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Purchased a Fuzzrocious Grey Stache from Dave. Responsive to my dumb questions and very quick despatch. Happy times ahead; it's probably kicking my Bass Big Muff Pi off my board!

That's more likely to be a lack of confidence than skill or ability.

More than a touch of krautrock there.

We have one of these incoming, can't wait!

We've played 37" B strings that have been pants and 33" that have worked wonderfully, and the other way round too.. So its all personal

I agree with the notes written by @Hellzero. Try several basses. When you find a nice feeling one, start the hunt of the best strings. Visit a local luthier for a pro setup. Most of the pickups are like SD, EMG, bartolini, and all sound like they sound. But the setup and choice of strings make the best out of the instrument. We do can discuss endlessly about brands, pickups, scale lengths, etc. "No matter what others try to say, my choice is always the best and the only one." Someone said that the amp and cab should go to 30 Hz, and that's nonsense. A good cab that can produce 30 Hz within 3 - 6 dB of 60 Hz is huge and heavy. A good cab is able to go down to 60 - 80 Hz area (first harmonic), because ear creates the lowest end. Usually all frequencies below 50 Hz are more or less eating your headroom out: cannot be heard, but need lots of power. Handling noises and very lows are better to be tamed by an HPF. Try one and set it by listening. You'll be amazed of the frequency after you have set it right. Cannot be heard, but does a lot.

A question for the group... Does anybody know when Fender first introduced the A width necks on Precision basses? I do love my mid-60s Ps but I now realise that a J neck works best for me, so I need to narrow down my 'window shopping' searches. Cheers, Si.

Nope, mine were all 3EQs, and no matter what I did I just didn't like it. On the Markbass heads thing, there's a jumper (well, there was on the LMIII, and I suspect others, too) on the main board that sets 110/240v. I bought one in the States years ago and brought it back here. Not going to say setting the jumper wasn't a tense moment, but it ran for years afterwards...

Ah so there are ten liars on the forum 🙂 !

So these were about £6k new? Now over £9k used 🙄😂 https://ebay.us/m/1VtdxX

As a big fan of the Subdecay Noisebox, I’m super excited to give this a serious go!

If you do find any on your magnets, i find a small blob of blu-tac gets it off in no time.

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This is a near-impossible question to answer. There are so many variables that contribute to what any one player would perceive as being a great B sounding string - construction, scale length, string type and gauge, electronics, amp setup... the list is endless. As has already been suggested, I would encourage you to go to as many (preferably bass specialist) shops as you can, and try out literally everything. You might be surprised by what will float your boat. My personal preference is for 35"+ scale just because in my experience, it adds more tension and clarity to what can otherwise be a rubber band added to a 4-string bass as some kind of afterthought. Other people's experiences will obviously vary! At the last count (yes, I have a list) I've owned approaching 200 basses over the 50 years I've been playing, the majority of which have been fivers. The best B strings for me have been a Lakland 55-94 and 55-02, a Dingwall Afterburner, if you can cope with the fan frets, and I'm currently using a Mayones Jabba Custom EP VF5, which is also multi-scale. None of them are the Holy Grail, but they're all very good, and leave most of the other contenders in the dust. In my opinion. The perfect bass probably doesn't exist of course, but you can have great fun looking for it!

filter of some kind?

Wasn’t it you that was comparing some kid playing slap bass at 200bpm to Lizst? The context here is YouTube not music in general. And I stand by the fact that what they’re doing is technical feats with little to no musical value. It’s what lift music is to real jazz. What Andre Rieu is to classical music etc etc.

Absolutely there is, I agree.

I’ll be of no use. BUY IT