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I tried these a while back and passed them on as I found I got buried in a live situation, maybe I wrote them off too quickly , I may give them another try, shame strings are so damn expensive otherwise I would buy a few sets and try them all out, I cant remember the tone of the nylons, are they thumpy like flats?

Hi all hoping you can help, I have recently after using TIs for a long time become a little dissatisfied with their tone, the feel of them is great but I feel the tone is lackign something, after trying GHS flats on my bass it became clear that the TIs are a bit of low mid thump, the GHS flats sounded so much better its not even funny, no contest at all, which brings me to my next question, is there any flats that feel close to the flexibility of TIs? GHS in the light gauge are low tension but still noticeably stiffer, they are not uncomfortable to play by any means but I just love the flexibility of TIs. Can anyone recommend a flatwouand that is close to TIs in feel, I am thinking of maybe Labella 760fx but maybe the Labella low tension flexible flats would feel looser? Thanks

Thanks , I will give Gear4music a try

Hi All Just wondering where people get their strings from and where is good to buy from. I see Stringbusters seems to have dissapeared, Stringsdirect has a decent range but the prices are pretty expensive

Fair enough, I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to string tension, if it feels ok to you then thats what matters

I realise this may be subjective but the 760FS have always felt like solid iron bars to me, not sure what the actual physical tension of them is like, I would personally go for 760FX for low tension

Ok, have done a little research and it seems the 208 is worth skipping

I wonder how the 208 fares, I am edging towards the 115 for space reasons (tiny home ) but I wonder if the 208 would be a good compromise or whether it would lack low end

Thanks , this is very encouraging to hear

Thanks , how is the output for medium size gigs ?

Thanks for the replies guys, very helpful replies

Hi All As per the thread title I am after a combo that can do medium size gigs that is not too pricey, am considering the below amps which all look like they would be up to the task, am after suggestions, thanks https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TC-Electronic-BG250-115-MKII-Bass-Combo-Amp/VJF TC Electronics BG250 115 MK II combo, 250 w 1x15" combo https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TC-Electronic-BG250-210-Bass-Combo-Amp/VJJ TC Electronics BG250 210 2x10" 250w combo https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Peavey-MAX115-MKII-Bass-Combo-Amplifier/U6S Peavey MAX 115 MKII 1x15" 300w combo

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No, not overrated at all, not meaning to be rude but it boggles my mind that you dont hear any innovation or imagination, I think maybe you have not heard much Beatles material or just heard the small handful of Beatles songs that appear on radio and tv. I would suggest the following as great examples of Mccartney's melodic genius with his bass playing, please note this is just a few that come to mind , there are many more examples... Something, Hey Bulldog, With a little help (from my friends), Rain , These are all lines where he could have played it very straight but chose not too, on Something he uses the bass as a melodic instrument and uses a great inventive counterpoint line to really enhance the song and emphasize certain important parts of the song, on Hey bulldog his bass really drives the song creating a great sense of urgency and energy within the song whilst also being very melodic, on With a little help (from my friends) the guitar work is very sparse and leaves a lot of room for the bass which Mccartney uses to enhance the song with his great melodic bass part which adds melody during the verse and drives the song during the chorus, Rain is another great one where Mccartneys bass really drives the song and brings it too life. McCartney along with Jamerson really expanded the role of the bass within music and changed the way that people played and thought about bass, people realised that they no longer had to ride the root notes if they didn't want to do that, they realised that you could have the bass feature prominently in music and you didn't have to be buried in the mix.

Hi all I have a Violin bass copy that I am very fond of,the bass has a Hofner style floatign bridge, however unlike my Hofner I can never quite get the bass intonated and am after suggestions for a bridge with a little more intonation adjustment options to replace the floating bridge currently on there, a tune-o-matic style bridge would be perfect but I cant find one with narrow enough spacing (this bass has 14mm spacing)the bass has a centre block (semi hollow) running the length of the body so drilling holes is not an issue if necessary

Funny that, I found myself hitting the mute button whenever she came on, way too nasal for me and a bit screamy sounding , still different strokes and all that , I agree with you about The Record Company though

The Contemporary (the mid priced version) is good, it has a bound fingerboard and the same pickups as the full price german version but is semi hollow vs fully hollow (the german version) so although it sounds really good it is not quite as woody sounding as the german version, sound is nice and warm and thumpy.

Thats a great idea I will give that a try

Thanks for the replies guys, really helpful

Thanks I will give that a try

Hi All As a bass player who is generally competent but far from exceptional I am trying to extend my repertoire and was wondering what songs are considered "must know songs" for jam nights ? thank you in advance

Hi all Am after some suggestions on fills/flourishes for songs, am a reasonably proficient bass player but when it comes to fills and flourishes I tend to fall back on Root, fifth octave or root, 4th, 5th and sometimes I throw in Root and minor 3rd , I think it is fair to say my ambition outweighs my ability when it comes to fills so am after some suggestions for some tasty fills I can use , thanks in advance

I would give the Cobalts a miss personally, they are designed to sound like a roundwound so dont really give a good representation of flatwound strings, a bit like trying groundwounds to find out what roundwound strings sound like

Could be the camera angle, a lot of the time I fret practically on top of the fret (bad habit I know) but I have no issues with choked notes, I don't think its fake imho

Daddario tapes are very similar tension to the TI flats, I didn't like Labella tapewounds , they are low tension but i got completely buried in the mix with those, avoid Rotosound as they are probably the highest tension tapewounds