WHUFC BASS

I'd buy whichever one feels the most playable. There's some really good replacement P-bass pickups out there - not least the Kent-Armstrong Hot Vintage pickup which sounds absolutely amazing.

I've gone the other way to all this, I was playing covers in my early 20s and made loads of cash from it. Now I play in an original punk band. The thought of playing Blanket on the Ground and I saw Her Standing There by the Beatles makes me wanna puke.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='403951' date='Feb 9 2009, 12:10 AM']too bright to start with and sound like mud after a week. rotosounds suck.[/quote] Pretty much sums up my experience of these strings.

[quote name='ray_6ao7' post='399698' date='Feb 4 2009, 09:05 AM']thanks for all the advice! d'addario have also been in touch so gonna have a word with the guitarists and see what they wanna do.[/quote] d'addario - you're guitarist will love them. They are what I use on all of my axes. Easily the best guitar strings out there. Bass-wise I've currently got a set of d'addario pro-steels on my Rockbass and they do sound nice, just not as nice as the DR HI-Beams. Still nice though.

Personally I don't think Roto's compare to DR Hi-Beams. For me they are the ultimate string. I've tried loads, DiAddario, Rotosound, GHS, Dean Markley, Klondyke, Ernie Ball (which really were crap strings) and Elites. DR all the way. Their Lo-Riders aren't bad either.

[quote name='Basszilla' post='289227' date='Sep 22 2008, 02:26 PM']Argonaut - metal/rock band from South Wales Our 11 track debut album is available for anyone interested (£5) Mixed by Alex Newport (Taint, ATDI, Mars Volta, Melvins, Sepultura, Fudgetunnel) and mastered by Jeff Lipton (Arcade Fire, Battles) www.myspace.com/argonautofsouthwales[/quote] Not sure if anyone's checked this band out yet but I bought their album a while ago. All I can say that it is the f***ing dog's knackers. How they aren't bigger than they already are is beyond me. Very well produced and some great tunes. Singer has got an exceptional voice and the lyrics actually mean something. Highly recommended!

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='394765' date='Jan 29 2009, 05:53 PM']Finally watched this, thought it was balls quite frankly.[/quote] LOL! The eloquence ! Very true though.

[quote name='The_D' post='391401' date='Jan 26 2009, 07:22 AM']We worry so much about our nuances in tone and even band members sometimes dont notice [/quote] Wise words indeed and worth remembering if you get too bogged down and anal about how your bass sounds.

[quote name='Toasted' post='394190' date='Jan 28 2009, 11:23 PM']Some pretty luddite views in this thread. There seem to be a lot of members scared of change, which is kind of ironic considering that the thing that brings us all together is an instrument that was invented less than 60 years ago.[/quote] I wouldn't say Luddite views, I'd say different opinions on what we enjoy listening to. If I wanna hear someone play a piano concerto, I'd prefer to listen to it on the the piano that the bass. It just leaves me cold when I hear stuff like this. I'm not knocking the bloke's musical ability, just wondering why he chose the bass. As for scared of change, this has been done so many times before and to be honest, it hasn't really caught on. Not with me anyway.

[quote name='BigAlonBass' post='394012' date='Jan 28 2009, 08:18 PM']Nope. Still don't get it. If you're that determined to sound like a six-string acoustic guitar, why not go and buy a six-string acoustic guitar, instead of modifying a Bass out of all recognition, so you can show how good you are on something that sounds exactly like a six-string acoustic guitar, while telling everybody it's a Bass? [/quote] Exactly. Honestly, I'm not knocking people who do these sorts of compositions on the bass, if they enjoy it, more power to them. For me though, I wanna hear some solid grooves, tight basslines and basically players who use the bass for its designed role. I remember watching Stuart Hamm do some Beethoven piece and it was just cringworthy.

Can he groove though?

I just scored a set of DR Hi-Beams (5 string set) for £21 from the U.S. inc postage.... In the recent words of The Archbishop of Canterbury... "f***in' ave it!".

[quote name='dtc' post='392456' date='Jan 27 2009, 09:53 AM']new album, new tour, the time will be right.[/quote] ??? Bono... is that you??

Very Sid Vicious-esque

depends what style of music, 4 or 5 string, what sort of sound you going for etc. etc.

I use it all the time. It does keep rosewood fingerboards in good nick. Especially the light coloured ones which always look dried out to me. By the way, you wouldn't believe the amount of gunk and crap that can build up on fretboards over time.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='391334' date='Jan 25 2009, 11:08 PM']When I was a kid Wood Green Shopping City was a regular haunt.[/quote] Its not too bad there as it goes, its when you go past Turnpike Lane that it gets interesting..