Paul S

Genz Benz Shuttle was the cleanest amp I've played through.

thanks for that! I will compare with what is currently on there.

While we are here, then - what tapewound strings do we know definitely fit the Stagg? I've emailed Pyramid custumer service to ask about string length but suspect I may as well have emailed my cat.

Small update - I played this through my gigging rig last night and it does sound rather nice as is. Bottom end suddenly flowered Perhaps not that vintage, but certainly got balls enough for my rock band.

Shameless plug laced with well meant opinion!... I have a Precision Lyte for sale at the moment - one of two that have been for sale in the classifieds for weeks, Mojobass is selling the other. These are active, P/J, Jazz neck and somewhere between 7 to 7.5lbs in weight. Proper Japanese quality Fenders for Squier money. The P pup is similar to but not exactly like a Precision, the Jazz similarly not exactly like a Jazz. The blend between them is a very nice dark but burpy tone.

Do they have a Phall range speaker? Or is the bottom end tikka?

Thanks for all that - I had no idea there was that much choice. Not good for bowing isn't an issue

I didn't realise that! Thanks (and no I don't mind the digression )

Thanks for that. Gosh, the La Bella strings are over three times the price of the Pyramids! I only paid a little bit more than that for the bass

I like the sound and feel of black nylon tapewound strings on my electro-acoustic bass and, when I had one, fretless bass. So, in an idle moment this afternoon I wondered if you could get similar for EUB/double bass and it seems you can. Thomann list these Pyramids: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/pyramid_black_tape_nylon_double_bass_s.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/pyramid_black_tape_nylon_double_bass_s.htm[/url] which seem pretty good value. Has anyone tried them and, if so, got any opinions? Are there better ones to be had? Ta

[quote name='sykilz' timestamp='1447167491' post='2905449'] I briefly had one on a Warwick Corvette, and it was a hell of a faf to tune, once I managed to get the E in tune, the D would drift out, and vice versa. Realised I'd never trust it and have to keep checking it, and if you're doing that, you may as well just manually drop tune. Or could be I'm a twat. Others seem to love them! [/quote] I fitted several and had ^this^ issue a lot. I've also had two where it worked perfectly, so it wasn't just me

Matt Schofield at Brooklyn Bowl O2 as part of the Bluesfest weekend. Second time I have seen him, he was better this time and it was a cracking gig. Bass player was superb - the keyboardists left hand!

Joe Satriani at the Cliff's Pavilion last night. I was expecting to be bored but felt obliged to see such a huge name at a small local venue. In fact I was totally blown away. Quite astonishing. I only knew a handful of his tunes before, seemed he decided to play all the ones I know at the end. Satch Boogie ended the set, Big Bad Moon and Surfing The Alien for encores! I probably enjoyed those as much as I have anything I have ever seen anyone perform but the rest of the show was pretty fantastic, too. The guy is a complete master of the instrument. I even enjoyed the support, Dan Patlanski - very Hendrix-esque.

Matt sold me a Fender original pickup for a keen price in a quick and painless deal. Cheers Matt!

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1446906065' post='2903396'] Can't go wrong with Japanese Fenders IMO - I have a CIJ 57 RI Precision & a CIJ Jazzmaster guitar & they're both great instruments. [/quote] Hard to disagree. I have been gradually whittling down my proper basses to number just 8 now, 3 are Japanese Fenders*, 4 are early/mid 80s Squiers. 5 of them medium scale The only odd man out is a Danelectro Longhorn. One - a Precision Lyte - is for sale, folks...

Ian bought my Hipshot detuner in the very smoothest of transactions. Perfect gent to deal with - it's been a pleasure

Interesting - thanks!

Thanks for the link - that video is nicely done and very interesting. Decent vintage tone from the P bass pup, never heard an Aguilar before.

Ta - crossed from list

After much discussion and trialing I have come to the conclusion that the P bass pickup I like the most is the Fender Original, sometimes called the '62 Re-issue. I have just bought an '85 MIJ Fender Jazz Bass Special - 32" scale and uber-light body. This fella here, in fact: [attachment=204481:DSC06896.JPG] Very nice but the tone is possibly a little weak. If I decide to change the pups, what Jazz pickup would make a suitable 'old school' partner for a Fender Original P? I have no idea about Jazz bass pickups. Or are there any already matched pairs that give a similar old school sound? Ta much. Paul

I use a Mightysound PT-06 on my board, doubles as a mute switch and, with no battery space on board, takes up no room at all. Flagged up on here by Mr Discreet as I recall, and a jolly good bit of kit it is too. I use a multi-efffect Zoom MS-60B but find this tuner much better than that in the zoom. For 2 bands I don't use any effects, so use the Korg Pitchblack PB-01 that the Mightysound replaced. I also carry a small Korg plug-in one and have various Planetwave and Snark clip-ons around where I practice at home.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1413547754' post='2579392'] And I didn't. Same again!! [/quote] And again, though this time a wiring loom. Cheers Ted

U2? Me too. Also Elvis Costello cropped up in the household as he is touring soon - I like a good few of his tunes but find him such an arrogant little gobsh*te I can't bear to watch him.