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[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1448463254' post='2915635'] [/quote] I've seen worse. In fact some of you are probably playing things that I see as worse ... so I apologise.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1448582451' post='2916705'] To be fair, I don't like Alembics either - they look like they've got buttocks. It's an arse issue, nothing more. But let's not go there. [/quote] Have you been squinting and taking some drugs?

If I was putting the bridge cover on then I would keep the BBOT. If I wasn't putting the bridge cover on then I would still keep the BBOT. Anyway, keep everything until you have played it for a while, including gigs. Maybe it won't need any minor upgrades. It's a Precision Bass, it's basic but it works - others may tell you a different story.

You can put any bass guitar strings on an acoustic bass guitar. Whether you like the feel and sound is another matter. I have a Takamine B10 with La Bella 760FS flats. Very nice, IMO. I used to have a Michael Kelly Dragonfly with Thomastik JF344 Jazz Flats. Also very nice, IMO. There are specific bronze acoustic bass guitar strings but, IMO, they sound and feel terrible.

[quote name='Bassnut62' timestamp='1448457352' post='2915564'] Sorry, but I disagree with this. The law on purchases is very simple and very clear....It says 'Buyer Beware', i.e. it is the buyer's responsibility to check that what they are buying is satisfactory. If the seller misrepresented something about the item that is a totally different situation; but you can't expect the seller to know every last thing about an item, especially if it is something as deeply hidden as a truss rod on a bass. [/quote] Not according to the 2015 Consumer Rights Act and many predecessors.

I'm not aware of any black nylon tapewounds that are tapered. They vary in tension but are certainly not particularly tense and I have used them successfully on an acoustic bass guitar. The following all make black nylon tapewounds: La Bella Pyramid GHS Fender D'Addario Rotosound Picato Status ... and probably some others.

[quote name='loon' timestamp='1448303150' post='2914310'] ive been looking at an aria sb 1000 on ebay being sold by CHUYA ONLINE. its brand new and only £865. will have to pay a for it to be delivered from japan but overall it will still be cheap. the cheapest ive seen one in this country is £1900. does anyone know of a reason why its only £865. [/quote] You'll also have to pay tax and duty on the price of the bass and the shipping costs. That can be approximately 25%. Therefore, you will likely finish paying around £1200-£1250 in total It's really not good value. And if you were to try to return it you will only recoup the £865.

We like the engineer. And he or she can fit in with the band as an extra member for the alotted time period.

[quote name='DanEly' timestamp='1448306413' post='2914340'] [/quote] I like the colour.

I think Graham Simpson is only on the first album. It was John Gustafson for about three albums up to and including [i]Siren[/i].

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1448040277' post='2912643'] Here's my tip ... buy this book: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Art-Country-Bass-Electric/dp/0793569923/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448040241&sr=8-1&keywords=Lost+Art+of+Country+Bass"]http://www.amazon.co...of+Country+Bass[/url] Excellent piece of work. [/quote] I also recommend that book.

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1447789546' post='2910440'] I mean in terms of styles we've had finger style, funk, slap, reggae, fretless, metal, tapping (which I hate!!) to be honest I'm not hearing much innovation around but maybe that's just the inherent limitation of a 4 stringed instrument. .. Stuff done on 6,7,8 strings also doesn't interest me it just sounds like bassists may as well play guitar whats the future? are we just doomed to play the great bass lines of the past? Personally for me the only answer is to make the bass sound as unlike a bass as possible or play a synth! Am I just bored of the bass? [/quote] There's a great deal of 'innovative' (whatever that even means, I don't really even know what it means) music, often including bass instruments, from all around the world. How much of it have you actually listened to? Have you fully familiarized yourself with Congolese funk, with Ethiopian jazz, with the clave rhythms of Cuba, with the dancing melodies of Jewish klezmer, with the developments in nueva flamenca, and so on and so forth? Put on a CD or an mp3 of a music with which you are wholly unfamiliar. Play along and for yourself at least you will be innovating. There's a whole world waiting for you.

[quote name='CyberBass' timestamp='1447927655' post='2911479'] The good news is I was refunded the full amount. The bass did not need to be returned, so I will be posting on the forum in for sale section the fender tuners, bad ass 2 bridge, pick ups and the body. [/quote] I'm pleased you got a refund, and I don't mean to make a personal criticism here, and I do understand that's the ebay position; but it seems to me somehow not quite right not to return the goods. I can see that one might argue the seller deserves it or that there is the problem of the cost of return but nonetheless I remain uncomfortable about it. Maybe because I've heard stories of others losing the goods and the payment when they are on the selling side of the fence, so to speak.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1447599857' post='2908780'] ... switched to Firefox, which, to be fair, is far better but still regularly throws up "Firefox has prevented an outdated thingamajig from working....etc" ... [/quote] I have always used Firefox and I have never had this problem. What am I doing wrong?

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1447870104' post='2911136'] Just in case it saves you a few quid... I'm a long-time user of the LaBella FLs. They're fab, but to me they're interchangeable with the significantly cheaper GHS Precision Flats. Both great strings. [/quote] Agreed and also the GHS Precisions are suitable for through body stringing.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1447872887' post='2911166'] Always were the same string anyway. [/quote] Yes, that was the point of what I said - same string repackaged and resilked and no longer repackaged and resilked.

Rotosound Flats have red silk but so do La Bella 760FL and also Thomastik Jazz Flats and probably some others. Some flatwound strings don't like the break angle at the bridge when strung through the body. GHS Precisions and Thomastiks are both fine in my experience. Given that La Bella actually label a set as suitable for string through body, I have always strung La Bellas through the bridge. The oddity in this is of course that the original Precision bass was string through body only and used flats.

[quote name='Basszilla' timestamp='1447857751' post='2910985'] So...I think it's a toss up between Labellas and TI, leaning toward the Labellas. My bass is a string through body 04 US Pb. With that said, is there a particular set I should go for? [/quote] With ordinary La Bella Deep Talking 760 flats do NOT string through the body. La Bella do make a string through version but I have no idea what they sound like.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1447807064' post='2910661'] ... most sound like you're using rope or something, plenty of thud and nothing else. [/quote] That's like saying most rounds sound like barbed wire .... which of course they do.

[quote name='Lo-E' timestamp='1447814245' post='2910671'] For flexibility, you can't beat TI flats ... [/quote] True enough but the GHS Precision flats are not very high in tension.

Having had bad experiences with DPD and several others, I always use Parcelforce with whom I have only had one poor experience of lateness and then they refunded. I never waste money on 'probably will never pay out' insurance. Others will tell you how useless Parcelforce are. Oh well.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1447796135' post='2910561'] Seven string ukulele is the way forwards [/quote] ... clears throat ...

I always use the VT into the amp input. It's just another preamp so the amp sees it as an 'active' bass. Having said that I usually remain switched to 'passive' but listen out for clipping. But whatever works for you.

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1447793274' post='2910508'] Alright, alright! Point taken. [/quote] ... and there I was waiting to mention the ukulele

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1447794330' post='2910535'] Also, the extra distance through the body sometimes requires longer strings e.g. my 30in scale Mustang needs 32in scale strings - otherwise the silk would not be clear of the speaking length of the string. [/quote] THe GHS 3050M are long enough for through-body on 34" scale.