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  1. Delberthot
    Really? I thought that this was a genuine product designed in conjunction with the great engineer Dr Yousef Binhad
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    I've had my Brooklyn Gear strap for about 10 years and it's been great but I'm finding it a bit less cushiony than it used to be. Wonder if the neoprene eventually compresses over time so it offers less protection? So I've just ordered a Neotech one
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    I was going to suggest a Gotoh 201 bridge as well or if you want it to still look like a regular one the Gotoh 203 is pretty substantial while still looking original
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    I wear wrist splints to bed every night for my carpal tunnel and it seems to be helping keep it under control. I'm not having my hands clamp up as much as they used to and the pins and needles have subsided but it took a good few months of using them before they had a noticeable effect. Might be worth a try
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    I think it was John Wetton I saw with Asia using a thumb pick, which might be handy as you don't have to hold it at all
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    If you like your Trace sound then keep it and tell the guitarists to turn down if you couldn't hear the drummer
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    I had looked at that and they are meant to be very good but I don't think that it's what I'm after. If you've never had one of these BB1025s before then you won't know what all of the fuss is about but this is an amazing bass so I'm probably going to run this to the end of the week and then hold onto it.
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    I've owned 4, 5, 6, 8 & 12 string basses over the years but for the past few years I've only played 4 strings so I bought a Yamaha BB425 to find out if I wanted to get back into playing a 5 string. Once I did I bought my BB1025. The 425 was a fantastic bass but the 1025 is so much better to me in terms of fit and finish and sound. Now I've decided that due to a number of factors I'm going back to a 4 string again so the 425 has been sold and the 1025 is for sale now. I don't think that you can really go wrong with Yamahas. Haven't really heard much about the RBX series but the BBs seem to get great reviews across the board. At the end of the day, as has been said before, if you're happy with your BBN5 then stick with it but if you want to get something better then go for it. Prior to about 2006 I had 3 basses. I joined Talkbass in 2006 and Basschat in 2007 and since then I've had well over 100 now. Not at the same time, I think I may have had 7 at one point but generally I have 2 at any one time
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    Another +1 for Yamahas. My BB1025 is no problem for my stubby fingers. I'm only selling mine as funnily enough I'm moving back to 4 strings permanently or it wouldn't be going anywhere.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de4_vbntd50
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    For about the past 5 or 6 years I've had a thing for D'addario Chromes. I love the feel of them. They're smooth to the touch, still have enough bite and last for a very long time. The ECB80 40-95 are too floppy for me. I tend to play quite hard and they clack and rattle away quite a bit meaning that I have to raise the action quite a bit to compensate. The ECB81 45-100 are a really good gauge for me. I can dig in and get minimal clack plus the increased tension means that I can drop the action a fair bit but when I've used them on a bass where I was dropping the E to D I found that I had to use a 110 gauge E string instead. I still like to use rounds from time to time but having used flats for so long they have to have the right feel to them. I use the D'addario XL nickels. The EXL165 45-105 gauge is to me as close as you can get to the ECB81 Chromes as far as tension goes. The XLs are widely regarded as one of the smoothest on the fingers roundwound strings you can get without going for compressed or groundwound ones. They last a good long time as well. I got a good 20 gigs out of a set before I changed them for a set of Chromes. That was wedding gigs so 3-4 hours a time. I've just bought myself a new bass and when the strings go dead on it I am going to give the XL balanced tension strings a shot. Probably the EXL170BT set Over the years I've bought a ton of strings and have settled on D'addarios as being the best ones for me in terms of cost, value for money, tension and sound
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    There's always time for a 5 string
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    Cool. I had something similar planned for my BB1025 to make it active with a Stingray pickup and preamp before I decided to go for the Sterling
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    Had a listen to one of these on Youtube and it sounds amazing. It's the sound I have in my head of what a fretless should sound like. Unfortunately a new purchase means that I'd definitely need to sell my BB1025 before I could consider this
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    Now this I really like. It's a corker I only have one question - where does the battery live for the preamp?
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    I've found that since I've lost a bit of weight I have a hell of a lot more energy now and I've still got a fair old bit to lose. I walk around 30 miles a week and am on my feet most of my working week so standing for a couple of hours at the weekend doesn't seem so bad. Eating sensibly is a big one for me. Eat junk and your body will feel sluggish and lethargic more quickly than if you eat things that are good for you. Drinking plenty of water is also huge. Chances are when you're playing you're sweating so you need to drink as much as you reasonably can as dehydration will make you tired and more likely to make mistakes and you will begin to struggle to concentrate. the opposite is that you drink so much water you have to excuse yourself half way through a set, much to the amusement of the singer who proceeds to tell everyone in the audience and makes "flushing" noises over the pa I probably drink 6 500ml bottles of water during a wedding gig plus more before and after.
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1458556006' post='3008462'] I suppose 61kg isn't that heavy, really... [/quote] If you're Lou Ferrigno
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    If I had to describe the sound it would be the proper Precision sound that I have in my head and it does it better than any Fender I've ever played with the added bite and top end from the Jazz pickup
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    Completely forgot to mention that there is a very tiny mark on the back of the body. The reason i forgot all about it is because it is so small and is on the back and I don't often look at the back of my basses. I think it's time for another camera. I've tried to mark where it is on the bass I've also realised that this is the first time ever that I've had all of my basses for sale at the same time. I normally find the next big thing and sell the previous one but I don't have the next one yet. Guitarguitar are calling me tomorrow to let me know if there are any Sterlings in stock with the distributor. Part of me wants to save money and buy second hand and the other part of me wants shiny and new [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04273_zpsvlsousuu.jpg.html"][/url]
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    I'm just outside Falkirk, between Edinburgh & Glasgow so a wee bit far away from you but I have loads of packaging material to post it
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    Thanks. I had forgotten how good these basses were until I bought this one. That is why I need to get myself a Sterling 4 string, I don't think anything else will do now.
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    Another one of mine to add to the thread, unfortunately for sale but hope to return with a Sterling 4 [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04269_zpsip68jp0h.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DSC04269_zpsip68jp0h.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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    Close to 30 years of hard rocking have taken their toll and now I'm one of the big jessies now looking for a lightweight bass. It might also be because I've lost weight and the cushioning of my shoulder fat is no longer there so it's feeling a bit heavy now. The third reason is that I've taken a strop at having to play a 5 string when I really want to play 4 so I'm in the middle of finding ways to make a 4 work in my current band. 4th reason is that with the hard rocking has come the onset of carpal tunnel and the pains associated with it so I'm going to take it easy. Anyway, now to the bass: This is a 2002 Stingray 5 meaning that it has the ceramic pickup like the Sterling. I've never ever got a good sound out of a Stingray (believe me, I've tried and have had about a dozen of them) but the ceramic pickups in these are fantastic. 2 things about this bass are that firstly if you want the ceramic pickup now, you have to buy a Sterling 5 which I don't think looks as good as this. Secondly, this is one of about a squillion colours that EBMM have discontinued The bass is incredibly comfortable to play. The neck feels great and the 17.5mm string spacing is fantastic. Overall condition I would describe as 9/10 for an almost 14 year old bass I didn't realise how difficult a colour this was to photograph until I looked at the pictures I took tonight and they all made the body look like it was finished in blue metal flake so right at the end are a couple I have taken from the web which show it better than I have been able to capture. It is a bit sparkly under lights but the flash in my camera has brought it right out. Everything is fully working, including the truss rod and the bass will be supplied in a nearly new Hiscox case complete with keys still inside. I think this is one of the nicest basses I've ever owned and will be sad to see it go I am looking for £850 for a straight sale plus postage or would be interested in a light weight US made Sterling 4 string Now for some pics [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04261_zpsdhdtbyh7.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04260_zpsxoca0l5l.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04262_zpslphbfzb8.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04264_zpsu2xk4wm2.jpg.html"][/url] This one is closest to the actual colour [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04269_zpsip68jp0h.jpg.html"][/url] A pic of the case [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04270_zpshkvzgcpx.jpg.html"][/url] Here are the two pics I stole off the web to better show off the colour - if either of these are yours then let me know if you want me to remove them [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/post-2191-1207919505_zpse4ubwyt4.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/67ead7554972d65b33ddf4649e0025ae_zpsrf6vzhuv.jpg.html"][/url]
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    Bump If I sell the Stingray and the BB1025 then I might keep this as a backup so get it now while it's still available
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    I've just weighed this at work and it's coming in at just over 4kgs or 9lb in old money. It's the first bass I've ever weighed so don't know if this is classed as light, heavy or average. Certainly comfortable for long function / wedding gigs which is what I have been using it for. It balances slightly north of horizontal as is but with a set of ultralites it will sit at around 45 degrees and will be lighter as well
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