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[quote name='BigRedX' post='660296' date='Nov 20 2009, 04:25 PM']Gus G1 [/quote] Holy Moses, that is extraordinarily beautiful.

Congratulations! How does that pickup sound?

[quote name='bassatnight' post='692069' date='Dec 23 2009, 08:56 AM']Sylvian ripped the others off big time taking credit (and the cash) for songs that were written by the others and treated them in the end like session players, I would say Karns bass is the most memorable thing about the group Japan there's no way Sylvian came up with those bass lines which were the bones of all of there songs. Still the book reveals all.[/quote] It's a familiar debate:where does composition and arrangement meet/end? Obviously the lines are very blurred in a band like Japan where the arrangements deviate significantly from the basic chords/lyrics framework. I remember the same issue regarding Paul Simon and his south Africans musicians on the Graceland album. He would present the frame work and they would work their magic on it. I have Japan's Tin Drum album and admire it in a holistic way rather than just the bass playing (the electronic treatments and synths and the drums and very interesting too).

[quote name='BigRedX' post='691282' date='Dec 22 2009, 09:34 AM']Have you heard David Sylvian's latest album "Manafon"? It's not exactly easy listening.[/quote] No sir, I have not. I was thinking about giving the king of the navel-gazers a wide berth for the foreseeable.

[quote name='bassatnight' post='691227' date='Dec 22 2009, 08:12 AM']Mick is a very approachable guy and I have had a few letters off him and E-mails answering specific questions for a book I was putting together in 2004 - its a real shame that he and the other guy's are so ignored and thus skint.[/quote] If you're referring to Sylvian - he's not skint! He's made a fortune by gazing wistfully away from the soft-focus camera and croaking about his 'alone -ness', (the poor fragile soul that he is).

[quote name='fatback' post='690546' date='Dec 21 2009, 12:20 PM']And how Joan Armatrading said when he played on her album that he was the only fretless player she'd worked with yet who could play in tune.[/quote] Oh c'mon now. Have a think about where this 'quote' comes from. Joan Armatrading agreed to publicly support the Tories in the mid 80's and later with the John Major government, so she must have been totally off her feckin rocker... and her music smelled like festering vegetables by that stage, anyway. I doubt whether the quality of Karn's intonation would have made any difference at all!

Almost 10 times as much.

[quote name='FlatEric' post='682478' date='Dec 12 2009, 07:32 PM']Here are the two together. Lightening fast to play and loose nothing to the bottom end due to the shorter scale. Great fun. [attachment=38193:R6s.jpg][/quote] GAS........gas.............

Average spacing is 18mm. While we're on the subject, can anyone tell me the Fender Precision string spacing? I heard it was 19mm...

You'll be alright with Rosewood and nylon stings but it probably won't sound very lively.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='682851' date='Dec 13 2009, 10:54 AM']The problem that all printed publications face these days is the internet.[/quote] I think I read that somewhere on the internet.

[quote name='4000' post='682012' date='Dec 12 2009, 10:41 AM']Despite the fact I used to buy it regularly I never liked the tone of the magazine much in the first place; it always felt like Bass Playing for Civil Servants. Having recently picked up a couple of issues in Smiths I did what others in this thread have done and put them straight down again.[/quote] You can read it in WH Smiths in about 4 minutes. There's nothing there.

There's nothing in it. It's like they've given up, or something. And it's a fiver. Disgraceful.

[quote name='chris_b' post='681680' date='Dec 11 2009, 08:28 PM']How wealthy are you? Very? Try a Rob Allen bass.[/quote] +1 Or a Kinal compact bass: [i]Very[/i] convincing

[quote name='fatback' post='681372' date='Dec 11 2009, 02:22 PM']Fretless and flats? What about Mwaah? I've always imagined that round were a big ingredient of mwaah. Am I wrong? fatback[/quote] No, you're right. The flats are going on a fretted bass. I Wouldn't dream of putting them on a fretless.

[quote name='BassBod' post='681356' date='Dec 11 2009, 02:13 PM']Measure nut to 12th fret and double it - that'll give you the scale length of your bass. No need to be precise, all you need to know is whether its closest to 30" or 32". These are the two "standards" that makers work to as defining short or medium. With that bridge you be ok. Some 30" scale basses like Hofner violins need 32" medium scale strings because the tailpiece is a few inches away from the bridge. Also string-thru body bridges need longer scale strings for the same reason. Good luck (and check out Pyramid Golds from Thomman. Expensive but very nice)[/quote] Thanks!

I was wondering if these would be okay: stringsdirect.co.uk [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/1284-d_addario_ecb_chromes_flat_wound_bass_ecb80_ecb81_ecb82_ecb84_ecb81s_ecb81m_"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/12..._ecb81s_ecb81m_[/url] I'm assuming it's ball-end to nut (the way of working the scale out)

[quote name='BassBod' post='681205' date='Dec 11 2009, 12:14 PM']I found Thomman had the best selection (including shorts) and good prices..as long as you buy more than one thing so the shipping is worth it. Check the bridge design on your bass as some 30" scale basses need medium (32") strings because of tailpeices etc?[/quote] Okay... how do I do that? What's the rule for working it out (the scale)? It's this model:

Where do you guys buy your strings in the UK? Is there a good website? I'm after short scale flats that'll fit a Danelectro 30" scale.

That's a very elegant looking bass. Glad you sorted it out.

Nice. There you go kids; you can't get that effect with fingers.

It's just an 'it' to me.

[quote name='ped' post='676997' date='Dec 7 2009, 06:52 PM']Here are my planks on the sofa... I have neatly cropped the wine stain out of the picture (with the other stains) ped[/quote] That fretless is very handsome. I like Vigier basses. There was a blue beauty in that shop in Colchester last year.

Wunjo on Demark street is the only place you'll find something unusual other than the Gallery. Andy's has lots of cheap 60's basses that would have been sold in Woolworths originally........... but now cost £549.99