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The bass is 34" and has about an inch between the nut and the machine head, but I tend to find that guitar strings have a bit more excess length than bass strings, plus on a 3+3 guitar headstock, the D string machine is furthest away from the nut so needs to have greater length anyway- just not sure if it will be enough. Other people have talked about using guitar strings (Dean Markley were mentioned) so its possible in theory at least...

I've found that I quite like using Elixirs on my 4 and 5 string basses, and they get me the sound I like. However, I also have a 7 string and they only do 6 string sets. My question is, has anyone ever used Elixir [i]guitar[/i] strings on bass? Specifically at a D or G from the guitar set to use as a high E (I tune the 7 BEADGBE) that I could match with the 6 string bass set. My main concern would be for length, although not breaking would be a bonus too. Anyone got any experience with these? Bit of a long shot but given that the guitar strings are £12 or so a shot I'd rather ask first. Cheers Kyle

How about some of [url="http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Instrument_Composition_Lists"]these?[/url] Plenty of stuff for cello; not so many for DB but still a few solo bits.

I have wondered about this but don't [i]believe[/i] it to be the case- surely if you are correct lighter strings would be louder, since amplitude= volume? I do stand to be corrected however...

+1 I've downtuned the E to D and C# on cheap crappy basses with strings which were probably older than I am on a number of occasions with no problems. Just remember to tune back up for the next song- it sounds rubbish if you don't (voice of experience on that one I'm afraid).

Get some DB method books, I.E. Simandl vols 1 and 2 or the Bottesini method.

Maybe worth having a word with the Violin Shop in Yorkhill- they do valuations etc, and if it is a POS they may be able to offer something more suitable.

There's usually a few Chinese ones on Ebay; also have you spoken to the Violin Shop? Been a while since I was in but I thought they stocked both types.

Not my style but the finish on that is remarkable. Good job!

A Roland V-Bass with all the trimmings. Not quite sure why to be honest- I guess that's GAS for you.

A back rest is definitely a good investment IMO- makes listening to the wind section rehearse the same 4 bars for 20 minutes that much more bearable when you can lean back and relax.

+1 for Ultimate Slap Bass.

[url="http://imslp.org/"]Here's[/url] a fab classical one- don't know of any "modern" ones, but the reason that the classical one is available is because the copyright on the editions has lapsed into the public domain, so I doubt it would be feasible to do such a thing for a few more years.

Probably not in time for Sunday, but [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Protec_Gig_Bags.html"]Bass Direct[/url] have a couple of other makes of double gig bag on their website.

[quote name='7string' post='543970' date='Jul 18 2009, 01:59 PM']I was lucky enough to know the guys at The Bass Centre in Wapping (now defunct). They were nothing but welcoming and when I had to buy something, it's the place I took my cash too. In Glasgow though, had bad experiences with a couple of shops, which I just don't go to anymore. My wife was going shopping and offered to go in there and get a truss rod wrench for a guitar I had. She took the neck into [b]Strung Out Guitars[/b] so they could give her the right size. The two women (who it turns out own the shop, were nothing but patronising and nasty saying that they couldn't possibly sell such a thing, no-one who wasn't trained should do the job anyway and that whole guitar should be brought in for a full setup. Apparently one of them used to work in Andy's in Denmark St. Say no more.[/quote] Contrastingly, I've always had very good service in Strung Out, whereas Jimmy Egypt (supposedly guitar repairman to the stars) was totally unhelpful and overpriced. Odd isn't it?

Your nut spacing isn't related to the bridge spacing- different instruments have different degrees of taper, so you should be able to specify your nut and bridge spacing to suit you surely?

At my girlfriend's graduation a few weeks ago, while we were waiting for the ceremony to start, the Uni organist played a version of "Summertime" on the massive Glasgow Uni pipe organ (it was a hot and sticky day). That was quite fun. No idea what the chords were though!

Depending on the design, it might. I believe some are not removable- however, I've no idea how to tell whether it is or not without trying it!

Definitely something weird with the file- Windows Media Player doesn't like it at all. I d/led it and Foobar 2000 plays it though. Certainly no probs with the fretless as far as I can see- pretty good tone overall IMO (obviously a bit necro but that's to be expected from one mic). [quote name='Shockwave']I feel that when i play very very fast the notes get lost easily. During the second part of the chorus (The bit with vocals) I am playing along to the double kick drums, just doesant seem to be cutting through there.[/quote] I think this is pretty common- the only solution would be to EQ each differently so they're not competing for the same space in a mix- a lot of metal drummers use a trigger with a pretty clicky sound so their double pedal cuts through, and you can hear the bass in the low end a bit more.

Depending on the nature of the truss rod nut, a guitar tech may be able to remove and replace it- I had it done to one of my basses and it cost all of £10.