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Ah, I thought he meant that he bought it new in 2010. I've checked the serial and right enough it comes up as May/June 2003

If you stay in the same tuning and like the Rotos then why not get a single 125 string https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/single-strings-c810/bass-guitar-c536/rotosound-sbl125-swing-bass-stainless-steel-roundwound-single-string-125-low-b-p6096 I use a 110 E string but most of the time I am in standard tuning and need to drop the string to D or B during the set. I'm looking at those D'addario EXL165BT strings for standard tuning and a less floppy E string when dropping down lower

Ah I think I get your thinking but 90% of the songs we do are in standard tuning so the balanced set makes sense for most of the gig. For the songs that require a low D or B then it is easier for me to drop the E than to change basses which is virtually nigh on impossible during a wedding set. If I drop the E to B then the tension is 28.6 which is still low for a B string but a better compromise and less floppy than the 110 string that I am currently using. Dropping to D would give me 40.3 which is the same tension as a 105 string tuned to E

Oh dear. Not nearly as common as Stingrays but also don't command as high prices as them either. If I was interested I would be offering around the £400-450 mark. And also introduced in 1993, not 2003. I'm eagerly awaiting (and saving for) the announcement of the 25th anniversary model

The song by the Pistols may have been called "Pretty Vacant" but that wasn't what was being sung.

The tensions are 50.3, 51.9, 51.05 & 49.24 which is pretty close as far as packaged sets of strings go. The standard 45, 65, 85, 105 sets are way off with the A & D being higher tension than the G & E- when I made up my own set of Chromes using individual strings, the most balanced set I could put together was 45, 60, 80, 110

I have been using D'addario EXL165 strings with a 110 E string for the past couple of years now. The reason I use the heavier E is that I often detune to D or B during the course of a gig and the heavier E means that the string is less floppy when detuned than the standard 105 would be. I've been thinking about getting a set of EXL160 balanced tension strings as it has an even heavier E meaning that the string would be even better tension when detuned. The gauges I use are 45, 65, 85, 110 and the BT set is 50, 67, 90, 120. The strings I am using have an overall tension on the neck of 182.41lbs and the balanced tension set is 201.68 which is only an increase of 19.27lbs and about the same as the tension on a 5 string neck. It's a Musicman so I don't foresee any problems with the neck. I should get away without touching the nut to accommodate the new strings, I'll have to adjust the truss rod and as a bonus I will be able to lower the string height. Has anyone on here been using these strings and is there anything else I should know before getting them?

I love Chromes and have used them on loads of basses. When I bought my Sterling 2 years ago the first thing I did was buy a set and absolutely hated them. The sound through the pa was all bottom and clackety clack sounding and no amount of tweaking could remedy this. There was no definition and needless to say I took them off and have been using D'addario nickel round wounds since and love them.

I always use Duracell Industrial batteries in my basses and wireless transmitter. Musicman recommend Duracell (or at least they used to) - despite this, my bass came with a cheap battery presumably installed by the UK distributor

I'm one of those people who use one bass for rehearsals and gigs and change the battery once a year. Apart from Hogmanay and auditioning drummers I've only been using my Sterling. I checked the battery at the last gig a couple of weeks ago and it still read 8.79 volts. It will be getting its yearly battery change, polish and cleaning of the fretboard on Friday night along with a new set of strings

I'd thought about something like this placed over the sub and having the top speaker pole hold it in place. the knobblier the better https://www.amazon.co.uk/ACOUSTIC-TREATMENT-SOUND-PROOFING-TILES/dp/B0045Z94EY

I think that the original one came out around 1996. I had a sonic blue 5 string. It was ok but probably at that time I didn't realise that I don't like Jazz basses in terms of sound. There was an ad in Bassist magazine for a shop selling them off cheaper - might have been Musical Exchanges. £699 rings a bell or it might have been £749 for the 5 string

When I first started gigging in pubs when I was 19 I did get very nervous. After about 6 months the nerves went and I really began enjoying gigs. I don't find depping worrying either as it's someone else's band so if anything goes wrong etc then it's up to them to sort it out. As long as I've learned my bit, arrive in plenty of time and do as I'm asked then there's noting to be nervous about. My main concern is zoning out during gigs which does happen while playing certain songs from time to time

It's been a while but didn't the Shuttles have something in them that filtered out some of the lows to the cabs to make the cabs seem better than they were?. It's been a while so it may not even be Genz gear but I do remember something about a certain amp doing something to flatter the cabs.

If you take a sharp knife along the bevelled edge of the scratchplate you should be able to take the paint off to show up the 3 layers

If you like D'addarios then have a look at their tension guide as it lets you know what string is what tension at different tunings then pick the single strings to make up your own set. I did this and bought the strings from strings direct

I don't really have time to dep with other bands anymore as my main band is so busy so my small rig is my only rig (not every band has a full pa so something bigger was always handy to have just in case) Gallien Krueger MB500 - Barefaced One 10 - Line 6 wireless - mounted on a Gorilla speaker stand at ear level to use as my personal monitor.

For me it was for the hell of it. It began with a bad gig in 2007 when I couldn't hear myself properly so I sold everything and started again. At the time I had a Trace T-bass 5 string fretless, black Musicman Stingray 5, Gallien Krueger 800RB and Trace 2x10". I've been largely lucky in that during my time of buying and selling the profits have balanced out the losses so it hasn't really cost me anything. Some basses - like the 7 Rickenbackers, 8 Stingrays, Geddy Lee Jazz, Warwick Thumb NT5 and Modulus Flea have been bought because some of my favourite players played these. The 6 strings were purely for the hell of it as I never ever needed a high C but Nathan East played one at the time so that was good enough for me to have 4 or 5 of them. The Precisions were because I love the look of the Precision, same for the '51 reissues, '73 Telecaster bass, Epi Thunderbirds and Explorer. The 8 and 12vers were bought during my Cheap Trick / Kings X phase The others were probably because they were shiny. Cabs have been 1x10", 2x10", 4x10", 8x10", 2x12", 1x15", 2x15", 1x18" 130+ basses later I have a black Musicman Sterling, Musicman SUB5, GK MB500 and a Barefaced One 10 so I've ended up coming full circle back to roughly what I had when I first pushed the revolving door of gear. It's been a lot of fun and the most expensive basses weren't always the best but now I can look at a bass for sale that I've had 5 of and know that I don't need another one

Many moons ago I had an Epiphone Explorer bass and struggled to find a bag for it - the solution from our friends in the US was to use a padded shotgun bag

I've used both pedal and rack mount compressors in the past and didn't really notice any difference in my overall sound until I got to the 'squashed' setting so haven't tried again. Once thing that keeps popping up is that people refer to compressors giving them a fatness to their sound - my sound is set up exactly the way I want it so wouldn't want to add this as it isn't required - would there be a way to use a compressor without giving the sound the fatness that has been described previously? For someone wanting to give a compressor another go, are there different models suited to different playing styles or do they all work exactly the same way? I'd theoretically be looking at a pedal one but the amount of controls on them varies from one brand to another

It hasn't changed except that a lot of the clubs have closed down. There are exceptions but not many of them

I use one of these for both of my basses - 2 years old and still looks like new. Really comfortable to carry using the shoulder straps as well https://www.normans.co.uk/product/tgi-extreme-series-electric-bass-guitar-gigbag

The NX410 4x10" cab that I had was better than any Trace or Ashdown equivalent cab that I ever owned. Just a pity that no one knows about them or gives them a try because of the name. MArine grade ply, Celestion neo drivers. Really well made, solid cabs and a lot lighter than their counterparts

Who said anything about making sense? Take the strings off and you had a good makeshift ironing board. There was a guy years ago on Ebay in the USA doing the DR coloured strings as singles in all of the colours so I bought one of each just for the hell of it. It was an outrageous bass so might as well make it even more so