Leon Transaxle

Here's mine

Try something with a Jazz neck? They are even narrower. You might find that even more comfortable. I know I do.

Thanks guys. Player issues sounds a pretty good explanation. I do arch my finger to fret all three strings with the one finger but having short fat fingers means there probably is a fair amount of lateral force - just never noticed it before on my electrics which are strung with 10s. To be honest I haven't noticed whether there is a difference in scale length to my other guitars (but it's quite likely as they are a Yamaha strat-a-like and a Variax)- I shall have to get the tape measure out now. Sounds like it might be a combination of the the above. I found some bargain flat wounds 12s on the Dawsons web site on Friday and have fitted those. Intonation is fine now. The action could do with a bit of work and I need to develop cat-like pads on my fingers, but hopefully I'm sorted. If I want to wimp out on lighter strings I'll play something else!

My first bass - a Satellite short scale bass. Sunburst, and a slidey switch for each microphonic pick up. Much like this one in fact although I don't remember an ashtray.

Genuine question not a challenge - How does that create intonation issues? Just from the maths/physics the difference in string length would be minuscule and wouldn't appear to change with gauge. Musically/harmonically I don't have the experience to know. If anything I would have imagined too low a nut would have an effect in that a thinner string would sink to the bottom of the nut whereas a thicker one could get 'stuck' part way down. Like I said not a challenge, just an inquiring mind trying to comprehend the reason behind things.

Can anyone explain to me what's going on here? I have a jazz box type semi acoustic with a floating bridge. When I first got it I couldn't get it to intonate properly with whatever cheap strings it came with. I fitted it with flatwound 11s and it was fine. The strings are now about four years old so I thought I would replace them with something roundwound and a little lighter. I also replaced the tunamatic type bridge with an all wood, compensated one. I fitted D'Adario 9.5s. Now, once again, it won't intonate properly. Tuned with a Snark most open chords are OK-ish but an A sounds horrible, particularly on the D string. The bridge is correctly positioned. Top and bottom E intonation with 12 fret note and harmonic is spot on. The other strings are barely out considering the limitation of the bridge. The D is certainly no worse than the others. On restringing with the old 11s its fine again. What do I do with regards to new strings? Is it a tension thing? Will another set of 11s work? Will roundwound 11s work? I'd rather not work my way through the local guitar shop to find out. There is mellow and there is sounding like a dead fish!

I'm just outside of Hereford tucked in by the Hospice. Geoff the Chef is also from Hereford. Yeah, I've been to a wedding at Lyde Court too.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1380196646' post='2222137'] Check out this lot [url="http://www.cashgenerator.co.uk/products.aspx?search=bass+guitar"]http://www.cashgener...rch=bass+guitar[/url] and their ilk - I got a spotless Squier CV Precision from them for £150 + delivery! [/quote] Just had a look for the sake of it, even though I'm not buying. (I AM NOT BUYING). I'm liking this one [url="http://www.cashgenerator.co.uk/bass/epiphone-thunderbird-iv-fretless-bass-guitar-vintage-sunburst-mn12955"]http://www.cashgenerator.co.uk/bass/epiphone-thunderbird-iv-fretless-bass-guitar-vintage-sunburst-mn12955[/url] ...but I think the 340 inch scale might just be a bit too much to handle.

Returned my wiring harness to John to modify as it was a tight squeeze in the control cavity and I had managed to break it. Top job, now fits fine. The Bronco sounds ace. ..And it was really quick too.

I might be selling a CV 50s P for less than £200 soon.

...Too lazy to go back five days!

This was a straight-forward black Bronco not a Badz-Maru. If it had have been the latter I would have left it alone apart from replacing the pickup. No. Not a ska band. I just liked the look of the <in a whispered voice> Avril Lavine Telecaster. It was a tossup between check and BWB (for a mini Roger Waters look), and the checks won.

A year or so after starting I have finally got my Bronco to where I want it. Thanks to Howard BassDoc for the scratchplate and John Ki-Ogon for the electrics kit.

As a Westone owner I am really impressed with what you have done here. Did Westone change other hardware as well as the pickup? I have a brass bridge and a brass nut on mine. Mine is tatty but I'll not do anything to it. Partly as I lack the necessary ability and partly because all the dings on it are mine.

Not sure whether this has been mentioned already, but here goes. Last week the Open University, in conjunction with other universities, announced a number of free on line undergrad level courses. One of these is Critical Listening for Studio Production run by Queens University Belfast, which some of you might find useful. The link is below. The course starts 13th January. [url="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/critical-listening-for-studio-production"]https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/critical-listening-for-studio-production[/url]

Not sure if this is the correct area of the forums to post and whether this has been mentioned already, but here goes. Last week the Open University, in conjunction with other universities, announced a number of free on line undergrad level courses. One of these is Critical Listening for Studio Production run by Queens University Belfast, which some of you might find useful. The link is below. The course starts 13th January. [url="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/critical-listening-for-studio-production"]https://www.futurele...udio-production[/url]

I tried out one of these a while ago and it sounded pretty decent through an amp. G string was a bit odd; had indentations at regular intervals rather than completely smooth. Put me in mind of an A-level depiction of a myelinated neuron. [url="http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Tanglewood_TWRB-E_Traveller_Electro_Acoustic_Fretless_Bass_Natural/TWOOD-TWRB-E?CAWELAID=1934669516&catargetid=1821941091&cadevice=c&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CN3E8O391LkCFcmV3godMjgAjg"]http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Tanglewood_TWRB-E_Traveller_Electro_Acoustic_Fretless_Bass_Natural/TWOOD-TWRB-E?CAWELAID=1934669516&catargetid=1821941091&cadevice=c&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CN3E8O391LkCFcmV3godMjgAjg[/url]

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1378742732' post='2204053'] I quite badly want one of these. Shame I'm skint at the moment. [/quote] One of those in natural.

Saw both the Starcaster and the Coronado in Wunjo's on a rare trip to London. The Coronado was OK but the natural Starcaster is drop dead gorgeous.

[quote name='4-string-thing' timestamp='1375642990' post='2163840'] I have a Brunswick baritone uke, its tuned the same as the top four strings of a guitar, so chords are quite easy! [/quote] I got a baritone for this reason, then decided to tune it to DGAD instead! [quote name='iamtheelvy' timestamp='1375362012' post='2160264'] The different tunings is a bit of a mind bend, but good exercise if nothing else! I play around on a mandolin at home, which is tuned EADG... but that's high to low! :-s [/quote] I have also got a Mandola which is marginally bigger than a Mondolin (so better for fat fingers) and tuned ADGC high to low, which means most chord shapes for songs in C are really easy.

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1371118029' post='2109960'] If Fender would offer a P body with a J neck and PJ pickups as standard I would...well...I would like that. A lot. [/quote] You mean like this? Postscript Ah! I now see someone else has mentioned something similar, if not the same. This is definitely active with no override. To be picky its also Chrome Red not Candy Apple.

Flats on Squier CV 50 Rounds on P Special Tapewound on Thunder

or codpiece?

[quote name='Dougalbass' timestamp='1368222569' post='2074750'] Hey... Love that red Westone Thunder Leon [/quote] Thank you

The Thunder I I got as my 18th birthday present (and therefore 30 years old next week)