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What a cool looking bass! I have no advice on pricing, I just wanted to share my thoughts on that 4 string mojo-machine!

Can we re-do this as a poll? I like the note of A, mostly the one on my E string.

[quote name='fingerz' post='1367369' date='Sep 9 2011, 10:16 AM']They are good guys in the Gallery, Alex would be gutted if he knew your reaction.[/quote] Go back a few pages to see Alexs reaction

That's a very refined setup for Juan

Practice, practice, practice I don't think Ray 5's are the easiest to slap on, but with practice you'll get the angles just right with your right hand. If you learn to slap well on your 5 string, going back to a 4 will feel so easy in comparison.

[quote name='SS73' post='1355971' date='Aug 30 2011, 09:30 AM']Have used the very same set up and it does go very very loud, not sure if it's Reading volume though.[/quote] Perhaps it goes to show that masses of volume isn't always needed on stage. He probably had plenty of what he needed to hear coming from the monitors.

40-100's for me, except my P-Bass which I think really benefits from a set of 45-105's.

I really like the sound of Slinky's on both bass and guitar for the first couple of weeks of use but I find they lose their brightness quicker than D'Addario strings, hence I stick with D'Addario.

I like this! You've got me thinking about doing a similar thing. I'd probably include effects in mine, just a simple date purchased and price.

Looks like a stunning bass, congrats on winning it.

His Warwick sounds like it's tuned very low in that video I posted.

From the wiki about 8 string guitars: [quote]Fredrik Thordendal and Marten Hagstrom of Meshuggah tune their 8-string guitars F+Bb+Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb, and occasionally drop it to Eb+Bb+Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb, and even five semitones below this tuning, for the song Spasm[/quote] I'd imagine he'd copy the low 5 strings of the guitars tuning, but I'm not certain of that. 2:22 Rational Gaze

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1335981' date='Aug 11 2011, 02:26 AM']The tone fingerstyle and slap sounds awsome on this older TRB.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbmvkzvUII"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbmvkzvUII[/url][/quote] There's a great midrange tone to these basses that seems quite unique to TRBs.

As others have mentioned, your best bet is to try before you buy, especially since the basses you're interested in are all quite different. My advice would be to have a look into second hand Warwicks (if you've tried one and like the feel), the second hand market for them is great for buyers at the moment and you can get a lot of bass for your money. Things like Streamer LX's and Thumb Bolt-Ons are often going for around £600 or less. Something important to bare in mind with buying second hand Warwicks is the pre-1998 bolt on models have a much slimmer neck profile than the newer ones. Warwick used to use Wenge for the neck as well as the fretboards, now they only use wenge for the fretboard and they use ovangkol for the neck. I own both kinds of Warwicks, and whilst I have no problems with the neck profile of my newer model, the older Warwick I have is truly effortless to play.