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My understanding is that drop C# would be C#,A,D,G Whereas C# Standard would be C#,F#,B,E BRX is right, though. Each intended solution requires different approaches.

Totally agree about the preference piece. I'm using 50-110 for D standard (DGCF) and that suits me fine. Feels like my usual 45-100 in E standard. Were I to tune down another step to C#, they'd be workable but a little too floppy for me. I'm using DR Lo- Riders. Have you considered their DDT set? They're supposedly designed for lower tunings.

C'mon Paul, show us more than the headstock!

I used white, but same principle applies- all my instrument cables were/ are black.

I had a Yamaha, it was excellent. I was also looked-down upon by a bass tutor with whose band we were gigging for not playing "proper" bass lines. He played a 764A. So I've been looked-down upon by a Yamaha player (Maybe because I wasnt playing my Yamaha at the time?!)

Thanks @Frank Blank, I'll take you up on that kind offer! I'll shoot you a PM!

A perfectly sensible question! I have 2 other 4 strings tuned to E Standard, but some songs necessitate the low D and the 50-110 lo-riders sound and feel really good at D standard. But the odd tune crops up that just doesn't play well in that tuning (Message in a Bottle by The Police springs to mind) , I'll just slap the capo on rather than tune back up to EADG.

If this weren't so literal, it'd be the best BC euphemism ever!

Because: Rickenbacker, unfortunately.

I can relate to this, also. Given that I rarely purchase something without at least a quick plonk on it, a trip to a decent shop is almost mandatory. And how many decent shops are there left? The reason may be different, but the net effect is the same; I don't try things i shops very much, therefore no purchases are made.

Nope! There's been a bass I wish I'd bought (a Ken Smith 6- also in the Wapping Bass Centre, btw) but that would have supplemented my Vigier Series III not replaced it. Everything I've bought since the Vigier has been something different, sometimes wildly different. I've seen a few instruments that I'd like to try/acquire/buy, but they're quite obscure (Fender Roscoe Beck, BassLab L-bow etc.) But I can't see them making me regret the Vigier. I've had it for 26 years (!) now.

Use multi-coloured strips... 12 Different colours, one for each note, repeated all the way up and down the board 😀

DRs are around the £33-35 mark at Strings Direct at the moment. (For a 4 string, uncoated set- Lo Riders, Hi/Fat/Sun beams etc.) Nearly £40, but not quite.

Bit of some sort of petroleum-based Solvent ought to clean that off. Then it'll evaporate away.

At least I'm not the only one who thinks it looks like a tin-opener! They should do a steel insert for it so you can open bottles with it. Useful on stage, I'm sure...

I've played an ASAT many moons ago. I recently acquired an SB-2 Tribute. The ASAT had a glossier neck finish, but that's all I can remember. I can't fault the nut cutting, fret work and fit/finish on the SB-2. The bridge and pickups are the same as the American instruments. Not sure about the tuners, though.

[Sound of tape measure] I can confirm that my SB-2 Tribute is 38mm. Presumably they share a neck with the LB-100? Fretboard radius is 12.5" on the Tributes. I think the American versions are about 9/9.5"

I'm seeing a bit of Warwick Katana in there. Definitely not BC Rich, though.

Drop tuned to D standard now, and the 50-110 DR Lo-Riders are fretting much more swiftly and positively now. "Borrowed" a nice grippy leather strap from another bass as the one I was using was causing all sorts of problems sliding around. Bingo. Its amazing what difference a few tweaks (and a non-cr@p strap) can make to your playing experience.

I've found that my recently acquired G&L SB-2 Tribute came with such heavy strings (50-110) that they were impeding my ability to play really swift passages due to their being slow to fret. To reduce the tension, I've changed the tuning to D standard. Fixed. Apart from songs that now require large stretches to hit an E¹ that'd normally just be an open string. Solution? Capo on 2nd fret. But I don't own one. Any recommendations, good people of Basschat? Thanks in advance, Alex.

I did this, albeit with a heavier QSC PLX1202. Delivers a taste of the Ampeg sound with buckets of power (1200w into 4 Ohms Bridged Mono) Worked a treat, even with smaller cabs at smaller gigs- you just turn it down!

Ah. That's a bummer.

How about a white case for the neck pickup, and put a black (disconnected) pickup in the bridge hole? Not sure if it'd look good. More of a random idea.

Do these count?

Just cracked out the Allen keys to make a few slight adjustments for personal preference. I can confirm that the hardware on Tributes is definitely American. My metric Allen keys don't fit 🤣 I'll have to dig out the Imperial set from the shed.. only other bass I've had to use those on was my MIA Jazz.