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Thanks for the suggestions , will try the kitchen spong idea and see how that works for me. Has anybody tried putting foam underneath the strings (ie - piece of foam on saddles underneath strings) and if so has it worked ok?

Thanks for the advice. The strings are quite bright at the moment but even so they still sound noticeably bigger than any rounds i've played so i have high hopes. Will Fast Fret help to break the strings in?

I have been reading about some abss players using a foam mute near the bridge, i wouldlove to try this but dont know where to aquire this from , any suggestions?

Thanks for the replies, I have taken the flats back to the shop who have swapped the A string for me so thats that sorted, will put A string on and will see how these flats go once they have been broken in as I have read some good things about them

I am just wondering what peoples opinions on Daddaro flats are, I have just bought a pack of these and have found that the strings are way too bright and to top this off the A string is dead and rattles like mad. Will probably end up putting my old strings back on which is a shame as I was after some flats

These strings , are these prices for real? is this a legitamate company to order from? prices seem very cheap
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Cheers Hamster, you are a star

Hi, am trying to learn taxman by the beatles and whilst most of the song is fairly straight forward , paul mccartney does some really odd bass fills on some parts of this song, does anyone have a bass tab for this?

Hi,

Was wondering if anybody knew of any website that I could buy a single flatwound bass string, I have seen plenty of sites offering single rounds but not flats, any suggestions welcome

I did also wonder coz it is a squier and ive heard that squier tone pots are a bit cheap and nasty

Cheers Hamster , thanks for the reply , not a bad idea (the active circuit) , I have a p bass special and am thinking about doing something like that

Hi there,

Have just swapped the pick ups in my squier for some seymour duncans, bass sounds better for it , however I was wondering whether it would make any improvement to the tone if i changed the pots on the bass , the person who replaced the pick ups for me said that apart from getting rid of the slight crackle when i turn the tone knob changing the pots would only make a small difference tone wise, Is this true?

I also know nothing at all about pots etc and dont know a tone pot from a volume pot and was wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction with regards to buying some new pots

"I say this each time one of these theads comes up: Andy Rourke, of The Smiths. Fantastic player. "

+1 on that , also duff mckagan, paul mccartney

Thank you for all the replies. One thing I have found that is a real obstacle is not knowing what to practice in order to improve, any suggestions

One thing i am intrigued by is something macca said that the rest of the beng could be playing one note and he could be playing something different , I would like to try and develop this

Hi all, thanks for the replies,
Tip regarding the metronome is a good idea, will try out some of those websites. My main bass influence at the moment is Paul McCartney (66-70 era beatles , awesome bass playing), I love the melody in his basslines and his tone.

Good call , I would love to see that Bass once the customisations have been done, make sure you post pics of it. I will be adding some pickup covers to mine very soon, am thinking of stringing it with flatwounds once everything else has been done (seymour duncans and flats , should make an interesting tone)

On basses that I use roundwounds on I change the strings once a month. On my basses with flats I just change them when they start souding dead. I find flats dont lose the thump so quickly

Hi ,

I was also wondering if anybody knew how much (roughly) it would cost to get the pick ups changed over by a music shop, i have been quoted £35 but i am a bit sceptical as this sounds a bit cheap as I have heard of music stores charging that just to cut a new nut