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28 minutes ago, Bassfinger said:

It doesnt quite work like that. The magnetic field is not a neat column rising vertically out of the pole piece.

True, there is a broad magnetic field. Look at the P bass pole alignment.

18 hours ago, Rayman said:

I'm after flats or tapes for a Dearmond Starfire which measures about 31" ..... so is that Short or Medium scale? 

I got some 32 scale flat strings a few years ago from Bass Direct. I'm sure they had a webpage with actual ball to silk/taper measurements - can't find it now, perhaps it has gone. You could try them.

8 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Yes, a good few years ago I was in Coda Music in Stevenage and I saw a Mex Fender precision in white/rosewood, there was something about that bass that I just had to have it. I`m currently trying to resist the temptation with a bass up for grabs on here, same colour scheme.

Did the same thing with the same bass in Birmingham. Since I'd never even picked up a bass before, it was the one I picked out from all the others, no use me trying it. I  coud not play! Tend to use an narrow neck Ibanez these days, but whenever I pick up the P , it's just Wow! Oddly I find J's hard to play, luckily I was not attracted to those in the shop.

My 2013 Mex P had a curved rectangular spring under each cog,  (fender design is different now). After about 6 months a thin black plastic washer, same shape as the spring started to appear and slide out on one tuner. Eventually all 4 did this and fell out. The low E tuner then started to buzz. Tightening the screw helped a bit but it came back.  Changed to Hipshots, higher ratio easier to tune.

7 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

I have Grade 5 recorder, gained at school and is my highest musical qualification!

Beats my Grade 1 Piano. Went past the church hall where I took the exam last week - now a hot night club!

Scored for 3 violins, 3 violas  and 3 cellos, here is Brandenburg no 3 for 10 Recorders.

On 21/01/2022 at 07:49, Bassfinger said:

My favourite such video is a rapper listening to Thick as a Brick. To say he was stunned would be putting it mildly.

There is a classically trained Flautist dissecting a Tull track somewhere. Worth a Look.

21 hours ago, NikNik said:

He's already mastered the Jon Anderson arm movements, by the looks of it.

Who gave him the Friday substance abuse habit?

One of those things I found by chance on youtube. If you're a Yes fan stick with it (it's over 30 minutes but that's Yes' fault mostly)

He's amazed at the sound of the bass.

He's done a lot more of these, ELP's Tarkus has the keys score with him which is interesting.

On 21/12/2021 at 18:15, EBS_freak said:

Scale length is quite interesting though.

The fireplace was not very wide.

Microfibre cloth, Synthetic bristle paint brush for all the little spaces. Finish off with goose fat.

7 hours ago, Hellzero said:

In hot summer : it's funk !

No Idea. In one of his books, Rick mentions going to a first floor rehersal room to thrash out Roundabout (This is One-Take-Wakeman), the ground floor was occupied by the aforementioned girls plying their trade.

16 hours ago, StickyDBRmf said:

Wot about the Canterbury scene?

Caravan? You're a long way from home.

On 22/11/2021 at 18:31, songofthewind said:

In and around the lake?

Any girls in fur coats outside?

2 hours ago, Mickyk said:

Serious question could the Last Post be played on a Bass guitar, I have an Uncle whose son was lost in  ww2,and he's coming  round on Sunday for a Slice  a Cake and a Cuppa Tea.

If it could ?can anyone help me out with the tabs.

It's quite easy on bass, only 5 notes, you should be able to work it out from this:

https://www.mfiles.co.uk/scores/the-last-post.htm

If you can't read the time, listen here (number 11):

https://www.householddivision.org.uk/act-of-remembrance

There should be a vid of Mark Knopfler playing it on  guitar, in remembrance of The Northumberland Regiments who had huge losses in WW1.

10 hours ago, baa said:

Seems that I might have to do some trial and error...🤔

I think you are OK as long as you don't break the link wire between the two halves, then you can't mount them incorrectly.

On 07/11/2021 at 10:03, Skybone said:

 

However, they are bloody efficient.  

 

 Only when you get what you ordered. I guess things can sometimes go wrong in a complex system

Last time I tried to log on to Amazon, they sent a verification link to my smart phone. Actually my phone is not smart (ancient technology Nokia), so I can't click or tap the link.

That's no problem I just go to Amazon technical support to get help. They send me a link to get through to technical support....

Almost everyone else sends a text  msg with an access code.

2 hours ago, baa said:

Seems that I might have to do some trial and error...🤔

In the original guitar humbucker the coils were wired back to back (either series or parallel) and the magnets in each bar reversed otherwise the string signal from each half would cancel out. The signal from each half are  virtually identical, but in a neck and bridge mix the signals are different so the situation is slightly different.

It seems that Leo thought the magnet polarities did not affect the humbucking. But clearly the magnet poles were different in each half in Fig 2 and 5.. This is a happy accident. Everyone copied his assembly.

From the Patent:

"Although the voltage induced in coils 41 and 44 due to vibration of an associated string 16 are additive, the violtage induced in such coils due to the effect of an extraneous field , such as that produced by a power line, are in a bucking relationship. This is because the coils 41 and 44 are reverse wound relative to each other, and the magnet polarities are not important in regard to extraneous fields"

Yes, Leo had the magnets different in both sides. Presumabnly this is a requirement for the humbucking effect (or he thought it was). Either way, it was good fortune when J pups were added!

US Patent number 2, 976, 755 Filed 1961

The out of phase problem can be fixed by reversing the magnets in one side of the P  to south poles. Both sides are now in phase.

Every P I have looked at has the magnets arranged like this.

What I'm not sure of is has it always been like this? When Leo made the first split P did he have a different polarity in each half, on the assumption that it is a requirement for matched humbucking?

I've no idea if this is the case, or if it is a requirement.

Perhaps someone with a vintage P can check this. It may be in a Patent if Fender patented this.

So if you are using various  P/P configurations, you may need to check the phase is correct. I've no idea what the effect of having one half out of phase is,  I've never tried it but I suspect it could be a problem. Or it might just sound great!

Excuse the scruffy drawing. Here is a P and J pickup. Assuming the winding start and end is in the same direction for all windings. The P is wired back to back as required for humbucking and I've made all the magnets the same polarity. The bass side has the same magnet polarity on both pups and the wiring is the same phase. But there is a problem on the treble side. the P and J signals are out of phase.

Then can deliver. I decided to order Geddy's bass book direct from the publisher's website store - they offered a discount which made it lower than Amazon. Supposed to be 3 days delivery. Every time I emailed over a 3 week period it was "in the warehouse due for shipping". Eventually cancelled and got a refund. Amazon delivered in 2 days. That was my last purchase.