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I thought it might be Elixirs, but I have read that they get fuzzy when they get worn. I have been playing the crap out of this thing, and the strings remain slick and shiny. D’addarios mebbe?

I played guitar, mandolin and bouzouki before I took up bass. Went straight to fretted and very soon after that to fretless. It was fretless that thrilled me like guitar used to. Playing bass fixed my lousy timing, speeding up, etc. I went back to electric guitar for my last band, and now after a hiatus I’m playing bass again with mates from that band. I groove like a mutha, obviously, being steeped in the Scottish white funk tradition. I love it so much!

Thank you for that. Another great Donald Fagen song. I must I must improve my nonexistent reading skills.

Ain't like no Music Man I ever heard of!

Your criteria point to the TCE combos. I had the 115 second hand, and I thought it was a very goo£ amp at two hundred smackers. Very clever EQ on these amps, btw.

Not Delay, Dynamics! Sorry.

I got my Nova Delay for fifty British pounds. Keep yer eyes peeled on basschat or eBay.

Plus one for the Nova Dynamics. I have one, and it is extremely flexible. It has two channels, so you can set up each channel for a particular instrument. You can also mix the amount of compression in each channel with dry signal. They got a bad rap from Ovnilabs, who said the ones he tried had a noise he couldn’t dial out. I have not been able to replicate the behaviour he described, so my advice is, if you see one GRAB IT!

Crikey, that Ritter is striking. But you’d think he would take the trouble to put the pickups on straight, for goodness sake!

People were leaving quite early one yesterday, due to the rain. We had some Airbnb folk from Scotland staying, they headed back to the auld country about 4pm. The mud was plentiful! I missed The Cuban Brothers with Hamish Stuart guesting. Dagnabbit.

There were a LOT of rap acts!

Do you mean The Big Feastival at Alex James’ place? It was indeed pishing down there yesterday! When were you on?

Lovely basses.

That Jon Cleary thing is aces!

Anybody know what strings the SR500 comes with? The strings on mine (2 position minds switch so must be a couple of years old) are very nice and slippery . I’ve got a Yamaha BBG II fretless incoming. Excited!

This is great. I do like a bit of confirmation bias. Thanks guys. Having come back to bass from guitar, I was hoping to escape the GAS death spiral, but NO! Those Prestige and Premium SR models look very cool but not too boo-teeky. In general I have given up on high end guitars and basses. Had some nice Gibsons back in the day. Now I like my bitsa Tele and Jap Strat, and was very happy with my bitsa Jazz until I played the Ibanez.

I Don’t Need No Doctor, Humble Pie, Rockin’ The Fillmore. Also Hallelujah I Love Her So from the same album. Monster.

Did you get sorted?

On TalkBass liking the Barts is like being the spawn of Satan or something. I like the sound meself, but that’s because it’s my first go at active pickups. Can you suggest upgrades for the 500 should I decide they are too polite? Or am I on a slippery slope to eventually getting one of the posh SR’s with Nordstrands?

Why thank you, gents.

..and my old Scottish mother used to call the neck of my guitar the “handle”.

Wow! Good score!

Yours looks quite shiny in the top pic. Has it been polished or oiled? Mine is only shiny where it is in contact with elbows etc.