leschirons

Bought a case from Russ. Very easy to deal with. Great Comms. Pleasure to do business with. Good deal too.

Thanks.

8 minutes ago, Smanth said:

@leschirons, I gather from a google that it is a 34 inch scale ... but can you post the nut width, the fret width at fret 24 and the string spacing at the bridge please?

 

S'manth x

Hi S'manth,

Yes, 34" scale.  Width at nut 42mm, string spacing at nut 11mm,  width of 24th fret 60mm string spacing at bridge nearer 19mm than 20mm.

As title, in the discontinued aqua marine.  Got a few scratches but nothing major, no chunks of paint missing.  Stagg badge missing on headstock and little cover missing from rear of one tuner. See pics.

Light as a feather at 6lbs 8oz so great for a young'un or for a noodler to just leave in the corner. Ideal as a first bass without major financial commitment.

Neck is really nice, frets all good, no digs in fingerboard, P/J config with Vol vol Tone. Bass is passive and currently strung with Roto black nylons which look really cool and gentle on those little fingers. However, they're not everyone's cup of tea so will include a used, but good, set of rounds.  Action is nice, has a smooth and working truss rod and no scratchy pots or jack socket. Neck has been lemon oiled. Holds tuning nicely. really comfy to play, sounds nice.

These are around the £225 mark new so, at £75, (or exceptionally near offer) grab an Xmas bargain for the son or daughter future Marcus or Tal. I'll even throw in a strap. Ideally pick up from PE37 but can probably find a box and bubble wrap to send at your expense if required.  Guessing about £9 or £10 unless you know someone cheaper. Welcome to come and try it out whenever suits you but not too close to Xmas. Free tea or quality coffee but biscuits £1 each.

7 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

Really? The GT-PRO Steinberger guitar is passive, Godin's active guitars are the occasional ones with piezos and the specialist top-end ones, Line 6 cannot help but be active as they're modelling guitars (and basses). I think auto tuning is confined to the Gibson robot tuning system (which was a complete flop) and the Peavey AT200, which didn't retune the strings but instead applied pitch shifts to the individual strings, and lasted about a year. I'm not sure that there would be much point to a B-bender on a bass. Mark Philips has been producing scalloped fret basses for some years now, which shows the desirability of such a thing.

 

In contrast, Warwick and Ibanez (examples off my wall) have been turning out active basses for years and are still selling established models.

Well that's put me in my place.

But all this super technology that's supposedly changed the world of bass playing still results in most people playing a J or P bass or dreaming of a 40 year old 3 ton Wal MK1.  The former having been reinvented at least 50 times by Fender. 

Not sure that Godin, Steinberger,  Parker or Line 6 have ever produced a passive guitar. Can't think of any basses with scalloped frets, B-benders or auto tuning either.

Hi, will a 335 fit in this?

If you're not sure, could you please internally measure the widest body area. (Hoping for 42cms)

Thanks,

Keith

Isn't the answer to the original question 

"Whatever bass you feel comfortable soloing on"  Surely, any bass is possible to play solos on although I guess if you want to get a specific tone like a Jaco sound a fretless jazz might give you the edge. It's like asking what the best colour is.  

And, in THE very best and hard to find colour.

6 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

So what convinces you that other peoples concern over the nut width is in their heads, but your concern over neck shape or scale length isn't?

I'm not convinced about anything. Hence, I asked the question, "is there a possibility?........

Strange. Never once have I ever considered the nut width of a bass or thought that it may present a problem for me. I have a Jazz, a P bass, a Status, and a Maruszczyk. The Fenders being 4 stringers and the others being 5s. The only considerations for me are the scale length and the neck shape as to whether a bass is comfortable to play. No offence to anyone as I'm now genuinely interested in this subject but is there a possibility that this becomes an issue  because people think it may be, or should be, an issue?

My arthritis has dictated that I don't play 6 string basses anymore but that's a whole neck width problem. 

I suppose the other possible answer is that I'm just too daft and amateurish to have noticed any differences🤣

On 31/10/2022 at 11:21, Grimalkin said:

As far as ear training and interval recognition, from what I can gather, if I gave you a root note and asked you to sing me a perfect 5th interval above it, that would probably be a problem.

 

If you remembered that a perfect 5th interval is the first two notes of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", you could probably sing the interval quite easily. Interval recognition through familiarity, you can find your own tunes but here's a list:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_recognition

 

Something you can do without a bass.

This 1000%

Recognising intervals is the best first step.  Most people start off using a couple of notes from a familiar song as mentioned above. Very soon it becomes second nature.

Met up with Mike after he'd had a nightmare drive to pick up an EUB from me. He was still smiling after 3 hours of traffic. Lovely guy. So easy to deal with. Great communication and super fast payment too. Real pleasure to have met him and to recommend. Thanks Mike.

Has to,

Listen to the number before actually getting in the car to go to rehearsal.

Keep time.

Not be a knob.

I guess things are bad if I'm prepared to settle just for that!

2 hours ago, ebenezer said:

A point to mention, if you set your own basses up!.....trussrod works the opposite way round to other basses.....nice looking bass!

Yes thanks, it was in the manual.

4 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

I like the shade of blue of the guitarist's Strat

That's Cory Wong. He can afford nice colours😆

7 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

Where did £500 come from.? I got my Squier 40th Jazz for £370 and its as good as any USA Fender ive ever played.

Fender and on Facebook RRP

1 hour ago, martthebass said:

Nope. I bought a 57 P bass the first month they came out. The rrp was £202 if I recall correctly.

Same here but the black 62 Strat. £162 brand new.

Thought the basses were the same price too but I was a guitarist then so maybe I was mistaken.

When I gig, I'm usually stocked up with drum sticks, a set of 9-42 guitar strings, a hi-hat clutch, a pocket Line 6 effects unit, and a spare SM58. Apart from my spare stuff which includes a spare bass😂

2 minutes ago, nilorius said:

200 Squire better than 1300 USA - it is just your dreams to be the way you hope.

I'm sure I'm not the only one either. If an instrument plays better, or sounds better, it is what it is, better.

5 hours ago, T-Bay said:

Or is it that all those small improvements, whilst not immediately obvious, make a big difference over time? I indulged myself with a Fender Ultra Jazz for my 50th and it is the best sounding bass I have ever had bar none.

So then does that make a 63 Strat or Jazz bass worth thousands purely for the rarity value? Because all those small improvements and technological advancements that we now talk of should mean an old instrument plays like crap compared to a modern one but apparently, they don't 😂

5 hours ago, Grimalkin said:

The primary function of corporate business is to increase profits and market share.

 

That's it.

Yes, and I suppose we're not being forced to buy them after all. I get there's different levels of construction quality and different configurations but I've often picked up a £200 Squier that plays better than a £1300 USA.  Once they're set up to your preference, how different can they be?

I saw another this morning called a "different universe" Strat.  How long's that been around?

9 hours ago, Beedster said:

You’re on tour with a bassist who doesn’t carry a spare set of strings 🤔

Kids eh? 😂

12 minutes ago, cheddatom said:

I'm on tour in Europe and our bassist has broken a string. He has no idea what strings he has. Can someone tell me what strings a 2017 American Pro Fender P is shipped with? If we can get the right gauge it should save us a full setup

Fender 7250m 45-105 so I imagine the middle two are 65 and 85

I think that one day, I may try and count how many different versions of the Strat there actually are, and have been since it was first created. I imagine it'll be around the 50 mark at least not counting different colours.  So I guess, you can reinvent the wheel, over and over again.

25 minutes ago, FDC484950 said:

Here you go. He's tuned the bass down a half step (lowest bass note is a Bb), which may account for the confusion. So the bass is Eb, Db, Cb (or B), Bb then up to A, G, Gb and finally F.

 

Thank you so much. It hadn't even occurred to me he was detuned leaving aside my hearing problems.

Much appreciated.

Thank you.