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[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1426181556' post='2715380'] For myself, I use flatwounds, so they are slinky smooth anyway. [/quote] +1 This works well! I'm currently using La Bellas, and they are as smooth and shiny as a slow-worm. Remember them?

Save money and kill two birds with one stone by eating a KFC, then without wiping your hands, play the bass. Feels about the same and is just as attractive, IME. Horrible stuff.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1426179145' post='2715340'] Goddamit it's about the amp man! [/quote] Yes... the very amp which easily drives Conan's cab.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1426175943' post='2715287'] The Big One was the most inefficient of them all. [/quote] Possibly, but I found it very easy to drive with a 350/500w amp.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1426160698' post='2715024'] Have you or can you try it with another cab... Some cabs are notoriously 'inefficient' and need a lot of driving... [/quote] There's no reason you'd have this problem with a Big One...

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1426172569' post='2715246'] If you dont need a new bass then these fantastic, cheap, gorgeous basses shouldn't even be on the radar... [/quote] Now that's just provocative!

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1426168320' post='2715174'] I like a bit of Hot HotD action [/quote] Thanks, so do I! It's a lot more fun (in my humble opinion).

In answer to a number of enquiries, I [i]won't[/i] be appearing with Cowboy Hat and that Fuzzbox Voodoo at this, or any future gigs. However, I will be putting all my energy behind [i]Hour of the Dog[/i] instead, a band I think more deserving of my time and effort! HotD gigs coming up from next month - I will be posting here again in due course. I thank you!

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1426158304' post='2714991'] I was almost hoping to hear negative feedback about them ...but they seem too good at this price to miss! [/quote] Thinking I might wait until the fuss dies down, then make a decision... but of course the price may go up in that time...

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1426130405' post='2714786'] In any case, it will all look the same in a hundred years time and no one will care. [/quote] I don't care [i]now[/i].

Which bass are you using?

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1426104542' post='2714524'] My favourite sex bomb bass playa !!! [/quote] Mind you, I've just noticed that he/she has a music stand!! But it looks like it may just be used for keeping pants on, so that's all right then.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1426104542' post='2714524'] My favourite sex bomb bass playa !!! [/quote] Mine too - he or she is lush. And he or she is a monster on the bass, too! [quote name='blue' timestamp='1426106142' post='2714561'] I don't think most clubs I play would allow me to perform wearing a strap on. [/quote]

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1426086373' post='2714200'] I really wish i'd put much more effort into learning when i first started playing. I really have only amounted to a very rudimentary bass player and certainly not a musician. I suppose you're never too old to learn and i'm more than will to put in some time and effort so perhaps i will still improve. [/quote] How far you progress in your career as a bass player doesn't necessarily have anything to do with how good a player you are. Not sure if this is likely to cheer you up a bit or depress your further, but there it is.

I wish I had a cake-providing other half. Mine provides either earache OR awkward silences. No middle ground. Or cake.

It's almost a bit cheesy.

I've 'dealt with' slap and pop by ignoring it completely. I don't feel the need to add it to my skill set, nor do I particularly like any music that includes it. Except for anything featuring Larry Graham, obviously. YMMV.

[quote name='Tweedledum' timestamp='1426053194' post='2713768'] [/quote] Very nice indeed. The triangular thumb-wear pattern above the E string to the right of the pickguard (as seen from playing POV) and the 'broken' pickguard tip seems to be Limelight trademarks.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1426074176' post='2714015'] Nice. The full fat model with lovely creamy tone :-) [/quote] Udder basses are available...

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1426070195' post='2713938'] Is that a pick-up line? [/quote] No, my pick up line is, 'HELLO, I'M ON THE SEX-OFFENDERS' REGISTER!!' - shouted loudly while gurning insanely and making the 'boob-honking' gesture. For some reason I've not had much success with it of late - must be getting old, I suppose.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1426068876' post='2713918'] Am I the only one who finds it easier to play standing up? [/quote] No. I find it easier to do standing up with a strap-on. OK, while I'm here... fingering A minor, G-string, bottom, bass players go deeper, slapping, both hands, wood, etc. etc.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1426068158' post='2713905'] These basses have not been involved making a single piece of music that I have liked or listened to since I discovered what a bass guitar was. [/quote] Having been a big Chris Squire fan back in the day and Paul McCartney before that day, I always lusted after a 4001 but I've been unlucky in that the examples I've played have all been total dogs. I seriously doubt that they're [i]all [/i]total dogs, so I look forward to the day when I play a Ric that is what it is supposed to be. When that day comes have no doubt I'll let everyone know about it!

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1426013521' post='2713466'] Take your pick. [/quote] They're [i]both [/i]true. Simple application of Doublethink.