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Easiest transaction ever. Message, payment, meet up and done! Alain is a joy to deal with,

Yes, that’s my next move.

Just put new strings on my P bass and found the D string was acting funny when tuning. It was sitting in tune but then would suddenly go sharp and when I was retuning there was a lag, I checked the nut slot which was ok so moved onto the string tree which also seemed fine. I now have discovered that the taper on the string sits exactly on the edge of the string tree and is acting as a slight resistance point. I’ve filed a small radius on the string tree which seems to have sorted this out but have never seen this before. Has anyone else ever had this?

James bought my Hipshot bridge recently and was great to deal with, prompt payment and good communication.

I found that changing to elixirs gave me a more all round even tone that seems to last rather than starting off bright and dulling off over time. I use 100-45’s on thin neck basses and 105-45’s on thicker neck basses. There is a slight difference in feel but not a massive difference in tone. They have been a lot harder to find in certain gauges over the past couple of years and I was informed that this was due to the coating company rather than distribution.

The band I’m in has been asked to headline a small charity festival and as the last band on we’ve been asked to let all other bands use our amps and drums. The core of the band has been together for 30+ years and our age has afforded us the privilege of owning some nice gear, but to be honest I’m not sure how I or the rest of the band feel about the idea. I know there’s nothing unusual about this format but I just wondered how other people feel about this sort of arrangement. Edit I suppose I should add that my son who plays bass in a much bigger band than me was in a similar situation where his 8 x 10 SVT rig was being used by everyone at a big festival, but when it came to his turn to use it, the amp went off after 2 songs and he had to play his set through a little backup amp! He had to pay for his SVT to be repaired, but he says it’s never been the same since.

I’ve been playing (self taught) in a gigging band for well over 30 years and for the last 6 months whilst our drummer was dealing with a back injury I decided to get some one to one bass lessons to brush up on theory and technique. To be very honest it’s been a revolation, I’m enjoying playing and practicing more than ever before and everything just seems to make a bit more sense. Also songs we’ve been playing for decades are now so much easier to play. A side benefit has been that I’ve almost totally lost my “gas” for other equipment. I think that I’ve been chasing gear to make me sound better when I now believe it was me not getting the best out of the equipment i already have. On the back of this I’ve recently enrolled in to Scott’s 26 week technique accelerator programme, we’re only on week 3 but I’m really enjoying it.

Oops! I must admit that I have never measured it. For some reason I thought it was 32”

Here’s one of my 32’s An acg Tefano

Did anyone else catch Level 42 on this mornings radio2 breakfast show? I thought they were brilliant.

You can test pickup coil polarity using the old multi meter and a steel rule/screw driver trick. There’s plenty of videos on YouTube showing the method.

Our band is currently on a forced hiatus, so to keep my musical momentum going I’m looking at taking some lessons to brush up on my bass specific music theory etc. Anybody know of, or is a good bass tutor in the Macclesfield or south Manchester area? Cheers

I also have Pro17’s and they took a little getting used to but I wouldn’t play without them now. I agree with Leonard Smalls, I just turned my amp up a bit until I could hear everything perfectly and then consulted the band to get their view of the mix, everyone was happy so that’s how things have been ever since. It’s in your best interest to stick with them, good luck 👍