geoham

Ha! It's great fun to play on bass. Always goes down well with punters too.

Just ordered a set, never tried flats on my fiver before, or on an active bass.

It's easy done!
I'm doing a minor clear out of stuff at the moment, so I know the feeling.
On Sunday, my old man asked me 'How many basses to you have?'
'Three. Actually four. No Five!'

Morally, I'd like to say that I'd rather buy from Strings Direct than Amazon.
But when the price difference is 30% Amazon would get my cash every time! Sad state of affairs really, small retailers can't compete.

No doubt the same guitarists expecting root notes while they endlessly solo round pentatonic shapes!

Yeah, it's a bit of a mad one really. 
I don't think I play it exactly per the record either.

Seems to be quite a recurring theme across my hobbies (Bike parts and home-brew equipment for example) since Covid hit, and while things have improved, they has never really quite returned to normal.

I'm also on the hunt!
After years of hoping they'd finally visit Glasgow, I decided against buying tickets when they announced it last year - I feared it'd get pushed back forever like countless other gigs were.

Sub 7lb? I could be doing with one of these for my 3 hour pub gigs!

Can be a horrible experience!

Offered a couple of sets of drawers for free a few months ago. Several people jumped on it very quickly, and thought the fairest thing to do was to offer it to the first to respond. Messaged her and responded to the post saying this. After waiting 6 hours for a response, I went to the 2nd person on the list. To then be publicly slated for being impatient and unreasonable.

Currently selling an exercise bike at half the retail price. Responses are a mix of ridiculous low-balls - like half the asking price, and "what's your lowest price?".

Stayed not too far in the summer, while I was grafting for a week in Jon Shuker's workshop! Nice part of the country.

Another budget option that is perhaps offers a little more tonal options than the Behringer and possibly a lot more fun... look at some of the Zoom units. For example, I have a B1on that I paid about £50 for a few years ago. I think it's been superseded by the B1 Four now, but still pretty cheap - though probably a little more expensive than the Behringer.

The B1on models the Sansamp rather well, and has other simulations in it too - plus other effects, a tuner and basic drum machine.

I've plugged mine straight to our PA many times without issue.

He is indeed. I remember a few years ago, I was going to an Andy Fairweather Low gig, and the mate I was going with came to mine for a few refreshments beforehand. We put on Gary Moore's Blues for Jimi DVD - which had Mr Bronze on bass. I'd never heard of him before, but was impressed - he's a solid player!

My mind was slightly blown when I got to the gig to see him in Andy's band too! We really enjoyed the show.

George

Indeed. Leo's impact to musical instrument design has always fascinated me - he wasn't a player himself, yet I don't think any other individual has contributed so much. Both with things he designed directly, and the influence on others' designs.

The situation today kind of reminds of of the Ford statement "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

We need a modern day Leo!

I do kind of feel for Fender. Any time they release anything even remotely different it typically bombs, while the Precision, Jazz, Strat and Tele continue to be the best selling instruments of all time. How much has a Strat really changed in the past seven decades? Biggest things that spring to mind are the two screws on the bridge rather than six, and the five position pickup selector. 

George

Very nice!

The 55-01 is a great bass, sure you'll have plenty of fun with it!

I keep toying with the idea of getting rid of mine, then play it and immediately decide against it!

Welcome!

Likewise... when I got in to photography, I spent weeks researching before I actually bought a camera. Then more time than I've ever spent taking or processing photos. Likewise with homebrewing... although arguably the fruits of that hobby takes up plenty of time too!

Give Fender flats a go - probably the cheapest flatwound on the market and sound decent. Fairly high tension, which suited me.

Had my LT for a week. Seems awesome, really seems a tool without limits. I've got my first rehearsal in two days and a gig on Saturday - can't wait to play with it properly!

I gigged my 55-02 on Saturday, after only using my Jazz for the past few months. Plenty of compliments from punters and band mates. Loved it, and looking forward to giving it some more use.