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  1. fretmeister
    £380 ish! Bargain!
  2. fretmeister
    I've had 2 basses from Japan, one from Ishibashi and another from a large ebay based outfit but I cannot remember their name. And a bunch of pedals. No problems with any order. The Ishibashi bass was a Japanese market Fender P bass (PB-62 or something?) and was actually in even better condition than the sales blurb claimed. Obviously like an idiot I sold it because at the time I didn't understand P basses. My most recent Japanese buy was from Effects Bakery - they make tiny budget pedals. I bought their "Japanese Butter Roll" vibe and it arrived in under a week, was under the import fee point and vat was dealt with so got to be for about £50 including the shipping.
  3. fretmeister
    I use Forescore (ipad) and a cheap Donner bluetooth footswitch page turner. I'm assuming Forescore has versions for non Apple kit. It takes pdf and other formats. It's very clever in that with a foot press it will turn pages, but if the tablet is in landscape for a bigger image it will will first move to the bottom of the page and then flip the page. Very pleased with it.
  4. fretmeister
    Nice! I love my regular sized one.
  5. fretmeister
    Impulse buy from Effects Bakery. https://www.effectsbakery.jp/en I had never heard of them and I wanted a univibe type thing. Most of their models are about £50 and available fast by ebay. It only took a week to get it from Japan and it sounds great!
  6. fretmeister
    I was a prop forward. I wasn’t that skinny in the womb!
  7. fretmeister
    About as much as moving the volume control 2-3mm I reckon.
  8. fretmeister
    Inspired by that G&L up there ^ Who is using tapewounds on their shortie? What brand and gauge? I've had some La Bella White Nylons in the past, on a long scale and I seem to remember liking them, but that was a very long time ago!
  9. fretmeister
    Do you know the weight please?
  10. fretmeister
    The IAH ones are fine on my shorties - but I'd still prefer if they did proper versions of them. The regular Super Polished do feel different - as much as I can tell without installing them anyway so I might end up trying a set on a long scale even though I'd prefer a lower tension / lighter gauge option. Hopefully they will be popular enough for La Bella to consider that.
  11. fretmeister
    La Bella Super Polished Strings arrived... and the E snapped during installation. Not La Bella's fault as I was trying to fit them on a shortie and their website does warn against winding the speaking part of the string around the post, although this is the first set of flats of any brand that I've had break doing this with large traditional post sizes - even their DTF are fine. The IAH set are fine too for this. I did contact BD to see if I could buy just a replacement E string, but they don't stock individuals and getting one from La Bella would take about 6 - 8 weeks. I've put the old strings back on instead. Just annoyed that I've thrown away £35. Hopefully La Bella will get some shortscale ones made at some point.
  12. fretmeister
    That orange is amazing!
  13. fretmeister
    I just wish there were more SLO neck versions.
  14. fretmeister
    Put an old 2 band in it then! The 2 band is the vital component. There's a few good videos looking at the EQ curve and shelving of the 2 band compared to the later preamps. The 3 bands don't just slap another control in the middle, the entire thing is different. My bitsa Pingray has the Aguilar M pickup and their spot on recreation of the original 2 band and it sounds like an original - and no weak G string either.
  15. fretmeister
    You’d think a bass magazine would check… 😂
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