Jezyorkshire

Got the Ernie ball Cobalt Flats, had em on about 2 hours, so far really great, tension is perfect and just the right brightness, thanks guys x

What band were you playing with mate, I live just down the road in Todmorden, regards, Jez

Recently bought a Bass Collection P bass which came with Elite Flatwounds on it, not having any experiences with flatwound strings I have nothing to compare them too, tension seems slightly higher than round wounds of the same gauge, they have now been played for about a month and I’m considering replacing them, the only thing that I’m not sure about with these is the E string seems a little deader that the other 3 strings now they are played in and also slightly less tension would be good but not like TI’s I’m considering the Jim Dunlop flatwounds or Daddario Chromes, but the Chromes I have read are high tension and can be unbalanced in the set , string to string tension wise? I probably would prefer a modern flatwound that sounds great also with the tone rolled off but still has good definition. Any opinions welcome

It’s great, they were in a mad rush when I ordered it and I had to tweak the setup which I was surprised at as I was told it would be very well setup, I took it to a friends to compare with an American P bass and it’s just as good in my opinion, particularly the pickup, in fact now I have tweaked it to how I like it the neck is really great, much better setup than my friends P

just found this thread, ive just ordered a Bass Collection Detroit and its expected to be delivered on Tuesday!

Hi Nick, it worked without but was compromised on volume as there wasn’t enough signal going into the input, the Headway provided lots more input.

Headway EDM1 came , tried with 2 new very low capacitance leads and with headway volume at 2/3rds and pre amp on PJ Flightcase halfway it’s just short of clipping when played very hard, volume is nor twice as loud out of the Flightcase, lots of volume

I have ordered a Headway EDM1 that was on offer on eBay brand new for £99, couldn't resist the temptation, i may be being over critical off the volume coming from the PJ Flightcase, my main concern was not being able to get enough signal going in to the input, this should certainly sort it!

Have been looking at YouTube and comparing the Godin and the Ibanez, I think that even though the Ibanez seems less versatile it looks better value for money and the Godin comes across not much different that an electric bass?

I’ve seen the used A4 on eBay if it’s the one you mean, it’s just got the pickup under the bridge rather than the extra pickup on the new A4 ultra, I have read reports that some have had sound problems with them but maybe that’s the older ones it may seem?

Funnily enough I was thinking of going to Gear4music to try one of these and the Godin A4

It would seem to me that it does need a good input signal, I can’t get the input clip light to come on with the gain full up and playing as hard as I can!

Just got a Phil Jones Flightcase and i am using an Underwood pickup , with full gain on the input of the amp the clip light doesn't light even when abusing the strings very hard with my right hand, there doesn't seem much volume and im assuming thats because of the input stage not being loaded enough? would a pre amp of the right sort solve this and also would it improve the tone spectrum of the pickup with the right impedance match? any other advise also would be good, thanks, Jez