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Red Water - Type O Negative

Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

Phrases such as: 1. Always had it. 2. You must have forgotten the colour, its always been bright silver 3. it was so cheap, it would have cost money not to buy it. 4. I sold some other stuff so its actually cost nothing welcome rob

All in you've made quite a lot of changes to how you play these days Lozz. I've had a set of the Elixir steels on my Warwick Thumb for over 12 yrs now and they still sound ok. TBH i only play it in the house on rare occasions. My gigging basses will get approx 6mths to a year before i notice the tone rolling off. I need to try the steels on my VM4 to see if they sound any different. Dave

Are we looking at the same bass? 😆 I can see what looks like a standard Rickenbacker, two pickups, chrome hardware.

White willows - Kadabra

I love the sound of my flat wounds and I have done 50 or more gigs with mine. What I do find is that the longer you had them, the more frequently you need to tune them. Ultimately, I love my bass and the strings, so will change when they break or drop out of tune during a song!

Pussy Willow - Jethro Tull

Yep, I tend to go for Vans myself, except that I tie the shoelaces! I used to wear Converse but, even though they are undoubtedly the coolest option for urban footwear, unfortunately they are too narrow for my feet...!

You’re exactly right😀

Hi, welcome

I cheated 😃 Dropped a fairly high output Warman JazzBar in place. Then cut a PG to hide it.

My plans have changed - I have ditched a conflicting event (long story) - so I will now attend and I will bring some kit. I'll probably bring my ACG 4 and Manton 6.

I think if you’re not enjoying the sound from your bass… that’s when you change them.

Over the half century I’ve been playing the bass my preference of strings have changed from rondwounds to flatwounds. Reason for it is not the subject about my post but I prefer more fundamental sound flatwonds offer. I have enjoyed Ernie Ball cobalt flats 45-130 set on my main instrument, Sadowsky Metro modern for little over 7 years now. I am always very strict to clean my hands before playing and fortunately my hands doesn’t sweat at all. I also clean my strings daily with microfiber cloth and about once in a month with isopropynol alcohol. However, last months I’ve noticed especially B, E, A - strings getting duller sounding. I know stories about Duck Dunn’s ancient strings but I wonder how long they last without breaking. My father tought me how to to break a nail by twisting it back and worth. I guess that same phenomenon is happening when a string is vibrating. Your toughts?

Having said that, I bought my Mono twin case 12 years ago, and it's still going strong, nothing fallen off, no broken zips etc. had a couple of tears in the outer fabric from loading against flight cases with sharp edges. However, these were easily fixed by running a bead of Gorilla super glue along the teat and holding together for few minutes.......😎👍

Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats

If you buy basses and avoid mentioning to your significant other that you've even bought one, never mind how much it cost, you're amongst friends here! Welcome back into the bass playing fold.

Thanks for the suggestions. I really want to stick below £150. Any more and I’d almost justify buying a new bass that has a bag included! I’ll look into these and buy something!

March In September - New Model Army

I love this bass and even more I love the thought behind it.