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I got the Trace ones in the end, they're 100-40 so should be ok. The Olympia ones looked too cheapy and you can get the Adagios for £17 for 2 sets, probably the same strings. The Trace ones are USA made so should be a bit better, my housemate bought some cheap 6 string acoustic sets off eBay and they were awful, literally not worth the £1.69 they cost him! I tried normal steels a while ago and didn't like them as much, same with the black nylon-coated ones i tried.

It's time to re-string my acoustic bass (an old Ozark cheapy), usually i go for D'addario phosphor bronze but money is a bit tight. I was wondering if there's anything cheaper knocking about? Can't afford to stick £25 strings on a knock-about bass but would like a similar sound to the sound D'adarrios give. Anybody used these? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acoustic-Bass-Strings-Phosphor-Bronze-Medium-Light_W0QQitemZ290403483520QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item439d657f80"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acoustic-Bass-String...=item439d657f80[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-string-Acoustic-bass-guitar-strings-040-95-by-Olympia_W0QQitemZ130350564278QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item1e597fc3b6"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-string-Acoustic-ba...=item1e597fc3b6[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acoustic-Bass-Guitar-Strings-by-Adagio-RRP-15-99_W0QQitemZ330303747759QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item4ce7a336af"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acoustic-Bass-Guitar...=item4ce7a336af[/url] Cheers! Steve

400w will do pretty much any bass player with a decent cab, as previously said it's best not to judge a book by it's cover. A nice and loud 400w amp with an efficient cab or two is quite a big rig I've found my LMII to be louder that any other SS amp i've used, i can't think of a gig where it's powerful eq wouldn't do the job. If in doubt get a LMII! They're dirt cheap 2nd hand (approx £350)

[quote name='William James Easton' post='787902' date='Mar 27 2010, 02:52 PM']how much are little marks and little giants going for nowadays. may eventually give into the mark band wave budgets and all that, reckon i'll be able to spend 250 max on an amp. cab could be sorted very soon![/quote] Soundslive have an ex-demo LG1000 for £219: [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Ashdown-Little-Giant-1000,-Ex-Display~ID~12596.asp"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~A...ay~ID~12596.asp[/url] There's also one for sale here with gigbag and shipping @ £250: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=80121&hl=lg1000"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...1&hl=lg1000[/url] I'd avoid the lower Little Giants as you'll need 2 x 4ohm cabs to get 350w/500w out of them, the LG1000 is 2 x 500w outputs @ 4ohms each For a LMII you'll be looking at about £100 more than that, worth it though

Some Aguilar gear here within your price range: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=64176"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=64176[/url] You're also in 2nd hand Schroeder 1212l territory too

Obbm cables will be fine, save yourself some money by ignoring all the techy hyperbole and going with the pro-quality, no nonsense option

The kickback i linked to ended at roughly the same price as this with no bids, that would have been a good bet

Good amps but that one looked a little overpriced to me, they're only around £70 more new. For £200 you'll probably be able to get a 2nd hand Kickback I have the A70 and it sounds great, not as well built as the old USA Hartke stuff though EDIT: Keep an eye on this one: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hartke-Kickback-15-Bass-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ260571650228QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item3cab47d8b4"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hartke-Kickback-15-B...=item3cab47d8b4[/url]

Coheed and Cambria - Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial Primus - Winona's Big Brown Beaver Been listening to Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie all day today

[quote name='OldGit' post='778990' date='Mar 18 2010, 06:44 PM']And it was before my mate had invented the World Wide Web....[/quote] You know Carol Kaye?

On cheaper Jazzes they often use generic necks, same ones as you'd find on the brand's P-bass copy! If you need correct neck dimensions on a budget then Squier are your best bet, although i played a Vintage last year that had quite a narrow neck. Those Aria's are decent basses though, i picked up an STB Jazz a while ago and i love it! Punches well above it's weight

Just bought a couple of parts from Jon, turned up very quickly! Cheers!

[quote name='throwoff' post='776990' date='Mar 17 2010, 08:54 AM']All my cabling is Warwick RockCable. It's never done me wrong and the patches are great quality. Plus for the price its easy to buy a few spares.[/quote] +1 I'm using Warwick patch cables, basically Neutrik copies. Very good quality and silly cheap

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THREE-BASS-GUITARS-FOR-SALE_W0QQitemZ180481628300QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2a058b188c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THREE-BASS-GUITARS-F...=item2a058b188c[/url] SX Precision and 2 cheapo Jazzes, colletion in Swindon. Precision has to be worth £100+, the other 2 both have Fendery headstocks so would make good projects

Some people put a blob of superglue in the nut. Bit of a bodge but the easy and cheapskate way!