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Absolutely. They certainly are one of the cheapest strings out there but they are the best for me and unless something else comes along that is significantly better then I'll never change to another brand. But if DR Legend Flats at £72 a set are what give you the best sound and feel the best to play then buying a cheaper set of strings will only disappoint you and make you wish that you'd paid the extra to get the ones you really wanted

I bought dozens of plectrums in order to find the one that was right for me in all thicknesses and materials. My personal issue was that I couldn't find one that I could hold without exerting a lot of pressure on it which made my hand hurt after a while. The answer for me was Herco heavy gauge and i found them completely by accident. Happened to be reading an article on Chris Squire and that was what he used so I tried them and they worked

So that will be D'addarios then You're welcome

Sterlings have never been as popular as Stingrays so go for much cheapness. The necks are slim and I find them incredibly comfortable to play. They have ceramic pickups and 3 band EQ so won't sound like your Stingray Classic did but I love them. As with the other models, the prices have rocketed in the last couple of years - when I bought my Sterling new in March 2016 the retail price was £1499, now it's around £2200

My favourite basses are Precisions and Stingrays/Sterlings so 34" for me I've had a few 30" ones and my TRB6 was a 35" - there may be others. I've never bought a bass for its scale, only because it looked nice and shiny

"Gilmour managed to do this in Pink Floyd, how hard can it be?"

Unless we're talking swing or big band music there are only so many ways a song will go chord wise over the majority of pop songs. Using a combination of this and listening to the keyboard melody and vocals means that I've never had a problem playing tunes at a gig that I've never played or even heard of before. Sometimes, as Japhet also mentioned above, I'll be getting to a bit in a song where I don't remember what it does but my fingers seem to remember what to do. Is that my brain remembering the song or is it muscle memory or are they one and the same thing?

I would think that it has to be over 1000 for me. I learned to play by ear so I've never had to rely on the dots, plus I've been playing in wedding bands for years so most gigs we are asked to play songs that we've never done before.

If I was honest, there's nothing in our set list that I would play at home but They are songs that get people up and keep people up and most of them are really enjoyable to play. There are only 3 songs that I am aware of that I would say a definite "no" to - Sit Down by James, The Whole of the Moon by the Waterboys and All About the Bass When new songs are suggested, I may not like them or have even heard of them but I give them a chance.

I usually get about 50 hours of gigs and 20 hours of rehearsals out of my D'addarios before they need to be changed but I like my strings to be bright. As soon as they're not bright then they're off. They usually only take a few minutes after fitting before the tuning settles. FYI - my hands are always washed before I use them, my fingers aren't sweaty, I don't wipe the strings after use and I play with a heavy right hand

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a really unpractical car for gigging. Having said that I can get my One10 cab, GK MB500, Musicman Sterling and cable bag plus our guitarists Fender 65 Twin Reverb combo, 2 guitars, pedal board, 2 cable bags & our gigging clothes (and our guitarist) in my Scirocco R But back to the OP - I've always had big rigs. Usually 2 4x10" or 15"s etc plus amp but my last setup was a Fender Rumble 500 combo. Fantastic and really loud but I wanted something smaller and lighter as it was only going to be a monitor so I have the setup I have now. I did initially buy an MB200 but felt that I was pushing it too hard. I'd rather have the higher powered amp ticking over than over exert a lower powered one.

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We play a medley of Gimme Gimme Gimme into Lay Your Love on Me and then Voulez Vous. Always goes down a storm at weddings and it's a lot of fun to play

I've had many 4 string stingrays but only one that I liked and was the 30th anniversary one. I really want to like them as they are really cool and great sounding basses but there's just something about them that I don't get on with. The 5ers have all been great but there's something about the 4s. It might be the ceramic pickup that I like and possibly the reason why I love my Sterling. I really want one of the new models but I must try it first.

Absolutely if they were using existing recordings but Unless Derek Acorah has been imbibed with the spirit of Rutger Gunnarson

Hi Frank - in that case I'll be Ernest I'd much rather pay the extra £70 and get myself a Barefaced Super Twin or 4 Ten

Great as he was I'm not sure how he could contribute to a new recording

and he also gave his name to a concoction of spirits that you'd pour into a small lemonade bottle from various bottles in your dad's collection so that he wouldn't notice that any was missing

There's the big fellow with the crimped hair from Kansas but he does backing vocals as well

The story I've heard was that Alex fitted the look of the band better and the record company would only sign them with him in the band but he couldn't play bass to save himself so they got Hugh in to record the bass lines. At the time Hugh looked a lot older than the rest of the band so didn't fit the look of the band. End of the day the story goes that either they were able to bin Alex through some sort of end of contract thingy or the rest of the band finally began looking about ages with Hugh. Something like that