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[quote name='Kongo' timestamp='1354326496' post='1884978'] You'll get less with flats. [/quote] This is a common misconception with flats, but so much of it depends on the string. Sure, some flats are all thump and no sustain, but La Bella and Lakland (made by GHS I believe) flats have mwah for days on a fretless, and plenty of sustain on a fretted too.

Evening all Wals and some other boutique basses have these nifty inserts that hold the screws that hold the control plate cover in place I'd like to fit them to another of my basses, so does anyone know where these can be sourced? Cheers Gareth

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They'll certainly get smoother as you play them more, but I doubt very much they'll get any brighter.

If you like it how it is, leave it alone. If you do decide to sell then it's up to the new owner to decide what to do.

I think D'Addario Chromes must come close Marc.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1353686415' post='1877489'] This was quite heavily relic'd, and after seeing pictures, I was a bit shocked to find it looking very artificial. It looked like a chisel had been used on it, then left. Not sure if its my thing at all. [/quote] Is it this one on the website? If it is I have to say the aged process doesn't look anything as well done as my new VT5.

I've now fitted these to my 70 fretless and my Sandberg PJ5. Very very nice, not so fast out the packet as the La Bellas, but they wear in quickly and just sound great. And two sets for just over the price of one La Bella? No brainer!!!

Hi guys Just re-read my original post and I wasn't clear... it's only the fretted note at the 12th fret that's a touch sharp when setting the intonation. I tweaked the truss rod when I changed the strings last night: I've checked it again just now and it's fine (same as when the bass had rounds on) Cheers Gareth

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1353496839' post='1875142'] I don't have any problem with flats & I've tried several, favourites being GHS Precision Flats, which I believe are Sandbergs, so not a common problem IMO. Not wishing to offend - are you bending the string over/behind the fret when checking the tuning? Is the action a bit high? Just thinking maybe they don't 'bend' as easy as rounds, streching/changing length more & giving a bad reading when intonating, dunno just thinking out loud really [/quote] Hi John Thanks for that. Just spent a little time playing around and it seems better this morning. Just about nailed it on all strings now. Cheers Gareth

So I have just fitted a set of Lakland flats on my Sandberg VT5. They sound and feel great, the tension is perfect, but I can't seem to get the intonation right. I can tune the bass and nail the harmonic no problem, but fretted notes always seem sharp. Is this common with flats? I don't remember it being an issue with La Bellas or D'Addarios in the past. Do they just need to stretch in? Cheers Gareth

Yes, go for it. I took delivery of this last week and it is just fantastic.

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Another smooth transaction has recently gone down between Dave and yours truly. Once again, a pleasure to do business with.

Interesting. I feel the Status were lower tension that the equivalent La Bella set. My Lakland strings arrived yesterday and are going on the bass tonight, so will report back later.

Tung Sol or JJ are perfectly decent modern valves. If you want to have less gain try a 12AT7(ECC81), which puts out about 40% gain that the standard 12AX7(ECC83). You can go vintage, but that will push the price up quite a bit....

Easy for me. My YOB bass, a dots and binding 1966 sunburst Jazz with lollypop tuners.