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I think it’s genre specific. Sitting down classical or jazz gig… no problem. Everything else… nope! Ruins the performance.

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I love the Group flats - I use the 2.5 on 34 scale, and I have some 50-110 for shorties. As it happens though this thread has inspired me to get another set of the Fender ones for a different bass! Damn you all for making me spend money!

I use my Helix for guitar and bass and I love it. Obviously both units have their fans and I've seen both on stages for guitarists, but I can't recall every seeing a bassist with a Kemper. I've never used one, but perhaps the Helix is better suited for bass? I'm not fussed about "authentic" sounds either. Just good ones.

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It only needs someone who has been banned with a chip on the shoulder to make up some really heinous crap involving kids...

The EB Group flats are a lot cheaper on Amazon too - far cheaper than places like Strings Direct. I wonder if Amazon has a deal going with EB.

This is my shortie with the Fender flats on it: I did have the bass tone rolled down a fair bit but you can hear the growl coming through. Thinking about it - I really like this tune and I have a variety of flatwounds on various basses at the moment. I might record it again with all the different basses. Just for curiosity really.

Obviously some practicalities come into it... imagine rocking up to Scotland Yard with a "GT lied to me and because of that lie I spend £9.99 on an album and I want you to arrest him please!" The reaction from plod would be err, somewhat dismissive. Unless of course there were hundreds of similar complaints made. But a lack of action by the police doesn't change how the law does apply to it. So in reality the most likely action will be someone suing him in a civil matter. At the moment there doesn't deem to be much appetite from the composers of the tunes to do that, but maybe D'Angelico or Laney will. They both spent a lot of money developing and launching signature products and they have reputations to protect. They also have the assets to do it too.

Quite a bargain compared to those Dogal Flatwounds! Even if I won the lottery I'm not sure I could get my head round paying that much for strings.

It's both. The fact that Civil action can be taken for an IP dispute does not prevent there being a criminal offence. Same in all manner of things. Many criminal offences have a linked civil one. "Conversion" is the civil equivalent of "Theft". In a civil matter the result would be an order to pay compensation / loss of income etc. In the criminal one it would be either a fine (payable to the state) or prison. Punching someone in the face is a criminal offence with criminal penalties. It is also causing a Personal Injury that can be sued upon as a civil matter. Pursuing one option does not mean the other cannot be pursued as well. ADDITION: Not to forget that the IP owner - the real composer can take action against GT for IP problems but a purchaser of a song via a streaming service cannot take the same action for IP... because the purchaser doesn't have an interest in the IP. The purchaser has been a victim of deceit = fraud. The real composer has been a victim of theft and an IP issue and has probably been denied income because of it. So - it's a multy-layered thing. But ultimately the evidence against GT suggests that he would fail to successfully defend civil and criminal actions against him...

NeuralDSP have about 12 hours left on their 50% off plugins deal. The Parallax is a particularly great bass plugin. Free 14 day trial is available on their site, but the discounted price only lasts to tonight.

1: He sold transcriptions of other people's work claiming it was his work. 2: He released music on Spotify and claimed he was the only composer but he wasn't a composer of the tunes at all. Both are fraud / obtaining money by deception. Not just civil disputes but actually criminal offences.

I've tried all of those. The La Bellas are definitely out for you - they are the sound of Motown. TI Jazz are lovely but are low tension. The Rotos are massive tension and they are very bright for about a week and then the brightness falls off a cliff. Steve Harris of Iron Maiden changes his every single show. John Deacon had them on his P bass too and you can hear how different his tone is to Harris'. Fender - nice string indeed. Reasonably bright, nice feel under the fingers. I do wish they changed their gauges though. The E can be a bit floppy compared to the rest. EB Cobalts - I have these on a PJ at the moment. They are not bad but I do find they feel a bit weird under the fingers for some reason. Once they die I will not get another set. They are bright but you still won't get a Marcus Miller type brightness out of them One you haven't mentioned - EB Group Flats. These are the other EB flats. Stainless steel. They are not quite as bright as the Cobalts but it's very close once you've EQ'd everything to taste. They feel much nicer to me under the fingers. They will do a good 1970s chunky slap sound brightness. Hope that helps a bit.

I've been thinking about this more - I have 3 shorties, two of which are P only and the other is PJ. And I have a medium scale PJ. So with that in mind I think I might just make this bass a ray only - at least for the moment.

I've had his before and they are good, but they don't do bevelled edges so can't get the BWB look.

Just looking for a black/white/black P bass pickguard without any pickup holes. So far I've not had any luck with my google-fu.

Yeah, That Hans Zimmerman Live in Prague video is mind blowing. I loved the bit with Guthrie when HS wanders over him for a solo. In an orchestra with genuinely elite musicians Guthrie then finds another gear and HS is clearly in awe. Amazing stuff.

Wouldn’t surprise me. I might start a thread and get everyone with a P, MM etc to measure from the nut to the start of the pickup casing. Could be interesting to see the variation.

I've measured up my existing P bitsa and the P pickup is in the right spot but that would mean the MM is about 2mm out of position towards the bridge. I'm guessing that 2mm won't make a lot of difference as intonation settings change by more than that when string gauges are changed and so on. Or of course I could take out the split P and get a hum cancelling 50s P pickup instead and then have both in their traditional positions. I've never tried a 50s P pickup. Could be interesting!

That's a lovely looking thing. I think I want my MM pickup more in the traditional place.

I'm not sure the East will fit - it's a bitsa build with a P bass body. I'm not familiar with Retrovibe - I shall investigate.

I've been looking at the Aguilar 2 band as that is available as a stack knob, but what else is out there please? ta

I wouldn't have quite as many switching options though. Just P / P+MM / MM And then have a series / parallel on the MM only. I have a good MM pickup lying about already...

Maybe some of them were?