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I mean, it may end up being less of an issue after a setup and a change of strings - won't go away but could be less noticable. These Dragonskins+ seem to be very high tension. I could try putting the old set on to see - I keep the previous set and shove in my gig bag in case of a breakage. Handy to have a precut set to hand.

I know. It's just that I do anchor myself on that part of the fretboard and now I've heard that the C doesn't sustain it niggles me! I think I can mititgate it a bit though so will report on next steps.

Gave Gregg a set of strings I could NOT get on with, hopefully he'll find they work for his application. Not strictly a purcase as there was no money changing hands but great comms back and forth about coated strings so happy to give good feedback!

you're welcome - hope they do the job!

As I've said before, I'd had a bass for years and only noticed a dead spot recently. It was very, very slight - just one note that didn't sustain as long as the others, but as someone pointed out earlier the only way to 100% guarantee you don't get them is to go headless and maybe even use synthetic materials.

Well, everything has a resonant frequency, the aim I guess is to push it to a beat where it doesn't interfere in a noticeable way with the frequencies you want to hear.

I know. Right up the dusty end... Because it's a 5er I often anchor myself from the C on fret 8 of the 4th string up to the C on the 10th fret of the 2nd string, especially as I'm learning to sight read at the moment and it's a key position to work at.

Defibrilator.

Sure!

I mean, I've tried putting a small woodworing clamp on the headstock and that makes the issue almost unnoticable so I may just get a headstock tuner as that'd probably do just as well AND be a useful thing at the same time! It's just that the bass has really good balance as it is and looks fabulous so it'd be annoying to add a lot of mass at the end and make it look like an accident. Thanks for the input btw!

Well, I’ll give it a go. Nothing to lose and while I don’t expect to be return it, I’ve had really good customer service so far and I’d be surprised if they didn’t at least offer some advice. I mean, they know people like me are often repeat customers so it would make sense to give ongoing support. I’ve met Sheldon and I think he’s a good egg.

Nobody cares….

Hmmmmmmmmm….. I mean, it’s an interesting idea but I’m going to reach out to Dingwall before making any purchases. Though to be honest, I only noticed the issue when I used a noise gate so is it worth attaching something like that to my headstock. Cheers though!

Friday evening. Getting over a cold (not feeling bad, just the runniest nose of my life, was like a tap on the front of my face). Was the first one this year and really good to be playing with other people. We ran through the usual set list and tried a couple of new numbers, one of them is coming together well. Was playing through a Blackstar 2x10" combo, 250w I think. This one was working well (they can be a bit and miss at Pirate) and it sounded lovely, especially with the Sansamp VT pedal - lovely bit of distortion. The ABZ is on Dragonskin+ and they suit me so well - lovely feel and good sound, well, too bright most of the time but the bass has a passive tone AND an active treble so really easy to dial in what I want for each song. I like a nice, toppy distorted sound when I use it.

Well, one thing I'm not going to do is play a gig with a Fat Finger on the end of the bass - trust me, with my playing nobody would notice a C not sustaining as long as the other notes but people will ask why I've got that thing stuck on the end of my bass! If it becomes an issue recording then, yes, that'd make sense. Cheers for all the input though - it's much appreciated.