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WEM Westminster Bass. Smelled great, sounded awful. 10 Watts of farty distortion. Invalid Link Removed

Thanks for the quick replies Darkstrike and fretlessguy. I think I will try the GHS strings recommended by fretlessguy and if they don't work out, I will try some tapewounds. I have some labellas fitted on a jazz bass, but the tension is a bit too high, so I am wary of bridge damage to the...

Help! I have a fretless acoustic bass and I want it to sound as close to a double bass as I can get it. What strings do you recommend for this? The bass I have came with Elixirs, which sound alright and a bit like an upright. I replaced them with Thomastik Acoustic strings and was very...

Thanks guys. The recording was done with both a DI into the desk and through an Ampeg Classic and 8x10. When we got to the studio, the engineer (young guy about 20) had the Ampeg set up with a microphone in front and then an upended sofa behind the microphone. When I saw it I thought "***? Does...

Here's three songs I recorded with my G&L L2000 in a blues band that I was in last year. Link Removed It should give you a rough idea of how it sounds in a mix. Each track uses a different pickup selection. Track 1 is the neck pickup, track 2 both pickups and track 3 the bridge pickup.

I have a fretless L2000, with an ebony fingerboard, strung with roundwound strings (DR Sunbeams) and it has tons of mwah, especially when I use the bridge pickup. I've owned quite a few fretless basses in my time, including a couple of Wals and a Fender Jazz. In my experience the best way to get...

To the OP. The Bass Gallery in Royal College Street, London have an L2500 Tribute in stock, why not go in and try it. Oh, and it's 549 pounds. If you don't want a five string, I'm sure they can get you a 4 string.

If you can bide your time and wait, you will definitely get one from eBay. In fact there is an L2000, an ASAT and an Interceptor all available at the moment and in the UK. Only the Interceptor seems like a good price though. But, as I said, if you can wait long enough, you can get one...

I've been in this position a few bands. The best way I found to resolve it, was to play the song twice. Once using my bass line and a second time playing what the other member was requesting. Then the whole band voted on which one is best. If that resulted in a stalemate, then the person...

Mine are black.

I live in Scotland. I bought two used American L2000s from the US (a fretted and a fretless). Bear in mind that you will have to pay duty, VAT and a post office "handling fee" on top of what the bass plus shipping actually sets you back. It will be around 23% in total. Having said that, I got...

When you don't need to take any reading material when going for a dump, because you have an acoustic bass, sitting on a guitar stand, right next to the "throne".

Listen to any of Mick Karn's solo albums, or the later Japan albums "Tin Drum", "Gentlemen Take Polaroids", to here the distinctive sound of a fretless Wal bass.