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[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1391277824' post='2355346'] You're not the first to wonder that. It's a bit like having a Cheryl Cole signature range of hair care products including a beard trimmer. [/quote] Not really like that, a beard trimmer can have several uses.

No pictures for several of the colours including BMM.

Burgundy Mist is a very tempting colour.

Bought a pre-amp from Dave - neat, tidy, well-packed and straightforward. Recommended.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1391019289' post='2352375'] Interesting - I've tried all of the above except the GHS. I like the TIs and Pyramids the best so far. [/quote] I like the TIs and the Pyramids but it also depends on the bass and on the music/band. I used to have an American Deluxe Precision and I always preferred the TIs on that but on my American Vintage 62 I much prefer La Bella 760FS. The Pyramids work well on the Decade but the Lakland/GHS strings win I think.

[quote name='Legion' timestamp='1391013045' post='2352269'] The lakland flats are my favourites on the Decade as well - just ordered some short scale GHS flats to put on the new Shorty decade....excited:) [/quote] I started with Lakland flats, then Pyramid Golds, then La Bella760N, then TI Jazz flats, now back to the Laklands (actually GHS Precisions). They are definitely the best.

Just put some purple silked GHS flats on my Decade then had to put the sale thread on hold.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1390849989' post='2350397'] You make a fair point. In hindsight I can see the flaw in my logic on that post. I would assert however that I believe that I do have a good grasp of the thought process behind Fender's (very clever) marketing strategy...so strong that they have in fact a complete stranglehold on the current bass guitar market. It's quite a turn around. I remember back in the day when nobody wanted Fender basses, they were unloved and they were "uncool". I actually took a lengthy sabbatical from playing for a number of years (I missed the 90's) - when I did find my way back into it I remember how surprised I was when visiting music shops to find nothing but Fenders and Fender variants. There is an ongoing powerful placebo at work that has been carefully encouraged by what is essentially a VERY powerful business organisation with an extremely powerful marketing strategy....... Everyone is playing Fenders...because everyone is playing Fenders. Some may laugh - but the reality is it's a mild form of brain washing. Don't misunderstand me, I actually like a good Fender (poor QC..but there are good ones out there)...but I refuse to be a sheep. [/quote]There's a lot of people who refuse to be sheep.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1390986508' post='2351896'] Found on Google - Who's this? [url="https://www.dropbox.com/s/udcsb6yu7lm43n0/coronado.jpg"]https://www.dropbox....n0/coronado.jpg[/url] [/quote] Definitely 1960s model.

[quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1390720896' post='2348520'] ... here where most people appear to change their strings fairly quickly. [/quote] Some of us rarely change strings, several years.

[quote name='MarkW' timestamp='1390948016' post='2351721'] Yeah, I'm sorely tempted Fionn! Just another quick question: where are people getting six string flats from? The only couple of companies I've found so far are charging silly money [/quote] When you keep the flats on for years the cost works out rather cheap.

So, where are the lesbians?

The norm is buyer pays then seller delivers. If the seller fails to deliver for whatever reason then the money gets paid back. That's right and proper.

[quote name='Kirky' timestamp='1390854314' post='2350503'] ... I also agree with those who say lol to the past - Hank Williams wrote some absolute classics. [/quote] 'I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn't answered yet But I hear him coughing all night long A hundred floors above me In the Tower of Song' (Leonard Cohen, 'Tower of Song')

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1390854673' post='2350516'] Ah right. Apologies for my complete cluelessness. I'm looking for a thinner string than my current 0.45 gauge Fender roundwounds, but with greater tension. Me no likey da buzzy. [/quote] If you've got buzzing then that is most likely caused by some combination of neck relief and bridge height. If you go to lighter gauge strings its more likely that you will increase the buzz rather than reduce it.

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1390853941' post='2350493'] Skej, did you have heavier strings and then change down? What differences have you noticed with lighter strings? [/quote] A [b][i]lower gauge in the [i][b]s[/b][/i]ame make of strings[/i][/b] will have lower tension - so the string is likely to feel softer, floppier, under the fingers or pick. You may need to loosen the truss rod to even up the tension on the neck and avoid buzzing on the frets. If you are changing make or style of string then the lower gauge lower tension rule no longer necessarily applies.