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Tried to record a clip today. Forgot to press record on the computer.

I think so - here's a picture of the wood beneath. Nothing as fancy as that; I just sent him messages in the middle of the night and a few billboards around his hometown and work and family homes. Eventually he just said 'take it' and 'never contact me again' which was lovely

I saw it on Talkbass marked as ‘sold’ - I contacted the buyer and persuaded him to part with it!! I’m not sure what the body wood is. It looks quite dark so assumed it’s mahogany. The tape on the pickup is because I sometimes touch the poles with my thumb

I phoned around about 20 shops across the UK looking for Elixir 40-95s, ended up finally finding a single set behind the counter of a small music shop.

Suppose that would be ok

Nice idea but my helicopter doesn't have that sort of range

Elixir rounds 👍🏼

I think he told me Promenade Music do them

@MoJoKe

They've made some more powerful single coils in a jazz size housing I believe

You can only see that area after making a post somewhere else - so that’s why you couldn’t find it! Cheers

I don't think they've arrived at the Boss warehouse yet - I think they're expecting them in the next week or so. I'm getting a pair for sure!

I also find Thomann really slow - Seems like weeks until the thing is normally delivered but I'm out so I have to go to the farm shop to collect. Might as well go to Germany and get it myself, disgusting, share if you agree

Playing my flats as I read this, after spending the last week or so pretty much just playing rounds. It's like slipping into silk pyjamas 🧦 (that's a sock)

Thanks that’s great - I’ll give it a try

Yes it certainly seems like it - the texture would make removing the paint difficult so perhaps painting over again would be a good call. I'll look into that, thanks.

Hi folks I have an old hard case here with some blue paint on the exterior. The case is the typical fender type rectangular sort which I think is wrapped in tolex(?) with the ends wrapped in what fees like vinyl/pleather It seems the general consensus is to spray the case with black paint rather than to try and remove the offending paint. Anyone have any tips, and if paint is the answer, what sort?

That's an original configuration SB2, those pickups are single coils.

Yes I think so. So maybe not so great then. But I don’t think that would be too bad for a set of original spec and material copies. Anything Wal is definitely a sellers market at the moment!

Tbh that doesn’t seem like a bad price for a set (assuming four?) if they’re decent.

I’ve never found a PJ that does a perfect J sound. Mind you not all Js do it either 😆

Always - more notes = more fun + more mistakes

Very difficult to tell given the difference in player and so on but that sounds quite different to my bass I think. Certainly the front pickup P bass impression sounds like it loses something of the way a P bass blooms each note, for want of a better expression. I used mine yesterday at a band practice and was super happy with how it sounded in the mix - the P sounded exactly like the SB1 with rounds, I think - and fully open in parallel the slap sound was full, punchy and clear - the keyboard player said it sounded like my Vigier, totally unprompted... I found myself playing over the back pickup into my old FX25 quite a lot which was bang on. Before our practice we had a few hours to check out the Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield. I had my bass on my back so I reckon I have the only G&L that's ever been in a fire engine, although I might be wrong

For me the straps are usually the weak point. Sometimes the straps ‘meet’ at the place where they’re stitched to the bag which, when worn, feels like you’re being throttled. These look nicely spaced.