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I think I will pop down there sometime during the day to check it out if it's not raining.

Try an anaconda

Strung my bass up with some last night and my first impressions are. a) Not as bright sounding as my usual D'addario's which is ok for reggae. b} Much smoother feel and not like the sandpaper feel that I usually experience with new strings. c) I may be mistaken but they feel like they have less tension than my normal strings which isn't a problem Have a band rehearsal tomorrow so I should get a better idea of what they will sound like live.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1441445714' post='2858912'] put the strings on, and stretch/pull them. it pulls the windings to there optimum capacity.thus pre-empting there natural stretch and going out of tune over time. its a must when putting on new strings for me. tune up, then pull on a string then check your tuning. [/quote] yep that's what I've always done and I'm amazed at the number of players who don't do that and they leave loads of windings on the peg too.

Yeah, all makes sense but I'm gonna try some new, to me, elixir's and see how they hold up. Perfect opportunity to oil the fingerboard as well. Thanks for your relevant comments and the humour in the irrelevant ones... :-)

http://pursuingtone.com/fusion-guitar-iphone-integration-amp-speakers-indiegogo/

You make a great sound with that bass.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1441222132' post='2857117'] [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/leonid_bruk_balalaika_contrabass_sm.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] This is a balalaika and i've seen quite a number of these being played at WOMAD in the past in a band where all the musicians were playing three stringed instruments like these of various sizes and tunings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balalaika

I've used elixir's on my electric guitars for many years now and I rate those highly. I;ve never tried them on bass but this week I recently two sets of elixir 5 string bass sets 45 - 130 that I bought on line and plan to put them on my all maple bass before my next gig to see how well I get on with them.

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1441404745' post='2858749'] Frankly I think it serves him right for wondering about out there beyond the fifth fret [/quote] + 1 :-)

I have a bass that I use exclusively for reggae and the round wound strings on it are around a year and a half old. That is an unusually long time for me to keep strings on a bass but I wanted to see if I got a warmer more mellow tone over time for the genre with old strings. However, last weekend I played a gig with the bass and whilst the strings were in tune in the open position there were a number of places on the bass, more noticeably 7th fret and below, where the notes sounded very slightly off pitch and as a result I found myself bending the strings to pitch during some of the songs. I checked the tuning during the gig and the open strings stayed in tune all the way through the gig. I've recently got some Elixir's so will most likely put them on the bass and check the intonation before the next gig. But I just wondered if it's normal for older strings to lose their pitch along their length.

Looks good but those demo's make it sound too gritty for my taste. I'll try on out when I see one in a shop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TJ_UMV7sGQ&spfreload=10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL1oxAuot0A&spfreload=10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_4vYpk9JNY&spfreload=10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwBl9L869jY&spfreload=10

You will find lots of tracks with multi-tracked bass lines on recordings by Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1439911532' post='2846692'] Any ideas where best to buy small pieces of suitable woods ? [/quote] I got John Diggins (Jaydee custom guitars) to do mine for me I'm sure there are decent places on-line to get small pieces of wood.

I played a great gig at Cobbles in Lough, Lincolnshire on Friday night and they couldn't be more helpful to us. Helped us set up the P.A. carried boxes etc from the van, offered to make us breakfast the following morning even though we were staying in a local hotel for two nights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-zKMsj5rio

Not done it on bass but i changed the one on my fender strat to a quilted maple one and it looks great.

I tied it twice so far. My bass gives me individual pickup outputs rather than bi-amping through a crossover. I tried it on a reggae gig but it didnt give me anything noticeably better. Last December i tried it at a big venue jazz-funk gig and it sounded great but it was a rush so i didnt have time to really check out properly how better or worse it was compared to mono. The sound guy took a di from each of my rack pre-amps and a mic from each cab. He did that because it was being multi track recorded into protools. Here is a preview from the gig http://youtu.be/o3DD0UbiRrY

Mica from Alembic reported it to the forum and posted photo's http://alembic.com/club/messages/403/211738.html?1438855531 Hope that helps the owner get it back.

If you are looking for a lightweight case that is flight case standard. You can get a Scott Dixon case. I have a few of them for guitar and one for bass and they are really strong and high quality. [url="http://www.scottdixoninc.com/#!Coffin%20Guitar%20Case%202/zoom/cgnx/i91uvg"]http://www.scottdixoninc.com/#!Coffin%20Guitar%20Case%202/zoom/cgnx/i91uvg [/url]

There are a number of options I've had some success with and you might find useful depending on your guitar amp. I have a Roland JC 120 and, on a few occasions when space has been at a premium i've done these. ( a ) set it up on it's side on the floor so the 2x12" speakers are one above the other which seems to project a lot better. Then you can tilt it back to get the firing line closer to your ears. ( b ) set it on it's side on something like a crate or flight case cab etc. Both of these will get the sound higher up towards your ears and the plus point for me is that I can keep my personal volume down.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1439076904' post='2839863'] Neither would i. there are plenty of off the shelf basses that will blow you away. [/quote] I'd love to have a custom bass but my reality check is that I have a great alembic series bass and dont think i could specify anything that would give me better sounding or playability experience. so for now at least im off that market. However if someone was forcing the money into my hands to have one i'd get alembic to make me short scale 4 string series 2 bass. :-)

Latest update, apparently 20 guitars including a stick were stolen. Here are a couple of pictures of the Alembic bass that has been posted on the site. [attachment=198004:211746.jpg] [attachment=198003:211745.jpg] This headstock, body styling and electronics is quite an unusual configuration for an Orion bass.