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Awesome, congrats.

It keeps on impressing me! First time now I ran it out with a Jazz and flats and it had loads of punch, pop and burp, So these are not just suited to P's. Didn't have to touch the amp controls at all. Edit to add, we do an outdoor'er on Saturday and I won't be going through the PA, so should see if the 4-10's can kick it out.

If you don't have one, you'll gas for one at some point. I know I did! P bass, Sunburst and Maple mmmm (classy)

I get mileage and looks out of my 51 P with flats on for that type of stuff. I have also used a Ray as well, so guess it's what exact type of sound you're after.

Nice bass. You really need to own one at some point to be able to get over Ric GAS

Look forward to hearing it. All those basses and it could of all been done with just a P

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431500096' post='2771864'] I'm not so sure Lozz, but then I don't have a back problem (yet). Good luck. [/quote] I'm of the same feeling, I wouldn't part with any of my older P's. Mind you my 70 and 73 both weigh under 4kgs.

I'm not sure how relevant this might be to you, but in near on 40 years of me playing bass other than breaking a string I have never had to revert to my back-up! Maybe I have just been lucky? I'd keep both P's Lozz and not worry about trying to match the sounds too much, the chances of it being that critical are rather minimal imo.

Yes, anything by this lot. My Daughter was into them big time when she was 14-15.. luckily for me she is over it now. I'd start to get aggressive and angry when I heard him start to scream or shout [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNf3EdqNx8[/media]

I have gone off flats a bit recently but still have a couple of basses strung with them. Roto tru bass I have strung on my fretless P, fairly low tension but pretty stiff (if that makes sense). I have gone back to the old La Bella's after using Fender flats for a while and I would now say they give me the best all round feel and sound. I do tend to change my mind every few months though

Great that you guys are doing something a little different. Sounds sweet, good luck.

Nice one. I have a single coil Frailin in my 51 RI and it's by far the most sensitive pickups I have, It's fairly hot and seems to react a lot to the volume and tone blending. Not sure how the split P's are. Looks like a nice bass.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1430478789' post='2761784'] I really like that. Good job. [/quote] Me too. and the tapped note was sweet. I did wonder a few months back when you said you had problems in the band and that they were thinking of outing you, how they would ever find a decent replacement.

I know what you mean Lozz, some of those 70's pups just have that sparkle. I haven't tried a lot of aftermarket Precision pickups but the SD anitquity II's I had were nice but a bit more old school and 60's sounding to my ear. Before I got my 70's pups rewired and working again I was thinking of asking Mark at Limelight if they'd flog me a pair. Let us know how you get on.

I love playing along to the old Police tunes. I had the guys mess about at practice trying a few Police tunes a couple of times, unfortunately our drummer wasn't really up to the task I love the mix of whitman reggae-rock that they had. Sting had/has great timing in his playing and had the skill and ear to never overplay his lines and the chops to do each song justice. I read somewhere that during recording at one point he would often track his upright with his electric.

Loverly bass, hang on to the bloody thing this time

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1429943463' post='2756502'] Were you in SGC then Don? [/quote] I wasn't Lozz, but did a lot of roading/humping for a lot of bands back then. I was still playing bass tho.

I thought this was going to be our own tales! Going on tour with the Subs and the Death Cult back in the day there were a lot of shenanigans going on. A lot of it was pretty vulgar and illegal. Love the old school tour contracts as well [url="https://flic.kr/p/sg5VpA"][/url]

Nice one Lozz. Look forward to a review. If I'm ever after a new micro, I'd definitely be looking at these.

Might be good advice, I prefer letting it rip playing live. (depends on music type, where and situation of course)

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1429554591' post='2752579'] Cool to watch the strings oscillate (if indeed that is the correct term) [/quote] Thank you, oscillating, why couldn't I remember that. It does look cool, far better than my playing lol.

OK, I know I can't play the bloody thing! But thought I'd share the effect the camera gave to the strings vibrating. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7JCZTuw9Bs"]http://www.youtube....h?v=x7JCZTuw9Bs[/url]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1429514698' post='2752016'] personally, extra volume is not the only reason I've tended to use an extension cab, (with my Marshall MB4210) it also looks better having a bit of a stack (more rock and roll ) and also it takes the amp up to ear height which means you can hear it more clearly [/quote] I'd agree with that and you also get a little more feel with more air being pushed. I don't think it makes me want to play any louder, just gives me headroom and feel.