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Yes! I'm quite tempted by that myself fir my BB1024

Yeah those Warwick boards look really well designed. I've two pedaltrain ones, but I'll be looking at Warwicks if I decide to change.

I think loving fresh new strings (as I do) is a costly affair all round, these days as prices soar, I've even started boiling them again I've never tried the elixirs, but the thought of a string in a Condom, puts me off 🤣 although I did have an acoustic set abd thought they sounded fantastic. Strings will last longer for some people than others, due to individual sweat/skin acidity etc, so even recommending a string that works for you, won't necessarily work for others. A thing for me is whether a string sounds bright and Musical after its died off. I always found I'd get a long time out of DR High beams, as they'd give a nice presence even when dead. So you may get more life from Steel strings. My preference these days us for nickel which die much quicker. I've been using Dunlop superbrights nickels, which to be fair, stay nice and lively once dead (but they do die off quickly) maybe find the cheapest set that you like and buy in bulk (still may be similar money to a few sets of elixirs)

The Labella's LTF have a very warm/dark smooth sound (The Labella tone) and are really smooth to the touch.They are lovely to play, I found the tension on par if not a little less than Tomastiks, I recall not liking the feel at the time. The Tomastiks have a more pronounced mid range tone and a sweet treble when new, which later dies off leaving a warmer thump. I've had these on a few of my basses, before I realised the feel wasn't right for me. You can feel the wraps on these strings, but not a harsh feel at all, and for want of a better description, they felt "plasticky" Both great sounding strings, very easy to get about on, but I think next tine I get flats, it'll be light standard Labellas, they seem to have the classic tone.

Tim's a great guy! He made me a clear acrylic pickguard, for a musicman Sterling which had a particularly Beautiful grain. Fast service and the guard was spot on.

Yep, +1 singularly the most useful pedal you'll ever own!

But to be fair, Andy gave me an old pickguard he'd had made to send Earlpilanz. He made a nice Tort for my old Stingray 5HH

Lol cheers🤣 He made one for My BB1024

I'd always wanted to try the DR Hellborgs. I never got around to buying any, as I was always Happy with the High Beams and Sun Beams I was using and they were expensive to take a risk on. These strings sound interesting, and when you look at the current prices of TI or other flatwound strings reaching £60+ mark, and rounds not far behind maybe for a boutique premium product, close to £80 is fine, they'd better last though 🤣

I did on My Nordy Nj4s, first tried white, which fitted fine,but looked too anaemic (on an Olympic White jazz) i then got some cream covers from ebay and one was slightly off abd it drove me mad 🤣 went back to black, the big singles will be a challenge to get covers for unless nordstrand sell them.