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I play in drop C standard, so C, F, Bb, Eb with 45-105 strings with a low action (low for that tuning anyway....and I play hard) It's more about the core of the string than the gauge of it, mine are custom wound with a thicker core giving more tension. Higher tension obviously allows you to downtune whilst retaining an action that is playable and not buzzy, I doubt I'd be able to tune standard with them, but then I have other basses for that Newtone, who makes my strings, can cater a set of strings for any tuning you want, any tension/gauge combination. Oh and they're around the same price as a set of Elites/Rotos.....just take 3 weeks to get to you lol Good luck Si

I hope Alex is plotting the tour route out haha Si

Looks very similar to the wear on my '73 (ex WoT's), so i'd say it was fairly genuine Si

Bluegrass mate! Si

Very cool! That is a biiiiig rout isn't it........get a Darkstar in there! Si

Higher & Higher by Jackie Wilson is a great example of what you're talking about, as well as a lot of Kool & The Gang Si

Am definitly up for trying one at some gigs! I'm in High Wycombe, South Bucks, so could pickup anywhere near like Reading, Oxford, Watford, West London etc etc. It could probably even work out that enough chatters around the country want to try them who are in driving distance of each other, creating a sort of chain pickup as it were!? Si

Mine are all absolutely sober! . The second one you can't see my bass, but it is at a show, but I'm fine if it doesn't count and you just want to marvel at it! lol. The last one was us warming up backstage at a show, the arrangement of my hair around my face was purely down to head-banging and the camera shutter going off at the right time.......classic . Wish I could actually grow a beard like that! I hope that I win because I never win anything except when I won £9 on a Cloud 9 scratchcard that I got for my birthday this year but that isn't as good as a bass cab from Alex......fanx Si

Is the Jap Squier Jazz an actual 1983? If you can get a fairly exact date (to the year), I might be interested when you sell it....pending a price obviously PM me if you like! Cheers dude Si

I use: Standard tuning 40-100 Drop C Standard 45-105 (high tension) 5 string standard 40-125 I get on perfectly with them, never want for anything heavier! Si

[quote name='misrule' post='522670' date='Jun 24 2009, 03:33 PM']Great stuff -- it sent a shiver down my spine Cheers Mark[/quote] Ooo, thats a nice reaction! Thanks guys, very appreciative! Si

Sold the MOTU on here, but the buyer had no need for the manual . So perhaps you have a MOTU with no manual, perhaps you just collect obscure manuals....what you do in your personal life is no business of mine....but I'd love to help you achieve it! ha Anyway Yeah Si

In defence of US Jazzes, my US Jazz Standard is a diamond! Wouldn't swap it for anything..... I've never played a load of MIA's & MIJ's too compare, but going by others experiences you do have to search for a good one a bit more with the MIA's, but mine is testament that awesome ones are about! I would say, regardless of where they're made, try a load of basses. There might be a MIJ and MIA hanging on a wall, the MIJ might not be as good in this particular instance, but you'd buy it over the MIA because of peoples preconceptions about them! I will say that the MIA Reissues are a little overpriced, but then who on here actually buys 'new' basses lol, go second hand! MIJ prices are starting to creep up as well, as they know that people are starting to choose them over MIA's. You also have to be careful not to fall for a 'basswood' bodied/cheaper pickup japanese model, the more expensive alder/ash bodied ones (with US p'ups) are where you wanna be looking regarding MIJ. There's a MIJ 75RI for sale in the FS section here, £475 I believe. Bargain! Good luck Si

Dammit I thought I had some unique moves going on lol. Someone has to move on that side of the stage, the guitarist doesn't ha! Si

Haha, that'd be me then I suppose some people are not used to seeing the bass player move, it's called having passion for what you're playing Si

For no reason really, just for you amusement Si p.s. couple of 'F's & blinds' in there, apologies

I think even just ignoring the obvious flaw in the technique (by most peoples standard), I'm assuming by ommiting the use of your middle finger, it's floating (ie not flat on the fingerboard), and so you're going to start having tendon issues after time!. Using all fingers and therefore spreading the tension of fretting across the whole hand will stop this! Si

The Hipshot ultralite tuners come in two different sizes, the standard peg-hole size, and the smaller size. If you're buying the standard size, they'll fit into any generic peg-hole size on a neck. If you were cutting the holes yourself from a blank headstock, then you could go for the smaller ones! Si p.s. I used the standard sized Ultralites on my Jazz project and they're fantastic