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[quote name='Spike Vincent' post='1117072' date='Feb 5 2011, 09:19 PM']Awesome bit of wood,but it's got too many strings.[/quote] +1 And far too many frets as well

Two words are conspicuously absent from that rather impressive list James Brown.

All four types... Rock, Roll, Rhythm [i]and[/i] Blues. Don't slap, won't slap; & I ain't got the Funk. No great fan of the 'solo' as it's too hit & miss, plus I don't see it as my real function... Which then begs the question "what do I see as my 'real' function?" Simple. They Rock, I Roll. Pete.

Try 'em as VBRs, IMO that's the best compromise & my BT1 seems to handle them OK.

[quote name='icastle' post='1111888' date='Feb 2 2011, 12:52 AM']Woodstain? Paint it on and then rub it off - seems to stain the plastic tubs I use when decorating...[/quote] I was thinking along these lines too... but I reckon you'd need to 1) key the surface of the plastic with very fine wire wool or a Scotchbrite pad & 2) put the stain on with a cloth & rub well in. Providing you used spirit-based stain it'd be possible to fade it/clean it off with turps. It'll still wear off, but ought to give a more subtle effect. P.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1108139' date='Jan 30 2011, 02:01 PM'][b]Mars bar[/b][/quote] Is Marianne Faithfull a regular at your gigs then?

[quote name='deaver' post='1107481' date='Jan 29 2011, 06:39 PM']If it's in any consolation my second (or third) bass was a Burns Flyte. I was convinced it had a plastic body and an aluminium neck. I'm still not entirely sure[/quote] Mate of mine had one of those & was adamant that it had a fibreglass body. He maintained this theory in spite of what appeared to be wood showing beneath the chips in the finish. As my first bass was (& still is) a 'skunk stripe' Aria, I've never thought of it as being made of anything other than wood - albeit Granitewood. Pete.

[quote name='mart' post='1107211' date='Jan 29 2011, 02:05 PM']In the second big photo - the one of the back of the bass - what are the wiggly lines running roughly from top right to bottom left? They look a bit like paint runs, or is it just the grain coming through?[/quote] My monitor's a bit stuffed at the moment, but if we're seeing the same thing (sort of light-to-dark 'steps') then it's what's known as [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_banding"]'colour banding'[/url]. It's just a by-product of over-compressing an image, usually as a result of decreasing the colour depth - GIFs are common culprits, but pretty much all formats can suffer from it. Just poor image choice, nothing in the paint job.

It all depends on those two output sockets on your head. If they're individually labelled 4 Ohms, you [i]should[/i] be fine... but if the labelling suggests that the total impedance for both is 4 Ohms, then you're potentially in trouble. The 'standard' is for a [b]total[/b] load of 4 Ohms [i]irrespective of the number of sockets[/i]. Plugging an 8 Ohm cab and a 4 Ohm cab into them will result in a load of 2.67 Ohms, & that would be bad. Check via Ashdown if there's any doubt - they have an archive of user manuals & the specs should reveal all. P.

Pretty Woman: Born Under A Bad Sign: Parisienne Walkways (essentially a Circle of Fifths): You could lob Comfortably Numb in there too, mostly just roots but there's scope to get inventive.

Firefox with AdBlock plus here. Popups? What're they? Never cared for Bassmasta as it only seems to have ASCII tabs, & those are nbg to me.

Found it. The Shubb Talon:

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1104442' date='Jan 26 2011, 09:52 PM']I've got something similar, except mine looks like a batwing.[/quote] I know the ones you mean, but I can't think what they're called... that's going to annoy me now. Tried one that seened to be fine with a Jazz sat on it, but it was very close to the balance/tipping point for the SB-900, so I ruled it out. P.

[quote name='morsefull' post='1104568' date='Jan 26 2011, 11:39 PM']I've learnt "So what" and "Maiden voyage", with a walking bass line for most of the former (obviously ) and eyes closed and concentrate on the rhythm for Maiden voyage. Both very fullfilling. Found a liking for Bill evans on spotify tonight as well.[/quote] Four words... Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (or NHOP for short)

For pickup foam get a Happy Shopper/Tescos Value mousemat & slice it up. Then just add as many layers as needed. The bolts... These are like hen's teeth. I hunted high & low when I was renovating my SB-1000 & drew a complete blank - it's not the thread size that's an issue, it's the head. All the ones I found had standard (i.e. enormous) pan heads that wouldn't fit the recesses in the pickups. Quite by chance I finally found something that would do on a stall at a vintage car show. Got a Dremel? Give all the threads a good going over with one of those fitted with a wire brush, that'll get the cack off. If you want to polish them do this: [list=1] [*]Put the bolt in the chuck of the Dremel, head outwards [*]Get some fine wet & dry (1000 grit or more) [*]Wet the paper [*]Start the drill [*]Apply paper to bolt, keep it wet (watch it though, this generates a surprising amount of heat) [*]Finish with a coarse cloth & some paste-type metal polish [/list] They'll come up like they're chromed A quick blow of clear lacquer will seal them. Do the same for the bridge adjustment bolts. The bridge itself will respond to an extended bout of Dremel-polishing, but you'll need one of the felt wheels & a tin of Duraglit or similar. DON'T try it on a chromed bridge though as these are usually cast from aluminium alloy & if you break through the plating the metal is rather soft. A brass one will come up like this: Pete.

[quote name='redstriper' post='1102549' date='Jan 25 2011, 06:52 PM']I tried this, but the saddles are all different distances from the 12th fret - which one should I use, or should I just take an average?[/quote] [quote name='LawrenceH' post='1102567' date='Jan 25 2011, 07:02 PM']Ignore this! The different string thicknesses etc mean that the effective vibrating length of each string varies, hence we have individual adjustable saddles in the first place. Do it by adjusting each saddle for matched tuning at the 12th fret versus open string, if that doesn't work then something else about the neck needs adjusting. Check out some of the links from this page if you're confused.[/quote] True, for a given value of true, Lawrence. I suggested this as [list=1] [*]The OP stated the neck had been replaced, and [*]It was a mistake I made as a rank noob about 25 years ago when trying to resurrect a bass my brother had built at college back in the early 70s. The original neck was banana'd so I bought a replacement from the local guit shop along with all the hardware. Fitted the neck, screwed the bridge on around some existing holes & voila! intonation nightmare! Turned out that the original neck had an oddball scale length against the replacement's 34". Cured by moving the bridge about 1/2". [/list] However... as subsequent posts strongly suggest the OP seems to have a nut that's been cut partially arse-about-face, I would ignore my own advice in this particular situation. FWIW, for checking the bridge location I'd draw a horizontal line through the bridge centre & locate that at the appropriate position (so 17" from fret 12 for a 34" scale). As the thicker strings tend to intonate behind this notional centreline & the thinner in front of it, there [i]should[/i] then be sufficient room for adjustment. Pete.

That's a rather "Beefy" rig

[i][b]King Lear, Act V, Scene III - The British Camp near Dover...[/b][/i] And my poor Fender is bugger'd! No, no, no life! Why should a Warwick, a Fodera, a Ritter, have gilt, And I no bling at all? Thou'lt come no more, [size=6][b]Never, never, never, never, never![/b][/size] Pray you, undo this travesty: thank you, sir. Do you see this? Look on her, look, her butterscotch blonde body, Look there, look there! [i]Exeunt, persued by a rampaging mob[/i]

[quote name='morsefull' post='1095678' date='Jan 19 2011, 09:16 PM']Who would've thought it. I've just learn't the first part of "So what" including a walking bassline. Until the chord changes threw me off! I'm really enjoying my first try at jazz. It took me 2hrs to get the first 2 mins though. Loving it. Thanks to you guys for helping me out. My voyage of discovery continues.[/quote] There's a lot more to that tune than first meets the eye, sublime playing all round. There's a reason that Kind Of Blue is regarded as highly as it is... it's bloody genius all the way through, AND it's so accessible. Here's a couple of others that might prove worthwhile... Nat Adderley's 'Work Song' is a breeze (& a blast) to play. It 'just' walks between F & C - the challenge is not to repeat yourself Here's the Oscar Brown Jr vocal version: This appears to be in F#, but whether that was for Oscar's convenience or as a result of the studio speeding it up for radio, I know not. Nina Simone covered it as well. Another Cannonball Adderley Band tune that's become a standard is this little ditty by his then keyboardist Joe Zawinul: Again... sublime. P.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1095202' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:30 PM']Ok.. i thing his playing is pretty awful.. bad timing.. he doesnt deserve to be called what he was.. If he didnt big himself up so much it wouldnt be so bad...but the fact he thinks hes so amazing seems a little sad.. But if he enjoys himself, good on him.[/quote] Broadly with you on this B5, but one thing that becomes readily apparent from hanging around TB is that the use of the 'W' word usually means 'shredder' or 'pointless over the top noodler' (as in the term 'fretw***ery'), & I suspect that this is what was implied & I make 'em right in that regard. He may be a gifted onanist as well, but that's his own business & I'm not going there. Jaxns replies make much of his 'self-confidence', & I agree he has that by the barrowful - the guy has more front than Selfridges - but there's a fine line betweeen being self-confident and coming over as cocky or arrogant, & in my opinion he's crossed that line and is accelerating away from it. FWIW I went through all 6 pages & followed every link (except the Branford Marsalis one). If he's getting paid work off those videos, good luck to him. Not one of them lasted more than a minute with me, & I'm wondering who to apply to to get 1/2 an hour of my life back. Maybe there's a secret market for pointless generic noodling that I've hitherto been unaware of. Perhaps that's it! Of Course! All those 'players' in Guitar Shops? They're all members of some Secret Society. Obvious now. So how do I join the Ancient & Venerable Order of Fretw**ers? I'm asking purely out of avarice. Pete.

[quote name='Jam' post='1094545' date='Jan 18 2011, 10:12 PM']Any more songs with just root notes not played too fast and without too much movement round the fretboard?[/quote] A fair swedge of Bon Scott-era AC/DC & most of the entire Status Quo back catalogue springs to mind. Plus Messrs Evans, Williams & Lancaster are/were absolutely rock-solid players, which can be a help to a new player - Highway To Hell & Roadhouse Blues don't move around too much but have a couple of twists. From the Led Zep canon, Whole Lotta Love is a satisfying thrash; & in the Purple camp, how about Lazy? It's only a 14-bar blues & roots will probably work just as well as walking. 'Place In Line' off 'Who Do We Think We Are' is another straight-ahead number, as is 'Why Didn't Rosemary' off the 1969 'Deep Purple' album (the one with the Heironymous Bosch cover). Small Faces? 'Watcha Gonna Do About' it has only three notes (E, D & A), & 'All Or Nothing' is pretty straightforward too. Pete.

Sorted it. Turned out to be Guitard Pro being an arse. Not sure I like a program that lets you write impossible music. Heigh-ho, on with the motley etc.

I picked up a couple of [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=KM-17590"]K & M Lightwave[/url] stands off that Ebay a few years back & would gladly buy another if I needed it. Robust, light & stable, plus they fold flat and will slot into a gigbag. Pete.

Both Tux Guitar (freeware) and Guitar Pro ($$) have this feature. In Tux, Beat >> Chord >> Insert Chord brings up a dialog box that lets you pick a multidude of chords. In GPro it's Note >> Chord for the same options. Keyboard shortcut is 'a' in both programs.

I'm not a doctor, nor have I played one on TV... however... A quick Google of Raynaud's suggests that it can also be stress related. Could that be it? There are two forms of stress - the negative one we all know & hate, but also 'positive stress' a.k.a 'excitement'. So... [b]If[/b] you do have Raynaud's, maybe you need to get to grips with some relaxation techniques. I'd badger your GP if I were you. Pete.