Clarky

Can you share the link so the DBers amongst us can take a look? Needs to have a decent board, bridge and slap happy strings (and obvs pickup, although you say that is covered).

I usually find something nearby immediately after our soundcheck or - failing that - nuts and crisps at the bar. Glass of red wine when home, as I prefer not to drink on a gig (at most, a half of cider)

Chris bought a Rick thumb rest from me and the whole transaction was immaculate. Cheers!

Calling @Happy Jack. I haven't gigged a DB for a while so this comes with a slight health warning: The TH500 amp has a 1 megohm (ie piezo friendly) input so does not necessarily need a preamp in front of it. You may need to roll off pretty much all the highs and mid-highs to get rid of nasal piezo honk. Its a fine balance between dialling down the bass to avoid boominess and feedback and emphasizing the piezo's potential for nasalness. Afraid it comes down to a lot of EQ tinkering. On some amps I have had to roll off essentially all the tone controls. What would be useful is a high pass filter pedal such as an fdeck or Fishman Plat Pro to control feedback and boom. Looking at the spec your K&K doesnt have an HPF unfortunately, although it has other useful elements.

I bought a set of DR strings from Vyn and all was good. Cheers!

As I said in the bass confessions thread, I don't really care what a bass sounds like as long as it is capable of going 'dum dum dum' on a gig. Therefore looks are pretty much my only criterion (bar weight, due to dodgy back)

Despite all the agonising on this forum about tone, I pretty much don't care what my bass sounds like as I reckon the punters don't give a rats @ss whether my high-mids are appropriately balanced etc. As long as it goes dum dum dum on a gig I figure that's fine

I bought a nice amp from Nigel and he packed it beautifully and sent it swiftly. Top marks!

This corker will be played

Hi all. After gigs at the Hope & Anchor, Islington, and Fighting C*cks, Kingston next up is Fiddlers Elbow on Friday 8th April. Again a double header with The Vampirettes (crypt kicking lady rockers). Expect Americana-infused blues rock with tons of blistering guitar solos.

Martyn P Casey of The Bad Seeds. Understated, always plays whats right for the song. Also owns the coolest 60s P bass ever (his stage bass for decades)

Here it is with me a few years back at Spice of Life in Soho 🥲

PS,if you go Jargars, take care. Some UK retail sites offer them without specifying the tension/model. You DEFINITELY need the Dolce version

Well if you ever want to revisit the BassChat Kolstein circle of life, Jack, I would happily buy it back off you!!!! By far the nicest, travel friendly DB/EUB I have owned

When I owned a Busetto (bought from Keith aka Mr Bassman) I regularly swapped between Heritage and Jargar Dolce strings (Keith had Jargars on the bass). Heritage are low in metal content and a decent hybrid string, while Jargars are steels but have in built dampening so they are thuddy and dark,about as gutty as steels can get. I also used Spiro Solos which are low tension but have that more steely, growly Spirocore sound. All 3 worked and it depends on how you really want to use the bass. For slapping, maybe the Jargar Dolces (like Lee Rocker). For more bluegrassy/blues work maybe Spiro Solos? Maybe worth chatting to @bassace or @Mr Bassman

Rewind! Those are probably the stock Kolstein Heritage strings. Very hard to get hold of in UK. These?

If it was light purple at peg end and red at tailpiece end that would be Spirocore Weichs. But I don't recognise light purple at both ends and that doesn't seem to appear in Gollihur's string identifier. Maybe ask @bassace what they are if you want to simply replace? https://gollihurmusic.com/string-identification-chart/

PS, what (dead) strings are on the bass currently?

If you want lowest tension Spirocores then its the 4/4 Solo set, tuned to orchestral (ie EADG).

From a TalkBass thread in 2012. Yep, thats me

Based on what I have read on other fora, I believe there is not enough metal mass on EPs to work with a mag pickup. Sorry Jack. Maybe try a low tension set of steels such as Jargar Dolce/Solo 3/4 (Stray Cats dude Lee Rocker uses these on his Kolstein Busetto) or Spirocore Solo. Or alternatively, ditch the mag pickup and use a piezo p/u so you can choose whatever strings you fancy. Lee Rocker reference:https://www.talkbass.com/threads/jargar-dolce.622445/

And the digital scales next to the tape measure were to prove the Lull improved both quality and quantity