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Hi, can anyone tell me what strings these are as I like them a lot? They are on a Sigma acoustic bass and are flats with red silk at both ends

Thanks,that re-affirms that I like the broken in ones, although I do recall that they"fall off the cliff" and loose sonething.

Thanks buddy have a great Christmas...

Cool I got a page in Muzemag (Local SW music mag). 😃

Hi, for info here's a review of my Sigma that I mentioned above. I'm very happy with it.

Yaay I'm on my hols so thought I would share this review. Background: My first Acoustic bass experiment was a bit of a disaster, mainly because of my own unrealistic expectations and my subsequent failure to find the kind of tone that I liked from my purchase. This time round I'm more experienced and informed. The reason I bought another was that I have recently started playing more acoustic music and I wanted to re-explore acoustic bass. My uses are open mic's, jamming with friends on their acoustic instruments and to noodle and inspire my songwriting. My buying criteria were that it shouldn't cost too much, should be able to "plug in & play" and that I should be able to dial in a warm and deep sound that I failed to find first time around. Note: I don't like some of those toppy tones that you can hear on some acoustics fitted with phophur bronze strings. I spent quite a bit of time searching for the right machine. There are a lot of cheap used acoustic basses out there so I decided to home in on basses that were made by companies known for making capable good value acoustic guitars such as Takamine, Tanglewood, Sigma and Cort. I couldn't find many to try out locally so I relied on reviews, sound samples and youtube. I have to say that most that I listened too weren't hitting the spot at all, until I found the vid at the bottom of the Sigma BMC. This became the bench mark for my search and the more I looked the more I kept coming back to this particular model, based on VFM and tone. A couple of weeks ago I snagged one on ebay so here is my review REVIEW: This particular guitar was bought used and plays superbly (anyone identify the strings ?). Cost? New seems to be around £450-500 online. You can half that if you can find one 2nd hand. Build: It seems well made and although small bodied also well balanced so no neck dive. I haven't weighed it but it is nice and light. It is lighter than any of my electric basses and also most of my 6 string guitars. It has decent quality grover tuners and a bone nut and bridge. It has a solid Mahogany top and mahogany back and sides. I think this is what brought me to the guitar as it brings out the bass tones I was hoping for and limits the some of the others that are more suited to 6 string acoustics IMHO. It has a lovely natural satin finish and a great feel. I'm not sure how durable this will be in the long term though. Looks: It is what it is, which is, which is a well made dark brown guitar. There is nothing particularly flashy here but it is all tastefully done. It has some nice detail such as well matched woods and pickguard and black bridge pins that demonstrates appropriate attention to detail. Note: The addition of a more durable finish and black chrome tuners would have nailed it for me. Tone: The unamplified tone is really deep and warm for an acoustic, no doubt due to the mahogony woods and flatwound strings. The sound is consistant up and down and across the neck. It is also very responive to playing style and sounds great with fingers pick or palm muted, which produces a satisfying thud! The Fishman Isys+ pre-amp was a great choice for this guitar as although a relively cheap system if gives a faithful reproduction of the basses tone. The bass and treble adjustments give very useful range of musical sound options. The treble dial is particulary sweet to play with and seems to intoduce some high mids to my ear without annoying backgound noise and the bass adjustment is again very usable, although adding too much bass on stage with any acoustic is liable to give you problems. The Isys "+" adds a bit of luxary in the form of a phase button and tuner in addition to the usual volume controls. Everything is there that I will need Conclusion:This is a budget instrument but my ears tell me this is excellent VFM and a bit of a hidden gem. For those of you who don't know Sigma were set up as a Martin factory in China and Martin produce some of the best acoustic instruments around. Since they split, Sigma guitars have since established their own strong reputation for quality and good value. This is certainly the most pleasing acoustic bass that I have played in terms of tone. Maybe I could find something better if I was willing to spend more money (2K for a Martin?) but I don't see a good alternatives around at the moment or a reason to do so. I'm still trying to figure out why this particular guitar sounds so good. Winner winner turkey dinner! Specifications Body & Bridge Top: Solid Mahogany Back & Sides: Mahogany Size: J-14 Fret, Cutaway Pickguard: Tortoise Finish: Natural Bridge: Rosewood Neck & Fretboard Neck: Mahogany Fretboard: Indian Rosewood Frets: 22 Inlays: Pearl Scale Length: 34" (864mm) Nut: Bone Nut Width: 1.58" / 40.1mm Hardware & Electronics Electronics: Fishman Isys+ (With Tuner) Saddle: Bone / Compensated Machine Heads: Grover Die-Cast Hardware: Chrome

Hmm a lower Normandy tour, that sounds like an excuse for a holiday

Hmm well I just bought one of these on ebay so will let you know how I get on. I have to say that this video s9old it to me...which is a totally rubish reason to buy a bass 😂

I'm with you Book_fan. I bought a crafter a 5 a few years back. It didn't do the double bass thing and sufferred from feedback. I got as closer with with a solid frtetless and flats or nylons. Having said that I do like them and fancy trying another for fun rather than serious use..

Thanks Douglas, that is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for and would be delighted to supply you with a CD so will pm you later. You have picked up on a lot of things, some deliberate and some not. I'll explain the context of the album, as I feel it helps. I really don't have an ego so I'm learning to be a front man. I have been writing and playing in 4 different bands since 2012. Some of these promised much but other than The Angry Badgers (heavy prog rock), they all failed to deliver any recordings. I have pretty much given up on starting another band and dug out my acoustic guitar during the summer and played a few informal gigs. I got a good response so I put a bit of work into refining my sound and decided to record. I intended to record 4-5 songs to help me get gigs and to open up more opportunities so I demo'd 6 songs with the intention of dropping some. The results were promising so I added another three and also various other elements to help keep the album moving and interesting. Three of the songs were written last minute. More background info follows: 1. . I recoerded in a studio but was on a strict budget so perfection wasn't an aim or option. Note: All the other musicians are friends (two drummers, trumpet and B'vocals), who came in and added the icing to the album. 2. I find recording things myself difficult as I'm not really interested in the recording process. This means I find the whole thing hard work 3. I wanted a sound that represents what I play solo. I concentrated on tone and restricting myself to a couple of pedals (mainly trem and delay). Backing vocals and 2nd guitar were minimized and bass and percussion were not allowed to dominate in order to keep a very acoustic sound. 4. This isn't the album I would like to have made. I have that in mind and held back certain songs that I felt would be better with a full band. I already have the songs for that album, which will be more upbeat and driving. In the end it is what it is. It means a lot to me and I put a lot of work into it to give it some depth and to match the depth in the lyrics. You say a lot of nice things, which are much appreciated and also picked up on some of the things that remain deliberately unrefined. The drummers are both heavy rock drummers and they did a great job of pulling everything back. I also remember asking the sound engineer NOT to dial them in to to much as I wanted to alble to play the album in a representative way with just me and my acoustic. Maybe that was a mistake but it sounded too much like a full-on band for my purposes. I also stripped out trumpet and some backing vocals for the same reason. It gives it a differnt vibe I think. The same thinking applies to the song intros. If it is just me and my guitar I use the intro to set the scene and mood of the song. No point in rushing a solo guitar set IMHO. I have a launch gig planned in the 11th January in Bristol with most of the musicians who helped playing. That is 2x 40 minuite sets, that will rock but after that it will often be just little old me, a guitar and a couple of pedals. Note: I'm not into the backing track thing. Thanks Ed

Hi, I have had a busy year and while waiting for The Angry Badgers album to be finished (mastering is scheduled for Jan) I started playing some of my other songs live... I consider myself a bass player and songwriter but depite my doubts about my voice and guiatar playing people seem to like it. The result is a stripped back acoustic album, where I do much of the work. I have lots of songs so I picked out ones that I could play solo and that fitted together well. I then roped in a couple of buddies got prepared and headed down to the studio. Cutting a long story short he results are now on bandcamp and I have a whole bunch of promotional activites going on at the moment. I thought I would share the joy as I love this album and the songs mean a lot to me! Feedback would be much appreciated as I'm already thinking of making another The bass was recorded on my favourite but seldom used basses and Di'd (no amp) and recorded on a fretless Stingray 5 and a G&L SB2. Note: I have never played fretless in public. Band Camp Link https://eddiemole.bandcamp.com/releases Current Promo Poster Youtube promo here:

I wanted to try an Eden preamp pedal and the guys at PMT put it stright into the powered cab...Wow it was loud. Alsmost too loud as I gave myself a fright and it had me scabbling for the volume nob. It must have been OK as I bought the pedal.

Provided you don't wear your bass high it shouldn't be a problem...although the drummer may complain I guess