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Me. Not sure whether to use a happy or sad emoji though 🤣.

Thanks.

Hi knowledgeable people, My ACG J-type 5 was originally strung by Skelf with SIT Powerwounds. I really like them and they obviously suit the bass. However, I’m having problems finding them in the UK at the moment. Any suggestions for a similar nickel wrap/steel core string please? Or if anyone knows of any in stock anywhere (I’ve looked at most of the usual suspects). I have had Elixirs in the past on my MIJ Fender Geddy Lee and quite liked them. I haven’t really experimented with strings much, hence my question. Thanks, R

Just to update the topic, I'm still waiting for a new string from the distributor, having already sent a hastening email. I have found a post from Talkb**s suggesting there might be a more general problem with the G string on GHS Crossovers https://www.talkbass.com/threads/desperately-need-help-ghs-string-problem-w-ns-design-crossovers-for-over-a-year-now.1276430/ Mrs TS is now requesting a refund via PayPal. Edited to add: my technique has obviously improved as I've taken my NS Wav to rehearsals and been complimented on my sound! (Using the NS Traditional strings). I'll take feedback like that any time.

I’ve only had one recent dealing with Bass Direct and I’m not a particularly happy customer. Mrs TS (so technically she was the customer) ordered a set of d’Addario GHS Crossover strings as a present for my birthday in July as I needed new strings for my NS Wav EUB. On re-stringing the EUB, the G string snapped round the tuning peg even before it was up to pitch. I sent Bass Direct an email with the photos as evidence. After a slightly snarky set of replies, BD said they would get in contact with the distributors and get them to send me a new string. 6 weeks later, nothing. No contact, no new string. Edited to add: No contact from BD after 2 months. Mrs TS opened a PayPal case asking for a refund. BD ignored the refund request and said there was no stock at the distributor, and sent me another string from stock. String arrived and broke again on fitting at same pitch. (Not a bass problem, the original string, same diameter) has been on and off 3 times and a similar problem with G string reported on Talkbass). Eventually escalated PayPal claim to return strings at our cost for refund.

There’s also one for the Time Machine tour here: https://www.rushisaband.com/blog/2010/09/27/2329/Rush-Time-Machine-Tour-house-music-list Thanks for reminding me of these. I don’t have Apple Music etc, so will have to play from my collection 😀

There’s a post on rushisaband blog that gives one for the Snakes and Arrows tour which looks similar to yours but has more songs on it. Tommy Overture - The Who Mojo Pin - Jeff Buckley Trains - Porcupine Tree Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd Eria Tarka - The Mars Volta Roundabout - Yes Looking for a Place to Happen - The Tragically Hip Aqualung - Jethro Tull Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley Baba O'Reilly - The Who Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd 2112 Overture - String Ensemble The Temples of Syrinx - String Ensemble I Know What I Like - Genesis The Prophet - Yes Hallelujuah - Jeff Buckley 18 People Live in Harmony - Dredg Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin Bobcaygeon - The Tragically Hip 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson Inertiatic E. S. P. - The Mars Volta The Sound of Muzak - Porcupine Tree Echo - Vertical Horizon Fifty Mission Cap - The Tragically Hip So Real - Jeff Buckley Time - Pink Floyd Good Days, Bad Days - Richard Butler No Opportunity Necessary - Yes Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog Babe I'm Gonna Leave you - Led Zeppelin Open Car - Porcupine Tree Evenflow - Pearl Jam Hells Bells - AC/DC Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull How Many More Times - Led Zeppelin Us and Them - Pink Floyd

I have a CD of Rush songs played by the Vitamin String Quartet. Might this be the one you’re looking for? Do you have Neil’s House Music lists for the later tours? I’m sure he did a different playlist for each tour. I would be interested in seeing those as well.

I can only find them for sale at Wembley Music Centre now. How strange.

Quilter Bass Block 800? Just about in budget new. Solid little amp, works for me. Possibly a bit lacking in high frequency sparkle if you’re into tweeters though - I have a dull set of flats on my fretless and through the Quilter into a BF One10 it still sounds dull!

Well , there’s the “I’m crap and inexperienced (on upright bass)” disclaimer, so it might be different for you. 😀

I’ve just fitted a set. I thought the previous strings on my second-hand NS Wav4 were the original NS Contemporary strings. *** See edit below **** While they were fine for pizz, I wanted to do more arco which didn’t seem to work very well (at least nowhere as well as I can on my DB - it still could be my technique though). I picked the GHS Crossovers based on their blurb on the Gollihur website saying they were like spirocores (and their price!) and Mrs TS bought them from Bass Direct as a birthday present for me. The G string broke round the tuning peg as I was tuning up to pitch (it broke at about a D, so not too much tension). I’m still awaiting a new string from the UK distributors. As far as the sound goes, through a Fishman Platinum preamp the 3 crossover strings played pizz sound like a fretless bass to me with mwah and are brighter than the previous strings. They don’t seem to be any easier/better for arco to me but they might improve with time. They don’t feel as nice as the previous strings, and I think they are higher tension. At the moment I’m not too keen on them and will probably end up playing the Concert Band parts on electric bass rather than taking my NS Wav to rehearsals just because the arco stuff sounds so unmusical - screechy, too many harmonics and thin. I think they sound less like a DB than the previous strings. (Although I can make musical noises from my DB, I don’t have a pickup for it yet and I’m definitely not leaving it in the car all day before rehearsal anyway). So it’s a slightly disappointed from me. To be fair, I’m relatively new to EUB and DB, so probably best to take my thoughts with a pinch of salt. Edited to add: I’ve checked the Gollihur website again for string identification and the previous strings were definitely NS Traditionals. In that case it could well be that the setup needs some tweaking for arco, or my technique is really crap.

I'm still in for 2022. I play fantasy GAS sometimes, (for example I've never played a Stingray even though one of my favourite bass players does) but the reality is I don't have the money or the necessity to buy more gear. In fact I should probably be selling some of what I've already got as I really only play one of my ACGs at the moment. I now play my ACG 5 string with a really good Community Concert Band so what I have is being used. I can't stand reading Tuba parts though - always written an octave lower than electric bass and never easy to read the low notes way below the stave. And don't get me started on arrangements of rock songs that have been transposed from the original key such that it makes it almost impossible to play the original riff how it was meant to be played! But I'm loving it.

I’m in again, a successful 2021 challenger! The only thing that I might want would be a pickup for my DB. However, I’ll only be buying that if I ever get to the point of gigging again (or finding musicians to play with) so that’s unlikely. I’ll cross that bridge if it happens. In the meantime I’m contemplating a sale of excess gear, although I do get sentimentally attached to stuff - for example my not even run-in (2 rehearsals) BF Super Twin that friends and family contributed towards as a 50th birthday present.

I made it too!

All Sorted now. Cache clearing etc required. Hi, I've just upgraded to Catalina and using Safari 13.1.3 I get the following error message Safari can't open the page https://www.basschat.co.uk the error is: FetchEventRespondWith received an error: Unknown Error: Error creating or migrating Index Records index in database (WebKitServiceWorker:0). All other websites seem to work, as does viewing the site on Safari on mobile devices. Is it site related or a problem with my Mac? BC was working just fine before the upgrade. Regards Ralph

This might help. https://gollihurmusic.com/string-identification-chart/

Thanks for the link. A really interesting documentary. I thought Nic Collins was a very solid drummer in the clips shown, however on balance, I'm still happy with my decision not to see them this time even though all the signs are pointing towards it being their last tour.

I use my Quilter Bass Block 800 into a BF One10. Quiet enough for practice and I've used the combination when playing EUB and electric bass with a symphonic band, plenty loud enough. You could overtax the OneTen if you turned the Quilter up too high or used too much distortion but I don't. Although perhaps a little too 'vintage' in the tone with not very much high frequency sparkle for the combination.

If they can't sing in tune now, they are unlikely to get any better, even more so if they don't have any honest feedback. I've been in the same situation and walked (by pretending I had an offer to join a band doing stuff I really wanted to do i.e. not covers). Did I regret not playing with a band? Yes, but only in the short term until I did find something that inspired me. For the OP, I've now twigged your username - I could change mine to solo4865 now 🤣

So here's the update. I managed to restrain my GAS urge until December and I ended up getting a £700 Stentor Andreas Zeller from a local bass teacher that had taken him through the Glasgow Conservatoire. It plays very nicely and my NS Wav EUB is now firmly back in its case! It was delivered in March - the earliest we could do it legally in lockdown so I didn't get the chance to play before purchase, but I took the view that a bass teacher's personal instrument would be reasonably well set up and playable, as it indeed is. I'm glad I didn't go down the Bass Bags route for a first bass, just because of the ratio of delivery cost to instrument cost. I'm well into the Beginner's course on Discover Double Bass now, and getting some sounds that are nearly musical out of the bass.

Absolutely.

I didn't buy anything in 2020. However, I will be picking up a Double Bass (not purchased through BC) as soon as the lockdown rules are eased in Scotland.

Thanks for the heads up. I've now checked my Super Twin and it doesn't have any sharp edges.

@Lozz196 quite a few - 12 others according to Wikipedia including 'Animal Magic' and a lot of film scores including 'Dr Strangelove'. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Johnson PS. What's headlining? 😀😀😀