Rodders

Recently gone back to Rotosound flats, the SM77 Hybrid Gauge 100-40, put them on my G&L Trib M-2000, much easier for me to EQ than the NPS rounds I had on it. Because the Rotos seem to have a good mid content and less harmonics they sounded great in a rock trio mix, plus the lighter gauge means they are similar in feel to standard gauge rounds (to me at least).

I do, (Dingwall ABZ) its already second hand over 10 years old, already has plenty of dings etc, like others have said no point in having it and not playing it. I have been in that position many times before, when I got my US precision 10 years ago second hand it was mint, I debated selling it for a relic model but in the end it played so well I just accepted that it will (I'm very clumsy) not be mint for long and they are meant to be played.

Fishman Platinum Stage - I use it for rehearsals when I don't have the time or energy to lug a rig. Simple but clean, EQ, low cut options, built in boost, can run on battery and clip on your belt if needed.

I use a Puma 900 with a Bareface Super Twin or a Schroeder 12PL, I did have some trouble at one point but I think that was down to a bad speakon cable/pub electrics not 100% sure. Love it, super clean and no hope of running out of volume!

As with all your builds I've followed @JapanAxe I'm not technically minded enough to understand all the diagrams and wiring etc and don't have the attention span to build something like this myself, but I really enjoy what goes into it and seeing everything come together.

The first bass I ever played was a '77 Precision, learnt to play on a jazz style Peavey (Milestone III) but other than that I've never really got on with the Jazz nut width or sound, once I got hold of a P bass and put some flats on, that was the sound that I enjoyed most and continue to enjoy, though I ended up with a Dingwall ABZ middle of last year and have gigged with it 99% of the time since, so not sure what happened there..

I had a set of their flats on a P bass for 5 years before they developed issues, loved the sound straight out of the pack, Picato is what I had heard/read too.

Quick update to this, very pleased with it, well worth the price (though only having used it once) I couldn't work out initially why I wasn't getting much volume, then numb nuts finally realised you need clean level too!

Not a pedal per se but I picked up a Sine Effects X24 Crossover/Mixer, I had been using a Boss LS-2 to run drive in parallel but it wasn't really cutting it so I figured this was the next step. Trying it out at rehearsal tonight!

I'd recommend the Rodenberg LDP or LDP Deluxe, it has a "Deep" switch which is useful, I bring it in and out dependent on the song and or band line up.

I Want You Back - Jackson 5, one of my favourites but as hard as I tried, slowing it down bit by bit etc, I could never get it up to the speed of the track..

Amazon have started stocking them, so I ordered it from there, other than that I could only find them on Thomann.

I put one on a parts bass I got to replace a fender high mass unit, no problem at all, no issues with quality, like @nick I prefer the threaded saddles and it also reduced the weight of the bass a fair bit which was nice!

I wanted a cheap envelope filter to play around with when it takes my fancy, I settled on the Flamma FC11 at £26 I was really impressed with the quality, sound, easy of use, yeah its a mini pedal but if you're ever in the same position as me I would recommend it.

I've used one as a headphone amp for a long while, nothing to write home about especially IMHO but does the job and works well as a DI in a pinch.