Owen

Phew!

I suspect super glue is not the answer for the OP, but it most certainly is for Mr BB. Use it as a finger pad coating.

I have nothing useful to say. But ouch!

This is why I need to discuss this with real people and not just the rabid enabler in my head. I actually like the noise all of my basses make and I should probably leave well enough alone. Thanks.

So, I have an early Korean MTD Kingston I won when I was playing Ebay roulette many, many years ago. It has been roundly abused through the years with multiple pickup/preamp combos going in there. I should have kept the Audere preamp with the Low-Z switch . It was intense. Anyway, I LOVE the neck on it. It is (apparently) asymmetric. It is quite thin and just feels fabulous in my hand. I have other basses and sometimes wonder if I could have the necks re-carved into something similar. I know that if I change the mass of the wood then the way the instrument responds will change. It is entirely possible that I should not be trying to fix things which are already working. But I cannot help but wonder. Is this a thing people have done?

Newtones down to B and then a Payson .175 for the F#. I am sure a .175 Newton would do the same thing, but the Payson was there and convenient.

Mine is tuned F#BEADG. I can confirm it is superb for lower tunings.

I do not need one, but if you do then this might scratch that itch https://www.andertons.co.uk/rcf-ayra-pro-10s-active-10-monitoring-sub-300w/

I am looking at flats at the moment. I cannot deny, having his name on them has got my attention.

I had one of those. I sold it. I am a doofus.

I have a 36" 6 string. It is quite the machine.

I have a 5 string L1000 on sale at BassBross.

Bill Bolton? He of The Bottom Line fame?

Truth.

I think you can have one or the other......

Not wrong. I have not played DB at all for about 8 months. I played last Monday night for an hour. The lack of hand strength was shocking. I could not draw out the tone I am used to at all.

PM

I have loads of preamp pedals and was ready to send. Sadly, none of those.

Gut strings for a Double Bass are heinously expensive. £600 odd?

Ask how much a nice violin bow costs. I dare you.

Niche, but a flavour I could live with