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This is as good a place to sell as anywhere. Have a look at 'For sale: Basses' in the Marketplace. Read through the pinned topics there and you'll get all the advice you'll need. Look through the instruments up for sale and do some research on ebay to find what prices similar instruments a going for. Be realistic with your pricing as it is a buyers market for obvious reasons at the moment. When you post don't forget to post photos from the outset and give lots of details about your bass. Best of luck with the sale and the new arrival.

[quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1346514247' post='1790146'] So, I don't think tribute acts are necessarily degrading, cringeworthy or embarrassing... ... but the fact remains, sometimes they are. Exhibit A: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX0Iz8vTxNg[/media] [/quote] Well, he does do a very good job of sounding like Michael Jackson

It's always a good idea to have a new bass set up professionally after you buy it. Factory settings are always a compromise because we all want something different. String gauge, action height, you name it. You could tweak the trus rod a bit which might help. Plenty of videos on youtube telling you how to do that. But I would have it professionally set up.

I have a set of D'Addario halfwounds on one bass. They are really quite sticky stings. They will give the sound you're looking for as they wear in. I would actually go for [url="http://status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html"]Status Hotwire Halfwounds[/url] (you'll find them in the 'online shop'). They are much more slippery and easier to use. They also last for years with a good tone. I have had a set on my Jazz for a few years now. Still sound great.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1346146723' post='1785697'] What are their half-rounds like? [/quote] I use the Status Halfwounds and I find them to be much more slippery than the D'Addarios halfwounds I have. The more they are played the smoother they become. For me they have a tone to dye for. Hotwire flats are good too.

Oh stop teasing us and show the bass off. I don't think you're alone in having a long break. It's always good to get back to a passion after a long break.

I think we have been Drumrolled...again

I'm sure Thomastik Jazz Flats will be mentioned. Quite low tension and lovely fat, warm sound. What gauge are you using?

By third finger I take it you mean ring finger? If that's the case, as RhysP says, use it as an excuse to use the other fingers. You can use a double bass technique which involves leaving out the ring finger from playing. Means you don't have as big a stretch and can be used on electric just as effectively. I play that way all the time. Adapt and survive.

It's all my fault! I've been looking at Furniture Village.

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When I went to pick up my Jazz after having a J-Retro fitted I couldn't get over how monstrous it had made the bass's sound. Big fan here. Love the mid controls.

Youtube, dear boy, Youtube. Search for adjusting the truss rod and you'll get a few videos on the subject. Then you can decide whether or not you have the courage to have a go yourself.

Impressive playing.

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