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Sandberg and Warwick do 45-135 with the heavier A and E. You can buy a single 135 and add it to a stock set (e.g. Roto 66)

Great thread, I'll be watching keenly as I have a similar project here, albeit one that's on ice

I have a 500W Orange Terror, even though I have an efficient cab, I can't imagine anyone needing (as against wanting) more backline power, yet it's small enough to use at pub gigs. I've carried it over my shoulder in its bag, bass in one hand, light 2x12 in the other and walked a few hundred yards to a gig. I saw the bass player from Diamond Head using one at the Manchester O2, so I think that's 'nuff said regarding 'is it enough'.* *others in this thread will confirm the difference between the 500W and old 1000W versions is barely audible.

Fantastic. Love a bass project. My 1890s German bass had the same neck damage (it fell over). Also had ( mysteriously) some big brass screws holding the neck to the dovetale bit at the bottom. New neck, inc grafting the original scroll onto it, cost ( the insurance) £4000! Great to see someone doing a DIY .

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Them’s for these

I wonder why so many string manufacturers offer 45-65-85-105 sets for 4-stringers but only 45-65-80-100-130(or 125) for fivers? To my taste .80 A and .100 E feel little wimpy and sound too soft. In many cases I need to buy a 5-string set plus a 4-string set to get optimal set since single strings are not available. For example my favourite EB cobalt flats I must purchase like this. What do You think is the manufacturers idea, do they believe that bass necks will bow or is the reason to sell more strings?

The Out and Out Blues Band with our very own @ossyrocks on bass

Is there an original version of Marley's Iron Lion Zion without all the posthumous production and overdubs? Heard it on the radio today and was amazed by how awful I thought it sounded. Would love to hear Bob's original if it exists.

One watt is the rate at which electrical work is performed when a current of one ampere (A) flows across an electrical potential difference of one volt (V). Period.

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So what is true?

Hello Terry, Having had a scout around this afternoon it would seem Marcus’s bass is an early Sadowsky 5 made sometime mid to late 1980’s. These versions had 21 frets, electronics wise they were fitted with Bartolini pickups and circuit. I think you’re spot on with ref to the headstock config, the 1990 Jazz bass plus which was the first modern 5 string bass from Fender had 5 inline tuners, as opposed to Sadowsky’s 4+1.

One and One is One - Medicine Head

Except that this is not true for well designed amps, class D or otherwise.

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IEM rigs work great for some players, doesn’t work at all for many players. It depends very much on the particular application and situation. I don’t like it where a player denigrates another player’s choices based on only their particular choice, even if that choice may not reflect the other player’s needs or situation.