I love my EHB too, but it’s long scale. Found this one as a demo discounted, now to sell my 34" and pay for it lol.
And use this to do my Bad Boy cover project.
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You don’t happen to have a Bantam 4?
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NS pulse II
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There’s something about the Euro body shape (and Warwick Streamer, which is the same) that I want to love a lot, but it just doesn’t feel right to me, and I can’t gel with them. Love the look though.
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I dunno, man. Getting stuck in a brand rut like that…
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Yes, I love the look, the history, the sound they make, but I didn’t like playing them. They ended up just sitting on the rack, never picked up, so they had to go. Shame really, I also wanted to love ‘em.
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That’s quite a long short scale 
If you feel adventurous, you could replace the EMG P/J with a PJX. It will sound more agressive! And then put some cobalt flats on it to get rid of the neighbours!
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Here you can see the difference between the LaBellas and the 2818:
Pink’s Hot (the sparkly bass) has LaBellas, Ronin the 2818
Close Ups:
You can see that the 2818 are much rougher…
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Ok, after a frustrating day in the park, battling the 2818s (and the two little girls having great fun “playing” f#cking wooden flutes right next to me, WTF?), I did a complete setup … and lowered the pickups significantly.
Now we’re getting somewhere! I think the combination of the 35TWX and these string is challenging.
It sounds less metallic now, but it’s still sensitive to every mistake I make (“zing”). Ok, that’s good for my discipline.
The strings are very sticky too, in the sense of: they have a lot of friction. Much more than any round wound I have. Plucking is harder, especially if you need to have subtle control over the strings.
I read about people using GHS fast fret and Fingerease.
Does that make sense ? I mean, just until I learn how to play those strings properly?
Fingerease is not easy to get here - are there alternatives for the free world?
And: no, I will not use gloves, sorry!
@Al1885 ?
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@Whying_Dutchman on the way to the park.
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In your dreams. 
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And he’s wearing a glove.
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For other reasons
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As far as you know.
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I use fingerease. It’s much thinner feel. Best is the powder but is so messy and if you are in a gig they just thought you snorted something
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Everybody thinks that of me anyway (but it’s untrue, in Germany you call people like me “naturbreit”), so that wouldn’t be an issue
Fingerease is really hard to get here, as in: impossible!
What would be plan B? Baby powder (= talc )?
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Twenty years ago maybe.
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10!
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