geoffbyrne

A Gretsch bass is as cool as a very cool thing indeed!!! Actually, it is so cool you could put it in your Glenmorangie and call it an icecube!! G.

Haven't done it yet, but I'm about to buy a Telecaster body for a project. I'll report back when I've done it. G.

In my experience (Peavey Cirrus BXP thru-body 35" scale) most strings whose packets say 'Long Scale' are meant for 34", and not necessarily thru-body either. On advice from here, I got a set of Overwater Extra Longs & they are fine, but it came with DR HiBeams on it & I think I'll be going back to those when it's time to change. G.

Having just played an OLP and liked it, except for the baseball-bat neck, and having fairly small hands, I think I fancy a go at an Ibanez ATK 5er. However I don't get on with maple fretboards, & I think every photo I've seen of an ATK has maple. Anyone know different? Geoff

You can play perfectly well not knowing any theory providing you have a good ear......but...... When I was learning about photography, a Sage told me- 'You only need a good eye to take a good photo, but if you understand why it all works that way, you'll get a hell of a lot more out of it!' I would think that applies to most things. Geoff

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='696841' date='Dec 30 2009, 11:11 PM']I put a jazz put against the neck on a p bass, is bottomy and thumpy, but combined with the P it cancels out some low mids. I like on its own.[/quote] Sounds like it might be out of phase. G.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='694840' date='Dec 28 2009, 01:43 PM']Do you have to be travelling at the speed of sound for them to work?[/quote] Only at sea level. G.

They are bright, so would probably be good for slap. They are *not* smooth or tapewound or flat - in fact they are pretty rough compared to other compressed/halfrounds that I've played. If you are intending to go to flats, these are miles away from that. G.

I have Roto 55's on my Jazz & they are very bright & have lasted ages - remind me of Hi-Beams. They're not that smooth for compressed either. I have a 5 string set laid aside to be next on my modded B Bass. I like them.

I've a Schaller 3D 4 string on my Frankenjazz - I like the low profile of it. Sustains pretty well too. G.

Something good - lovely body. G.

Teeth.

Some people fix it by holding a vacuum *near* it to pull it out, others have pulled it out by using a bit of masking tape (which isn't too sticky). As for affecting tone/performance, I'm not sure it will, as it's there to prevent dust getting into the voice coil. Someone will probably correct me! G.

I've never played a Tanglewood bass, but I've played one or two of their guitars & can't say I was blown away by either build quality or tone. YMMV. G.

I had a similar pull-out over my sweet little Hohner HS 57 after much enthusiasm. Took a few PM's to get an answer too. G.

Ditch the wobbler & hire the singer's old drummer - no brainer! G.

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='690157' date='Dec 20 2009, 09:20 PM']the punter may not leave with what they thought they wanted, but what they actually needed & that's such a rare commodity these days. Pete.[/quote] What a lovely thought!!!! G.

Just goes to show, though, the degree of ignorance around. I mean if something's not right, I'll research & if I can fix it myself, I will, or if I can't I'll take it to someone I know has experience. The last person's word I'd take is a salesman's (excepting decent salesmen who are members of this forum - obviously!!). Suitable props to The Guitar Shop, Ibstock where I recently had an archtop's fret replaced and the fretboard stoned. came back with an almost unnaturally low action. G.

Buy good quality jacks & learn to solder. I'm still using cables I bought 40 years ago - mind you they're about a foot shorter.................... G.

I had a 375 for a while, and apart from the wide fretboard which I couldn't get on with, it was a great bass. Physically, the 4 will play more like a P with the wider fretboard at the nut. Tonally, though (and that's what really defines 'P-ness' or 'J-ness') it's like neither, as the pickups are completely different in nature to either P or J pups. The pups on the Yammy are side-by-side dual-coil humbuckers. The pups on the Jazz are single coil non-humbucking (like a Strat) and when both are on are in parallel. The pups on a P are two small units designed to be humbucking in combination and wired together in series. The Yammy neck pickup gets somewhere near the P sound but not exact, whereas the humbucker at the bridge, when solo'd has a sound all of its own. Personally, I like flexibility and it would have been nice to be able to have switched the pups to single coil, but I really liked the tone of those pickups. G.

This is the only pic I currently have and it's not very good & before I put on the tort pickguard. G.

Can't do it tonight - have to go from Loughborough to Birmingham Airport to pick up relative - hope it doesn't snow! But will do as soon as. G.

Could just be that the 'witness point' (never understood why it's called that) is at the peg-end of the nut slot. Check that out. G.

Pics of the actual item would result in a more accurate appraisal. G.

You wouldn't be interested in the one I mention in the 'So I'm a Convert....', save me breaking it up? G.