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No matter what I try, no matter how well reputed or expensive, I always end up realising that D'Addarios sound better and last longer at a considerably lower price, and end up going back to them.

That's awesome!

Congratulations both!😎

Another tricky month, it took a fair bit to get it down to just 3. Well done everyone!

Whereas I bought something with a lesser name for considerably less, because I'm not a snob and tone is in the fingers anyway.... or something.

I use a pair of these, for pretty much everything. The Mrs has a set of HD280 Pro, and particularly for mixing I much prefer the much cheaper ATs, as I find them more neutral and realistic. I wear them for hours at a time too, with no discomfort.

Depends if you're a pick or fingers player, and how much compression you use.

My Elwood L5 is alder and maple according to the spec sheet, but wearing it I'd swear it's balsa wood, feathers and helium.

I play this game with myself all the time... what if circumstances changed and I had to sell up and just go for something that's flexible enough to cover any project, plays well and sounds great for both gigs and recording. With that budget, new, I'd be going for the Yamaha BB435 and getting a decent bit of change back... Used I'd be looking for a BB735A.

LoL. Just A/Bd section by section... The volume difference is big! It is rougher, more open, and breathes better. Definitely more to my taste, and more appropriate to the song style to me.

Oddly enough I'm listening now, while I'm sorting our new projects FB page in advance of publishing it... Followed LS while I'm at it. I think (again, not having heard it live or in earlier versions) that tepid is doing it an injustice. True that for me, a touch dirtier would be better, but I think of bands I love and the recorded versions are always a little more sanitized than I would like... But, I'm also very conscious that I'm probably in a minority, and that while it might get on your tits a bit, giving those tunes a more poppy production probably won't do you any harm in terms of reaching an audience, exactly the opposite. Incidentally, kudos to the mastering guy... I'm holed away in the bedroom doing this while the Mrs practices drums downstairs, and to avoid competing for volume I'm just listening on my phone... And it sounds as good as on proper kit yesterday... That takes some doing.

It's hard to say, not knowing what's in your head, but after a couple of listens I don't think there's much wrong with that The only slight incongruence is that the songs are kinda raw, while the presentation isn't, it's pretty clean and 'organised'. It's the kind of material I'd prefer to see live, with feedback, dirt and random extraneous noise, and it's hard to capture that feeling well in a studio together, let alone recording separately.

Trevor bought my Ibanez 7 string. He's an absolute pleasure to deal with. Great communication, and an all round easy transaction.

I too love the tone but hate the scratchplate... .... or I did.... I've never seen this combination before, but it works. Coupled with the maple it's got a real old school vibe. Enjoy!

I knew my teenage affair with Iron Maiden was over when I heard 'Living on a razors edge....balancing on a ledge', which to add insult to injury is repeated a number of times. As if either they didn't know it was stinky poo, or they did, but were trying to convince the listener it wasn't just an awful mistake by using it over and over. They were brilliant until that moment, and awful forever after, like that one line broke the spell.

I do favour 4 string like spacing on my basses, my fivers are both 19mm, and my 6 string is 18mm, although since the start of my upright adventure they both feel tiny now.

Well done both.... A couple of great tunes!

Sold my Fuzz to Sam... Couldn't have been easier. Quick, friendly, funny... Just easy... Y'know, the kind of thing that happens on Basschat every day.

You're just worried you'd need to change your user name to 31Hz?🤣 Another shout for the Yamaha... Maybe even something like the BB235. Ok it's not the same spec as the 1025 mentioned above, but they're well under budget, share the same dimensions, and play and sound great.

Some really great tracks in there again!😎