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    Help me identify some flat wound strings I played

    Medium scale flatwounds? I'm afraid you'll be fishing in a pretty small pond, my friend. Off the top of my head, the only ones I can think of are...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Mar 19, 2021 in forum: Strings [BG]
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    DR Sunbeams

    I'd have to agree - as far as the Sun Beams go. Never tried the Pure Blues, so I couldn't offer an informed opinion on them. I did have a set of...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Mar 19, 2021 in forum: Strings [BG]
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    Would you buy a 20 year old NOS bass?

    As has already been pointed out, N(ew) O(ld) S(tock) and Previously Owned (but 'supposedly' never played) are two different things - technically....
    Post by: GIBrat51, Mar 19, 2021 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Do Stingrays have the infamous dead spot??

    Well... I can't speak to every Stingray (Duh..), 'cause - I haven't played every one; - I have no interest in most of them; and - I'm left handed,...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Mar 19, 2021 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Wanting to try a different flat...

    What say I? Well... If you want a bottom end like you get from the Precision Flats, then IME what you're looking for is some kind of Old School...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Feb 8, 2021 in forum: Strings [BG]
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    Question for TI Flat Fans...

    I definitely agree with the first point. I do love my TI Flats - on the one bass that wears them, and for the kind of music that I use that bass...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Feb 8, 2021 in forum: Strings [BG]
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    Kramer Aluminum Luthier

    [ QUOTE="Bruce Johnson, post: 24916938, member: 185300"]I can recommend my friend Randy Robinson. His main shop is in North Hollywood, and he has...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Feb 8, 2021 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Flats to tame Badass bridge

    ^This^ pretty much. The GHS Precision Flats will certainly give you all the Vintage Motown Thump you can stand; especially with the de regueur...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Oct 13, 2020 in forum: Strings [BG]
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    Which variables have the biggest impact on tone?

    Well... speaking as a retired engineer - who worked in (and ran) testing labs for a long time - I'd have to say that pretty much everything has...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Oct 13, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    What year Rickenbacker is this?

    [ATTACH][ATTACH] I agree. That's a Schaller 3D-4 bridge. Rick used them for a very good reason; as did a lot of vintage American-made Kramers. The...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Aug 25, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Why did the EBMM Bongo take off, and the Big Al not?

    I'll have to agree... sorta. In my case though, the first box a bass (or a guitar - or any other stringed thingy) has to check off, is; can I get...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Aug 25, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Are cheap bass expectations too high?

    Yeah, but a little thing called "Inflation" is at work here, too. To say "a dollar doesn't buy what it used to, these days" is a massive...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Aug 24, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Rickenbacker 4003 or Fender Jazz?

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Well... for purely selfish reasons, I have to say - get the Fender Jazz Bass. That way, I won't have to suffer the crap that's...
    Post by: GIBrat51, Aug 24, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Are cheap bass expectations too high?

    Then, by my definition, your "good" $300 bass isn't Cheap, because it doesn't function badly. Your good $300 bass is... Inexpensive...:cool:
    Post by: GIBrat51, Aug 23, 2020 in forum: Basses [BG]

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