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Thanks for that info. Where I’m confused is that Sandburg’s site states the new ones have push/pull. Or are these an upgrade of the Electra 2.? Anyway I’ve emailed Sandberg so hopefully all will soon become clear🤞. Thanks for all the replies 👍

Was it easy to bend to shape?

@Mykesbass Yes I agree. I have no intention of bashing the instruments or playing hard, apart from the odd bit. I've been conscious of longevity while practicing. I've played in bands doing two 1.5 hour sets with a guitar. That's physically easy, but with the 12kg HB-70 with big strings, I last four songs standing before back cramp sets in. It's partly why I got the Spector, to see if I can stand an play it without back cramp, and I can. @Reggaebass Thank you for that. Assuming your username reflects a style you aim at, you would likely have considered, and tested how much bass you get from any sort of string, so I'm putting that advice directly into my scrap book. @HeadlessBassist Funkmeister sounds familiar. The've got packed away for now, so can't check. What I find is the lighter strings with their increased dynamics or articulation, need a bit more even playing to stay even sounding, where the bigger ones are a bit easier to keep even. I've already started to prefer a particular bass for particular songs I'm practicing. In the end, I want a bass guitar that does it all. Which one shall I get for that, and which strings?

A very hot sweaty gig playing at the new Rodeos Birmingham. Bizarre stage with the back end of a pickup truck slap bang in the middle, a solitary monitor, no sound man, a drummist we’d never met before, several drunk hen parties… had the makings of a nightmare alongside the heat. On the whole though, it was great fun. We threw in a few covers alongside Katy’s originals, had a delightful interaction with someone in the break asking us to play all the artists we’d covered in the first set 🙄, and made a few new friends along the way I think. The dep drummist was fantastic, so he can come again 🤓 Bass as ever my sexy ACG RetroB, through Handbox WB100 and Barefaced Two10. Shoes were my Soul Cals again. No decent photos of us playing (yet) so have a photo of my side of the stage 😆

Looking forward to seeing you in a few hours at the Union Square Brewdog. A thought occurred that not everyone knows each other, so some kind of identifier/marker for the table might be an idea. Therefore, this extremely quickly cobbled together homemade thing will be on our table - look for the clef! See you soon!

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Played my usual Everlys & Friends Live Tribute Show last night at Warners' Alvaston Hall near Crewe. First show for the full lineup in two months and was a belter, despite the ridiculous 30 deg heat. Luckily the powers that be at Warners actually had the air conditioning switched on, so playing was bearable! Two hour set straight through with no interval is always a challenge, but was very rewarding. Full six-piece setup, including fake Grand Piano housing for Pete's Digital Piano!

Problem is you don’t know what’s causing it. I had a bass rattle yesterday on stage. Turned out to be a loose tuning key. Could equally have been the end pin, pickup or, well, lots of things. I once had a rattle one a gig and it stopped after sort of banged the bass on the side. Didn’t return and I thought it better to leave it that way.

This makes all sense. You’ll never get rich selling a used DB. It may be worth £1000 when fixed up, but factor that it when considering the space needed to store the thing too!

Probably rather that than Parkinson’s, but that’s no joy ride either. Poor bloke.

PEEK is a very modern, durable, high performance composite matrix unlike phenolic resin, aka Bakerlite by those who were around in the fifties. The other thing some of us discovered over the years of bass buying is that phenolic can be fairly tricky to mix. I've had a number of basses, with necks all made by the same company, where the phenolic resin fingerboards didn't cure stiff enough. PEEK and wood avoid this issue entirely. If you vote in the poll, it'll help show me where preferences lie.

It's more than 8 but tell no-one 🤫 I have a Fender Player Plus V that I bought used that had been modified with a Sadowsky preamp. It's a large reason why I got it.

Having only owned 1 upright (from new) can i have a perhaps silly question... What would a rattle mean ? I assume different depending on where but would anything be considered "terminal" or a major red flag ?