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Maybe the price is due to the dreadful state of the pound?

When I suggested La Bellas, I was referring to no silk at the bridge end. They do have silks at the head end.

When I suggested La Bellas, I was referring to no silk at the bridge end. They do have silks at the head end.

La Bella Low Tension Flats.

Why not buy those rubber cable trunk things people put down when a mains cable is running from a wall plug out to equipment in a room, often seen at conferences?

Crowns are much classier IMHO!

Well there were a lot disparaging remarks about its design when it came out, but I think they are over-reacting. Sure it bears some similarities to other basses but how many well respected basses are based on either the P or the J? There are certain fundamentals that have to be in a design to make it usable. I have been thinking about getting the five string which is at a knock down price at the moment, presumably because it's not selling that well after all the negative criticism. People on Talkbass in the USA seem to like it. Enjoy it.

The Greek is right, play with your ears not your eyes. If you do miss "fret" a little slide into pitch. But listen to double bass players particularly Jazz bassists, you will hear that even great players aren't precisely on note all the time . It's part of the charm and the sound of fretless playing and double basses.

A great fella to deal with! We met up in Shrewsbury to hand over the bass which was interesting. Shrewsbury really needs to sort out their traffic problems! We had great email communications. Enjoy playing the bass Francis.

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1487609270' post='3241185'] I think you've hit the nail on the head. There's a few exceptions but when was the last time you saw a player you looked up to with a Gibson bass? Especially compared to their 6 strings, I'm struggling to think of many players with even the T-Bird which I'd guess is the most abundant model. Caleb Shcofield (Cave In) and his Grabber and John Curley (Afghan Whigs) and his T-Bird are the 2 main ones for me but even Caleb switches between that and a P. If the classic models were more widely used and maybe just easier to get hold of then more people would use them. [/quote]. Kyle Eatwood has a fretless Gibson Bunny Burnell, but that must be the shortest lived signature model ever. He probably has one because Bunny was his tutor.