StingRayBoy42

Had an absolute corker tonight at O'Neills in Harborne, Birmingham. Typical Saturday night pub stuff, the place was packed and they loved it. You know it's good when the bouncers and bar staff are singing along. The drummer had to play standing up as he had eight stitches in his leg on Tuesday... he didn't miss a beat, possibly because he can't drink 'cos of the antibiotics. My IEM mix was perfect, so I got excited and came up with some new BVs on the hoof and I'll have you know some of them sounded OK. 70s reissue P Bass through the Sansamp VTDI sounded stellar as ever. A good nights work!

I just got my StingRay out after not using it for a bit, and the strings (LaBella DTFs) sound really flat, dead and dull, and they feel kind of... plastic-y? Last time I used it, they sounded fine. Any idea what could cause this? Do they need cleaning? Changing? Any advice welcome.

Anything By Knowle Gallaghers High Flying Birds or the St Andrews sisters? Wake Green up before you go-go. Frankley Mr Shankly Get Lickey

I was born in Small Heath! I'm OK now though.

I've got a five way daisy chain you can have if you want? PM me

Cheers, enjoy the Flea pickups!

I bought a VBT S/P loom from John -he was a total pleasure to deal with.

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. I finally decided on a set of Bartolinis, so bought some from Bass Direct. They turned up with broken lugs (on my birthday! Boooo!) so they went straight back. Full refund including return postage the minute they got them back, top marks to Ash at BD. As luck would have it, a set of Lindy Fralin 5% Overwound (the very ones recommended by @Bigguy2017 ) appeared on ebay the next day, so I snapped them up for eighty quid less than a new set. Get in! I also went for a @KiOgon VBT loom with S/P pot, which is a beautifully made little thing. It all went to the luthier yesterday (I need a grownup to do that sort of thing for me, I'm barely allowed to handle safety scissors), I should have it back today or tomorrow... I'm like a toddler on christmas eve. @Raslee Thanks for the offer, I'm sure they're lovely, please sell them to @krispn ! Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated.

I finally got a set of these (used from BC) and they're on the ABG. They're fine with the bridge pins, and so far they play and sond great. Thanks for all the input, folks!

I bought a set of LaBella white flats from Chiliwailer - top comms, nice item, quick postage, top marks. Cheers!

It's still there, and seems to get more bonkers every time you drive through it.

Birmingham's a fantastic city, but the locals like to keep the rest of us thinking it's still a dystopian soviet hellscape to stop people moving there from London and ruining it 🙂

Tonight: The Rifleman's Arms in Droitwich. Four piece HEAVY rock band with one and a half rehearsals. The guitarist's 4x12 Blackstar (?) stack was louder than a Supernova, the drummer was a metalhead with a double kick pedal who played everything at 200mph. It was SO loud, I couldn't hear my BVs, my VTDI (set to Ampeg SVT on steroids) through my Big Boy amp (Markbass CMD121P) was roaring away at the back somewhere. No setlist, seat of my pants and skin of my teeth. EBMM Sterling, Rock 8th notes all night, I got blisters, tinnitus and a headache. Dynamics: LOUD. Nuance: none. The audience were animals, shouts for Slayer, Megadeath, Cannibal Corpse (!) and Napalm Death. It was BRILLIANT.

These are great with Double Bass!

That Bass just oozes class. Nice work!

My Bass gigbag is a Protec Contego, which is a lovely bit of kit https://www.thomann.de/gb/protec_contego_bass_case_ctg_233.htm My bits bag is a Gator GK2110, which is still going strong after about 15 years heavy use. https://www.thomann.de/gb/gator_gk2110_multieffect_bag.htm Room for everything you need, and lots of stuff you don't. Other retailers are available.

@KiOgon makes pre-wired looms with S/P option which are excellent by all accounts.

I like my Markbass 802. Sounds lovely even at neighbour-friendly volume, handles a 5 string, good with Double Bass, loud enough to gig with a 20 piece big band. I like 'em!

Beautiful Bass with a great back story. Lovely to know it's still being gigged after 50 odd years, hope you get another 50+ years out of it!

Flippin eck, that is gorgeous, congratulations. You can keep your case queens, I love the look of a *properly* battered Bass - if that wood could talk!