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  1. shoulderpet
    Hi Anyone have any experience with a brand by the name of Groove? This could either be a great bargain or an expensive mistake, not pulled the trigger on one of these but tempted Groove bass
  2. shoulderpet
    Looking at the price of these they seem to be selling for £900+ , nice looking bass but no way I would blind buy at that price, you could get a Vintera P bass for that price.
  3. shoulderpet
    Good choice, a couple of things to note 1. Make sure your get the Hofner specific set 2. The winding is quite long, it is absolutely normal and not an issue for some of the string to wrap around the tuning post, take your time with fitting the E string and you will be fine.
  4. shoulderpet
    Honestly because of the scale length and the small tuners you are a bit restricted, Labella or TI (the Hofner sets for both) are both very good, the TI's being more articulate and the Labellas being thumper. When I used a Hofner I started on the Labellas but ended up using Thomastik infield as the lower tension suited me better.
  5. shoulderpet
    I second this about the dead E string, deadest I have heard on a set of flats.
  6. shoulderpet
    I was not a fan, I like the Rotosound and Daddario tapes but when I tried the Labellas I found my bass got absolutely buried in the mix, literally none of my notes were distinguishable, embarrassingly I found this out when I went to a jam night on the same night that I changed my strings, the one event where you are completely relying on your ears.
  7. shoulderpet
    The other thing you could do is wire them in series with each other, that will give you a super beefy dark tone, they might be fine though with the tone rolled back, they have decent low end.
  8. shoulderpet
    You don't want the Ultra jazz pickup, great pickups but bright and scooped, model J is what you want.
  9. shoulderpet
    Gorgeous bass, how is the tone? Is the neck pickup similar to one of the Gibson mudbuckers?
  10. shoulderpet

    Ahh finally the Thomastik infeld jazz rounds have come off my bass, a set of short scale Fender rounds have taken there place, bass no longer sounds like it is being played with the tone rolled off, I know some people love TI rounds but definitely not for me.

  11. shoulderpet
    Just a question on the tape issue, and apologies for the slight detail, does the tape serve a structural purpose or is it there just for the aesthetics? Have been considering a Danelectro for a while and the tape thing concerns me, if it is just there for aesthetics then I could remove the tape.
  12. shoulderpet
    What is the tension like on these, I love strings that are low tension and flexible, wondering if these would fit the bill for my shortscale Gretsch bass
  13. shoulderpet
    What is the tension like on these, I love strings that are low tension and flexible, wondering if these would fit the bill for my shortscale Gretsch bass
  14. shoulderpet
    That would look great with a painted finish black neck
  15. shoulderpet
    Assuming it is something easily replaceable like a Fender style bridge I would just get a new saddle, cheap and easy fix and hopefully should hold out for a long time.
  16. shoulderpet
    Not sure what the preamp in the TMB100 bass is but if it is the same preamp as the one used in the Mezzo bass then the biggest upgrade sonically would be too upgrade the preamp.
  17. shoulderpet
    Yeah mine was ridiculously heavy, sounds like yours sounded better than mine did though, mine was mud central.
  18. shoulderpet
    I love the Sisters cover of Confide in me
  19. shoulderpet
    Upgrade day, Hipshot licensed tuners, the tuners being the only real weak point of this bass
  20. shoulderpet
    I used to go to a jam night a while ago and stopped going in the end. Problem was the house band always had there favourite musicians so there favourites would be on for several songs and unless you were lucky you would get squeezed in at the end for 1 or 2 songs and occasionally if it was a busy night you might not get to play at all so you would end up at the pub till half eleven on a work night so that you could play for 3-6 minutes, to make it even worse if you showed up even slightly after 8pm they wouldn't even bother trying to make sure you got to play and would use that as an excuse.
  21. shoulderpet
    I actually really like this composition of his https://youtu.be/Ks2yqt3eJmY?si=GtVTpWMEmNmdpPu_
  22. shoulderpet
    I am not usually into solo bass but this is awesome
  23. shoulderpet
    I owned a black Musicmaster at one point and I concur that they weigh a tonne, its the heaviest bass I ever owned, that thing must have weighed 14 pounds, it also sounded like mud regardless of what strings I used and the tone control was close to useless. Regarding the E string I find a lighter gauge string helps, lighter will give more clarity and heavier will give more thud/thump.
  24. shoulderpet
    Ginger Baker is someone who always struck me as being a thoroughly unpleasant person.
  25. shoulderpet
    Actually you are much more likely to have neck dive on a long scale bass as the neck is longer
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