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[quote name='Jam' post='1102165' date='Jan 25 2011, 02:21 PM']My Rotosound Steve Harris flats have a similar colour arrangement...[/quote] I haven't tried the Steve Harris strings but I did put Rotosound flatwounds on a bass, nice mellow sound, but not really for me.

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1101830' date='Jan 25 2011, 10:35 AM']I play elites, and they have red ribbon at the ball end, and blue at the tuner end so I'm pretty sure those are the ones you're looking for I don't know about the nickel ones but I use the steels and they have an amazing bright sound[/quote] Thanks for the help, I haven't used them for a few years but I might check them out again. Much appreciated

I bought a second hand bass which came with some nice sounding bass strings, I'm sure I've tried these before and I'm thinking they're Elites. They have red silk at the ball ends and blue silk at the tuning post end. I've been using Warwick strings exclusively for about three years now but I might try these other strings when I know what they are. Thanks Andy P.S. I asked the seller what strings they were and he didn't know either....

[quote name='Stag' post='1079781' date='Jan 6 2011, 01:10 PM']For a related lovely fretless bassline that I enjoy playing, try Hey You by Pink Floyd. Integral part of the song as well... [/quote] Comfortably numb sounds nice on a fretless too, although it wasn't recorded with one

Tony Levin's bass line on Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer is one of my favourite fretless lines. Got to mention Steve DiGiorgio too

I bought a Bass Collection Speakeasy bass a few weeks ago and it's a very playable and well built bass. For that price range I'd probably look for a second hand Fender Mexican bass but the Bass Collection are worth a try too.

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1072617' date='Dec 30 2010, 12:08 PM']I went to a couple of music shops in Falkirk to see what they had in stock & maybe try out a fretless (not expecting anything really). The first one I visited didn't have much in but said he was expecting a lot of new stock in about a month's time including Fender & some other good brand yet to be known (hopefully will have a fretless in then). The chap was pretty pleasant & I'll pop back to see what he has. The second shop is where I got my Freshman semi from (after traipsing round Glasgow trying everything that was @ £500) about 4 years ago. The shop was full of budget gear (£500 is an expensive item to them). The chap was talkative & pleasant enough, but when I asked if they ever stock fretless basses his response was "No. You wont find many music shops will have one as they can't sell em. They're no good for playing in a band with as the notes are hard to get & are really only for home use, just for your own pleasure". He then went on to tell me how they got one in stock many years ago & he couldn't play it (I don't think he plays bass at all mind) & I'd be best to try ebay or Cash convertors as folk who buy them find out they're no good for in a band & sell them again. I thought "well he works in a music shop, so must know best"! [/quote] I've come across this type of salesman before, surely they could offer to order a fretless from their supplier rather than send a potential customer in the direction of cash convertors or ebay?

I used a five string in a grunge band in the 90's with some downtuned guitar it really suited the music. My five string now is tuned EADGC and defretted, I never really need to get below a low E and find four strings are more than enough for me.

[quote name='Rayman' post='1065213' date='Dec 20 2010, 10:07 PM']I really like the Soundgear basses. One of the best basses I've had was a K5, lovely bass to play for any genre, very comfortable. For me, ergonomically, I think Ibanez basses are superb, and even the budget models I have tried have been very playable. I can only repeat what I've said in the past, you can play any style of music on any model of bass, period.[/quote] From what I remember of the Soundgear I played, it was very playable but I prefered the sound of the Yamaha BBG5S, which I eventually bought. That was 1998 and I'm sure the range has changed a lot in the past 12 years!

I have to admit to only ever playing an Ibanez Soundgear before and not being that impressed but recently I've spotted a few older Ibanez basses listed on ebay and really like the look of them. I think the Musician is a little out of my price range but I'm quite interested in the Roadster, Roadstar or ATK 400. Any advice from the basschat community?

This ends soon if anyone's interested?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='982507' date='Oct 9 2010, 12:29 PM']The Rockbass range are nice enough basses 'at that price point' but you can't make any direct comparison between one of those and the German made thru-neck basses, so are you cutting your teeth on a lower price Warwick and preparing yourself for the top of the range models? Probably not! However that's just my opinion. If you are in the market to buy a £300 bass then I'd definitely try one next to say a similarly priced Ibanez, Squier, Washburn, Spector etc. but going from that to one of the expensive Warwick basses is a marked difference... and for the sake of stopping any potential flame-war, I'll stress that again: playing a £300 Rockbass will feel a lot 'different' than a top of the range NT bass NOT 'better' or £XXXX superior; just different. [/quote] Just looking at the Rockbass range on www.Thomann.de - it's very extensive! My Corvette Rockbass had active pickups and it had a nice bright tone, maybe not "the sound of wood" but a decent tone all the same Did I read somewhere that Warwick are not writing Rockbass on the headstocks of the new Rockbasses? Some of the online stock has and some don't.... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Rockbass-Corvette-Basic-NT-5-String-Bass-Guitar-/330493054579?pt=Guitar&hash=item4cf2ebce73"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Rockbass-Cor...=item4cf2ebce73[/url] This one doesn't?