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After seeing George's beautiful 4003 Walnutburst, I decided to see if Guitar Guitar UK would ship to the US. They will! And they did for me for this beautiful new bass! The ****** cell phone pics just don't do it justice, it is just beautiful!! Hurry, there are only 2 left

--jack

Wow! I love the look of those! Congrats!

Wow!!! big congrats jack, it is a stunning bass, and they sound fantastic too!!! i just love the tone from mine, try Elixir strings on your bass they sound amazing!!! cheers George
here is the sister bass

geofio wrote:

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Wow!!! big congrats jack, it is a stunning bass, and they sound fantastic too!!! i just love the tone from mine, try Elixir strings on your bass they sound amazing!!! cheers George
here is the sister bass

Are you using the Elixir strings in the video you made of your Walnutburst? That was a great tone.

--jack

Hi jack, no that was rotosounds at that time, first time i have tried Elixir, the tone just seems to stay there, with rotos you get a great tone for a week lol!!!

geofio wrote:Hi jack, no that was rotosounds at that time, first time i have tried Elixir, the tone just seems to stay there, with rotos you get a great tone for a week lol!!!

Understood about the Rotosounds. The Elixir's are coated so I would expect them to last longer. I have been quite happy using Circle K strings lately, but I might pick up a set of Elixirs to try. Thanks,

--jack

i have always used rotos jack, i am now switched to Elixir.

geofio wrote:i have always used rotos jack, i am now switched to Elixir.

Do you like the Nickel or the Stainless??

--jack

Nickel jack, less stress for the frets!!!

geofio wrote:Hi jack, no that was rotosounds at that time, first time i have tried Elixir, the tone just seems to stay there, with rotos you get a great tone for a week lol!!!

A whole week? You're lucky.

johnallg wrote:

geofio wrote:Hi jack, no that was rotosounds at that time, first time i have tried Elixir, the tone just seems to stay there, with rotos you get a great tone for a week lol!!!

A whole week? You're lucky.

That's if you leave it sitting in the case for most of the week...

LOL are they that bad!!!! they need to do something to make those strings last longer not worth how much they cost.

Jack, congrats on that Walnutburst 4003 acquisition from the UK !!
Enjoy it !

geofio wrote:LOL are they that bad!!!! they need to do something to make those strings last longer not worth how much they cost.

They are great sounding strings fresh, but for me after about 3-4 hours time on them they are getting pretty dull sounding.

Well done Jack - lovely bass.

Ironic with basses made in the US, sent to be sold in the UK, and shipped back again!