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I think the shortest time from 1st rehearsal to gig for me was about 3 weeks, But we'd all done the cover band thing before and we made a set up of tunes we already knew just to get going quickly. Other bands have taken months.

I think I read that the NG2 now has a slightly slimmer neck too - front to back. That would get me in trouble as well!

That's quite interesting. But at the same time if I can get away with a 10 pence dish cleaning sponge then I'll probably stick to that. I could see the mechanical version being very useful if there were many changes in a set though.

I’ve got pink foam! On a cream white bass! Looks hideous!

I’ve been experimenting with strings lately on my P-Ray 5. I got a set of La Bella Low Tension Flats which I love. But for my current gig I need good thuddy noises for half the tunes and a bit of zing and dirt for the rest. I do not want to take 2 Basses. i have no idea why I haven’t tried it before but I put my favourite Prosteels on this evening and then stuck a load of foam under the strings and knocked the tone control down a bit. It’s not identical to the flat sound of course, but damn it’s close! And I can whip the foam out halfway through the set. i feel a bit thick for not trying it before!

Yes please. 2 of each!

VR rig for my PC probably.

2 options I can see. 1: He thinks because it will be a rosewood board the value will go up. 2: He doesn't want to sell but he wants his wife to think that he is trying to sell it. This is a useful tactic. Ahem.

Helix and a power amp.

I've had regular white nylons and really liked them. Seemed to have a harder surface than the black nylons, and were smoother to the touch.

The tension on the La Bella low tension flats is only a little higher than the TI. They are very close. If you like your La Bella FLs you might want to just try a lighter gauge of them instead

Lovely on my P-Ray 5.

I like old steels. The ones on my Marleaux have been on for about 4 year and they are great. My P-Ray has La Bella Low Tension Flats. I really like them, but they are a bit crap for modern rock. Old steels would suit better but it’s a bright bass and it would take years to bed in a set properly.

Crisco is a solid veg oil. Veg lard really.

I just spent an hour reading threads on Talkbass about speeding up the wearing in of bass strings, particularly if only 1 needs changing. There’s actually discussions about using E45 or Euracin creams or chicken fat or submerging them in melted crisco before putting them on the bass. flipping mental. What’s up with those yanks? i don’t like super bright newness but I’ve got a tone control.

Every Washburn MB6 ever made?

I used them for rehearsal this morning. Lovely tone. Sat in the mix really well. Did Stevie Wonder, Mickey Bubbles, Blues Brothers, Louis Armstrong, and some Latin stuff. I went for a bit of a Duck Dunn tone. Not too bassy, plenty of mids and knocked the treble off on the bass. Very happy. They’ll be staying on my P-Ray.

The ash bodied one makes my nethers twitch.

Wait! Even 4rse is caught by the swearing filter now? What is this? Why is the forum turning into a middle aged Mary Whitehouse safe place when most of us are hairy 4rsed pub rockers?

I would be very surprised if a Fodera couldn't cut 50% off their prices and keep the same profit margin simply by moving away from New York. New York rents are some of the highest in the world. If they moved to the derrière end of Kansas where it's all farmland their overheads would plummet.

I bet it's aimed at guitarists.

Of course many people aren't getting paid enough. Why on earth do you think multi-national companies do their manufacturing in countries without adequate employment regulations? Here's the rub though. Someone might only be earning 50 pence per hour to make a bass in a far off country. But that 50 pence per hour might actually be higher than the local average and without it they might starve. There are no easy answers though. If you struggle to eat then underpayment is better than no payment. On the flip side 1 company "over-paying" for the area (in other words paying an acceptable sum) might destabilise the local economy. You'll be wondering how Tesco can sell a whole chicken for a quid next.