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Hi, many thanks for your thoughts and experiences with the SR505. TBH I've always liked the look and feel of the SR's right across the range but never been a fan of the tones from the stock bartolini but most of all the tight spacing on the 5's. Had the same problem with the spacing on a Sterling 5 Stingray so moved it on.

The certainly work well on my Lee Sklar copy.

These are essentially the same as the fender ones in different packaging - D'addario make Fender's strings for them; so yes that';s my experience of these strings too (in Fender guise). I also have two identical Daphne blue tuners - one branded Fender and one branded D'addario.

I'm a bit late but Guitar Workshop was a small/medium music shop in St Michael's Hill (number 159 IIRC but I could easily be wrong), Redland, Bristol. I used to frequent there in the 1980s but I'm not sure if it was a chain or a single shop. They sold a range of new instruments from cheap (like the guitar I bought - the headstock snapped after about 2-3 years and I didn't even gig with it - not GW branded BTW) to expensive and out of the price range of a 16-year-old FE college student with big dreams and a terminal shortness of cash. Wow, that was 40 years ago and that's all I remember so sorry I can't be of more help.

Yep, I think so too. Either that or grab an M5/M7 then sell the M2. I'm also a sucker for a maple fretboard.

I can only get my head around this by seeing it on a graph. Power (W) vs. output (dBA)

I see Yamaha have done some nice colours on the new Pacifica SC. Would be nice to them on a BB. Then again, I’m skint…so. Meh.

That doesn't seem unreasonable - 10 years ago stuff was much cheaper, and second hand amps have always been a fraction of new ones.

If you already have the M2, I would suggest an entirely different 5 string to give some variation tbh.

I had wondered about that, but do not know if it would actually sloooowww ittttt doooooooooowwwwwwwwwwn or just pitch it dow.

Thanks. I shall hunt them all down.

Downtuning, if you've never done it and like a bit of filth and swagger, is life-changing.

I had an Ibanez SR505 which was my first 5 string, never looked back. I loved the both-on tone but it felt less impressive when the blend went towards the neck or bridge pickup. Lovely rich, burpy, almost R&B tone, I think I’d categorise as 90s bartolini. Very slim neck with tight spacing so fast but I could not slap or pick. Good bass. Light. Fast. But not for me.

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Women: kingaglyk.com Alissia Benveniste Mohini Dei Men: Tom Kennedy Richard Bona charlesberthoud.com I don't think you lost a thing. These are flashy players but I still think most of the bass work is done in half or first position and with roots and fifths. Good timing is still the key.

Michael Puble (Pronounced the same way, just with a 'P'....try it!)

"Our band is launching a new album and we are in need of a lead, rhythm and bass guitarist as well as a drummer with and electric kit" Our band aka singer

I had one as a monitor and noodled through it at home a couple of times. Was impressed but never used it as an amp with other players.