Clarky

Well that all ended well. Drive to Malcolm Healey's was reasonably OK, bit of a monster drive back .... but Malcolm reset sound post, reassembled bridge (which is adjustable with a Full Circle) and set it up to play, all for the ludicrously reasonable price of £10

and my fave cover by Metallica, their version of Loverman by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Tl18T38P4

The Misfits' tasteful Last Caress as interpreted by Metallica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-F9CUz_iA

I think it was indeed when I tried some higher tension flats (I have tended to use Chromes historically) that I noticed this problem, Jas. Somewhere in the recesses of BC's old posts I did put up an enquiry about solving the issue. Great news its been sorted and - even better - for free! Good one, Fender!

I have a Planet Wing piezo on my Kolstein and all the comments made in the OP about the BassMax could be applied to this. It sounds frankly rubbish in the home, amplified, on what is an extraordinarily beautiful sounding bass acoustically. I have just bought a BassMax to see if this improves things

Me again! James just bought some strings off me. All tickety boo, in order, etc etc. Happy to recommend James as a good guy to do biz with

The Killers of the more modern genre and Kings of Leon to name but two with frequent Hooky-esque lines

Even if you don't like Hooky or Joy Division/New Order, this bass riff is utterly brilliant at sorting out the intonation on a bass - I play it every time I get a new bass (which is lets face it quite often) to help me do the setup properly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVdheR0bUwI

If we are allowed to post our own stuff (Jake!) here is my old band's sleazy New Orleans style cover of Tom Waits' Yesterday is Here, which i am still fond of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI18ZZ7MCPs

and this. How is this not a memorable riff, even if in the high register? Its not funky but it hits the spot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGMDBppWBOo&feature=related

Try this. So powerful and a nice bass riff too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zo4JdTfDw0

Sorry to hear this Al, I know you were looking forward to giving the EUB a proper airing. TBH, he sounds a dick. There will be other bands - DB is 'hot' right now so keep your eyes peeled on Gumtree and Formingbands etc

For KevB as its the one I thought of too: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfqVDHNW6c"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfqVDHNW6c[/url]

A smidgeon of bad luck with the DBs but - at the risk of sounding like some TV engangelist - I consider myself a lucky person - I fell into a great band and just celebrated 21 happy years of marriage. Try not to puke everyone Put in that context, a dent and a broken bridge ain't such a biggie!

[sup]T'was indeed a hell of a bang. On further reflection - and taking on board the sensible advice above - I am not going to attempt an amateur bodge job with a pointed, curvey piece of metal! If the traffic is tolerable on Friday afternoon I will head on down to Morden - more likely it will have to wait until late August[/sup]

In principle I'd be up for that but just googled and a curvey pointy thing costing £49 appeared. Eeek

Good job I didn't mention I work in a bank

Luckily I do

My lot's latest video [url="http://vimeo.com/45966180"]http://vimeo.com/45966180[/url]

Replicating the Off Topic thread, I decided to change strings on my old German flatback yesterday. The E, A and G were all nicely sited and as I tightened the D there was an almight bang as my adjustable bridge flew into pieces and the soundpost dropped on to the inner floor of the bass. Now I have to drive to Malcolm Healey's in SW London to get it fixed and the only days I can do that are Olympic traffic-warning days in SW London. So either I sit in an almighty traffic jam or wait a month or so until I am back from hols and the Olympics hassle is over. Grrrrr

Going to be a hellish day traffic-wise in London but for those able to make it, it would make a refuge from Olympic fever!