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For a little while there were individual videos for all the tracks but the Metallica management got upset at those so they took them down and just did this complete album vid. There are still some by the same people - but with even higher bass levels that are great for learning but too high for listening. Fortunately I was able to grab the individual tracks before they were taken down!

I've got a 6.5lb, a 7.5lb and a 7.75lb And then two 9lb that will be going sooner or later. So I don't really need another bass, but you know!

Anyone apart from Skinnyman got one of these now? I keep finding myself using the GK800 model on my Helix so I'm thinking more about a GK amp.

I really fancy one of the active almost stingray ones. I'll never find one under 8lb though

The model in the Helix sounds very good. I've never played a real one, but when comparing recordings it seems close enough.

Every 5 minutes.

As Sterling Ball says it's the bass - it's the bass.

The million dollars bit is on film in “Some kind of monster” It was an advance on future earnings rather than a gift.

I suspect the music would have been more interesting and yet less commercially successful. I can’t see Burton fitting on The Black Album.

Best one I’ve found.

I really like Dunlop flats too. Great strings!

Still too much faff with tube warm up times and moving them every 40 mins.

I have owned most of those. Also, that’s not the point of my post as I’ve explained.

You have a problem! 😂

The Phil Jones amps don’t have fans. Ive often wondered about picking up a D400 purely as a power amp for my helix. Just an idea... could an amp be built with a fan defeat switch where that defeat limits the max volume. Like a safety feature making it sure it cannot o too loud / hot. So don’t let it overheat and shut down, but actually limit the power of the amp when the fan is off - just won’t get any louder no matter how the controls are set if the fan is defeated?

Welcome to the club! I'm definitely getting a 2nd one so I can have 1 with flats and the other with rounds.

More mids. If the pedal doesn't have a blend then the Boss LS-2 can be a life saver. Put the drive into one of the loops on the LS-2 and leave the other one unconnected. Then you can blend clean with it. Overdrive sounds are naturally compressed and the clean sound may decay at a faster rate than the drive. Often a good idea to compress the clean just enough so the decay on a note is about the same.

That's quite subliminal... you are telling me I need more than 1 P bass? I'll let the wife know!

Lots of flats have big low ends that cancel out the mid EQ curve. TI Flats don't. They don't sound like any other string to me. I love them on a precision.

They are now installed on my Sandberg. Seem to be very high output compared to the flats I had on there. Quite smooth feeling for rounds. Bit bright at the moment but give it a week and they'll calm down. I think I like them. Just a shame I cant try them with a band at the moment.

TI Flats I reckon. Highs are gentle, lows are controlled and not boomy. Mids are obvious.

It was a Status Streamline. I love status basses. But I only kept that for a year - the newer (at the time) square ish neck shape was horrible. Gave me hand cramps and just wasn't comfy. I loved the sound, the low weight, the bendwell / 32inch scale, the balance, but the neck shape killed it for me. Sold it at a massive loss (it had LEDS). I'd love one with a jazz neck profile or even a sort of mid point between J and P. But they don't offer that. Alas. It would be on my next major birthday present list if it was.

I really must try one at some point.