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  1. Obrienp
    https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/detail/ehb1505s_1p_01.html Looks interesting.
  2. Obrienp
    Ibanez also do the EHB headless 5 strings (can’t remember the exact designation).One is a plain 30” with conventional frets and the other is a fan fret multiscale 30-32”. Much cheaper than the Wilcox (nice as that is). They have interesting looking tops these days too and Nordstrand pups instead of the Barts that they had on the previous iteration. Very ergonomic bodies on the EHBs as well. P.S. Another advantage is that the string clamping mechanism means you can use standard scale strings and just cut off the excess. That gives you greater choice and often cheaper prices than if you are stuck using dedicated SS strings.
  3. Obrienp
    Had to look that one up. A bit like a ‘51 P version of the Guild Starfire 1 but with a more interesting body shape and fixed (‘51 P style) bridge. Enjoy!
  4. Obrienp
    I sold mine a while back and the Terror head as well. I bought a Barefaced Two10S to replace them and I tried various heads. I have now landed on a pair of LFSys Monzas and Ashdown RM800 v2, or Blackstar U700. I don’t think I’m going to move from this combination unless I win the lottery, in which case I would get 2 LFSys Monacos. The Orange cabs were nice, lightweight and matched well with the Terror head but the LFSys cabs are in a different league.
  5. Obrienp
    Just get LFSys cabs. You will hear yourself, even if you are just about sitting on them.
  6. Obrienp
    The spec sheet that comes up is a bit misleading: I can’t see 24 fanned frets, unless the use of “fanned” has been redefined! It actually sounds pretty good in the vid but maybe not £3.5K good.
  7. Obrienp
    Great bass. I sold mine to make way for a Nordstrand Acinonyx. I have sold the Acinonyx too now. I have still got the a Sire U5 Fretless in the same finish as yours: another great bass, especially for the money. i miss the EHB but unfortunately Ibanez have discontinued the 4 string version and the new models, while being very pretty, have gone up considerably in price. I am sure they could still sell quite a few 4 strings but their marketing department obviously feels otherwise. Shame!
  8. Obrienp
    There was a little discussion about those Gretsch CVTs last year on this thread. I guess it’s good to have another medium scale bass on the market but I don’t really understand the significant price hike over the Junior Jet.
  9. Obrienp
    And seven! When will this stop? 😀
  10. Obrienp
    I hate to promote Bezos but D’Addario prices on Amazon are normally pretty competitive. Thomann also.
  11. Obrienp
    I’ve used their guitar and resonator strings but never bass. Might check them out.
  12. Obrienp
    Hard to go wrong with D’Addarios IMO. The nickel rounds seem to last for ages, are relatively cheap and are available in SS, MS, LS. I like their chrome flats as well and even their black nylon tapes, which I have on my Sire U5 fretless. The chromes are quite bright for flats, nothing like as dull as LaBella and half the price. Rotosound flats are really bright to my ears and not too expensive if you shop around. I went into a bit of a panic when Trump was threatening tariffs over Greenland and people were organising a boycott of US goods. What would I use instead of D’Addarios?
  13. Obrienp
    Interesting, that must explain why things don’t seem to get that much louder when you turn up beyond 3 o’clock on the master? That’s with two cabs with a combined rating about twice the output of the amp.
  14. Obrienp
    I agree with you. I always feel we sound frantic and the vocals do suffer a lot of the time. I’m all for playing stuff at dancing tempo but even the most dedicated dancer needs a breather every so often!
  15. Obrienp started following Does Your Covers Band Change Songs? What Changes and Why?
  16. Obrienp
    We do key changes and then detune a semitone for most songs to suit the singers. It can make it quite difficult to reproduce the original bass lines on a 4 string in some cases. That said we are not trying to be a tribute act, so I don't always stick exactly to the bass line unless it's a really integral part of the song. It would be hard to recognise, e.g: How Long, Keep on Running, I Gotta Get Out of This Place, if you didn't play the original bass line. We also have a lead guitarist who is obsessed with tempo, so we end up playing everything around 10 beats faster than the original. He accelerates during the set as well. Its pretty impressive that he manages to get the solos for Sultans of Swing and Come Up and See Me right, while playing them significantly faster than the originals, Lol! I saw a band locally where the bassist didn't play the original bass line to How Long, in fact the only thing that was the same were the words. It took me most of the song to realise what they were paying. Personally I think that is a step too far. There is room for interpretation but fundamentally changing a song seems either wrong, or lazy.
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