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+1 for this, I now use one instead of my Ray, love em both ESP Surveyor basses also has a similar feel. The ibby's my favourite though.

I do use coated strings...I prefer something that that is stable and I like to slide my hands around the fretnboard and find them more "slippery".

Nice, Slid spruce top shoult play in. Mine is playing in nice...the balance between highs and lows is now sweet, which in turn makes the volume sound nice and even between the strings..it seems to be falling into place nicely sonically. I took it for a set up tweak (I like my acoustics to play as near identically as possible) and recieved complements even though the luthier is "not a Yamaha fan". He isn't the type of guy who hands out complements freely. I still can't believe the difference in such a short time

Aha, so the sound can change that fast, it isn't just my imagination. To quote from a Premier Guitar article " as a guitar maker, I can state unequivocally that there are huge tonal changes in the first 24, 48, and 72 hours of stringing up a new guitar. This alone leads me to believe that even though the changes slow down, they don’t just stop after a month, a year, or a decade." That is something that I never considered when trying out acoustics in shops. Here is a link to the Premier Guitar article https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19720-acoustic-soundboard-the-sonic-effect-of-time-and-vibration

I decided to treat myself to a new acoustic and started looking around for one of the solid wood Yamaha LL series as I find that the neck suits me. I tried a few in stores and found them well made and great sounding, good value pieces. With this in mind I felt confident enough to search online. After failing to find anything cheap 2nd hand I looked for new bargains and found a very beautiful and blingy ex-demo dreadnaught LL16D at a price that was close to the used models out there.. With it's "all solid construction" and "ARE (Artificial resonance enhancement) treatment", I thought that this would mean an instant step up from my LL6, which is called Elaine. Elaine is 12 years old, solid top, laminate sides and back and when I bought her she was already named . Her sound suits my voice and is quite deep for a dreadnought but well balanced and clear. The previous owner splashed out on putting a decent pre-amp and pickup in it to so "Elaine" punches above it's weight and is "sonically correct". The new LL16D arrived on Wednesday and sounded tight and new in comparison and not nearly as refined. By that I mean it was toppy, the open high strings were shrill and the low strings errr...quiet and it lacked the "thump" that I was expecting when playing rhythm. "It will play in" I thought but I also secretly feared that I may have bought a dud! Then last night I played it solidly for 4 hours and the sound changed and improved throughout the night and I am so I'm much happier. I am definitely getting a much more balanced and sweet sound. It could be partly down to me adapting my technique and the strings playing in but surely a guitar can't play in that quickly can it? Has anyone else had this sort of experience? So you know what I'm talking about it is like this one:

Hmm, most impressed with the two Bass Collection 335's that I had....the electronics have a great sound. I also have a really nice G&L L2500 with a really refined sound...especially passive.

I think I could browse the ads here on BC and find something pretty quickly...so many great basses around these days

and here's my 335 It has a great tone and presence.

Hi Apologies I have another family committment on the same day, I hope that it all goes well.

Fantastic, lots of choices to think of there....now all I need is the momney to buy them

Hmm plenty of class machines to choose from there.....yes any of those please

There are lots of cracking passive 4 stringers like Sandbergs, Fenders, and G&L's but when it comes to 5 stringers I am more drawn to active ibanez's G&L's, Stingrays etc. I do see a few nice Fender Jazz's and precisions but not much else. Am I missing out on something? What are people playing?

My band is experimental. Essentially we're a heavy prog rock band. In practice that means lots of variations in time and sound. Our sets are linked together with soundscapes. Although it may sound like it is improvised it really isn't that random at all. Our synth player plays midi though varios effects pedals and a monotron. I get to use some great bass eeffects and pedal combinations. It is hard work but great fun. It seems to be paying off to as we're getting more airplay and festival spots despite struggling to get decent gigs. Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/TheAngryBadgers/ or on youtube.

Cancelling this message...sorted thanks

In answer... 1. The Angry Badgers 2. We going to gig the songs and would like to play the complete album from start to finish but in most cases this won't be possible as we currently don't have that sort of following or gig opportunities. It is our first full album 3. What packaging? Not sure yet as we aren't rich, we're doing stuff in house where possible but still have lots of costs and virtually no income. We have done everything in house before with an EP and were happy with the results...cost us about £2.50 per CD from memory. Having said that we believe in the product and want something that we're proud of. We do get radio play of our existing stuff all be it on specialist rather than mainstream stations. Money is probably going to be the main issue but I'm a believer in aiming high...otherwise what is the point!

Lots of useful stuff here top refer too. We are already on Music Glue : https://www.musicglue.com/theangrybadgers/ That llooks like it has possibilities and is easy to use. We've also done our own thing in the past with good results. Many thanks!