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And you working in probably the best bass shop in the UK . I've never heard of them, but I'm guessing you can't go wrong really, if you pay by Paypal the you'll get your money back, if you pay by credit card you'll get your money back . Ireland's an EU country so there's no customs charges, unlike with the circle K strings I just bought , I was charged £8 handling fee by Royal mail !

Try a few, that's my advice. Strings make a huge difference too, maybe more so than on fretted basses. I've had my fretless for about a month, and I've settled on flat wound strings, they just give me the sound I'm after. Pino plays a fretless Stingray, Mick Khan a Wal, both quite mid/low mid heavy basses. Maybe something by Yamaha or Warwick ?

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1393884943' post='2385551'] I'm waiting for a huge stone ball to come rolling into view... [/quote] You beat me to it !

Raiders of the lost ark themed fancy dress party ?

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1393865596' post='2385220'] possibly because its a softer wood, so can be easily dinged. Companies usually use a hard laquer/paint as to rectify this. Like the Bongo. thats made out of basswood. [/quote] Didn't know that. I know the Ibanez Gary Willis basses are basswood. That's 2 things I've learned from this thread . Beautiful looking bass by the way .

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1393862454' post='2385163'] I have used flats on my Status S2 fretless and that has a lovely warm full bodied tone. Having said that it has rounds on it at the moment. Flats on a wooden board I am not so keen on. [/quote] Yeah, I agree with that. Michael Manring uses Zon basses with phenolic fretboards and light gauge round wound strings, I find his playing and phrasing incredible, but his tone doesn't quite work for me.

[quote name='philw' timestamp='1393854920' post='2385024'] I'm with you on that. I've never quite understood why you'd want to put conventional flats on a fretless. P [/quote] I think it sounds really nice, you still get the mwah but it's just a little mellower. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-_R5_iVxZk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-_R5_iVxZk[/url] It may be down to the bass though, Steve's is a graphite necked Modulus, my fretless has a Dyamond wood fretboard, so it's incredibly hard. Maybe with rosewood or ebony you'd lose some of the sound.

I didn't realise the dark part of the bass was painted, I always thought it was some sort of darker wood facing. I'd love a Fodera, it'd have to be a 6 string Matt Garrison model. Real players basses, do get marks, not clumsy knocked about marks from drunken gigs down the pub, but swirls and finger nail wear. Ken Smith basses are very prone where the players thumb wears away the finish from resting on the body. I remember seeing photos of Stanley Clarke's brown Alembic bass. You should see my one tutors cello, where she's been playing it with a pick in a contemporary classical orchestra.

I've got some Status hotwire flats on my basses. Quite nice, I wish they were a teeny little more flexible and bendy. They do sound quite nice though, not at all thuddy. Quite cheap too, £26 for a 6 string set. I'd like to try some TI flats, but I'm put off by the price (£70 for a 6 string set !!!!!!!!! ), and the B string is enormous.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1393769970' post='2384130'] I would think that Elixirs are not really likely to wear your fingerboard significantly less than uncoated rounds. The coating is so thin that it is unlikely to prevent the usual abrasion. What's more, the fact that they are stainless steel means that they are not really that suited to fretless playing, both tonally and in terms of the extra wear that steel tends to inflict on the fingerboard. If you are going to use rounds then they should at least be nickel plated because it tends to be a little kinder to the board, although nickel rounds will still wear it out eventually. Some folks think that if you use strings with smaller/ narrower windings that it wears the frets or fretless fingerboard less , but such strings are hard to find. Thomastic Jazz Rounds are nickel with smaller than average windings, but they are a very unusual light gauge and are quite expensive, but then again the Elixirs you were considering aren't cheap either, so maybe you could look at them as an option . The Thomastics are a remarkable sounding string and would be great on a fretless, providing you could live with their low tension -feel. Another option would be something like D'Addario XL's , which are relatively inexpensive, sound great and are a popular choice for a lot of fretless players, or the excellent but more costly DR Sunbeams, which are what I use on my fretless . Any of those strings would probably be more suitable than stainless steel Elixirs. [/quote] I thought Elixir strings were nickel ? I've got Status hotwire flats on mine, they sound really nice. I was put off the Thomastiks by the price and huge great B string .

Just on real instruments, not software ones ?

What's wrong with it ? Ever actually tried one ? I have and they're great, I'm possibly gonna be buying one later in the year. These are extremely good quality basses, at a superb price. Check out the site [url="http://www.rmiuk.biz/News.php"]http://www.rmiuk.biz/News.php[/url] My fretless 6 has (or would have) 26 frets. Two pickups I though most basses had 2 pickups, except for P's ? A ramp, my Mayones has one. It's just an extremely good instrument for the [b][i]right[/i][/b] person, the OP, obviously isn't that person.

Lots of times the insurance is a total waste of money, musical instruments are excluded items. If it's a bolt on necked bass, and you don't have a case, just a gig bag, then ship it in 2 pieces, just make sure both are wrapped well with bubble wrap and lots of cardboard.

Happily sorted .

For a university project this semester, I have to write or arrange a piece of music that incorporates at least one wind instrument. I'm working on an ambient style piece of music, and I'm looking for a flautist to record, or who can record themselves if I send them a backing track. I have some ideas that I've notated. PM me if you know of anyone. Un-paid unfortunately , but possibly good experience and fun.