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I've not tried them since early 80's but worth a shot if they last longer and don't take my fingertips off like rounds do Worth a try i think. Little more expensive than my Dingwall strings but if they last longer that's good for me. Will just need to see how the tone sounds with them. Dave

Just ordered a set

Bass Direct doing the LaBella low tension flats for £38 seems to be a good price

Just googled the LaBella Low tension flats and they look very interesting. Think i might try them on my Sandberg VM4 when current strings have worn out in next few weeks. Thanks for pointing them out. Dave

Just found Rotosound do 40-100 flats. Strings Direct

I've tried other studios much the same description as you mention but still £30 / 3 hrs so its worthwhile using this one. Many famous artists use it sometimes pre gig rehearsal for SSEC OR Hydra. Steely Dan were in few mths back. Beyonce, Chris Glenn who had Michael Schenker on guitar just to name a few that i recognised. Chill room with large comfy seats and TV, coffee machine and snack machines too. All major towns and cities should have this kind of quality instead of paying for a dump in a dark and damp basement. I guess we are just lucky in Glasgow area. There are a few other studios that compete and try to emulate Berkeley Studios but this is my favoured one. Dave

Didn't know that either. Bit heavy for me too.

I've not had flats on a bass since early 80's with my P fretless. Always seems to be a P bass with flats. I'm quite curious to see where this goes but also curious as to whether they sound good on other types of basses like Sandberg VM4 or even a Jazz bass Dave

The rooms we use generally a decent sized room all air-con with all the gear supplied pretty good quality. Usual bass amps are EBS HD360 or Aguilar AG500 thru Ampeg 810 cabs. Marshall guitar amps and i think it Pearl drum kits (see pic attached) £35 / 3hrs As much as the bass rigs are pretty good gear i'm never really happy with my sound no matter what bass i use. If i listen back to recording bass sounds pretty good in the mix. Then i decided to take my own Mesa rig in to get used to it before gigging with it and couldn't believe the difference it made to our sound. The full band commented on it. Full, warm and altho not overly loud you could just feel the bass as well as hear it. My point being that sometimes using your own rig can make the difference on how you hear the band in full. Listening to the recordings of it there was a different bass sound but not as much as i thought it would be based on the difference i heard in the studio. Dave

Of course you now need to ask yourself how your P bass would have sounded in the 2nd rig / room. ? Would your P bass sound good thru any amp cause its a P bass. Dave

Sounds more like the amp is the issue rather than the bass.

That was good. Enjoyed it a lot.

Really enjoyed that and loved that little fill at 1:15. Loved the bass tone and didn't think it had too much mid or treble. Sounded just about right for that song. Great vocals all round and would never have guessed the singer had any issues that day. Spot on for me. Well done. Dave

Is that a Zon bass as well. What is it like. Always fancied one of them. Looks like a great session for you guys. Well done and look forward to hearing a clip from the recordings. Dave

Camel - A Live Record always a fav of mine.

I did actually enjoy your Jazz clip. Memories from when i was younger and picked up many tips from listening to Jazz albums like that. Cheers Dave

That new software i installed has done the trick. I got that one

Sorry i picked you up wrong there. I've updated the software and re-tuned my humour awareness sensor as it had long gone out of date. Hopefully i'll pick up on things a lot quicker Apologies Dave

Thomann will probably have them.

One of these perhaps

It was tongue in cheek hence the wee laughing face.

Or go down the acoustic bass route.

A bass might help with that strap

A welcome return i reckon. You're never too old to be in a band even if it means an old farts band. Its still playing with friends and gigging always helps. I'm like you these days and a lot more relaxed about playing in bands. I've no delusions of fame and fortune or for it to be a full time occupation. Its just a bit of fun with like-minded mates. We mistakenly took on a keys player this year who was in it solely for money. He was upfront from the start but he didn't fit in along with the rest of us as we just love what we do. He's now gone and a dep in his place until a proper replacement can be found. I'm 59 yrs old and only got back into bands 9 yrs ago and never been as busy with bands and offers. Been with these guys approx 18mths now but took a while to get it off the ground for various reasons. In that 9yrs i've done the Prog, Classic, Blues, Blues/funk, 70/80 covers, tributes, done the clubs, caravan parks, private venues and few local pub venues for each band i've been in. Tried being in 2 bands at same time but just a bit too much time involved. I plan to enjoy playing in bands for as long as i can. You've nothing to lose really. Wishing you all the very best with your project and keep us posted. Dave

No change for me either. Always liked the bass so it seemed the right way to go for me. Still love playing bass. Dave