Great video! Shocks me how few players know how to care for their guitars. As a part time bass tech I would like to add some important steps. You should tighten ALL screws and bolts when the strings are off. Especially check these on the tuners, they do get loose over time. You should also lube the bridge saddles and nut where they contact the strings with tune lube, nut sauce, or the like. This helps with tuning stability. The trick to cutting your strings to the proper length is measure 2 tuners past the tuner your on. You can condition any fretboard wood with ordinary mineral oil. You can get this at CVS, Walmart, whatever. Costs like $2 and will last FOREVER, little goes a long way. Wipe on, let it soak in for 10 minutes, then wipe off. You should also polish the fret wire while you have the strings off. NEVER adjust the action with the strings off. Matter of fact you should almost never need to adjust the bridge once it's properly set up. If your action is high or low, it's the truss rod. Truss rod should be adjusted 2-4 times a year, or with any major season changes (your neck moves with the weather).
Btw changing strings every other month isn't necessary if you have flatwounds as they age a lot slower and the quality of the strings can also change how long they sound good for
Maple boards have a clear coat finish on them (unless you’ve worn it off over time), so unless you know it’s old school nitrocellulose lacquer, there’s really not much that can hurt it. Some brands will also clear coat over rosewood (Rickenbacker). I’d recommend doing all of this on a new bass (or guitar) as you have no idea where it’s been kept. I’ve had a brand new guitar that must have been sitting in a dry warehouse somewhere for who knows how long and the rosewood looked grey and felt so dry. It just soaked up fretboard conditioner and the rosewood just popped back to life.
Before removing all 4 stings make sure you have the right hex key and know how to adjust the truss rod, if you don't, change the strings one at a time.
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Had the same a set of flats on my Aria for 15 years. When I took them off and put on round wounds I even managed to sell the flats for $20 (hey, strings were expensive back in New Zealand).
I get 2 months out of strings if I all I do is play. I get six months if I use Fast Fret regularly (regularly being somewhere between after every time I’ve played it and weekly).
Change bass strings every few months? I would be spending about $1,000 per year on La Bella flatwounds!!! I've had La Bella flatwound 760FS Deep Talkin' Bass strings on my Fender P bass for three years and they show no sign of aging.
I wash my hands before i play my basses, every time. This way the stings last much longer without getting dirty and loose their new like performance. My high gloss laquered bass don't get greasy finger print marks when being handled by clean new washed hands. This way my basses are easy to clean, using a little mild soap water damp micro fiber cloth. And a little wood oil after, on un laquered wood. I use regular hardwood oil that has a little wax. And the bare wood becomes easy to clean without drying up.
