Geek99

Post pictures - that kind of renovation happens all the time here

Excuse my ignorance but why ?

-1? That’s one quieter…

I stand corrected - I meant 0.5mm ish at #8, resulting in 2-3mm at fret 12 when string released

Usual drill - capo on fret 1, hold down at last fret, release quarter turns till you get about 2.0mm -> 3.0mm at fret 8

Lower tension causing truss rod to pull too hard - release it a bit

It’s how we pay for the use of the forum, why not use the wisdom of this forum to get the best idea of price and then list on gumtree ?

It’s an insane amount of money

I have a p bass made by him, it’s very nice indeed

Some smart person could make little caps for them, like tyre valve caps

Well done @AndyTravisfor trying to assist

I bought some of these once and the underlying strings are actually pretty good, though they aren’t elixirs

You need to consider eq and pots - John east makes something suitable

Yes, I would

I had one once - nice thing

Too tall also

Not to labour the point but I recently got my basses out of storage a mere four years after we moved in. Making our home habitable for my partner and children has meant non stop DIY. I’m still playing the Warwick red round wounds they got put away wearing (basses, not kids) and so £14 a set for new flats looks pretty good, I don’t have any way to justify spending £50 on a single set of strings when we still need to find a tiler and pay him

Perhaps because some of us have a budget, small children to feed and clothe, and limited practice time that makes amazing strings likely to lose their sparkle before they get used much ?

What about these from same vendor ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLATWOUND-Bass-Guitar-Strings-Gauge-45-Power-Swing-Set-Light-Medium-Olympia-/332486029353?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

No, they were just different kinds of “contemporary perfect”. should have used some emotes …doh …

Outside, right now! No one is allowed to say that about Saint Leo

They’re a fad, never last…blah blah emperors new clothes … rounds were good enough for my great granddad whilst he was holding out against the boers at mafeking… they’re in Shakespeare- he used them on his lute… probably … etc

@TheGreek now you’ve got him really upset - he’ll come round to your house and relic a Stratocaster on your finest China dogs. ** **assuming he was wearing gloves so as not to make actual skin contact with a weedy stringed monstrosity

Adagio on eBay are not super-expensive at around £14 to dip your toe in the water