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I just had a look at the specs.

No ratio control? That would seem to limit the squish available as an actual effect. I can't see the ratio setting mentioned anywhere on the website. Presumably it's a secret then...

Are the Res-O-Lite available with 1/2 inch post?

I can't seem to find them on the Gotoh website.

11 hours ago, cocco said:

I've just finished a build with all gotoh hardware including elephant ear resolites. Really impressed with them. They're stable, feel great and obviously are ridiculously light. 

 

Here's a photo of them in situ. 

 

Have you got more photos / specs?

That looks gorgeous! 

Aye.

I want one, and I'm happy to look at used ones, even when the price sensibly takes into account the actual landed price, but those eijits listing theirs for £800+ can do one.

I've just seen a comment on a youtube vid that apparently Joe has said there will be a run of these every year now.

I can't find the original, but I'm hoping it's true.

On 30/01/2025 at 10:41, Rodders said:

I'd be interested to try these in Medium gauge (and see how much they end up costing), as I have been tempted by the EB "Group" Flats for a while..

I love the Group flats. They feel so nice under my fingers. 

Preorder at Andertons is £69.00

Ooooooooooo!!!!!!

I once had a relationship with a blonde gymnast.

Does that count?

As it says really!

Something that is:

1: As cheap as is practical, and

2: Worth having, and

3: Will tolerate pubs and back of estate cars.

I know nothing about DBs and I can't imagine that a bow will be needed, but after chatting with some mates about the possibility of all all acoustic bluegrass band I am now researching.

I have played upright a bit - I had an early NS Wav bass - but I will have to put the practice in to get somewhere near competent again.

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You'll have to get different coloured foam for the bridge now.

That clashes!  

Have they got a UK dealer?

I like that.

I do like a sort of dirty compressor sound.

My participation in the abstinence thread is looking dodgy! 

I started playing both in the same week when I was a teenager. I was playing in a metal band on guitar and a school jazz band on bass.

The one I'm playing most at any particular time is the one I'm better on at that time.

Round core strings are particularly vulnerable to unseen annoyances.

I do like them though.

Definitely the first one.

Although I could see the final verse / chorus veering towards the third one a bit as a sort of crescendo.

On 31/01/2025 at 19:53, Chienmortbb said:

I have a set of USA ones and to be honest, they are not a patch on the Gotoh Res-O-Lites.

They are lovely and light but the posts are small - bit annoying for your average Fender sized headstock hole. Either need about 2 metres of plumbers tape to widen the bushing or fill the holes completely and then redrill.

Ain’t got no time for that! 🤣

Old strings or sometimes new ones that are twisted.

I know you’ve said the pickups are ok but lower them further anyway just to see if it goes away to properly rule that out.

Nordstrand now do 51 style P bass pickups in a jazz housing:

https://nordstrandaudio.com/collections/4-string-jazz-bass-pickups/products/51j4s

So if the placement is right in a bass with J pickups then that should be pretty nice too.

@Andyjr1515 made me a lovely ebony ramp for my Sandberg.

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I need to take another bass to him for another ramp, but life seems to be getting in the way at the moment. I must get round to it though, I find it a lot easier to play with them.

On 01/02/2025 at 04:14, Jerry C said:

I don't often wander on this side of the pond, but I did just now and somehow stumbled upon this thread. In case anyone is still interested, I did just brew a new batch of my onboard one-knob compressor:

jtex.ca/products/okc

I honestly think it really whips the Llama's arse! Too bad very few people think of a compressor as something to put onboard. 

 

That looks cools.

Will it work with EMGs?

Lovely amp.

It’s 500w though, at 4ohms and 300w at 8ohms.

The 600w written on the back is about the input power supply and power draw from the mains, not the output of the sound.

Doesn't really matter as it’s still a very loud amp!

I fancy one of them.

They're both very good - I get the USA ones as I like to be able to reverse them if needed, and because of the small additional weight saving.

But I wouldn't bother getting the USA if a bass already had the Korean ones on it.

I do wish the string posts were slightly tapered to force the string to the bottom, but I can't have everything.

BTW - the Y key ones are a little lighter than the clovers, with the lollipop in the middle. I believe the Y keys are the lightest tuner ever, but for clovers the Sandberg lightweight tuner is a little lighter. The Sandbergs are a real pain to get in the UK though as their online shop currently won't ship out of the EU.

Lovely!