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    John Deacon sound?!

    to straighten things out a bit, this is what John has been using through the years: -Around '72/'73 he used an Rickenbacker, but couldn't get a usable sound from that bass -So during approx. mid '73 he bought 2 almost identical sunburst Precision basses, a '67 and a '68 one of those got...
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    Floppy B Strings

    the thing with low-B's is: there are just very few brands that make good low-B's (tension wise), i tried about every brand and only these brands had non-floppy low-B's: 1. Ernie Ball .130 and .135 (all types) 2. D'addario .130 and .135 (all types) 3. La bella .128 (all types except the...
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    Any Aluminum Kramer Players Out There...

    yes, i own a '79 DMZ-4000 ....which i transformed into a DMZ-4001 it's (almost) the same as John Deacon from Queen used to have he used it on Play the game and Las palabras de amor
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    Which Stingray would you buy?

    when looking for the real SR sound: a modern SR won't give you much satisfaction.... i really should start looking for a pre-EB!!! ...and pre-EB's only excist as a 2-eq
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    Why so many more StingRays/Sterlings than G&Ls?

    not that G&L is ugly or anything like that, but, a Stingray looks so much better! but also soundwise: G&L tends to sound like a little bit of everything but nothing in particular, in other words: there is no such thing as a particular G&L sound with MM and Fender you get very classic...
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    Using multiple basses live?

    Boss Line Selector LS-2: with this device you can use a maximum of 3 basses the bass with the highest output should be connected on the LS-2 as the main bass the remaining 2 can be connected to inputs A & B, which both have a level control
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    String recommendations for a 5 string Jazz

    if i might interrupt on the GHS low-B's: when looking for tight tension on the low-B.... then GHS should be the very last one on the list the 4-string sets are great though but there are also other brands that don't have great low-B strings, tension wise, the brands that do have...
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    John Deacon's PBass tone?

    Deacon used roundwounds as well as flatwounds: he did use the superwound series though, but in those days they were available as flats and rounds: 707 and 606 nowadays they are just available as normal strings: 77 and 66 and yes: he did use flats for Another one bites the dust (with...
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