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I suggest GHS Pressure Wound strings too. Amazing on a P.

Lovely!! I have a Jap 62-reissue and I love it. Bought it on a whim from Japan expecting to scratch an itch and then move it on... and it is never going anywhere!!

Buy the guitarist a working tuner.

I love that! What an amazing colour! Stick some GHS Pressure wounds on it and it would be perfect!

My non-bass gigs are magic shows. I take bookings when I feel like it to keep it a paid hobby rather than a proper job, so some times I can do 6 shows over a weekend, or sometimes times go a month without wanting to do one. Last one I did was pretty good - a birthday party for kids. Kids' shows have a unique problem in that in a crowd of 3 to 7 year olds the development is massively different and as a result they are fooled (or not) by very different things. Tricks that an adult will see through immediately will fool a child BUT there are plenty of tricks that have fooled adults that kids have seen straight through as well. It would make an excellent psychological study. Table top magic at dinner parties and award shows pay really quite well - but there is no doubt that kids shows are more fun, and massively unpredictable. I do a lot of comedy in the shows as there are some things that are almost universally funny, and really draws in the audience, irrespective of the age. For that reason Tommy Cooper will always be my magic hero. A wonderful magician, but more importantly a brilliant all round entertainer who could be enjoyed by every age group. That's what I'm aiming for. Magic is a brilliant ice breaker too. Everyone likes to be fooled or amazed. I went for lunch yesterday with an old friend and it took a while for the food to arrive and the kids were getting restless. Plenty of stuff on the table for some impromptu magic, and I never go anywhere without a few bits in my pockets. Bit of string, deck of cards, etc. Rehearsals and learning new tricks take a lot of time but I love it. My eldest (9) has started to learn too so if she sticks with it she will be able to have the best part time job in the world when she's a teenager. Why work for an entire weekend in Tesco stacking shelves to earn £100 when you can get that for 1 kids magic show?

I like 32 and 34. I have fairly small hands so I find 35 painful for low stretches.

[quote name='ML94' timestamp='1350668014' post='1842127'] When I had mine it had a massive shielding problem. Everytime I rolled it onto the bridge pickup, Bang! Noise comes through the amp like crazy. Did anyone else have this problem or am I the only one? [/quote] I had mine fully shielded. Now it's as quiet as a mouse

[quote name='spencer.b' timestamp='1350691433' post='1842481'] I just changed my Streamliner 9 for a shuttle 9.2 as I found it a bit wooly although with my berg cabs although the streamliner sounds good with vanderkleys [/quote] After a day of testing at Bass Direct I agree! The Streamliner with the Vanderkleys was very nice and the Shuttle 9.2 with a Berg was very nice. A 'liner with berg was still good - but only for that old skool P-bass thick chewy thuddy thing. I went Shuttle 9.2 and Berg and I haven't looked back for a second.

I'm definitely going to have to get down to Bass Direct and try some out.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1350840765' post='1844111'] If ever you are in London get in touch, I don't have a Prima Artist, but you can try an ABZ 5 maple f/board, and ABII 5 with roasted maple neck and f/board, and finally the Super J/P similar to the one you saw at the gig as you can see in the pic below. [/quote] So what are the tonal differences? I see the ABZ has different pickups, and (I think) the passive tone system? TBH if I take the plunge it would be an ABZ as I couldn't afford the dearer ones, but the concept of the fret system makes so much sense in my head!

I must try one too. I might even offload my Streamline.

If it sounds good then it is good. Nowt wrong with the MXR at all.

Glad I got one when I did then!

My just acquired Hyperbass. I love it! So flexible, and such a great sound! [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/fretmeister/eb8d62fbdfaaa00a3fa4c34cccb49097.jpg[/IMG]

Status Energy, very modified [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/fretmeister/44429_428130893725_748233725_4689066_7788234_n.jpg[/IMG] Zon Hyperbass, amazing instrument! [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/fretmeister/eb8d62fbdfaaa00a3fa4c34cccb49097.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/fretmeister/89668dc31a768556b4dda5e29b17627f.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/fretmeister/14af095fd463a0929535e32b16d07601.jpg[/IMG]

I like that a lot! Vids and sound clips if you have the technology please!