EssentialTension

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1320268964' post='1424716'] and apparently he's not making it anymore. [/quote] So, project that might not be quite fun ... buy Fred Hammon's tooling etc. and start making Dark Stars and see if you can keep up with the demand.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1320268327' post='1424704'] project that could be quite fun..... .... could you make your own darkstar? has anyone tried? [/quote] Well, Fred Hammon made his own Hagstrom Bisonic and called it the Dark Star.

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1320228461' post='1423915'] Funny isn't it. I've never had a problem with them. They are on all my basses. [/quote] Same here, never had any problems with Schallers.

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1320219464' post='1423796'] I don't get any fret noise with mine at all, might be worth checking your setup. My deep talkin flats feel so nice under the fingers, so smooth. [/quote] +1

I had some Wizard 64s in my Squier CV Jazz. They did the trick nicely and relatively cheaply.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1320095203' post='1422366'] What? [/quote] A 'negotiable instrument' is a bit like a cheque - it is a promissory note or guarantee of payment, a bank draft.

TNT T&C don't seem to mention musical instruments.

[quote name='CBbass' timestamp='1320092478' post='1422296'] If this is the case then, do most people here just send uninsured? [/quote] I do, and I think many others do too because the insurance is pointless.

Read the small print, many couriers won't insure musical instruments, although they will take your money.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1320090206' post='1422263'] I reckon you'd be better off getting one of the Dan Erlewine books. G. [/quote] +1

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1320079795' post='1422036'] [b]1. Muse – 'Hysteria'[/b] [b]2. Rush – 'YYZ'[/b] [b]3. Queen – 'Another One Bites The Dust'*[/b] [b]4. Queen and David Bowie – 'Under Pressure'*[/b] [b]5. Pink Floyd – 'Money'[/b] [b]6. Metallica – 'Orion'[/b] [b]7. Michael Jackson – 'Billie Jean'*[/b] [b]8. Yes – 'Roundabout'[/b] [b]9. The Who – 'My Generation'[/b] [b]10. Tool – 'Schism'*[/b] * - ones I find weird! [/quote] Five of those I have never knowingly heard. I must get out more.

Never heard of Great White but Hunter & Ronson I like.

The G&L 2000 is a very nice bass but that's overpriced for a Tribute.

That's an interesting and very useful site but there's quite a few missing but commonly used strings.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1285067286' post='963179'] ... failure was, or may have been, lager-induced ... [/quote] I've had that experience too.

[quote name='grum' timestamp='1319982820' post='1420770'] Seriously? Can you find one effects pedal that claims to be waterproof? [/quote] Best I could do: [url="http://www.altoedge.com/pedals/3-pedal-waterproof.html"]http://www.altoedge.com/pedals/3-pedal-waterproof.html[/url]

And the number of watts claimed by the manufacturer may not be wholly accurate.

I'm now in possession of the B10 mentioned earlier (the one with the fretlines and side dots between the frets). I've got to say that so far I'm loving it although I'm still trying to figure out the preamp. I've fitted a strap pin on the heel and I'm playing it horizontally. The thing I'd change is that I'd prefer if it still had no fretlines, although that's not really a problem, but, more problematically for me, I really don't like the side dots between the fretlines as if it was a defretted bass. I may have to have those dots removed and new dots at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 etc.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1319919240' post='1420192'] Could be F for Fender. [/quote] FE11DER would be better.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1319918687' post='1420186'] I have [b]B4SS F[/b] on retention now (as I sold my F bass last year) [/quote] Could be F for Fender.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1319894518' post='1419820'] Well ordered them Thurs, arrived in post yesterday - very good turnaround, well done Stringbusters - on my `77 Precision today. First impressions - well not used them in a band setting yet, but to me they sound like old roundwounds. Which I`m glad about, as that`s the sound I`m looking for. Problem I`ve had with rounds, is once they get old, and I have the sound I want, they`re not too far from dead, and I want to retain that nice thump for a while. Hopefully these will give me the sound I`m looking for, and I`ll never have to change `em again [/quote] Flats have a tendency to sound better as they get older ... then you'll never have to change them again.