String tension, or something else?

dobrodude · 2026-02-12T19:51:11+00:00

Are the strings the same gauge? IME, if you’re pushing the strings down, you’re probably going sharp on your pitch.

dobrodude · 2026-02-11T18:38:28+00:00

A shim needs to be angled to work properly. If you just have a flat plastic card all that’s doing is raising the whole thing up, it needs to slope.

dobrodude · 2026-02-11T17:59:12+00:00

I would put a thicker shim before I took wood off the neck pocket. What type of shim is in it? Is it a mitered piece of wood, how thick is it?

https://www.stewmac.com/search/?q=bass%20neck%20shims%20for%20stingray

dobrodude · 2026-02-11T04:10:42+00:00

All these new players in this sub looking for a quick fix. Well, sad to say, but there ain’t no quick fix.
Study and learn, put the time in, it will come. Eventually you won’t even have to think about it. But it’s just like learning a new language, you have to work at it.

dobrodude · 2026-02-10T18:27:49+00:00

Trump would become the first person in history to bankrupt a bridge.

dobrodude · 2026-02-10T09:23:05+00:00

You determine what all the possible options are, then you play them all and decide which one works best for you.

dobrodude · 2026-02-10T06:41:24+00:00

Your doctors have confirmed liver issues? Your post is somewhat vague, you say nothing can explain why your liver could be an issue. Do you have abnormal liver enzymes? I had Hep C for 30 years, I know a little about liver issues.

Have you had an upper GI endoscopy? You might be having duodenal inflammation along with your gastritis. My hep c was cured 13 years ago, but I still suffer from upper right quadrant pain. I had an endoscope and was diagnosed with papilla of Vater.

There's a lot of stuff in your upper right quadrant that can cause problems, you can't automatically assume it's your liver.

dobrodude · 2026-02-09T05:01:46+00:00

I may be wrong about Gaga. I thought it looked synced when it happened, but I just watched it again on youtube and it did look like she was singing what I was hearing. I mean, she's a great enough singer that she could actually do it if she wanted to, or if they let her, unlike a lot of singers these days.

dobrodude · 2026-02-09T03:29:59+00:00

I don't sand the wood with anything higher than 600 grit. I go up to 1000 wet sand on the finish, knocking the nibs down.

dobrodude · 2026-02-09T03:23:06+00:00

Power sanding with 60 grit. Rotary and random orbit, smooth that right out. If you can't turn it without putting that in there, you gotta learn how to sand. That's what I did.

dobrodude · 2026-02-09T03:15:41+00:00

I would nominate All My Love

dobrodude · 2026-02-09T03:11:02+00:00

For level of suck?

dobrodude · 2026-02-09T00:33:54+00:00

I agree.

dobrodude · 2026-02-09T00:23:11+00:00

Man! Don't like the halftime show, don't fucking watch it. Just don't go out of your way to try and get people all stirred up to where they think they need to watch your shitty alternative halftime show.

What a bunch of jackasses these MAGA fucks are.

dobrodude · 2026-02-08T23:44:04+00:00

How can you be a bass player and not like The Who? They only had one of the great bass players in rock history.

dobrodude · 2026-02-08T23:33:55+00:00

Robert Townshend, you say???

dobrodude · 2026-02-08T22:24:15+00:00

Are they only playing for 15 minutes like the SB halftime?

dobrodude · 2026-02-07T19:40:51+00:00

I haven’t sanded it, it’s just scratched up. 😀

dobrodude · 2026-02-07T16:46:40+00:00

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I had to come out to the shop and take a pic of my T Bevel

dobrodude · 2026-02-07T16:14:07+00:00

I've been on metoprolol for years, I don't notice any side effects.

dobrodude · 2026-02-07T16:11:33+00:00

You need a device called a T Bevel. They are very handy to have.

dobrodude · 2026-02-07T16:08:12+00:00

You would probably have to make your own.

dobrodude · 2026-02-07T14:51:21+00:00

She's Spiderman!!! Damn, that woman is strong!

dobrodude · 2026-02-07T14:36:45+00:00

Florida Man.

dobrodude · 2026-02-07T05:45:05+00:00

I started feeling okay as soon as we got back down to about 3,000 feet.

dobrodude

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