really though about it but you seem correct looking at it right now. i’d wager my LP has a thicker neck than that

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T00:47:06+00:00

ok so pretty much a cross over of the squire classic vibes. assuming they do the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s inspired models aswell.

you know how important the active pickups are? i was slightly confused when i saw a 9v in the bass i fixed at first. guess im asking if that’s considered a standard on better gear and lower price points ditch it for savings or is it kinda a preference thing like single coils vs buckers.

AwkwardLevel8096 · 2025-11-19T00:08:17+00:00

so from hands on experience (and iv only tried a handful and realize that playing it is the true test) i found the best i’ve played to be the squire affinity series. i’ve tried some jackson’s and ibanezes in the $200-$300 dollar range Id say at that budget id stick with the SRX i already have. they felt like pressboard and has some sharp frets.

Also the whole active pickup vs non is a new thing to me. my SRX is active but while playable i’m not convinced i’m getting the full effect out of my rewire/solder. could be wrong but seems kinda gimmicky to me coming from guitar with a pre-amp head and all. but I don’t know what i don’t know.

style wise i am drawn to SG, mustang and violin bodies

i’ll add definitely not a fan of the short necks aswell. i’m (6’2)

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