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I'd say Carry on Wayward son by Kansas, its one of those riffs that you recognise even if you don't remember the name of the song.

Got an old Fender Mustang not too long ago; im not sure if i like it yet or not tbh; This seems to be the right thread to piggyback the question of:- what would be the best strings to put on it so its got a similar tension to a 34 scale with 100's or 105's on it. Roto only make sets with a 95 E string- just doesnt feel right to me.

[quote name='markytbass' post='273904' date='Aug 31 2008, 06:06 PM']Frets, they make us all lazy.[/quote] That made me smile quite a bit lol

Some other guys will probably disagree; but if im honest i dont think £1k is going to go far for a custom build...i dont know Shukers prices either, but overwaters are just shy of 2k usually, a Status S-2 is about 1500...If theres custom work for less around im interested aswell. Saying that all 3 companies there i do beleive have 24 frets, dual unexposed pickups as standard on most models. So you may be able to find exactly what you want without fiddling too much with the origional designs, and just leave wood choices as the expensive bit.

i honestly think a mock amp to put in front of your real amp which can be triggered to combust using a foot pedal would be awsome! How much fun would you have with that? Especially when playing small clubs

I would recomend getting in touch with BassDoc...he's brilliant with this sorta thing, he might be able to help

So when are neutrik releasing their reliced- purposely crackly sounding- leads then?

I suppose the contact with the bridge would be what would make it work..like Zemaitis guitars with te entire steel front plate... If it wont make a blind bit of difference then sod it, Gold annodised is alot cheaper

Just want to get one for my Jazz...based on the theory of a solid bit of brass will resonate more...i remember seeing one years ago and loved the idea of it (any help will be apprecitated) P.S. I want this to experiment on a performance thing; so a gold anodised isnt a substitute however would look very cool.

I had one of the acrylic wesleys when i was back in school...i personaly hated the sound of it however had the same experience with liking the extra range...I then changed it over to E-C and much prefered it...age 16 i bought my Jazz V, which was the only bass i played for 2 years lol Dont dismiss the P-Bass...just get a 5 Stringer

I find 2 pints of guiness is just the right about to remove the jitters and still be able to play properly

[quote name='leschirons' post='496945' date='May 24 2009, 11:45 PM']Tell me if I'm wrong here but have we not all been in a shop, picked up a £900 bass and thought "I don't like that" Picked up another at £299 and thought "that's spot on" I think you need to try as many as possible and buy whichever one that you don't want to put down. You can always mod it later if you choose.[/quote] Totally agree; funnily enough thats what i did when i bought my Status, (i was 17 at the time) My Nan; the fantastic old lass had done that whole put money aside for her grandchildren thing...As a result £2100!!, so of course i tried out nearly every bass between 1000-2000, then saw a yonks old slightly beaten second hand status graphite in the corner, asked to try it out, 10 minutes later walked away with and Energy and only 350 quid out of my account for more gear Haha That music shop must have been so pissed off with me lol

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='497009' date='May 25 2009, 01:02 AM']I played a gig tonight, couldn't be arsed so I just got the lights to go as close to green as possible didn't make a blind bit of difference it was close enough to sound in tune. I'll save my money and buy something useful like a hooker.[/quote] +1 for that

[quote name='Hamster' post='495688' date='May 23 2009, 12:27 AM']Interesting. At an accuracy within 2/100th of a cent, it's 150+ times more accurate than led/needle tuners - and more than 5 times more accurate than a Peterson?[/quote] This thread was actually answered at the top of the 2nd page The rest has been just bigging up Petersons; even though the SR Turbo Tuner is better! (although EBS freak has got a good point on the GB Gspot)

Any strobe tuner is going to give superior tuning to a more traditional style tuner. They're however expensive and that sheer accuracy of tuning wont be heard by most. dont mean too much harm by this; but has rslaing got petersons website set as his homepage; or tucked away in a "special" folder so the mrs cant see haha!

If you want a multi-effects, the Boss ones have a really good compression section, with multiple typles of compression available (even a simulated MXR Dynacomp), And the pedal has an adjustable noise gate (you can either let everything through or make it as quiet as a mouse), problem is, the chorus and flanger are under the same pedal (on the ME50b) I havnt tried the newer Me20b or gt-10b...but by the looks of it the pedals are separately assignable. I have used a line 6 live XT (the big 'ol floor one) before; the compresser is nice and quiet, however i found the sound of it to be too digital, but i suppose some good EQ on top of this would solve any problem. Hope this is of some help.

[quote name='Alun' post='492595' date='May 19 2009, 06:39 PM']I believe Hagstrom are re-issuing their 8 string, as used by Hendrix amongst others [/quote] They have and i loved the thing when i played one, and the newest ones are mahogany instead of Nato. Price isnt too bad either.

It is really weird; would the exact playing style have anything to do with how quickly they die off?? Its funny how ive always found rotos to last really well and EBs to die... Might just be in my head and being a snob for british strings :-D

Tried them again for the first time in years, and still dissapointed with them, they seem to sound great for all of ten minutes then turn dead in no time; I usually use rotosounds and never had problems with them, once had a set of Optimas on my status and they were the dogs bollocks; however are so expensive it makes you want to cry. Just wondering if its just me who kills EB strings, or if people have the same problem...also i want to know if people like them and if they dont experience the same problems as myself. Cheers Chris