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Pleasure doing business with you Rory

Only tried a couple but I like and am keeping my Pigtronix Bass Envelope Phaser ... I noticed it adds a very slight boost & added clarity on a subtle setting which works great for some chord picking esp in 'down' setting, I plan to use the 'up' with some dirt for one of our tracks if we ever do it live lol ... but I really like it on cleaner stuff dialed back a bit .. maybe worth a look

I'd put my Pigtronix Quantum Time Modulator on if I had space but like suggested above I can use mod section of my Subdecay Noisebox by turning the delay off ... hence Pigtronix FS

Here's a nice looking bass poweramp FS on here now ... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/274826-fs-fender-mb1200-power-amplifier/ I went down pre + power amp / powered cab route but changed back. Now I just run my B7K into the front of my GK 400RB-IV .. I could bypass the amp's pre but haven't needed to as it sounds great, better than all the different pre / power setups I tried ... just my 2c

Initial impression is very good as these look quality. I strung my Dingwall ABZ5 leaving the B string on (Newtone nickel) & these have a really nice feel to them & a finer wind than the Newtone. Nice brightness but not overly so & the tension also feels good on my extra long scale, unfortunately the E string is about 17mm short of the nut, so I've made a temp shim. Andrew said these were long scale (not super). Tested them amplified at rehearsal yesterday & I think they are maybe the nicest nickels I've tried in a long time (usually use ss). Like others have said I found no brittleness or harshness, just a lovely solid tone with a bit of crunch when digging in. Tuning stability seems pretty good too as I didn't even stretch beforehand & only needed a couple of minor tune ups during rehearsal. I will certainly consider these if I choose nickels tho I might see if I can get a single super long E as I don't fancy gigging with the 'shim'. I'll report back after they've had a fair few hours of play ... thanks against Andrew & D'Addario

Pity I've just restrung my headless 5 string with Elixir nanoweb as I wanted to try these coated strings but if these D'addario's fit my Dingwall ABZ5 I'd love to try a set as I don't have many string options for 37" scale cheers Simon

YES

I switched from 4 to 5 string bass which took a bit of transition but fine now so thought I'd do the same with guitar but really struggled, it's the chords that posed a problem for me, I sold that guitar (7 baritone tuned F#) to our guitarist & built another Warmoth baritone but this time a 6 string ... no probs other than a bit if a stretch ... so I'd suggest a baritone if you're gonna tune low & hardtail bridge coz if you break a sting on a floyd rose the others will go out of tune, also bit more time consuming restringing. Ibanez do a nice baritone (or mine that needs a loving home lol) my 2c Si

Highly recommended (again) ... cheers Jeff