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I came into this thread expecting to find something about climate change/rising sea levels

So, congrats to @GlamBass74 for fixing his buzz issue then (which I'd prefer what this thread be all about instead of this f'n bickering) If it's any consolation, @GlamBass74, you inspired me to get off my butt and shield my G&L Tribute LB-100 which absolutely hates the fluorescent lighting in our rehearsal space. When I opened it up I could see why - the application of the shielding paint was pretty pathetic, more like a sieve than a shield!

The most dangerous moment for me when I was in Glasgow on Monday was seeing one of those Projectbass Curbow-like things in a pawn shop window for >£150. That made me linger for a moment before scurrying away Instead I did something productive and copper shielded my G&L Tribute LB-100 last night. And I'll have to go back to it because I ran out of copper tape before I could do the underside of the pickguard around the pickup, so that'll take up another evening of idle hands that might otherwise click on a "Add to basket" button. Presuming that copper tape doesn't count as "gear"...

I'm still using the stock strings because I'm lazy and they didn't offend me. When I need to change them I'll probably stick on some D'addario XL nickel rounds, they're my go to these days. The bass is plenty thumpy enough without compounding that with flats IMO - despite its appearance the JC can really be used in any musical setting UNLESS you pigeonhole it by compromising the top end. But what do I know? It's your bass, put on it what you like!

You could probably make up some kind of bingo/drinking game for all the same old arguments/jibes/tropes that inevitably pepper threads like these. Bonus double gulp for personal attacks! Hic!

I don't think broken as designed counts

Strings are consumables so I don't think that counts. I am probably going to buy a gig bag soon, but that is to replace one which is coming apart at the seams - I believe replacing defective things is allowed.

I do find myself missing two basses. 1978 Gibson G-3 (my first Gibson) Yamaha BB450 (can't remember the year off the top of my head. Gathered its component parts from disparate sources and reassembled it)

Nothing, as far as I could see, it's cordoned off.

Still in! They have made it easy though, I do miss the dedicated bass department downstairs in Glasgow. Basses squeezed into the corner/end wall again, surrounded on three sides by skinny stringed miniature things shaped a little like basses. Ho hum and bah humbug.

Time to put my head in the lion's mouth

Not at all, I don't have any place of authority to dictate to you what you post. It's not even my thread, was just trying to steer it back on course as a couple of threads were veering towards justifying the use of them on the E string of a 4 string, something that does not require justifying and misses the point of the thread. Any comments I made were specifically about the use of an Xtender on the B string of a 5er. People can do what they like, of course but I'm of the school of thought that you either augment a 4 string with an Xtender OR (that's XOR for the geeks) get a 5 string. Also, I'm far too grippy to get any Xtenders. I don't find the tuning of one bass string to a certain note particularly time consuming. Often times we'll just play an Eb song in E. It's hardly going to sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks by going up half a step

I think people are getting confused here. The point of the thread is to ask for opinions about having the Xtender on the B string of a 5 string bass. You don't need to justify it being on the E string of a 4 string, I get it

I'm just here for the basses...

Looking good!

I get it - I really hate it when my pickguard inexplicably and spontaneously becomes detached from the bass.

Hah, collecting for fins is easy when there are only two finishes available

Am I invisible or something? You could make it a little less obvious that no-one reads my posts

Tune to the lowest tuning you need for that song and just learn it in that tuning?

Has he confused the words "educate" and "berate" maybe?

Or: it's a collusion between bass manufacturers and opticians/glasses manufacturers to drive up the sale of spectacles.

Indeed they have. It's those blocks, damn their eyes!

Oh dear. Sounds like someone who is trying to be funny, but doesn't really know how to do it properly or where the lines/social norms are. I could make a joke like that to a good friend, but definitely not to a prospective customer. Also, maybe you should buy a proper... ahh, nearly had you going there

OK, I'll bite (and prepare myself to be schooled). I thought the whole point of a 5 string was to avoid having to use bodges like a detuner/bass xtender. I thought the whole point of being a famous player was to be in a position to own multiples of the same bass tuned to different tunings and a roadie/tech on hand to swap them for you.

It really bothers some folk, doesn't it? I haven't noticed it very often. In my experience a wide and grippy strap (ie. one which isn't as slippery as Lord Lucan) will sort out most ills of this type.