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Ibanez show 12 fret and 22/24 widths on their site, as well as thickness. It would be good if others did that too. BTW - AFAIK all Sandberg 5 strings are 45mm nut.

Or this

Don't Rotos have red white and blue ball ends?

Unless these are significantly cheaper than the 500W versions - what is the point? They all have volume controls.

NI shouldn’t need any forms, it’s part of UK! I had a cretin at a PO who didn’t know the difference between NI and ROI. That was exhausting to sort out.

Green screen and add them after?

Put an East retro preamp in it.

I would like to go amp free but only me and the keyboard are amplified in my big band. Everything else is acoustic only. No PA system at all So I'm out of luck.

Allianz insurance have just started this database https://missinginstruments.co.uk/ So if you've got a missing or stolen instrument, get it listed and cut down the chance of a resale.

Allianz insurance have just created this - a database for missing instruments https://missinginstruments.co.uk/ Get it listed and help cut down the resale chance

I used to have the Club 1x12 and it was very nice with a 5.

if I was worried about fruit on pizza not being manly enough then I’d have to take the tomatoes off too. Good try though. For 50 years I haven’t liked pineapple in any form. Raw, cooked, juiced, dried, you name it.

a little bit of something. I like it on even when the settings mean it’s not doing much compressing.

I had a big 4K monitor lost on the way to me recently. Fortunately it was Amazon and they sent out a replacement quickly.

Boss BC-1X It's a multiband but works out all the difficult stuff under the bonnet so you don't have to. It's quite remarkable. I no longer have a Cali76 / Darkglass / ThorpyFX / Empress because of it.

This. Most guitarists can't even tell if they're in tune.

Steve Harris. I had been playing guitar due to Brian May but then a mate had "Live After Death" and it blew my mind.

I've never had that. I like the top end when they calm down a bit. They are a bit too bright for me out of the packet, but after a rehearsal or 2 the top end is tamed and then they seem to stay constant for a long time. I've tried so many others and always come home that I'm thinking of putting stickers on the back of the headstocks with a "BEHAVE! You'll only waste money" on it!

For roundwounds I always come back to D'Addario Prosteels. Every few years I try some others and spend far too much money, and then come back to them. There's just something I like about how they feel and sound. For flats I like some different types. Dunlops are my favourite but I like Ti and EB as well. Didn't like the La Bella Low Tension Flats at all. They got very sticky every time I played.

Me! I’ve got a heavy brass one that sounds ace.

I’m finding that I get more of the note fundamental as well. Less fret clank so fewer overtones with normal plucking. I like the sound of the Monel flats but they are such high tension they didn’t work for me. I also think I have a little bit of a nickel reaction to them. I’ve given both my Sandbergs another quarter turn on the truss rod and the action is now stupidly low but with no fret buzz anywhere.

Lovely!

Smallest ones I've found are the EBS ones https://www.amazon.co.uk/EBS-Cables-PCF-10-Patch-Cable/dp/B00I4IKVTU/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=ebs+flat+patch+cable&qid=1666705601&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjI1IiwicXNhIjoiMy4wOCIsInFzcCI6IjIuODgifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=ebs+%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-5

Since I ruptured a tendon in my right hand middle finger, and then developed arthritis in the proximal finger joint I have been moving to lighter and lighter gauge strings in the hope that I might reduce the times when the finger kind of hooks onto the string rather than just plucking it. On one of my basses I've also got a ramp which really helps. But I needed to restring my shorty and I put some Dunlop 45-105 flats on it and they are pretty high tension compared with what I'm used to, even with the short scale. It does not have a ramp on it (yet). But I wasn't hooking nearly as much as I was with the previous strings. So, experiment time. I took off the very flexible Ti Jazz Rounds that were on my Sanderg 5 and put on a set of D'addario Prosteel 45-105 (with a Tapered .130 B). A quick tweak of the set up later I'm playing far more fluidly on it and it doesn't have a ramp yet (it will still get one). It seems that the lower tension strings were too easy to move laterally so the damaged finger was pulling it along with it rather than plucking it and then moving onwards. The higher tension strings cannot be moved as easily so it forces the finger to straighten and move past it instead, and the string doesn't get taken along for the ride. Ok - my left hand is now complaining from doing more work, but that strength will build up quickly. I've not used 45-105 for decades. Usually 40-100 or 35-95. I still need to get the action spot on and I do like a stupidly low action. With the higher tension strings I can make it even lower than it was before. I am very happy at this discovery. The injury has really affected my playing and I'm discovering that even tiny changes can make a massive difference. Roll on next rehearsal!