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Looks like lovely workmanship - I just wish I liked a single shape they make: sadly, I don't like Fender lookalikeys, and the others (singlecuts and the..Frog, is it?) don't appeal either. Congrats, and enjoy!

[quote name='The Hat' timestamp='1455646062' post='2981100'] I know for you experienced people,the what strings question maybe a pain to keep answering but the trouble is as a beginner I don't have the experience to know what's good and what's not. I'm just after quality strings that will be easier to play for my fingers [/quote] I think I should clarify that my "Oh God here we go..." wasn't aimed at you in that sense...more in a "Well, that'll open the floodgates and there'll be 50 recommendations to muddy the waters very soon" kinda way... The coated Elixirs aren't cheap, but they last a long time and I'd say are the smoothest-feeling rounds out there...

The new D'Addario NYXL strings have very fine windings, making them easier on the fingers.

Oh God, here we go... It's a very emotive thing. I think you'll get as many answers as there are folk on here. I don't use them, they don't suit me at all, but I will say the customer service I had when I tried a set was terrific. Try a set, see what you think...

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1455583657' post='2980513'] How could I have forgotten the neck dive! "Vicious" is a very apt description, almost needed shinpads! [/quote] I think that's why the headstock's squared off: if it'd have been pointed, you'd be digging it out of the floor every five minutes...

I'm struggling to think of many of the kids of friends (mine isn't old enough) or co-workers under 30 who regard the Beatles as anything more than a band with some cool songs... In musical circles they're still well regarded, but infuences fade and are watered down as the generations pass by. Which is as it should be. BC is somewhere that both the age demographic and musical interest mean that they will be well thought of, but I'm seeing less and less as time goes by elsewhere. Again, all pretty normal.

Oh myyyyyyyy.... Had a B-20 8 string in about 84 (yep, that odd dark red, brass ring fret markers and a flame top), which had a very odd triangular neck profile, string break angles so sharp they'd snap a string when fitting if you weren't very careful, and the most vicious neck dive of anything I've ever experienced, but I'm still sorry I sold it. And yellow's my favourite colour...

7/10 with a couple of guesses on the newer stuff. Wait till the easy listening/smooth jazz/trancey quiz, then I'll be in the zeroes... :0)

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1455217557' post='2977207'] It's not just you [/quote] It's not just either of you...

Yep, we do this now and again - I don't use a precision, but a split coil in the right place, some EQ and clattering it with a pick can do it - the VTBass should be even better.

My amp EQ is set-and-forget (once I've allowed for a bit of room EQ-ing) on the gig, everything happens on the bass, and I need everything from fingerstyle C&W thump to Marcus Miller slap to Duff clang... I do have East active circuits on every bass, though...but the principle's there...

Heft? From a Class D? Are you sure?

Hokay, it's been a bit of a while so I'm a little late to the feedback party, but January was gigless, and I wanted to give these strings a proper run out before reporting back. They replaced a set of EXLs, and immediately the feel is different - the winding is noticeably finer, and acoustically there's less finger noise, and if you're susceptible to rough strings, you'll find them easier under the finger. No silks, which is great - I've always found silk/cotton wrapping to be a problem looking to happen, depending on the design of your bridge. The tension feels similar to the D'Addarios I've had before i.e. pretty high, which is something I like, but of course YMMV. They seem well balanced as a set, no issues with string to string variance. They're a 'big' sounding string - a bit of a vague generic description, I know, but for me that's a good word for them: they upped the output of the bass, and are warmly punchy and meaty, but without being harsh in the mids. Highs are good for nickel - obviously not as zingy as steels, but they've a good range of tone. I play 80% pick, 15% fingers and 5% slap, and they sounded very good with pick and fingers, possibly not so much for slap. Tuning stablility, which was mentioned in the blurb, is very good - I put them on, got them up to pitch, gave them a quick stretch (which I always do - don't we all?) and retuned, and they've stayed there for three weeks or so, through hours of home playing and a hot, thrashy (but not Thrash ) gig. They don't sound to have dropped off in tone very much, either, although I'll be monitoring this longer term and report back. They feel like a premium string, so I'd expect them to be priced a little above the normal EXLs, and if they're ballpark with the usual suspects (though not in with the coated ones) they should sell well. A big thanks to the good folk at D'Addario for letting me play with their new babies: it's been a lot of fun.

$299 = £207 from Sweetwater. Anyone going to the States on holiday?

[quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1454740266' post='2972499'] But if you're all the way up on 10, where can you go from there? [/quote] Ahh, but some of these amps go up to eleven....

Dime = 10 cents = dialled up to 10...

[quote name='TransistorBassMan' timestamp='1454517792' post='2970437'] Not a Precision, not a Jazz, not a Mustang, not a Jaguar... [/quote] ...and not attractive in the slightest. Colour's OK...

...and does your mother smell of elderberries?

If either my bike or my bass sounded like that I'd take it back to the shop... How bizarre...

The Jenga rig! Fantastic!

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1454101020' post='2966547'] Eighteen replies, and no-one has mentioned Barefaced? Oh the shame........ [/quote] Do keep up...

Check in with the drummer - luckily (by the sound of some previous posts) I play with better drummers who I'd imagine will have spotted it, and then we'd bring the guitarist back into the fold with an "Ahem..." kind of fill at the end of the 8 bars...if the guitard doesn't spot that, then he's not listening. OTOH, if it's a very iconic solo, we'd probably go the extra bar so as not to feck the song up...which would be done with some nodding...and "what's he like?" raised eyebrows...