GreeneKing

Wow. I didn't know that they were still going. One of my favourite bands of the early 70's before I joined the RN and took myself way from 'all that'.

An interesting point that makes sense. Although the Dunlops dont have this characteristic. Thank you.

Hmmm, I remember the name. Do they make Cobalt rounds too? Maybe that was it?

Thank you. I tried the Ernie Balls a few years back and I've used Chromes in the past too. Neither 'grabbed me' at the time but I think we might change as the years pass. I can do old school but it's the A to E thing that my ear dislikes. My Jazz is pretty awesome. Funny that after a vast number of high end basses a MIM Jazz should be so good. Hopefully the Lakland will keep its presence with the Dunlops or I may have to keep looking. My 88 Thumb still has round wounds and they stay!

I hasten to add that I've used TI's in the fairly distant past. I do like to try something different to so the P bass analogy doesn't really work. If I tried a P bass and liked it I wouldn't only ever use P basses thereon in. I like strings to have greater tension. I've given the flats a real check over and they remain the same. As Bluemoon said, not as pronounced as Pyramid but in the same vein. A distinct difference A to E. I have used Pyramids that were so bad with the E that I thought they were defective and I've read similar comments about them. I've a lot of experience setting up basses over the years and changing strings so I'm sure they are correctly fitted and not twisted etc. The guys I play with aren't that experienced. The lead guitarist tends to be very loud to the extent that the drummer doesn't really dictate the tempo but has to follow. He plays too fast too. We managed to get him to drop his volume and balance it all out and then the E became noticeable on one track only. When I played open G, D, A and then E the E stood out like a 'dog's Richard' even though the bass was perfectly in tune. Not bad enough to be defective just like an unbalanced set of strings. I like the Dunlops. They give the flats tone in a slightly brighter way that I think makes a viable flats/roundwound compromise. I'll try them on the Lakland and report back.

A few months back I had a play of a mates Lakland Skyline 44-94 that has flats strung on it. TI if I remember right. Now I haven’t used flats for years and I loved it over my Sunbeams on an identical bass. TI’s are pricey and looking around I thought that La Bella Deep Talkin’ would be a good option with slightly greater tension. I bought and fitted the La Bella’s and all was good, sort of.... The E string sounded a little dull. It holds tune and the intonation is good but the E has a different timbre to the other strings. I thought this was a characteristic and I’ve been using the Lakland with the ‘band’. My lovely Jazz succumbed too and I fitted a set of Dunlop’s to it, 45 to 105. They are brighter, feel lovely and the E string isn’t noticeably ‘thuddy’. I now prefer the Dunlops but the Lakland in P mode works better for some of the stuff we play. We were doing a new song last week and, having addressed the sound levels the E string sounded almost out of tune. It wasn’t. Is this a characteristic of the La Bellas? I know that Piramid strings can have this issue. Im probably going to fit Dunlop’s to the Lakland and might sell the La Bellas but not if they’re defective. Cheers Peter

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Many thanks for that. I have no idea why this superb bass hasn't sold many times over. Buy a dodgy 70's Fender and you could pay many times the price... The very familiar urge to buy more basses hasn't quite gone away. Here speaks the man who tried to stop counting at 100. I went down to 3 during my sojourn from playing and I now have 5! They are all far better basses than my playing does justice to. Buying new basses doesn't make me a better player (otherwise I'd be simply awesome) so as much as I covet thee sweet black Yamaha I'm going to give you a well deserved bump and move on. Peter

That is awesome. What is the scale length? (Please say 35" and I'll be safe). BB1500A? I seem to remember buying one from you moons ago? Ahh, basses I have loved and lost.

Bump! Long time bump.....

LED E10 bulbs/lamps These are rated 36v and work fine: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/E10-LED-Instrument-Screw-Light-Bulb-0-5W-6-3V-12V-24V-36V-220V-380V-9x24mm/401413860545?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=671045700741&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 This is rated 48v https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/led-indicator-lamps/0206700/ I've got one but not tried it as the first ones are great. Peter

I'm sorted now thanks. The above rig is simply awesome. I can't believe how much better the EBS and Accugroove are than the BG250. I saved myself a couple of hundred pounds too.

A solution! I tried my spare head and my 2nd Accugroove with a Palmer pre that has an aux in. It all works perfectly. tcElectronic watts are a lot smaller that EBS watts though...... I'll offer the BG250 free on collection locally as spares or repairs. The tip is next.

I'll offer the BG250 free on collection locally as spares or repairs. The tip is next. I tried my spare head and my 2nd Accugroove with a Palmer pre that has an aux in. It all works perfectly. tcElectronic watts are a lot smaller that EBS watts though......