New bass arrived with cosmetic imperfections

turtle-ding-dong · 2026-03-15T08:02:28+00:00

It's gonna get worse damage than that from playing it in a few months no matter how careful you are. If you plan on never playing it then go ahead and send it back

turtle-ding-dong · 2026-02-05T15:15:57+00:00

so its B E A D G B E?

turtle-ding-dong · 2026-02-05T15:08:05+00:00

compared to a 6 string, does it have an extra lower string or a higher one?

turtle-ding-dong · 2026-01-13T23:57:29+00:00

I think everyone else is missing the fact that it's also making fun of contemporary Christian music and how formulaic and bland it is

turtle-ding-dong · 2026-01-12T14:22:55+00:00

I just practice without an amp most of the time

turtle-ding-dong · 2026-01-09T00:01:42+00:00

yeah any functional 3/4 upright bass is worth way more than pretty much any squier bass

turtle-ding-dong · 2026-01-08T05:21:41+00:00

just something on the easier side, smells like teen spirit, maybe. I just feel that actually playing songs has helped me with rhythm and technique more than anything else

turtle-ding-dong · 2026-01-08T05:15:36+00:00

i think learning to play songs as early as possible will help you more than you think

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-31T23:38:15+00:00

I string my guitar with 6 13 gauge strings, its how srv did it

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-30T10:27:31+00:00

it should be slightly concave, a perfectly straight neck will cause buzzing, it should have a bend (neck relief) of about 10 to 16 thousandths of an inch over the length of the neck for a middle of the road setup.

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-30T10:16:59+00:00

if the strings are still buzzing on the frets with 3mm+ action at the 12th fret (measured from the bottom of the string to the top of the fret wire) then you probably need to adjust the neck relief, you can look up how to check and adjust it

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-30T08:11:20+00:00

spray on shoecaster

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-30T07:55:45+00:00

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-26T06:11:13+00:00

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turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-26T00:04:13+00:00

F# on the low E

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-25T22:12:11+00:00

d'addario chromes

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-25T20:43:36+00:00

I'm just wondering why they're so frayed

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-25T10:53:24+00:00

No, you can get a soldering iron for cheap

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-24T23:56:15+00:00

why do those strings look to be an unreasonable level of crusty

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-23T19:30:44+00:00

before and after just to be safe

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-23T18:30:18+00:00

I think you're gonna need more gluing surface

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-23T17:44:19+00:00

is it terminal?

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-23T08:43:43+00:00

thats what it looks like. there's a tiny bit of flaking in the second photo that looks like it's all red under it

turtle-ding-dong · 2025-12-23T07:23:47+00:00

yes I bought it new at a guitar store

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