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    [quote name='RayFW' post='392256' date='Jan 26 2009, 11:05 PM']Anyone know the size of the allen key needed to adjust the bridge saddle height? This is with the new High Mass Vintage Bridge. I have a trade pending on this bass and I can't find the bloomin' thing to include with the trade. I put it somewhere "safe" last week. Too safe it would appear. I've tried a few and 1.5mm is too small, 2.0mm too big. 1/16" is too small, 5/64" too big Cheers, Ray[/quote] must be a rogue size...dont suppose the yanks deal in 1/128 but my guess its decimal like 0.070" ??? how many thousands in an inch... millions of the blighters
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    [quote name='bremen' post='392870' date='Jan 27 2009, 04:23 PM']Support your local steel manufacturer: play a 5-string! or a 6![/quote] support the fatherland buy TI
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    [quote name='bilbo230763' post='392878' date='Jan 27 2009, 04:30 PM']Have you heard the Theme from Schindler's List? If that isn't great music, what is? There is a version of it on YouTube with Itzhal Perlman playing the solo. 4.14 of you life to see another way of moving people. Go on, you know you want to.....[/quote] have your heard the theme from death in venice it was written by a trained musician gustav mahler
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    [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='392864' date='Jan 27 2009, 04:14 PM']The film score dude? I'm afraid I'm not at the age where I'm gonna start creeping round the film score aisle of HMV trying not to piss my pants.[/quote] well you asked but didnt say a trained musician under the age of 18
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    [quote name='tonyf' post='392079' date='Jan 26 2009, 08:16 PM']Wow! That is a real stunner! Something really wonderfully sexy about a white Stingray with a RW board. T[/quote] thanks T if it was a 4 i would be more pleased..and keep it the build is solid and the paint..although not razz a matazz....is top notch as for the tone variations..endless looking for a good jazz cheers
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    [quote name='GreeneKing' post='392151' date='Jan 26 2009, 09:19 PM']F5 is your friend[/quote] that did it!! grateful..and alive i did the personal thing and it wouldnt change the ctrl5 no luck but F5 did the trick... i take it you upload a new avatar then do F5 to .....initialise it? cheers
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    [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='392150' date='Jan 26 2009, 09:18 PM']CTRL + F5[/quote] tried that...lets see if it works thanks
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    [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='391495' date='Jan 26 2009, 10:47 AM']Please point me in the direction of a formally trained musician who is currently producing great music.[/quote] john williams...its a big world out there old chap..
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    [quote name='rjb' post='391422' date='Jan 26 2009, 08:25 AM']Another option might be to grab some Thomastik Jazz Flatwounds and play at the base of the neck. Have never needed any bridge mutes with these strings as they are very, very mellow sounding. I've set up my Streamer STD for a similar purpose. Note the added neck thumbrest. [attachment=19216:thumbrestwide.jpg][/quote] i think these are the worlds best flats as for urb sound from and electric...its a long haul initially go for the quick decay and mid boost..to take out the mud and fullness i heard a pro bassist playing an urb through a laney combo...it sounded just like an urb...so electronics cant be held to do much...i dont think mainly your electric will sound more like a urb when doing pizzicato on the top strings with vol low and digging in for the output...rather than let an amp do the work
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    [quote name='Delberthot' post='391962' date='Jan 26 2009, 05:42 PM']I bought a tin of the stuff in 1990 and still have about 2/3 of it left. I just got mine out of a hardware shop. The interweb hadn;t reached here at that time[/quote] just did my rosewood neck with linseed oil came up like new and used just a small amount to take out dirt and freshen the fret to board joints
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    stand by me... years ago every song i get to play gets a new bassline each time i play it playing others stuff straight out doesnt appeal to me although i do pinch the odd bit here and there [url="http://video.aol.com/video-detail/learn-simple-bass-riffs-stand-by-me/302452753"]http://video.aol.com/video-detail/learn-si...by-me/302452753[/url]
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    get TI man because youre worth it! PS....MY AVATAR WONT CHANGE...DOES IT TAKE SOME TIME..??
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    BUMO!!
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    MY MM5 THREAD [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39305"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39305[/url] any interest i am interested in the 51P what price do you put on it straight sale
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    [quote name='Rowbee' post='381835' date='Jan 15 2009, 10:43 PM']Ah, I must've been mistaken, I thought it was the red 5 string you sold recently that I played - I had a long journey that day. [/quote] [post="0"]my stingray 5[/post] i am looking at the reissue P what value do you put on it, rob i am looking for a 4 and like the older sounds and jazz tones cheers geof
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    bumo... for the monday crowd
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    [quote name='ahpook' post='391176' date='Jan 25 2009, 08:18 PM']indeed...still choking on the big smoke and hanging out with the dusty volumes... how's things with you ?[/quote] good! we have been in manchester nrearly 5 years now and may move south again in a couple of years once the banks get the money damn well moving and the property market starts to uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup again i remember you were doing some recording in your garden shed...is that moving on ok? and katherine is in the states? love to your snow boarder friend
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    you have got to need that low B string to really justify the cost first the instrument then the extra string cost and the weight you can move people with a 4 just as well as a 5
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    if you are going to play others arrangements reading is essential and good reading skills are far more important than theory imho the arranger has the theory you have the instrument the score is the connection he scored it as he wants it you play it as he wants it...so you need to read not only notes but notations soon you get to finding the theory comes with time its a case of trees and woods wish my avatar would change
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    [quote name='ahpook' post='391197' date='Jan 25 2009, 08:31 PM']aaah, but i guess it was acceptable in the 80's my mum and dad bought me some kind of rockschool book for bass, which i sort of looked at a bit. reckon it'd be a blast to see the shows again though.[/quote] konban-wa pookie
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    i think the country where its made is most important and japan has been knocking out very good clones and factory endorsements for years
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    [quote name='ahpook' post='391143' date='Jan 25 2009, 07:28 PM']konichiwa crow-san. [/quote] long time no speak mark...good to hear from you still in london and cooking the books? god bless geof
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    i bought this around 2 1/2 years ago off ebay and was pleased with the pristine condition and have kept it and cared for it since serial number E50436 straight from ernie ball's customer service guy, Dan: "This lovely white StingRay 5 was built on 1/13/06. Shipped to Midtown Music, Decatur, Georgia." it comes with the standard case and the bass is fitted with straplocks i may consider a trade down market as i am not playing a lot and if i do will go back to a 4 string i am in southwest manchester eccles way if anyone wants to view and try otherwise an extra for postage i would have to charge and this would be at net cost insured £850 i hope is a fair price for this instrument plus the delivery more pics here [url="http://flickr.com/photos/34963887@N02/sets/72157613201772833/"]click for flikr and run the slideshow[/url] additional shots added 16/02/2009...forgot to include these [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] [url="http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=93898271dr4.jpg"][/url] [url="http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=89526569qc0.jpg"][/url] [url="http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=79457080ie0.jpg"][/url] [url="http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=64471484ip6.jpg"][/url] [url="http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=41085811zu3.jpg"][/url] [url="http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=89332979ro7.jpg"][/url]
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    [quote name='7string' post='389196' date='Jan 23 2009, 12:43 AM']Nope. I'm more interested in how the bass feels, is it in tune, are the controls working, is the hardware OK and is the amp set flat. I used to be concerned about what the staff in the shop think about what I'm playing, but as the older I've got the less I've cared about that [/quote] yes ...me too and i usually try out a series of arpeggii right up the neck with jumps in octaves for me this tells me if the neck is friendly the rest is close inspection of paint and build
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    [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='385404' date='Jan 19 2009, 09:01 PM']They still are upper class basses Have a plunder through the options list & you're hitting £3k on some of them![/quote] i think i have to agree with you on that... the mm iirc doesnt have many options and would seem to be better value..ie under 3K
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