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Not sure this "made the original" by Stevie W, but great cover right?

Curious as to which one? I found the P pickup soloed on the Yamaha BB series (PJ) to sound more P than an actual P. Especially the passive ones.

Thanks for clearing that up. IMO having following switched off is the only sensible option.

I had Strings Direct put together a custom "balanced tension" set of D'Addario XL nickel roundwounds for me and they are great: 42, 55, 75, 100, 135. No issues with the B at all.

Nah! Im alright thanks.

So, I commissioned a Honeyburst Jazz bass body a good few months back, and it's just arrived in stock at Northwest. Kevin did a run of four in total, and there are three left after I procured one. Just a heads up in case someone is looking to build a jazz in a non standard colour 🙂 G

Personally from my experience I would not necessarily agree with those talking about the benefits of much thicker strings. They tend to sound thunderous when playing the open B, but the further up the neck you get, the more unusable/hollow/warbly/out of tune they become. You can get great sounding Bs at 118/120. Scale length is part of the equation, and given equal materials a 35" scale and above will give a tighter B, but by no means do you need a longer scale to get a good, tight sound, and some manufacturers these days can get great sounding Bs out of 32/33" scale basses. I find it very much comes down to the actual manufacturers. I would agree that exposed core/tapered strings tend to sound good: the old LaBella slappers and Deep Talkin' roundwounds had much better B strings than their current offerings. Dunlop nickels (the Super Brights and especially the standards) have a very good B despite being low tension. Overwater have started doing strings and their B strings sound great. One more thing - I've also had a great low B sound when using roundcore strings (especially Fodera nickels and the sadly discontinued LaBella Deep Talkin' rounds) - could just be coincidence though.

Ahh mate you’re a star! I will definitely be in touch (after this weekend…. 😎) Really kind of you Matt. 😁

Dollar Bill Blues — Townes Van Zandt

This reminds of a PMT(RIP) purchase I made online a few years ago for a really nice bass that never made it to my door because...the DPD driver got robbed and had his van emptied of all packages! PMT refunded me immediately but to this day I wonder where that bass ended up and for how much.

Money Talks - AC/DC

Or they're selling it because a family member died and they got it in a will, knowing absolutely nothing about it, and not wanting to. There are more shades of grey than you think.

I must admit I don’t use eBay enough to know of this feature. But with a bass guitar that is enough to put me off because it shows they don’t really know much about the instrument. I then have concerns on maintenance and how it’s been treated under the seller’s ownership, or worse it has been stolen.

A real shame. Bought my last bass from PMT. Its been my workhorse for the last two years. These and GAK were always my go to places. Sorry to all those who lost their jobs.

Unable to find any of this size. Any pointers. Preferably from UK seller. Something like this. New or used.

General fitness is obviously never a bad thing and certainly helps with stamina on gigs, but I find that to be good on the night at playing bass (particularly DB), I have to specifically train beforehand beforehand by....playing bass. I can have a really nice active month between gigs with plenty of cycling etc, but if I don't spend some time working the "bass muscles" then the next gig can be a bit hit-and-miss.

I couldn't find that yesterday! Except I have notifications turned off.

He should just whack some tolex on it. He'll get some pretty low offers otherwise.

I doubt anybody is actually getting upset about it. We're most likely to laugh if off and look elsewhere. That's what I do anyway.

As ever something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay. If no one is willing to buy it, it won’t sell. At this point the price has to come down or the seller is stuck with it. It’s not worth getting upset about.