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    After last week’s ‘quiet’ affair I didn’t have any great expectations for last night’s outing. This was a town centre pub with a fairly young crowd and the 3 bouncers on the door told volumes. Not the sort of crowd that I’d expect would appreciate 70s Glam....this was an Agent job so they aren’t renowned for good product placement so to speak. Anyhow, I was genuinely surprised, we had a great night with lots of singing and dancing from the first number to the end of the second encore. Praised by the pub management and more bookings on the horizon, happy days.
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    Have you any suggestions in terms of gauge/brand?
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    I was thinking of Cobalts but after the recent comments regarding these having a tendency to 'rust' it put me off them.
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    Sure something has been posted previously but didn't find it on a cursory glance....but, looking for a different sound on my JMJ Mustang from the current Fender Flats, just for a bit of a change. A bit more definition and punch and a bit less tension. Any experiences out there to share?
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    Looks like they've got the pricing about right now; it's priced a fair bit below the US Mustang. Love my Fallout launch edition, it's a different flavour to a Mustang that expands the pallet. Not played a Tribute so can't really say how much better the US ones are over the far east versions, not got any issues with my US one though, construction/fit/finish is up with EBMM.
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    2 in my stable.
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    Played a nice Club in Huddersfield over the weekend; we normally play this venue a couple of times per year. Had a good gig but the numbers were well down on when we last played in March. Hope this is a glitch and not a sign of the prevailing economic woes.
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    Wow that was a total bargain even with the 'Brexit Tax'. I'm not into 5s but I would have been tempted.
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    Thanks for this Ped I was just about to drop £25 for a set for my JMJ Mustang. Shall look elsewhere. Never had a problem with regular/hybrid slinkies so shall probably stay on that route.
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    Oooooh that's nice.
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    No, it does have a truss Rod (as did my old, departed Streamline). Action was a bit higher than I’d like when it arrived, first thing I did was give it a little turn. Like most (all?) Status basses, once set you can forget it (unless you change string make/gauge).
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    There yer go Dave....far too posh for me 😂
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    It really was a game of two halves last night. First set was dogged with problems, singer’s wireless mic set up was getting interference from somewhere and kept clipping. Spotted it during sound check but there was a compère as it was a charity do and we didn’t have sufficient time to sort it as we had to sort his sound. Also had issues with one of the lighting booms unraveling itself with a subsequent crash to the ground. Fortunately the second set went fine but singer was a bit gutted (it was a local gig for him) as he’d heard negative comments about the first spot. C’est la vie, people went home happy so all ends well and all that, also raised over £2k for the cancer charity. It was the first gig where I’d used my Status that I bought new last year...it really was a tone monster but perhaps a bit OTT for a glam band, the leds did help on a dark stage though. Only one crap photo as we had no partners on this one.
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    I love playing bikers rallies. We were first asked to play one about 5 years back, we said we didn’t think 70s glam rock would work but did it anyway. We wuz wrong and the cheesier the better. 5 years on we normally do 3 or 4 per year to packed ‘houses’. Nothing like a couple of thousand bikers singing along to Shang a Lang 😂
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    Cheers Dave, still the old MW Mustang, MarkBass set up. Keep thinking of modding the bass but it’s just plug and play as it is. Took the Status once and spent all night fiddling 😂
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    I do that Dave.....brain takes a break without telling me. I’m putting it down to the menopause 😂😂😂
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    Nice little gig in a local WMC at the weekend. Some of these places are feeling the pinch already so it was nice to see a decent crowd as the night went on. https://www.facebook.com/molly.moo.1044186/videos/2026015460919710/
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    I think you’re probably right, I was going on the wording on the Status site which states that it has a woven graphite ‘shell’ on the front and back.
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    Thanks for the heads up.....I've put that pub on our 'blocked' list!
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    IIRC, when I looked inside my old, now departed Streamline, the inside of the body was a rigid foam material not unlike the sort of stuff used for flower arranging (but suspect it was somewhat different) and the carbon weave was layered up around it - couldn't tell from looking whether it was injected in or it was a former, would have to watch them making one to be sure. I think the Stealth 2 is similar to this in construction? My CW Signature is carbon weave layered up around an alder core for the body and the neck is the standard foam core I assume. I'm happier that both of these models have truss rod adjustment; both needed a tweak when I first got them to get the action to my liking. In the case of the Streamline, once set I didn't touch it again in 8 years. I've only had the CW sig a year so we'll have to see with that one.
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    I've got to be honest, it's the one thing on the SS that I think they screwed up on, it being so oversized spoils the look. It wouldn't have been that much effort to have downsized as I'm assuming the passive pre could have been downsized in sympathy (so the knobs would fit).
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    I’ll keep on the look out for one, but as I usually go one in one out I can’t decide which of the JMJ, MW Mustang or Fallout bass would go ☹️
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    Loving the Pawn Shop Mustang. Been looking for one for a while but they are either stupidly expensive or overseas. One day, one day...
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    I once had a 1990 Ray as per this one but in white. It was a peach but sadly I joined Basschat and after 15 years with this beauty I decided to move it on in a fit of GAS. The worst thing was I sold it to buy a Warwick. The shame.....
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    It doesn't look too bad, if you're worried about any naked wood just get a very small amount of wax and gently rub the affected area this should seal it nicely.
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