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As I’m currently working on a different style of music I’m thinking a - hold on to your seats peoples - 5 string may be beneficial. There’s a lot more riffage in the material so I’m debating on this big time, plus the ideal bass, a fiver of my current 4 string Jazz is on here at present.

Some nice sounds there, Andy

I used Rotos for years, never once had a bad string. However due to their less than impressive life span I did a bit of research and many other Roto-lovers recommended Warwick Red Labels (steel version). They’re very similar in sound, and last at least twice, maybe three times as long. Maybe worth trying their nickel version?

Don’t use Parcelforce, their T&Cs prohibit payout on musical instruments.

Yep, looks like some form of dual humbuckers, possibly active, so if a different pickup setup on the bass used, well it could be tricky to emulate it. I reckon you could get nearby with a Jazz using both pickups.

Depends on sound looking for, and bass being used but for me using a Precision I’d cut a bit at 400 and boost a bit at 3.2.

Yes that was a great explanation, one which I’ll remember as am now trying to have easy playing basses rather than telephone wires on iron girders style set ups.

Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. Not particularly difficult to play, it’s just remaining in the headspace of the continual riff for much of the song and keeping disciplined. And agree, Dave, Zep basslines are great, am glad I’ve finally gotten round to learning some of their material.

How on earth did you manage to score that beauty then?

Yep, for vintagey sounds Toneriders are a good call, sound very similar to Fender Custom Shop 62s.

Well depending on cab you can daisy chain so as to use two cabs, so you’re not restricted to just the one. I’ve only used the TC RH amps with their RS cabs and they were a very good pairing.

At a gig in Manchester last year that came on on the jukebox - us kockneykunts as we were affectionately known joined in and showed the northernmonkeys a thing or two about how to sing along to a proper song.

He was no slouch in his Kajagoogoo days so he must be pretty immense now.

These are great basses, I foolishly sold mine.

Good call, I have this as my ringtone, no matter what my mood is every time I hear it it makes me feel better.

If you had more they would form an even surface, so no tripping hazards......

Has a bit of n Another One Bites The Dust sort of feel to it. Great to hear the bass being used properly in some modern songs.

Agree. For some reason though I only like this format on Stingrays, on other basses it just looks wrong to me.

Black, black, maple:

I’ve Jazzes with both, and true to that old theory, I sound like me on either, the spacing doesn’t really affect the sound for me. That said my fave Jazz sound is Deon Usted playing for Wham! Whichever he used is the one I like the sound of best. I suspect a 70s purely to the era, but I may be wrong.

Parcelforce delivered to my work today, and we’re sited near a DHL depot which appears to be working as usual.

Really nice sound on that too, is that very representative of a regular 2-band eq Stingray?

Luckily I’ve just started playing a Jazz....

I put those on all my Fender basses too, you can get specific retainers for the US models, for the Mex/Squiers I get Hipshot ones, saves a lot of hassle for less than £20.

I use the Dunlop Tortex Triangles - essentially due to its shape you get three points on it, so 3 picks for the price of one. I`m a confirmed pick player, used 1.14mm for years, then dropped a bit to 1mm. I`ve now reduced again to 0.88mm, I find them a little bit easier to do intricate riffs with plus, and a rather strange one here, I`ve always like the sound when using the nail on my index finger to play with, and the 0.88s are the pick that sound nearest to that, so I have two reasons to use them. They also have a very cool tortoise on them.