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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1484857194' post='3219222'] Same as last year? You, me and Si? I think aDx will also be joining us... [/quote] room for one more?

it's not like Gibson are going out of their way to advertise or promote the new EB Bass. Although a couple of people are sat with it, it's not mentioned in the Gibson USA 2017 New Model Year video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1aIPdOdXdI

Period? This is Blighty old boy. I think you mean 'full stop'

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1487155714' post='3237531'] I [i]really[/i] dislike flats, but in my case it's because of the feel. I hate the smoothness, they feel almost slimy. Weird I know, but they make me want to wash my hands. I'm not happy unless I've got windings under my fingertips. Which is a shame, because flats can sound great. [/quote] this, again. for some of the playing I do - tapping - I need a bit of grip, otherwise it feels my fingers are just sliding off.

Listen with headphones, unless you have particularly good bass handling computer speakers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xISpofhD6k

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1486895090' post='3235256'] ...sorry, I had to go and make breakfast. [/quote]

I still haven't got round to putting on the new strings but I had a tweak with the locking tuners, and used it again at rehearsal yesterday. As mentioned earlier we are a metal band. Very metal, old school and tune to E flat. I needed to compensate slightly for the string floppiness by using a lighter touch, but it wasn't a major problem, and it sounds brutal. Plenty of bottom end, and a very usable tone control. We recorded a vid, I'll try post the audio. Just remember it was recorded direct through an iPhone.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1486979777' post='3235939'] After reading this I now desperately want a [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]D'addario mug[/font][/color] [/quote] I have one, won at the SE Bass Bash, and I can confirm it is everything you would dream of

Love mine.

wow

Doh! Autocorrect. Gaye Advert. Became a manager in a Social Services department.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1485117399' post='3221312'] Lenin, Elmyra and Sancho Panza? [/quote] What band was that

Anyone know if these are going to be at the LBGS?

You had me at 'free cuppa'. will be there Saturday. Ped, strongly brewed, wee spot of milk, no sugar. Ta

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1484642118' post='3217008'] Ey thengew. I'm 'ere all week y'know! [/quote] Get thee to the Bad Jokes thread!

[b] [size=3]The London Bass Guitar Show 2014 [size=3] [/size][/size][/b]

For future reference, brand new bass strings £1.71 plus 99p postage. https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Bass-Guitars-Gear/Generic-Gen-4722-Steel-Strings-String-Bass-Guitar/B00CTGOGPI/ref=sr_1_3?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1484316810&sr=1-3&keywords=bass+strings+4

Tokyo to London, not the easiest commute! The hook is spring loaded, there's a button underneath. Push the button and the hook raises, then pull the string to the side, release the button and the hook sinks into the fretboard and I have a lovely open D. Push the button to raise the hook, release it and it clamps the string behind the zero fret for E. The bendwells were done as I thought I might as well use the space, and most bendwell use is done with the G and D strings. Lighter strings work best for the bendwell, I have a balanced tension set, so slightly lighter G, which works great.

if cream is good enough for the Clash...

[quote name='kumimajava' timestamp='1484218740' post='3213585'] Thanks for the info - just one more question: so you push on the "bendwell" portion of the string, above the 0-fret? That's the bit I was not getting. Never seen one in real life, hence all the confusion. It's a bit of a miracle that given that there's a fair number of these instruments out there, I wasn't able to find a single video/YT-clip where someone would demonstrate how it works Thanks again for the explanation and I'll make sure to try one when I come across it [/quote] Both my custom Shuker's have bendwells Where are you based? If you are anywhere near that London you're welcome to have go

good decision