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No prob - sounds like you've wired it out-of-phase - try swapping the two leads around. G.

Before I actually bought a 5er I had both my fretted & fretless 4's tuned BEAD using the lower 4 strings of a 5 string set and it worked very well, as, like you, we did a lot of blues in G & D. All I had to do was to widen the nut slots slightly & I had no probs with them when I went back to normal strings and tuning. G.

I've just sold a Yamaha RBX 250 which was just over 3Kilos. G.

I've used a bit of an old credit card glued beneath. G.

I'll have a look. G.

I have a couple of pairs of straplocks - Dunlop type - whose screws seem to have gone AWOL. Since these are the type of lock which have a hole in the middle for the strap-side to plug into, ordinary strap-peg screws are too big & block the hole. Does anyone know of a source of small-headed strap-lock screws? G.

My first bass was a Sunn Mustang: Actually, once it was set up it played surprisingly well. G.

Sometimes the FXreturn socket gets dirty, forces the contacts apart & the amp cuts out - it's a difficult one to diagnose and fairly rare, but always worth a try. Putting a patch cable between the FX ports bypasses the problem & sometimes demonstrates that the FXreturn is the prob. G.

Have you tried a patch cable between FXout & FXreturn (last resort)? G.

Just a word on Woody - traded my SUB 5 for his Bass VI - great communications and patience when it seemed that the SUB had been 'lost' in transit! All well that ends well. Deal with confidence. G.

[quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1416097151' post='2606954'] The reason I thought the frets might have something to do with the harmonics is because on the D# harmonic in Portrait of Tracy where you fret the B, I can't get it on this bass, whereas I can on any other. [/quote] This almost certainly entirely due to the relative position of the pickup on that particular model of bass to where the node of the harmonic is - if it's dead on over the pickup then it won't be heard. It's well known that, if you put a Stratocaster on the neck pickup then you can't hear the octave harmonic on the 12th fret. Switch it to any of the other two pickups and it comes over loud and clear. G.

It'll be interesting to see who turns up for a jam night on a Saturday...... G.

Like others, I've been in bands with friends, and in my case, the band wasn't great but I enjoyed being with my friends for the fun of it. On the other hand, I have really enjoyed being in a pro-type band pretty much organised & run by one guy. He is (almost) a dictator - calls the numbers, divi's the cash and, in effect, I'm a hired hand. Turn up, play the notes, get paid. Pretty much works for me. Fewer arguements, you know where you stand. These have been long-lasting groups. Most of other bands I've been in claiming 'democracy' have usually broken up due to arguements and everyone having their own version of 'the rules'. Even if they made a decent band. G.

Got D'Addario Chromes om my Sterling SUB 5 - sounds fantastic. G.