Lfalex v1.1

45,65,80,100,125 or thereabouts generally. Primarily because those gauges are readily available in lots of types/brands.

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1350911381' post='1844927'] Thats because Leo Fender got it so right from the off - if it ain't broke don't fix it etc........................... [/quote] He actually did better than that. He did it several times with Fender, Musicman and G&L

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1350843877' post='1844173'] +1 on this; an acoustic bass unamplified will easily be drowned out by a strummed guitar, let alone anything else. Sorry, Graham, but I can't let that stand. I've heard this said a thousand times, and it never fails to amaze me that on a forum that obsesses about every detail of our kit, ostensibly on the grounds of nuances in sound, people will rush to dismiss an acoustic bass because it needs to be amplified, and say that you may as well play a P. So let's just spell it out: an acoustic bass, amplified, sounds a lot more like an acoustic bass unamplified (just louder) than a solid body does. And some of us like that sound quite a lot, which is why we (sometimes) play acoustic basses. And I've said nothing about the looks, because, of course, we all choose our kit on the basis of sound, not on looks, don't we. (/sarcasm). Sorry, I just love my acoustic bass, and the interested comments it ALWAYS gets. [/quote] And... OTOH... I tried and tried to use my Ovation in various (band) settings. My reward was usually not being heard or feedback. I soon went to my fretless 'Ray 5 and stayed there. It had a far better voice in most circumstances. I still want an EUB for these sort of gigs. Most venues don't mind a bass amp!

Steinbergers don't sound like a synth. More like a tone generator... (Generally) Gibsons/Epiphones don't float my boat.

Definitely a G&L headstock visible on the booklet rear cover of "Strait Up" 4 string, dropped to C or C#. I guess either an L-2000 or ASAT.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1350571297' post='1840687'] Go get balls deep in hookers in Vegas, I didn't read the OP but this is the answer to all life decisions. [/quote] Vegas is too dusty. I presume the hookers to be similarly dusty. I reckon the cruise ship option would be good experience. And it's less dusty.

Pac-man, Galaxians, Asteroids or Galaga would have been preferable, but nice idea.

Nice job. Very useful. Thanks.

Two of my fives are amongst the best balanced and most comfortable instruments I've played. One is a Warwick Fortress Masterman V, the other a Vigier Passion V (series III) Better still, they're both great sounding, but like chalk and cheese sonically. Comfort and range (etc.) need not be mutually exclusive.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't adjusting the truss rod help to iron out/shift dead spots elsewhere on the neck? Perhaps just tighten it a TINY amount (not enough to alter the relief) and see what happens. Only about 1/32 of a turn against the tension of the strings. It might work. If it doesn't, just reset the rod and try something else?

[quote name='swanbrook' timestamp='1350326052' post='1837386'] Google calanders is a godsend. If you haven't book the night off then your gigging !! [/quote] Thank God I've booked the next decade off, then.

Given that nothing ever sells on here anyway, I'm not [i]entirely[/i] sure that I have the necessary TIM for this.

I'm not sure which is the greater handicap: My choice of instrument, or my rampant misanthropy?

Just put up the chicken wire and play "Rawhide" all night....

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1350459115' post='1839014'] Yep, that's a 90s German Warwick Corvette, not a Thumb. But on the plus side, it's the same body wood as the Thumb (bubinga, instead of the more common ash for Corvettes), and the same neck wood as Thumbs from the same period. Of course, it's a bolt-on, but so are some Thumbs. In some sense the only real differences are the pups and electronics (which could easily be swapped for the same kit as is in a Thumb), and the body shape, which is much more curvaceous on a Thumb. And the body shape actually balances far better on a Corvette than on a Thumb. [/quote] This. If it stays on your knee when seated, it's not a Thumb. They're like the lemming of the bass world.

Tried one chez Status. Was okay, but didn't hang right on me (even Dawn agreed) S2 and Streamline were a much better fit. (Bought a Streamline)

Personally, I delight in playing the "wrong" bass for whatever genre I am performing. Because there isn't a wrong bass, just one which might not suit the band aesthetic. Btw, didn't the guitarist from Voivod use Born 2 Rock guitars?

I'd rather they re-issued the old V. Y'know the one, 15 frets, tuned EADGC.

Last time I saw footage of Deicide, Glen Benton was playing a Rickenbacker... Not very Death Metal at all, really.

+1 on the Ibanez SR505, or perhaps see if you can score an Ibanez K5 secondhand? The mid control goes UP as well as down, so you don't [i]have[/i] to sound like Fieldy!

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1350238279' post='1836180'] P.S. Good luck with that thing. [/quote] Nice bass, but I've got to agree!

Are they all called Kim Deal?

Without watching the vid, all I can say is that he's used (among others) Tobias and Fernandes (mainly the gravity) Fairly sure he used a Ray 5 when I saw ST at Clash of the Titans back in ' 90...

The knife, fork and spoon have since been supplanted by the "spork"...

[quote name='EMG456' timestamp='1349912727' post='1832305'] I see this question come up regularly on various forums and I must admit I just don't understand the problem. It's a musical instrument - i.e. a tool for making music with. If you like the sound of roundwounds on the fretless then there's not much more to be said - use roundwounds. Sure, the fingerboard will mark a bit but it'll take a while for it to become serious enough for it to affect the functionality of the bass. When it eventually does, have the fingerboard dressed again. Continue until there is no fingerboard left and then have a new one put on. I would rather do that than use flatwound strings on my fretless basses because for me, there is just no comparison in the sound. On the other hand, if *you* like the sound of flatwounds on the fretless, use them. Just don't allow what should be purely a musical choice to be influenced by worries about wearing out the fingerboard. All things get worn if they are used. Treat it as a badge of honour and remember that the more worn your fretless fingerboard gets, the better the player you will likely be! Cheers Ed [/quote] Precisely so. My mileage varies to a lot of peoples, and whilst I can play a fretless and make it sound okay, I don't like the balance of fundamental/harmonic output from a 34/35/36" scale instrument. So I sold my SR5 fretless, and am saving for an EUB, in the hope that that'll deliver the "tone in my head", or at least something closer to it... That probably will have flats on it. the SR5 had rounds.