Beedster

The advantage of the Heritage B-15s is that despite being rated at 25/30w, they are monstrously loud, too loud in fact for my home studio, hence my selling mine and moving to an old 70s' WEM that despite being rated more powerful is far far far quieter.

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1471955809' post='3117216'] Thanks for that info Burrito, Due to having read this thread, and being inspired to experiment a bit more, I have ordered a set of "Weed Whackers" They are fairly cheap on ebay (cheapest DB strings I've seen!), but the seller is in the US - so they'll take some time to reach me [/quote] You could have had mine gratis Marc, played them for about 20 minutes and have never hated a set of strings more

Gut strings on DB is a similar issue to all-tube bass amps: plenty of things get close, plenty of things are cheaper, and plenty of things are less hassle, but nothing quite does the job. The pure joy of those whispy, almost fragile tones up the board on the one hand and powerful rootsy thumps on the other is worth all the grief. I'll never go back to steels or synthetics.

[quote name='Ruiner' timestamp='1471506876' post='3113459'] Hey Beedster. Yes, mainly nut width. I can just about manage with a skinny jazz neck but much prefer something a bit beefier. [/quote] Nearly all fretless necks out there, decent ones anyway (and Fender fit), are Jazz width. I've two lovely old Precision FLs and totally get the need for a wider neck, I find it gives me just that little bit more space and precision (guess the clue's in the title), than Jazz width necks. Good luck with the search Chris

[quote name='tredders' timestamp='1471539550' post='3113840'] So, I bought a Steinberger XT2 Spirit a couple of months ago. Cost me £175, and I added a new set of Steinberger strings for £30. I liked the bass so much, I've just bought the big brother model (Synapse). Both are great basses, and the Steinberger Spirit is a proper bargain when you take into account the price. I recently gigged it at a quiet sit down gig, and it didn't let me down. So, here's the deal - I've met some really cool people on here, and have been given tons of great advice, had laughs, and bought and sold a lot of nice stuff on here. Being on other forums (fora?) has made me realise what a good place this is to hang out... I was listing the bass for sale (for £150), and the link is here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/290126-steinberger-spirit-xt2-4-string-black-with-case-and-new-strings/"]http://basschat.co.u...nd-new-strings/[/url] However, I'd like to donate it / give it away / call it whatever you like. I'd really like it to go to a good home, rather than someone who already has 5 basses and just fancies trying this. I'd also like to donate it to someone who's not just going to sell it on eBay for £200 after a month too! Sounds corny, but it would be nice if this went to someone who really appreciated it. So, if anyone works with a charity (I donated a little amp a while ago to someone who was setting up a musical therapy room, but can't find the messages that relate to that), or knows of someone who wants to get into bass but maybe doesn't have the cash to buy a bass, then please post on here. I'll leave the thread active until Sunday night, and then we'll see if there's any interest. I reserve the right to choose the recipient (assuming someone wants it!), and hopefully someone will get some use out of it. Happy for people to PM if they'd rather not post circumstances etc on here. Collection would be nice: around Warwickshire is easy for me. However, I'll pick up postage costs if necessary. [/quote] Fantastic offer, I'd happily pick up the courier fee if it finds a good home which can't collect Mark, don't see why you should get all the glory

You say 'Precision-spec' do you mean in terms of nut width?