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Plays beautifully, the neck is amazing. Sound wise very J bass. Picks are pretty hot so are wound down a mm or two lower than on a typical jazz bass. Still playing with the VVT set up to explore all the options, first impressions are extremely positive though.

NBD Arrived this morning. It's basically an "if Geddy had visited Sandberg" bass. Satin body, the Black Label Pickups and passive VVT electrics. Nice and light at 8lbs too. Couldn't decide on pickguard so got a couple of spares...

Mark has just acquired an East Uni Pre. As ever a top bloke to deal with and makes this place what it is. Thanks for the purchase Mark.

What can i say that has not already been said. Great to deal with and thanks for such a smooth and professional transaction. Hopefully Binky will not hunt me down now.

Just received the exciting news that my new bass is in transit....

Just relieved Dan of the burden of ownership of an effects pedal. It arrived super quickly, was exactly as described and Dan is a pleasure to deal with. Thanks very much for a smooth and easy deal.

Maybe it's a bit lukewarm?

I second that. Also I didn't buy the red one either.

I threw a set of standard long scale D'Addario EXL170BTs on mine recently and they work really nicely.

Works really well too, just that bit more bite to the sound. Also does smooth and groovy really well with some light tweaking of the pre.

Good man @Paulhauser I secretly hoped you'd give in. I really like both my '77 and '79 LE basses.

That is a lovely looking bass. Fortunately my banking app is misbehaving

I may have inadvertently overstated the issue here. It's not like the B string is massively louder it's just I don't need to pluck it with the same energy as say the A string to get the same result. I guess that with a mass/unit length for the B string that is over 7x greater than that for the G string, coupled with sub-optimal muting technique on my part, some of it will just be physics. @Jus Lukin I normally run EQ pretty flat at the amp and manage it locally on the bass as needed for differnt rooms etc. At gigs (remember them) I will take a walk out front with the Smooth Hound plugged in to listen to the overall balance before and during the sound check but, as I mentioned earlier, I've only had this bass for a month or so and have not had the chance to do this. At the moment I have the bass at c.-10% and the mid and treble +10%ish.

It has more heft than a hefty thing on heft pills. Thanks for the heads-up, I've seen a few Spectracomps around but I've stayed away so far as I'm slightly nervous of menu driven stuff. Are there demos where you can hear the natural bass and then the same thing through a few different presets? I'm going to put some new strings on too. Firstly because the set it came with are old and knackered, and secondly I'm going for slightly fatter B and E strings to maintain equal tension across the board making the B string a little bit tauter and that might help a bit too.

Aidan has just relieved me of the burden of ownership of a set of strings. As has been said many times above Aidan is brilliant to deal with, great comms. and quick payment. Thanks for a great transaction.

Thanks Ped. Sound-wise that's exactly the overall effect I'm seeking. So something with those controls on should suit.

I don't have anything quite that accurate but will check as best I can with the old steel rule.

I have adjusted them as much as possible. I was also thinking of putting a small foam mute in to help with damping. This one i can't answer as I acquired the bass during lockdown so have not been able to inflict it on the unsuspecting public just yet.

Hi folks I've had a look at a few of the threads on here with great interest but have, as yet, not been able to decide what my best suit my needs. I therefore took the rash step of starting another thread. What I'm seeking to do primarily is to balance up the output from my 5er. I have an active Lakland 55-01 and I would like a bit of outside help to even up the output across all the strings as the bottom end is pretty powerful on the bass. I am tweaking the EQ to see if I can compensate a little (probably for my technique) but I though a bit of light compression my be a nifty way to go and then it becomes one less thing to think about. Has anybody had any experience of this type of issue and can maybe suggest a few options please (even if not compressor related)? Thanks in advance.