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All while shrugging off the British slave trade which brought slave to North America in the first place…

It’s interesting to me how many folks are triggered by the flag here. I wonder who it was that brought slavery to American shores? How many American Southerners today who might fly the Confederate battle flag would support slavery? What is it precisely that offends you? If it is historical slavery, how about doing something to combat modern day slavery? Btw, I do believe slavery is a horrible thing.

Double check comments from Lozz and Lemmiewinks….and, btw, that’s not the confederate flag.

As some who loves country music, and has lived in the American South, I find these comments amusing, especially those who want to show their higher moral authority by assuming all Southerns (and/or country musicians) are ignorant and inbred. Didn’t Kris attend Oxford?

I am on the fence. I think a good long-scale traditional bass will have lower strings that sound out as well as the fan-fretted instrument. I suspect that shorter-scale basses would benefit more from fan-frets though.....

I'll go on the record to say that I doubt I would ever use this feature, but somebody must....kind of like a Scruggs tuner for banjo...:)

I was watching an interview with Lee Sklar. He was talking about his Dingwall 5, and was showing off the B string machine head which has a drop function which, I guess, let's you go to a A or, at least, Bb. I checked on line and these things for my bass would be about 100 pounds....for one. My question...does anybody that is not a metal player use one of these and, if so, under what conditions?

Pedulla did this as well.

Yup...that's it. Great sounding bass with a low-impedance jack...first I saw like that until Alembic did it.

Didn't Gibson also make a "Recording" version of the bass? I seem to remember that....

I almost bought one of these in the '80's, but it was very, very heavy....couldn't make myself think about schlepping it around.

Gear is important so far as you need the tools to consistently get the job done. Me, I don’t like compression…probably because I’m an old fart who didn’t grow up listening to much compressed signal. For me, it’s bass, amp, patch cord. That’s not everyone though, and you have to respect what others are doing.

I’m rehearsing with a band with the leader’s name affixed. Won’t bother me unless the current dynamics change. always wanted a pub band named “free beer”

I think the perfect instrument has to grow on you. I bought a l2000 tribute thinking, at the time, it would be a great workhorse, but we never quite got along. This has happened to me a couple of times. But, the ones I count on have never impressed me that much at first glance.Plus, I am convinced that you have to gig with a bass under different circumstances (pop, rock, country, pit work) to really know what you’ve got.

Thanks for the thought!

Were these guys as good? Did they draw a crowd? I do understand your frustration, because in my experience, pub owners like to hang onto their money.

I don’t understand the vitriol either. As someone trying to break back into to gigging scene, I would be very happy with £50 at the end of the night. How much would I make sitting at home?

Thanks…now ordered.

My Gotoh tuners need some work. Hey buddy know where I can get the washers that go between the knobs and the tuner shafts?

Naw...we did it during the war, when you were looking the other way....:) Didn't you notice all the sheep facing the other direction?

Don't blame us.....we don't usually drink that much Fosters...hmmm...beach, Aussie beer....

I wonder about the difference in bolt-on vs through neck construction. Mine is through neck, and is both very stable and resonant. It makes sense to me that a stronger neck to body join would help to improve the consistency of a low B.

Agreed, but what is the basics that would allow a good sound and feel from the B string....I'll admit I have only really played on 2 five-string basses, so have limited experience here.

Essex certainly has a prettier coastline than Florida....