Rayman

I'd go with that too. I had my fingers burnt by UPS who charged me double the above to send to Spain. The package was heavy mind, and insured up to a grand too.

I haven't read the whole thread, so I don't know if anyone has already said the same thing, but..... I [i]really don't [/i]understand at all, why anyone would have a bass that they won't play in a pub, just because it was expensive. It's ridiculous. Get it insured if you're worried, surely? If you have a bass that's so valuable that you can't take it out, why have it at all? The thought of having an old banger for gigs, while a couple of grands worth of Alembic or something sits at home, is madness to me.

I've gone for the Elixirs for my Precision. Yolanda Charles has been waving the flag for them for so long, I've decided to give 'em a go.

I need to try either these or Elixirs. I sweat like a glass blowers arse live, so my strings (ususally Slinkys) go off pretty quick. I'm currently trying D'Addarios for a change because I've been disappointed with the longevity of Slinkys recently. So I might have a look at these.

:-)

I had one, and it was nowhere near as bad as some had said it would be. I pimped it with an EMG passive pickup, and re wired it, but even before that I gigged it along side an Overwater Progress 5 with no problem at all, it was a great little bass. The only reason I pimped it was because I'm a tart. I discovered that some of the folks who had slagged them off had never even actually seen one. Funny that.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/russjm/thewinds20.jpg[/IMG] Good gig on Saturday, a small crowd in a big pub is never good, but once we started the second set the place had filled up nicely. It seemed like a[i] long[/i] gig too, we've been putting new stuff in, but failing to drop the old stuff, so it went on forever. We really need to butcher the set list. The Spectors sounded great, and for the first time in a LONG time, I had people coming up to me afterwards commenting on the bass sound, so you can't say fairer then that. A couple fo different people said the bass was really clear and punchy, not something they were used to hearing, as in this particular venue it was usually wooly and thumpy with most band. So I'm very happy with that.

Someone from my home town, maybe I'll go and have a look at it.

I'm not a Ritter fan either particularly, but that's fabulous.