LewisK1975

Me and a few are going to Wolverhampton on Friday. Looking forward!

It's great when you find 'your' strings. Personally for me it's Dunlop super bright nickels 45-105. Quite bright at first but they settle quickly, and then stay the same for ages. They're also lower tension than other 45-105's out there that I've tried, which was something I'd been looking for for a long time. Haven't done any proper recording for a while, but when I did I would usually put a fresh set on about a week before, and make sure to play a bit every night on them so they lose the initial over the top zing..

Yep - You can't go far wrong with a Sansamp. I've used the Bass Driver and the Paradriver direct to PA, both excellent pieces of kit, and like someone else said above, run off phantom power.

Rusty Cage by Soundgarden has vexed me for years. I know the first half of the song is ultimately a 4/4, but I'm damned if I can find/hear the 'one' when I listen to it, and I've listened, A LOT hahaha.. The second half of the song, which is technically more challenging time signature-wise, I can get that no problem, weird!

Lovely Job Andy! Looks the business. Always impressed by the sound of these too..

I'll just add 'I'm hungry' to that...

Honestly - If I had the money there, and I really wanted something, and felt it was priced realistically, I'd buy it. No limit.

Just checked Thomann and the LPB is currently £306. I've already got one of the China made CV's in the Fiesta Red, so I certainly don't need another good Squier, but goodness me it's pretty...

As it would be with or without the WHU crest on it, which was my original point in response to Lozz, it IS off-putting for many. More to the point, ANY P Bass, be it black, white, red, blue or sunburst is just a paint job. We all have our preferences. I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't consider aesthetics AT ALL when buying a guitar / bass.. The SH sig also has the Mirror Pickguard, and I think now his SPB-4 Seymour Duncan pickup, plus his signature rotosound Flatwounds. All unique to that model..

Bought some tuners from Simon - great comms and everything went really smoothly, deal with confidence! Cheers Simon!

Agreed Loz - Fender should take note of this type of approach and drop the West Ham crest from the Steve Harris sig.

Bought a stunning Yamaha Bass from Andy - deal was done very smoothly and pickup went as planned (just a shame neither of us really had any time for a chat!), couldn't ask for more, cheers Andy!

That's stunning Andy! - I wonder if that will arrive before I come to collect the Yamaha from you... And if so will I be allowed to even look at it?!?! Seriously tho - Beautiful Bass!

My first venture into Barefaced Cabs was to order 2 Super Compacts (2015ish I think). I'd been forced into getting some new gear as I'd joined a very busy function band and after a few months my old ABM300 evo2 had started behaving weirdly. So I thought as I was gigging regularly 2-3 times every weekend I'd go for a whole new lightweight rig. Ended up with a Tecamp PUMA 500 and the 2 Super Compacts. Gigged that for a while but my issue was that the rig was almost too transparent for my ears! The Tecamp was super clean and the super compacts really do put out whatever is put into them with very little or no colour at all. Tried an Ashdown ABM1000 instead (swapped for the Tecamp) and that was better for my taste but still not quite right. So - I found someone (maybe it was on here, I don't remember) who had a two10 and was looking for a Super compact, and did a straight swap. Sold the other Super compact, then somewhere along the line got the TC RH750 and that's the rig I've used since. The TC and the two10 really work well together for me.

Ah Shame that Nick, but like I said earlier, I don't think you'll have much trouble shifting it.

Good decision IMO. It would bug me for sure!

If I was being SUPER fussy - I'd say go for a black Bridge and Black Knobs too!

That is lovely! If it doesn't work out for you I wouldn't think you'll have much trouble shifting it.

Thanks for that, I can be a bit heavy handed but also like my action as low as possible, so finding the right strings and then getting the setup correct for me is always fun! I've found Dunlop superbrights are the perfect roundwound for me, but the search for the right flatwounds goes on!

Lovely, one bass missing from my arsenal is 50's style P and I'd love to have one. Out of curiosity, do you know how the labella low tension flats compare with TI flats? I've tried TI's on a few of my basses and wanted to enjoy them but they're sooooo low tension, just can't get on with them..