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I'm just starting a solo project, guitar and vocals doing my own songs and a friend who was going to play much of the bass. Now isn't because he is busy. That means I get to play some bass as well so at last I get to use my favourite a G&L SB2. I have hung on to this it for a few years now but never got to play it "for real" because I play 5's in the band. I've played it at the odd open mic and always get comments on the tone. I'm so glad that I hung on to it. I just had to share the joy! Here she is

These look cool. What are they playing at. I'm still excited about the Kiloton basses and haven't played one of those yet. Any thoughts?

I had one of these for a brief time and found it great fun and a very easy bass to live with. I normally play 5's and already have a great G&L 4 string so I decided to sell it but I'm still not sure that I should have done so. I was very impressed with it. I hope that you are equally impressed with yours.

+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.