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It's been years since I last used Rotos but I recall sandpaper being smoother than their strings...

I can't give you technical reasons, all I know is that, after years of trying different brands (Rotosound, Ernie Ball, D'Addario) the first time I tried a set of their strings my P-bass sounded exactly like I thought it should. I haven't looked back since. I'm still digging D'Addario strings on my Sire, but I'm keen to try Newtone strings on it at some point. They aren't the cheapest but they certainly aren't outrageously priced, and I'm happy to pay a little extra to support a British company that makes a quality product.

Andertons reckon they'll sound like a Precision!

Possibly as part of a ply arrangement rather than just a sheet of balsa?

Using my MS Paint-fu it looks like a) the bridge is wonky, but rotating it clockwise about the centre screw should solve that one, and b) that the pickups and pickguard want rotating the other way about the truss rod adjustment wheel.

Interesting with the V3 the preamp is listed as "no mid frequency" but there is a mid control. I assume this means no sweepable mids as there is with the Z7. Also crikey, that's some poor alignment going on there.

Oooh, interesting!

World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope

I use Diamond strings on my P-bass and they sound mint - nickel, round core. They have a discount code for January as well: 2024

One we were considering playing at said they'd provide their own e-kit!

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Another vote here for it being the bridge being misaligned. Given the body would probably have been cut and routed using a CNC machine I think it's unlikely the pickups would be off, and the strings look slightly out on the neck as well. I imagine this will be relatively easy to remedy but it's still annoying.

Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

But you posted in it...

I've heard some demos of Bare Knuckle bass pickups and they sounded very tasty. They're more known for their guitar pickups but worth looking into, and based in Cornwall.

I suspect this is a result of both inflation and them artificially suppressing prices during the pandemic when every man and their dog was thinking about learning to play an instrument while stuck at home.

Shut up, it was no more than 23 years ago surely

Oh certainly, as well as other factors such as inflation, the myth of "vintage" instruments being better than modern ones, etc.

"Decent" is very subjective though. You could buy what I consider to be a "decent" bass for a hell of a lot less than £1200.

Does iTunes still force you to reformat MP3s to whatever format iPhones use?

Don't worry, next time I'll try and make sure something fails in a spectacular, mysterious and satisfying way!

Yeah, OK, my bad. Don't mind me, I'll just go find a rock to hide under and contemplate my life choices.

Slightly similar situation in that it's our keyboardist who's the most likely of us to be a blocker to getting new songs learned, which we desperately need to do. I suggested Two Tribes not so long ago and everyone else is pumped to give it a go, but he's on one about it being "too produced" or something, forgetting that as a covers band we can arrange it how we like.

I forgot about it until I touched it by accident and the noise went away 🤦‍♂️