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[quote name='Thepurepower' post='1077675' date='Jan 4 2011, 06:57 PM']RE spankin it hard - I've just cracked the .50 in three places, only noticed when it felt a bit odd![/quote] Maybe not spank it quite that hard then. You [i]might[/i] be setting yourself up for an injury if you're actually breaking picks. Go up a weight or three & back off a bit. In the 25-odd years I've been using nylon Dunlops, I've yet to break one. They usually get worn out or lost. Pete.

1: It's all in the wrist [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyuDyWc09G8"](have a look at Mr Kilminster's approach)[/url] 2: Jim Dunlop 1mm Black Nylon for me - good balance between flex & stiffness. 3: Low-ish action, & boost the upper mids & treble 4: Spank it. Spank it hard. No way would I attempt that fingerstyle - kudos to you for even trying! Pete.

[quote name='noelk27' post='1077290' date='Jan 4 2011, 01:40 PM']If not, Wizard Pickups offer repair services, as well as replacements.[/quote] I called Andy at Wizard a while back, & he's rather loath to provide 'replica' pickups for fear of treading on the toes of Aria's legal dept. He also said he didn't have a mould for the staggered/exposed variety. As the Special II has the staggered pole arrangement however, a rewind ought to be a simple solution if needed as this style aren't potted (at least the ones in my TSB & ZZB aren't). The covered-in 16 pole SB p/ups are the buggers as they're epoxy potted & transplant surgery is the only option. Pete.

[quote name='fryer' post='1076398' date='Jan 3 2011, 03:57 PM']Tobacco Road - the Animals. I can't see how that bass line works. I know it's the [b]proper sheet music,[/b] but is it right ? This is my tab for it.[/quote] I'd hesitate to use the term 'proper' It was written in tab & the software (Tux) did all the clever wiggly dotty stuff. It's what I worked out from listening to the youtube-linked version (concert footage). One thing with your tab is that it gives no indication of time signature... I felt it was in 6/4, but a tripleted 4/4 could well work too. It's definitely counted as threes (123, 223, 323, 423). Just played it back in Guitar Pro & it sounds a little 'wooden', might revisit this one over the next couple of days & see if I come up with anything different. Pete.

[quote name='greyparrot' post='1076072' date='Jan 3 2011, 09:44 AM']...and glad your likeing this :-)[/quote] What's not to like? JB is one of the all-time greats. Seen this?

[quote name='BassBus' post='1075238' date='Jan 2 2011, 01:01 PM']People often mock the fact we only play one note at a time but that kind of playing just sets that rhythm so well. While everyone else stays at the same pace you are able to speed things up and slow them down just by playing two or four notes to the bar. Love it.[/quote] ^^This^^ There's all manner of fun to be had in the Country and R 'n' R genres with the humble R-3-5. Turn it around, drop one out, repeat bits, half time, double time, walk it up the neck bouncing it off an open etc. etc. Greyparrot... what's the source for the track in your OP? It's not the Sun Sessions stuff (that one's Bill Black keeping a pretty strict R-5). Great tune, thanks for the heads up It'd be handy if you could take to posting a YTube link to the source as well as embedding your take. REDLAWMAN. At the risk of threadjacking, my ongoing [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=97180"]R 'n' R tab/notation[/url] project may be of some use to you. Pete.

[quote name='gizmo6789' post='1075444' date='Jan 2 2011, 04:30 PM']just wondering, but can you play into the computer and GP6 automatically tabs out what you are playing? or am i having an awesome dream?[/quote] Not from an audio source, but it will accept direct entry from a MIDI instrument. Not sure if Tux can do this, if it can it's well-hidden.

From my experience they're both very good tools, but both have limitations. Guitar Pro (5) will let you write a completely illegal bar, leave it highlighted in red, & only play the legitimate bit. Tux will finish the bar off with whatever fits the remaining gap, which I feel is a better way of doing it. Tux makes a mess of the notation if you print to PDF, however. There's something amiss with the Postscript engine (Ghostscript?) that it uses. There's a workaround that involves a freebie called Lilypond which does translate the dots properly, but looks a bit cluttered to my eye. My current favoured option is to turn the Tab 'stave' off & enter notes directly on the staff. It's gradually forcing me to learn the bass & treble clefs, which is no bad thing. Pete.

Nicely swung, that man. Brave choice too... 'Further On Up The Road' has a high "trainwreck" factor owing to nobody quite knowing where the stops are. It's one I tend to shy away from tbh - especially when perpetrated by one particular local guitard (who really [u][i]does[/i][/u] deserve being called such). Probably too much of a slog for you, but this might be of interest: [url="http://www.coachandhorsesbluesjam.com/home.shtml"]http://www.coachandhorsesbluesjam.com/home.shtml[/url] Pete.

Something I've stumbled upon in the last few weeks is this... In Guitar Pro go to View > Hide Tablature (in Tux it's much the same except you un-tick Show Tablature in the View menu). Viola! No more Tab! So that means I have to start entering notes on the stave, which thus forces me to learn both the Bass & Treble clefs. This does make transcribing take longer, admittedly, but I learn best when I have an application for the theory. Speed will improve with knowledge. P.

Preachin' to the converted here. I always believed that this was Dave Peacock, but it turns out it's Chas Hodges. Storming line either way & a great tone too

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1068050' date='Dec 23 2010, 06:14 PM']Meanwhile, back in the 1980's.... Love these basses, they've got a definite "Big Country" vibe![/quote] Way cooler than that We don' need no steeeenkeeeen' Rickenbacker.

Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkys (Nickels) Hartke Nickels

Does anyone have an accurate transcript of the main refrain & subsequent swing section (i.e. about the first 45 seconds)? NOT the bass part - either the piano or brass. I have the "transcription" that's on p.240 of the Real Book Vol II, but I'm not entirely convinced by it & it's starting to drive me nuts. A couple of gratuitous Youtube clips of a great tune: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Ronnie Earl: I love the B3 in this - you can't beat a good dirty organ. Pete.

Can't help, but if no-one else comes up trumps you could always give Larry Hartke a call: [url="http://www.calllarryhartke.com/"]http://www.calllarryhartke.com/[/url] Odds are he'd know what equivalent would work. Give him an hour or so though, it's still a bit early over there.

I've rather neglected this thread, so here's something to be going on with: [b]Long Tall Sally[/b] - The Beatles [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Long_Tall_Sally.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Long_Tall_Sally.gp4"]GuitarPro 4 (opens in Tux Guitar)[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9MszRcOefM"]Youtube[/url] This was one of the first songs that I can recall hearing. One of the green-label Parlophone EP's (with Matchbox, Chains & I Saw Her Standing There) onna Dansette Bermuda. Scarred for life I was.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1063296' date='Dec 19 2010, 10:35 AM']What's wrong with the binding? Jon.[/quote] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/musicstorelive/5269190968/in/photostream/"]It's a bit Happy Shopper in places[/url]

[quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' post='1062619' date='Dec 18 2010, 04:26 PM']Whats the big blue connection for on the power distro?[/quote] It's a [url="http://essentialsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_32A_Plugs___Sockets_91.html"]240V CEE Form connector[/url]. You've probably seen the yellow version which is for 110V, & there's also a red one for 415V.

[quote name='ezbass' post='1059816' date='Dec 15 2010, 06:12 PM'](Nitromors do a specific stripper for nitro and varnish, 'Professional' I think, it seems more delicate than the bog standard stuff, yellow can)[/quote] [quote name='ezbass' post='1060060' date='Dec 15 2010, 09:29 PM']This is the one [url="http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&q=nitromors&cid=13044610923857849920&ei=5TIJTf6HFIHUyQXcvsz5Cg&sa=title&ved=0CBYQ8wIwAzgA#p"]http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?h...0CBYQ8wIwAzgA#p[/url][/quote] I'd not recommend Nitromors Yellow for this tbh. Stick with the Green tins; it might take longer, but it's a lot friendlier to use. There's nowt delicate about the yellow-label stuff! So what's the difference then? [list] [*]Nitromors Yellow is a free-flowing liquid that'll get in anywhere, Green is more of a gel so it stays where it's put. [*]Green can be neutralised with water whereas Yellow needs either turps/white spirit (or even paraffin) to kill it. [*]The Green is much more mild-mannered, if you get it on your hands you've ample time to rinse it off under the tap & it only nips a bit. Yellow is very caustic, burns like crazy from the off & running the affected part under the tap has little effect. [*][url="https://www.paint247.co.uk/generaldocs/HS/Nitromors%20Master%20Craftsman%20Paint%20and%20Varnish%20Remover.pdf"]Safety Data Sheet (PDF)[/url] [/list] If it were me doing this, I'd just lard on a load of the green Nitromors, let it sit for a bit, then scrape off the resulting mess with a wide scraper. Once the bulk of it has gone, re-coat with Nitromors & lay about it with some coarse-ish wire wool (000) grade. Finish up with another going over with the N-stuff & finer (0000) wire wool or an automotive-type Scotchbrite pad. Rinse it all off & let it dry. Dry hand-sand lightly with 240 grit wet 'n' dry paper. Refinish as you see fit. That was how I tackled the factory-applied poly finish on my [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5094"]Aria SB-1000[/url] & it came up rather well. An alternative method might be to find one of those Pine Stripping places & let them put the body in their bosh tank. Pete

[quote name='umph' post='1051764' date='Dec 8 2010, 03:05 PM']this is after quite a bit of flatting haha. belt sanding a bass is a bad idea unless you have an extremely steady hand[/quote] I found that, & I'd not risk it again. Belt Sander = Butchers' tool. One (small) step better than an angle grinder. Like the multilayer effect you've ended up with though. I wonder if you could confect a rear-painted clear scratchplate to blend in?

Blind guess - A plastic sleeve to prevent the allen key scratching things up?

Rotosound pressurewounds here - so Halfs. Good halfway house IMO, but they still chew up the board. Clarky, for what you're after then flats & a bit of foam sponge wedged under the strings should give an adequately woody thump. I don't really get on with flats as they're too smooth - the Roto's have enough tooth to feel 'right' but don't drag anywhere as near as much as rounds. EDIT: [quote name='BigRedX' post='1056502' date='Dec 12 2010, 08:40 PM']Unless you go mad with sideways vibrato or your fingerboard is made of some very soft wood (and therefore probably unsuitable for a fretless) you'll be fine.[/quote] I disagree with this. My SB has tramlined at the 'money end' & I'm not aware of applying bends overmuch down there. If side vibrato/bending [u][i]was[/i][/u] the cause, I'd expect there to be more tramlining up around the 7th fretline. There isn't, but there are a lot of shallow transverse scratches: [quote name='BigRedX' post='1056502' date='Dec 12 2010, 08:40 PM']Whatever you do don't compromise your sound because the right strings for the sound might give you a bit of extra fingerboard wear.[/quote] +100% on that one - the 'board is just another consumable in my opinion. Mine will probably need a reshoot next year. Pete.

How could I have forgotten this one? That'll be points on my NWOBHM card fersure

I'm not anti-tab [i]per se[/i], but acknowledge its limitations - handy as a 'Get Out Of Jail' card, but that's about it. Doddy's 40% observation is interesting though... why not have approx 40% of the book with tab and the remainder notation? Maybe tab part of each chapter, which ought to give those reliant on tab enough of a lead-in & maybe encourage them to get to grips with notation in order to get the best out of the book (especially if some of the tabbed passages contain notes of varying duration that are only shown as such in the dots). Pete.

Some Usual Suspects... (although I prefer the Slade version - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHgCN9z0Tpk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHgCN9z0Tpk[/url] - Jim Lea in full effect ) Bit o' Tina: Don't rule out Zep & Purple either - a good amount of their cataloque sits quite well with female vox.