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That's kind of what I am hoping. But when I play my EB3 I can play for a long time , with little to no pain. The EB3 being alot thinner body and different shape of course. I really hope a different posture may help. As the 38mm nut on the Stirling Sub4 is alot easier for me to play well.

Thanks @Aidan63 . I will try what you have suggested. At least for now I have my Westfield EB3, I can play, which causes little pain after a long time of playing. But I don't want to be limited to one type of bass for the rest of my life!

Right guys, I want to pick the brains of bass chatters. Awhile back I bought a new Musicman Stirling Sub 4 HH. I love the tones it produces, and the selector switch function. But I've hardly played it. However when I play sitting down, I get bad pain in my right shoulder. The pain will become so bad that I will stop playing. Has anybody had similar issues with any bass guitar? Where your right shoulder became so painful that you couldn't play? Did you find a solution? Or was it a case of finding a bass guitar that doesn't cause this pain? I'm guessing different bass guitars, with different body designs is the answer? David

For anybody that is interested in how these basses sound Anderton's has compared them. Here's the link . I quite like the Saint model and The Arc model. Very tempting indeed!

Well I'm still very new to bass, I'm learning a hybrid of Iron Maidens Wicker Man, using root notes for some parts and Steve Harris version for others. Most of the time at the moment I'm not including the chords, although on the outro I am trying to include them. When I'm still green and not playing fluently I play at about 50% speed so about 100bpm. When it's nailed I then will go upto 80% speed about 160 bpm.

A friend of mine has seen them live, and reckons there shows are amazing. When I mentioned the price of a ticket to goto a Rammstein concert. He said if I were to go, I'd see where the money goes, he recons they use a lot of pyrotechnics. He said I love it! Bring back live music.

Cheers, for the heads up! I just so happen to have Amazon Prime, so will have to give that a watch! Listening to Rammstein through Rammstein headphones, which are very good for Metal.

My ears aren't trained enough yet to be able to tell if it is above concert pitch! Which I take to be 440hz. 🙂 That is a big amount of views for sure!

Managed to get some Rotosound Ultramag UM45 for £24 from Bax music shop the other day, last set they had in stock. I thought that was a good deal. See they've now put them upto £30, on order. They will go on my Westfield EB-3L.

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Looks interesting indeed!

Fired up my Ashdown CTM 30 Little Stubby tonight, for the first time, boy can this thing go loud! And the tones out of it!! Amazing. I could even feel the bass when I turned the bass dial up! Grin factor I've had it nowhere near full volume or full drive ( gain ) !!

Well I've just joined the valve world, with the Ashdown CTM 30 Little Stubby!

So I decided, I wanted to try an all valve amp, so I got an Ashdown CTM 30 Little Stubby. To match the old school sound and theme I got an Ashdown ABM 115 Compact to match it, the 115 compact doesn't have a tweeter, so should rock the old school sound well!

Thanks for the replies fellas, indeed I was talking about the cab, as mentioned by fleabag. I went through with the purchase yesterday. As its in the same town as me, and in very good condition. I didn't even realise there was an amp by the same name aswell!

Its design in UK and made in P.R.C. I think the one local to me, is about 10 years old, and it doesn't have tweeter. I would pair it with an all valve head.

So nobody is still using these? Or remember what it was like when they had one?

Hi guys, What do we all think of the older Ashdown ABM 115 Compact 500 Watt? Is it reliable? Sound good? What sort of sound does it put out? How much would you pay for one? Anyone put an all valve head through one? Cheers David