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Just bought a custom set of Chromes from Strings Direct, 45-65-85-105. They were £79.

Late 2020 I bought a 45-60-80-105 set from them, which I think was about £62.

Given general inflation and the recent shortages of the ribbon steel needed for flatwounds, this seems about right.

Though can't help recalling that the 49-109 set of LaBellas I bought 6 months ago from Bass Direct were half that.... 

2 hours ago, Chris2112 said:

If you walk along the Walker riverside you can actually see people looking over from Gateshead and Hebburn wishing they were in Newcastle

I often think that the worst thing about Yorkshire is the bores who bang on about how great Yorkshire is. Are you the worst thing about Newcastle?

Don't worry, I'm joking, I know that the worst thing about Newcastle is the pitiful state that the Brown Ale is in these days.

Why are people trying to turn this lovely thread into just another BC who-can-dislike-something-the-most-fervently contest?!

4 hours ago, spongebob said:

Pics or it didn't happen......

 

 

Would be interest to hear how you feel the 2EQ differs in character (if at all, beyond missing a mids control)

YouTube insisted on telling me how to recreate the synth bass line from Get Into The Groove ....and that made me wonder if anyone had done a bass cover of it that was beyond half-decent ....and what I found was something else ....really something 

Ooh, I know, is it: a hat ?

Mozart Piano Concertos. When I was a teenager I thought they were shallow and trite and obvious. Pass the Bartok, please. Now I'm older and more battered by life and more than sufficiently acquainted with the pain within, nothing is better than a nice shallow trite obvious Mozart Piano Concerto.

22 minutes ago, Membo said:

the G&L CLF L-1000 and L-2000 are 40 mm.

They're both listed as G&L's usual 1⅝" (41.3mm) with a Slim C profile (which isn’t so usual)

11 minutes ago, ossyrocks said:

What do you think?

As you get used to the exact feel of this exact bass, the distinctness of the markers will become less of an issue. I'd wait for a while, see how much better muscle memory gets first 

3 minutes ago, bassist_lewis said:

via PayPal

That's great news. Initiate a nicely-mannered dispute now, which gets the two of you talking politely under PayPal's gaze. If they choose not to join in, it's pretty quick to get PayPal refunding you.

Feeling aware that a Stingray has an unignorable quality, would the addition of a boost pedal like a Xotic RC to a non-identical 2nd bass allow it to perform as a backup without running the risk of seeming a bit underwhelming?

1 minute ago, MichaelDean said:

my cousin's husband, who is xxxxx can get a ridiculous discount

Is he okay with this fact being made public?

The standard option on US-built G&L basses is Chechen (also called Caribbean Rosewood, but not, I think I read, actually part of the Rosewood family). I paid for an upgrade to Indian Rosewood purely for looks: not only is Chechen quite a light shade, but often looks very streaky too. I can't say the fretboard I got is especially beautiful, but at least it's got a nice even colouring.

This should be a doddle

9-1=8 — Maude 

5-1=4 — BlueMoon

3-0=3 — Paul_5

7-5=2 — Paolo85

4-2=2 — BassAgent

4-2=2 — BillyBass

3-1=2 — hiram.k.hackenbacker

2-0=2 — ezbass

2-0=2 — jimmyb625

2-0=2 — Merton

2-0=2 — Norris

2-0=2 — pst62

2-0=2 — velvetkevorkian

4-3=1 — Franticsmurf

2-1=1 — Jonesy

2-1=1 — miles'tone 

2-1=1 — Shaggy 

1-0=1 — MichaelDean

8-8=0 — AndyTravis

4-4=0 — sbrag

3-3=0 — kodiakblair  

2-2=0 — howdenspur

2-2=0 — obbm

1-1=0 — Grahambythesea 

1-1=0 — LukeFRC
1-1=0 — neephied 

1-1=0 — Ricky Rioli

1-1=0 — Simon C

1-1=0 — sprocketflup

1-1=0 — theyellowcar

0-1=-1 — kwmlondon 

3-4=-1 — 40hz

18-19=-1 — machines

6-8=-2 — Roger2611 

1-4=-3 — Josie

4-7=-3 — Paul S 

?-?=-5 — ead

2-7=-5 — Doctor J 

6-11=-5 — Eldon Tyrell

3-9=-6 — Ed_S 

11 hours ago, Franticsmurf said:

Don't forget, the secret to being a lead guitarist is

doing whatever Malcolm says

Sisters of Mercy, 1990. Oof. 

Elliot Smith, touring Figure 8, drowning himself and his songs in distortion. (Grandaddy, around the same time, same venue, best gig I've ever been to. The crowd were seemingly in a state of universal bliss. Mr Singer said at one point, yeah this is something for us too.)

18 hours ago, binky_bass said:

Below is what came in/out:

I am too ignorant to turn that list into a x-y=z sum for your basses, but I'm enjoying the pretty collage, thank you

20 minutes ago, Simon C said:

I’m not really sure that the Encore counts as it was returned to it’s original owner after about a decade with me.

With hindsight, I shouldn't have used the words bought and sold. Something meaning arrivals and departures would have been better — which basses joined you, which basses left you.

So for sure your Encore counts, for me (whereas my LB-100 — paid for in full in August but still unbuilt — does not)

32 minutes ago, Jonesy said:

PS. Love the reasoning behind the M neck name

G 1+7/16" Genuine Jazz

... H ... I ...

J 1+1/2" Jazz

... K ... L ...

M 1+9/16" MIJ Ps (also Modern BBs)

... N ... O ...

P 1+5/8" Precision

... Q ... R ...

S 1+11/16" Stingray (also Seventies BBs)

.. T ... U ...

V 1+3/4" Vintage Precision 

(Yes, tbh, I enjoyed the lockdowns 😬)

1 hour ago, TrevorR said:

…who famously took Live Aid as the opportunity  .... therefore no one remembers being at the event ....

So famously in the unmemorable sense?

The ESP LTD B-4

[Final table further down]

34 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

the Bass Centre's Power Bass p-bass is listed as 40mm / 1.57"

So is their Bruce Thomas Profile p-bass.

The neck profiles are listed as being a lot more shallow than the Yamaha BBs.

424 etc — 22mm / 25mm

434 etc — 21mm / 23mm

Bass Centre — 20mm / 22mm

The Yamaha TRBX174 and 204 PJs have 40mm nuts and 21mm / 24.4mm profiles