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[quote name='ARGH' post='439795' date='Mar 19 2009, 10:01 PM']Jim Fleeting of Ripon Made my headless 6 [url="http://luthiery.co.uk/"]http://luthiery.co.uk/[/url] Nice guy too.[/quote] Yes please!

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='438703' date='Mar 18 2009, 09:46 PM']Billy is THE man!! While he can effortlessley play all the'' tricks'', he always urges everyone to play bass''in the pocket'' etc. and play the basics as that's what it's all about. He just happens to be the jimi Hendrix of bass(imho) [/quote] Dunno about the Hendrix bit but I agree with the rest of this.

I feel strangely attracted to that.

Funnily enough I've just been searching eBay for one. The reports I've read suggest it tracks quite well, particularly on the upper strings.

Does make me want an MTD...

Not played the 55-02 but the JO5 I tried at Guitar Guitar was one of the best 5 strings I've played.

That's awesome. It's like a Steinberger for the 21st Century- lots of elegant design touches but elegantly presented as well. Very nice indeed.

I hooked up the vocoder in my Boss VF-1 with my bass. Pretty cool stuff, although of limited use. Also, severely limited by my inability to speak or sing whilst playing!

Thanks a lot guys! I think I really need to get used to thinking of it as music rather than a physical exercise. Realising the 13th chord is just a bunch of triads combined is quite helpful also. Thanks for all your advice.

Hello all, I'm starting to get into playing jazz properly and I'm trying to get used to playing different arpeggios over a set of changes. Previously I've never really looked at arpeggios that go past the octave (7ths were the limit really). The issue I'm having is I'm not sure of the best way to practice (or indeed use) multiple octaves or different inversions of 9th (11th, 13th) chords. To clarify- when practising, say, a major triad, you can play root, 3rd, 5th, octave, compound third/10th, compound 5th/12th and the second octave and it sounds quite musical, and the same applies to the different inversions of the triad. If you try and do that with a 9th chord, you end up with a big hole between the 9th and the next octave. How do you get around this? The only thing I've come up with so far is to play root, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th/compound 3rd, 12th/compound 5th, 15th/compound 7th etc which seems a bit inelegant. I can't see a better way though. Any thoughts? Cheers Kyle

What's the scale length? Whereabouts in the country are you?

It has... potential?

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='425725' date='Mar 5 2009, 06:45 AM']If they did, they don't any more. All their 4-strings are 34", although their 5s and 6s are 35". Their (US) price list gives you the scale lengths: [url="http://www.spectorbass.com/pricelist.html"]http://www.spectorbass.com/pricelist.html[/url] Anyway, as an update to this thread, I've ended up jumping on a bargain Ibanez BTB775PB (the whole BTB range is 35" scale). Yes, it's a 5-string, which I originally said I didn't want, but it turns out that I find the BTB 5-string neck really comfortable. Strange how a few weeks of mulling it over can end up with you going for something completely different to what you started out looking for. And I love it. Thick, meaty bottom end, and the B string feels responsive and sweet at 130-gauge. In fact, I love it so much that I might be tempted to get one of the BTB 4-strings as well at some point.[/quote] Are you tuning it in 5ths?

Pod X3 can do it.

...sounds like you want a multi-fx...

One of the few bass brands I have a strong desire to try. That's a cracker.

[quote name='Balcro' post='423529' date='Mar 2 2009, 06:56 PM']Hi neepheid, I intended that to read as "mad" from the management point of view. Perhaps I should rephrase the original to say "[u]on its own[/u], simply telling the staff to use ear plugs, is not the best solution". If the ear plugs worked for you, great. I haven't worked behind a bar, but I have been party to framing a noise control policy in a club after the bar staff, not the management, rejected the idea of using ear plugs. Balcro.[/quote] I would guess most of them never tried it. Mr Heid is spot on in his assessment, IME as an ex bar worker.

[quote name='BassBus' post='423033' date='Mar 2 2009, 11:43 AM']Just seen you are in Glasgow. You'll no doubt be aware of The Violin Shop in Blackie Street. They will sort it for you. I bought my DB there. Good luck and let us know how you get on. Graham[/quote] The Violin Shop did the initial setup when I bought the bass- I had though they had done some work on the nut but not sure now if its been enough. [quote name='Low Down Dave' post='423122' date='Mar 2 2009, 12:51 PM']To check your nut height, fret the string at the 4th fret and hold it down then with the other hand press down at the 2nd fret there should be a tiny amount of play, if there is anything more significant you nut needs adjusting. You can use a credit card as a rough gauge, but as the average credit card is around 0.79 or 1/32” thick so it should be a tight fit, if it slips easily in and out it is too high for most players, unless they want a high action. You might also want to check your neck relief as too much relief can make the nut action seem too high, and you may find some videos on youtube regarding setup. But general speaking if you don’t like the way your bass plays I’d take it to a guitar tech, a decent setup makes the world of difference. BTW dropping the action at the nut rarely means replacing the nut and is an easy job with the right tools, but it is very easy to bugger up if you are not sure what you are doing and do not have the right tools. Dave.[/quote] Thanks for the advice Dave but I posted this in the Double Bass section for a reason- no frets or neck relief per se here. [quote name='BassBus' post='423500' date='Mar 2 2009, 06:33 PM']£73 for four files from Allparts you might only use once, unless you have them already. It might not cost much more to have the job done professionally. [/quote] Make that 5 files- I have a low B as well. Thanks for the thoughts folks- at this point its academic as my bank account has just been emptied by a mortgage/council tax double whammy so I can't afford any new tools or a pro setup just now, but I will have a root around in the tool box and see what I can find. Cheers Kyle

...although they are back on the [url="http://www.conklinguitars.com/groove_tools.html"]updated Conklin website[/url]...?

Hey all, I've been getting a sneaking suspicion my strings are a bit too high on my DB to make it easily playable- been doing some reading on TB and it seems the height at the nut should be about a credit card's width- mine is substantially bigger than that right across the board, and it makes half position a right pain in the neck. Does anyone have experience fiddling with this? Is it something I should be able to fix myself or would I be better taking the bass in for a full setup? Also, if I do it and f*** it up, I'm assuming the nut is replaceable without having to re-do the entire fingerboard- is this correct? Thanks in advance. Kyle