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And replied. Sold pending the usual.

Now discontinued, this is a mint monolux I had bought as a replacement to my Rev Solo. As it happens, my Rev Solo is still goes strong and i got a full circle too on my other bass so I have never actually used the Blast Cult. I did however use the tension screw that came with it: a wee screw you drilled inside your bridge to supposedly reduce the feedback (didn't really work). Other than that it comes in original box with original mounting bracket should you fancy drilling the Jack input into your tailpiece (personally I wouldn't...) I'll happily throw in a more humane Jack holder which requires no drilling.
Good pickup, very hot output when I tried it in the house. Half the price I paid for it.

Thanks guys...don't know what I'm gonna do apart from keeping an interested eye on the classifieds. The Crazy8 sounds like a great option though, whilst keeping my current rig to cover the remote need of stage loudness.
All we can do is make the best possible stage noise and pray for a sound engineer with auditory pavilions connected to the nut...

Spot on advice with the cab: whats the craic with one of them crazy 8 cabs? I suppose that would give me the flexibility of keeping my current rig in the unlikely event I need to make the drummer's bowels shake...

In the band we are all long in the tooth and have the quietest drummer known to man (a luxury I thank the heavens for almost daily). Our stage volume is never loud and that is a stipulation we make with the sound guys straight away. Out front it's their job but on stage we like it quiet. On that respect I guess I should aspire for a better sound. Pickup wise nothing fancy but I use the regular standards: Rev solo or full circle.

Cheers Clarky, yes that sound Ed Friedland gets out of the shuttle is exactly what I get. It sounds absolutely great. to everybody in the band or the audience. The curse with us DB players is that we know it sounds nothing like our bass. I suspect once I deal with how much money a change will involve, I'll probably have to stay put...
Thanks for the barabass suggestion: that's another one to throw in the mix. Man so many choices.....

Yeah, I'm too lazy for mics. Obviously I use only mics in the studio but live its plug in and go for me. More food for thought there though Spencer thank you.

Thanks mate, good shout, I have no experience of them... I'll throw them into the thinking mix..

Dear basschatting friends, I'm needing a bit of advice. I have used Genz Benz amps for a few years now, more out of laziness to try something new than anything else. I only play DB. Currently I have a shuttle 6.2 with 1 or 2 Genz 12" cabs. I play venues that have a decent front of house so amplification has always just served me for little more than rehearsals and stage volume. In that respect, my rig is far too loud, but especially, it has never really satisfied my wish to reach that "my bass only louder" utopia....
I have used an Acoustic Image in the past and was impressed, just I've always been scared by not having the bottom end (don't know how justified this fear is).
I was toying with the idea of selling my Shuttle 6.2 and one of the 12" cabs and get myself a AI contra, which I could extend with my other 12" can if I needed more oomph...
Admittedly amplification is my weak area of knowledge: I'm hopeless! Can I have some advice please if you can be bothered? Thanks very much....
Oh and if someone wants my rig you can PM me...

Clarky I thought of you as soon as they dropped through my letterbox but I was reluctant to suggest as With my last suggestion your bridge went flying...

Now on eBay as well....at £40. I must be daft!

Ha ha, funnily enough I've had my guts in my bass for a couple of years but on the folding bass I keep swapping and changing. I don't have a photo of them but you can find one at the website www.slap-strings.de
They are indeed very different from the deluxe in terms of sustain and much smaller diameter. Overall more of an old school pizz string than a slap one.

I found the volume surprisingly similar to the guts I had taken off to try them. I do dig in though and I think they need that, much like guts really. They are not as loud as say Velvet or Spiros though IMO, but that's to be expected.

Just putting out a bit of love for these new strings. They are synthetic strings with wrapped A and E, smaller diameter, longer sustain, louder, very fun to play.
Made in Germany by Thomas who makes the Duke basses, these are strings for the hep cats as opposed to the rockabilly guys, although the tension is very similar to guts so they can be slapped perfectly well too. No opinion on arco. I had the chance to test a set and ended up ordering another set straight away as I am definitely gonna use them, especially on my folding bass, as their tuning stability is much superior to guts. They retail for €116, which is a great price for the quality. Bottom line is, they are not a set of top quality gut strings with wrapped A and E, BUT it's scary how similar they can sound on the right bass and for regular gigging duties, they are spot on IMO.
Swinging!

I like these strings a lot but I have 2 sets and one of them is now surplus to requirement. I used this set for this year's outside festivals; I figured the tuning would be more stable than guts and I think I was right as they certainly kept their tuning in baking sunshine and night humidity alike. After all, it's only done 7 gigs and it has years of mileage still left on it. Thomann sells it for £136 plus postage, so half price £75 posted is more than fair I'd say (plus the good Clarky has just sold his set for the same price).
The gut-a-like deluxe set, much like Lamberts, offers roots players and slappers a delightful alternative to gut, which still makes you feel like you are playing professional strings as opposed to weedwackers which should be reserved for strimming your borders.
What makes these strings "deluxe" as opposed to regular gut-a-likes is that the G and D are 'roughened up' up and finished like old guts, whilst A and E are wrapped, making them
Much louder than regular weedwackers, but also retaining that big diameter.

Sold!

Pending....

Bump for the slappers paradise strings!

You can learn to slap on any string you like. The difference is purely the tone. Steels give you a more modern rockabilly sound, but then again Milt Hinton, the absolute slap master, slapped jazz on steels for decades. Guts and synthetics may be easier on your fingers but call for higher action and have a more traditional thump. Ultimately you cannot learn to slap well without investing in years of practice and a fair few bleeding blisters, that's a necessary requirement I'm afraid. Once you get it it's the coolest thing though... And you will get it, it's not rocket science; just practice.

No love for the real deal? £45 final offer then it goes on the old eBay

Full set of brand new Cordes Lambert GT47, bought as touring spares but never used and surplus to requirement. The set contains 2 x G strings (one thinner and one thicker), D, A and E.
£110 posted.

New A string Lenzner pure gut, never even taken out of packet, surplus to my requirement.
£50 posted.

They are very good strings for old school sound or slapping. If real gut went off the market, I'd definitely pick them. 1000% better than any weedwackers and in my opinion better than Lamberts. At this price they are worth a try IMO.
I've had them on one of my basses for the whole summer festival season this year and I use the E as my preferred string with gut A,D and G. If anyone has questions I can try my best to help Clarky out and answer them.

Wow that's unusual: they are supposed to be extremely well made. Jason would probably love to know what went wrong there. I have no idea but wish you all the best mate.

Rev solo has been my chosen pick up for years on one of my basses. To me it has been better than all the others I tried (Fishman, Shadow, Underwood, Bassmax, Ehrlund, DPA microphone and probably a ton more). I can get an approximation of my bass sound whist maintaining an easy plug-in-and-go and hardly any feedback issue. In saying that, it is a piezo, a compromise and not exactly a perfect option. I am always on the lookout for something that would be as easy to deal with yet sound better, but so far no joy for me.