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Old 12-20-2008, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Richard Prowse View Post
Ken ,my friend, I really enjoyed reading these posts. Good to see you back at the jazz!
Well, I never really left it but most of my playing is Orchestra these days. It's just that this time around I am using Gut strings. I don't have this Bridge fitted for my pick-up so for the amplified Gigs I still use one of my other Basses (Bohemian usually or Tyrolean) with steels if I need an amp. For Orchestra, the modern steel strings are far superior for response for one and secondly, I wont be putting Guts on any of my Orchestra Basses.

For now when the Gig itself allows, I will play the Pollmann acoustically with the Guts like back in the old days. It kinda makes the Gig a bit more interesting this way.
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