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  1. martthebass
    That surprises me on the Steinies, I thought the original basses were made primarily of Bakelite, a thermoset PF resin. This is very resistant to heat until it decomposes about 500C and shouldn’t deform dimensionally until decomposition. Worked a lot in the day on PF resins for refractory applications....
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    Cheers guys, much appreciated
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    Thanks Dave, just the ongoing checks for my cancer treatment, hopefully I’m still in good shape.
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    Nice sound overall and great bass tone Daryl
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    Well the NYE gig was a bit of a surprise. Usually it can be a ‘Larry letdown’ but on this occasion it was pretty good with the crowd in good sorts and lots of dancers in both sets. It was a ticket do but there was just over 100 present and the vast majority stayed until the new year. Just one gig in January for me (on the 7th) then a bit of a break while I have biopsies and what not.
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    It will mate, guarantee it!
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    Great basses, now that I’ve put a set of rounds on mine it’s pretty much my go to bass.
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    17:00 for me, gonna be a lot of sitting around and twiddling thumbs I suspect 😂
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    2022

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    For the first time in forever 0 in and 0 out
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    I’d agree with this, my old Status Streamline was a pretty solid thing at 7lbs which was quite a bit when you consider the diminutive size. The Alder/carbon wrap CW S2 comes in at about 8lb10oz so pro-rata about the same as full carbon.
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    Status are no longer taking commissions so a new one is out. I’ve seen 6 string Stealths come up occasionally which would fit your bill, perhaps reaching out on the Wanted forum would be worth a punt?
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    To be honest, the 3 basses i gig are also the cheapest I have. The number 1, a Mikey Way sig Mustang was a budget bass.
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    The most I’ve spent on a new bass is just shy of £3600, I’d come into a little money and decided it was my last chance to acquire the Status bass I’d been lusting after. Going forward, on gigging basses, I’ll top out around the £1500 mark.
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    Ticket job at a fairly local venue for us. Not done this one before so hopefully it’ll be ok. I always find NYE difficult to call as a gig, especially in recent years where I think the tendency to stay in has risen somewhat.
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    This thread must be close to the record in terms of how off-piste it has travelled....
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    This is something I've struggled with over the years. I generally use the movable anchor point but always felt bad as I saw a number of tutorials that said this was bad technique and that you should use floating thumb or anchor above the E. Nowadays I find it depends on the bass and what I'm doing. If I'm on a Mustang and playing fairly relaxed I'm on floating thumb, BUT, if I'm really digging in I find I unconsciously go back to movable anchor. On a bass with 18-19mm spacing I tend to be movable anchor whatever.
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    Well if you grow tired drop me a pm....
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    I snoozed, I lost.....
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    Not the easiest to sing and play - not exactly root-5th.
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    I think you’re right, the OMG setting does sound good in some settings, I use it like a ‘boost’ on gigs when I need some added oompf. I like the look of the Tbird type pickup though, do you have a link?
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    Nah but it has plenty of references to Rudolph, Santa...etc.
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    It was Rich, we wasn't too sure how it would go down (you know how punters can be with stuff they haven't heard before) but it was well received.
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    Not sure Chris, I think the Fallout is essentially an L1000 in different clothing. I don't usually use it in single coil config (I find it a bit weedy compared to series/OMG).
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    The XMas song our drummer wrote a couple of years back, Glam Fever, has been recorded by 70s band Hello. Not sure he’ll be able to retire just yet though.
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    Giving me some food for thought there Chris, I'm looking at modding my Mikey Way Mustang next year as it could do with a bit of a liven up. The stock humbucker is ok but I'd like something a bit hotter - more like the MFD in my G&L Fallout. I tend to use these 2 basses on gigs and I much prefer the added punch and definition of the MFD over the stock pup in the Mustang.
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