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i wondered if it was just mine.....

Chris bought a strap from me. Had some good chats via mail -as others say, he's a pleasure to deal with Wish you well chris and thanks

effortless style

That is a lovely colour, congratulations on the new bass (and baby !)

Tom and I agreed a flexible deal to enable me to buy an amp he had for sale. I won't go into details (as I don't want to embaress the poor chap) but he proved that he's very trustworthy and deserving of the good feedback he has here You can deal with Tom in confidence Thanks for the excellent deal Tom, I'll enjoy the SWR

There's a definate theme here around low riders

Ah, thanks LDTF and CB, I'll give the Dunlops a miss and try lower riders

Sound checks are fine, until the set actually begins and the drummer plays harder and the guitarist turns up the volume. Then the problems start

Thanks Discreet and Lozz, I was thinking about the low riders, I may well give them a go. I was offered a set today but missed them while at work - can't have it all I suppose The Jim Dunlops seem to be getting some good press lately, they may be worth a shot too. Anyone tried them ? Cheers all

Hi all Setting up a jazz bass at the moment. I've put 45 -105 Fat beams on, but they seem a little too flappy for this bass Does anyone know of strings that are slightly higher tension than Fat beams ? I'm hoping that a little more tension will allow a slightly lower action I called Strings Direct today and they recommended either Ernie Balls, Dunlop marcus millers or rotosound. They did say they didn't have much experience around this enquiry and suggested asking around forums may give more information So here we are... Any ideas folks ? Thanks in advance all

Must admit I thoroughly sympathise with the OP. I'm currently thinking about quitting my band because of volume issues and finding another genre of music to play, as I find it difficult to cope with the volume. Can't hear the harmonies well and I'm straining my voice because I can't hear my singing properly with the sheer intensity of the noise. On top of that, it drives away the punters who would potentially book a band if they weren't soooo bloody loud. It's just not necessary to play at wembley stadium levels when you're playing in a shoe box

I bought a CS six string and a CS eight string from this very forum, both very good basses They were two instruments from a one- off selection of eight imports into this country. No more ever came (as far as I know). That's got to bit a little rare ?

Just a quick note of appreciation for Frank, who stepped up out of the blue to offer a helpful contact. No, I didn't buy anything from him (this time), it's just my way of saying 'thank you' for someone that went of their way to help someone else Good fella !

Thanks Rock Project, I'll pass that on

Mark bought some acoustic treatment panels from me. All smooth as you'd expect, given 7 pages of good feedback ! Thanks Mark Tom

Hope it goes well ! eat well today before you start the marathon