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[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1388437840' post='2322066']You could say the same for the clanky full-on Precision sound. EDIT: with rounds of course![/quote] Oh sure. I paid £100 for the Jazz I've strung with flats, and I paid under £200 for the P bass I've got strung with rounds.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1388437796' post='2322064'] I assume they have a music shop? I really don't understand how a shop puts a product out for display that's not up to standard. That's baffling. [/quote] Well it's more like a showroom out on an industrial estate, it's definitely an afterthought rather than the centre of their business, they're really a website and a warehouse. Actually if you go in their showroom and ask one of the staff for something, they look it up on the website! I think they ended up with the showroom so they could become dealers of some of the bigger brands. I guess those brands insist that their kit is out on show somewhere where punters can actually try them out, but ultimately I don't think G4M want anybody going in their showroom, it's just there literally 'for show'.

I've tried the 140H but not the Bs. The Honeys are a nice string, pizz sound and feel a bit like spiro weichs, excellent value.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1388435796' post='2322034'] Folks who assume that flats/nylons sound similar to old/worn rounds/steels need to listen more closely. It's a matter of quality (tonal character) not quantity (tonal range). [/quote] No I totally get why people use flats, I've got one bass I keep strung with flats for when I want that sound, it's just it's a pretty primitive sort of sound isn't it, so you don't need an expensive bass to get it.

Gear4Music are just up the road from me, so I've nipped in there before when I need something quickly, but I've never ordered from them online. What put me off was seeing the way some of their instruments in the showroom are set up. The double basses are all unplayable, and I assume that's how they ship. I would always look at Thomann first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w78HHkHXwug

Tuner first, then compressor, don't use the chorus.

They are really pretty basses those, and I would've got with the white one too, nice choice. The matching headstocks look ace.

The E and A strings tend to flap around quite a bit so it's harder to get a tight controlled slap out of them, they'll sound better the better you get, but the E will always be the weakest string.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1388193876' post='2319450'] different to the same strings on my Mayones. Steve Lawson uses flats on his Modulus fretless. [/quote] OK, well I wouldn't buy a Mayones or a Modulus so we have a basis for this discussion! I always assumed by using flats you're actively rejecting a broad selection of otherwise common bass guitar frequencies. Why would you buy a 'hi-fi' bass and string it with flatwounds? Does it do something special to a hi-fi bass? Do you get a special sound that doesn't happen with the common vintage bass guitar designs?

A friend of mine introduced me to her pianist friend and said "This is Kev, he's a musician". I said "Hi, sorry, actually I'm a bass player". I love being a bass player but I don't think I take it as seriously as some of you. I like to do it well, but I wouldn't go to extremes, like slapping, or listening to Incognito, or pretending Stingrays are good.

If you've found so little use for a pitch shifter then just phase it out entirely and do whatever pitch change you need to do manually, save yourself the maximum amount of cash. I keep one handy because I have a gig where ruining the pitch of my bass is a fairly regular theme, and most of my effects are built around ruining the pitch of my bass.

You know you'll only get a limited sound from flatwound strings, so why not just put them on a cheap passive bass instead of a vintage P? Here's my thing: I've got a Korean Squier Jazz that I put LaBella 760FLs on, and replaced the tone pot with a push/pull that will put it in series (and replaced the tone cap with a .1uF so it'll do reggae), but yeah, with the tone wide open it's got a genuinely perfect soul tone, can't imagine anything ever sounding any better, and so I wonder: Why does anybody spend so much to get that sound?

Well every job is like that, it's just in most jobs less people are looking at you while you're doing it. You turn up, look the part, and they pay you for it. I can't fake enjoying music so I have to do a 'proper job'. And I don't have Dunnery's talent either to be Frank.

[quote name='D-L-B' timestamp='1388121973' post='2318685'] Shhhhh! Keep it down! It's me that's trying to shift it! The price of the original WH-1 has remained high despite numerous reissues so I'm hoping the same goes for the bass whammy. [/quote] To be fair nobody's heard the new one yet, it might not sound so good. I remember being really stoked when the 9v Bass Micro Synth came out and massively disappointed when it didn't sound anything like as meaty as the original.

One in the classifieds. Heh. :-)

I think those clubs are mostly for people who like the gear more than they like music. Incidentally if you do list your gear in your signature I've probably switched your signature off. I simply assume that everybody has tried a Fender and a Musicman and knows what they're like, so I don't need to know if someone's got 12 of them and what colours they all are.

I decided I wanted a Mk1 fretless when I was growing up in Wakefield and a local player had one. I'd never heard of anyone famous playing one, I just loved the sound this one local guy got. The other bass I always wanted was a Thumb like Norwood from Fishbone and I found one in 2001 and it hasn't disappointed, and in the end it was a total bargain. Really my bass wish-list only ever extended to two basses and the missing one is the Wal fretless. If you asked my partner - who remembers very little bass-related nattering - what is the one bass I'd like to own, I'm sure she'd tell you it's a Wal fretless, even though I haven't mentioned it for years.

I've been putting together a P from an unfinished ash body and a Mex neck I got from Anth (Ghost Rider) on here. So here is a snap of the sort-of finished* thing! [attachment=150683:pb.jpg] It's turned out to be a surprisingly decent bass. It's taken a fairly low setup even though I'm quite a heavy-handed player and I don't like fret buzz, and it sounds as much like a P bass as any P bass I've played. It's pretty heavy but I'm a Thumb Bass fan so I'm not put off by unnecessary weight. I put a Fender 'original' pup in it, 500k pots so it'll do super-bright and also a .1uF cap so it will roll off into full-on dub sounds. Actually thinking the tone cap might be overkill, it's what I went with in my Jazz and it worked out well but it seems to get very, very deep on this P. To the point where you need a proper rig to still hear the output. Anyway yeah, thought I'd share because I'm quite chuffed with how it turned out. I'm also looking for a fretless neck to put on a Jazz body I've got if anyone's selling... *(The finish is actually pretty ropey but it looks fine until you pick it up. )

I'm sure he enjoyed it.

The Line 6 M series pedals have a better pitch shifter than the Whammy, and can be set to any heel/toe intervals you like from -2 to +2 octaves.

I like Bungle. They always sounded like a sort-of ultra-juvenile Zappa to me.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1386413310' post='2299747'] I remember seeing an interview with Graham Maby where he mentioned using black nylon tapewounds, not for their mellower sound but because the reduced finger noise meant he could turn the treble knob all the way up on his Fender Bassman without the string squeaks. Having tried them myself, tapewounds with a pick and heftily boosted treble does get you quite close to his sound.[/quote] Oh cool, cheers for that. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1386413647' post='2299752'] I also have a feeling that a maple neck may have something to do with it. [/quote] I don't think I've ever seen a P bass neck that wasn't maple so I should be alright there. I doubt the thin sliver of fingerboard is important so I'm sticking with the less-sticky rosewood option.