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Overwater by tanglewood second hand for £120, not the lightest but build quality and sound is spot on.

The problem is that what sounds good at home playing by yourself sounds pretty crappy in the mix, so for me I will do the scoop thing at home, but in a band situation it’s pretty flat, and any minor tweaks will be on the bass itself

I think the sound has mellowed a touch, there are quite a lot of mids to start off with, but rather quickly develop that lovely mellow flat sound we all love so much.

🥖 🍞 I stand corrected Mr Breadbin 🥖 🍞 and you are correct, they are great 😁

One of the reasons I like the rotosound Jazz 77 flats so much is that you don’t get this friction, they are ever so slightly textured, even less than compression wound strings, but just enough to prevent that annoying friction stickiness...

Surprised that no one has mentioned rotosound Jazz 77 flats......awesome strings, and having spent a small fortune on flats over the last 18 months, I’ve tried them all......

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Here’s a link, looking dodgy to me.... if not someone’s in for a bargain!!!! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F132509475581

There are a few “bargains” on eBay at the moment which appear to be rather dodgy, a 59 Precision for just over 1k, I emailed and they said that they wanted my details so they can register the deal under the eBay buyer transaction scheme (for my piece of mind!!!!), sounds like a load of nonsense to me as the eBay buyer protection scheme would be a normal purchase through eBay! im tempted to string him along for a while to see what happens next. he also has a number of other vintage jazz and Precisions at rediculus prices so watch out!

If I can bring myself to take a set of roto 77 Jazz’s off one of my basses I may give these a go. or I could just buy another bass and fit a set 🤔

I have played with a compressor for years and tried a couple of practises and a gig without. i then went straight back to using it!

I’ve often thought about giving tapes a go but think they may just be a little too floppy for me, I must admit to liking a bit of tension.

I have these on all my basses having been through TI flats, chromes, fender flats, pyramid flats, Labella FS and FL, GHS compression wounds.... and then back through them all again before I finally tried these. lower tension than chromes but no where near as low as TI flats, they are ever so slightly textured so not glassy smooth like some flats but this is not a bad thing as they don’t get sticky like most flats can as the slight texture reduces the friction. they start off with a strong mid similar to TI flats but quickly mellow out to a more usual flatwound powerful thump sound. I love these strings

Nothing wrong with Mark Bass stuff, light and loud, tone wise they are transparent and you change tone with your preamp. Good stuff in my opinion.

Chuck some flats on it, strings make a huge difference, a set of rotosound Jazz 77s will be awesome ...

There is always a chance that the pickups are out of phase, that certainly makes them sound thin and crappy.

Is there a matching extension cab?

So how much is this going to cost me £££

That must be why they invented headphone amps! I did wonder..... However, just think of the rig you could bring out your moon buggie, In just the one trip, stack up those old trace 6x10 cabs, stick a few 18s on there, it would almost be worth not hearing it...

This does raise the question of when we list our basses for sale we should be quoting mass or weight. weight is a movable measurement dependant upon a number of factors, if you are playing your bass on the moon for example your bass will weigh considerably less than if you are gigging at WSL in Sheffield, whereas the mass will remain constant. i hear that Virgin are shortly opening up flights to the moon which may be good news for those of us who long for the deep rich tones of a heavy woods, but struggle with the weight of such a substantial axe.....