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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.

The Shires in Manchester afew years ago. Thought I'd give country music a go but really not my thing. I did manage the first half though and remember being impressed by the number of stetsons and cowboy boots in the Greater Manchester area.

I had an Antonia J bass that was essentially two bits of butchers block with a thin veneer of something-or-other in the top, middle & bottom. Sounded great but was a bit hefty.

Why?

Could combine fish and instruments?

...or they degenerate into J vs P; the merits of relics; you're wrong, I'm right stuff. Obligatory random bass picture.

I put a Nordstrand NP-4 in mine that was just the job. Quite expensive but was able to find one pre-loved (on here IIRC).

Using 'grab in a fire' test, and given that I have two hands, I'd go for these two: ACG fretless, the first custom bass I ever owned, stunning to play and quite easy on the eye too: And slightly surprised myself by chosing my '66P bass for the other hand.

Have just sold a bass to John. Great to deal with, excellent comms and very fast payment. A real pleasure to deal with you and I hope our paths cross again.

Just five?

Never seen a bass with any of those pickups.

No, they are the Sadowsky variant. The std fit Sandberg knobs, partiularly the black ones, are not my favourite things as you cannot see at a quick glance what the settings are so I routinely swap them out.

I had a VM with the P bass pickup in the Fender configuration, probably made it a bit easier to get the sound. I used to put the bass into passive and blend fully to the P pickup and mess with the tone (treble pot in passive mode).

I did not realise that bass playing was so prominent in 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Fair point. Maybe they need a re-issue range for this as the Cali IIs that you see a fair few with relic finish are much more recent. Not against it by any means as it's a really individual thing and taste in all things should never be by diktat (unless you're on the Rickenbacker forum of course).

My new Sandberg must be due soonish, can't wait tbh. I think things go in waves on the For Sale section not sure if there is too much science behind it. I sell stuff so I can buy other stuff. Sandberg relics are a bit of a curiosity for me. For some reason I'm cool with things like the Limelight relics of old Fenders but less so with relics of other brands that only sprang into life in the 80s/90s etc. Maybe I'm just very shallow.