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I guess if someone is very rich, their whole concept of what is 'worth it' is different from ordinary people.

I mean if you've got tens of millions of pounds, why not pay a few thousand for an artistically reliced bass? 

So  does anyone want to enter the tournament?

Note progression: G-D-G-C-E-G-A. Two finger up plucking only. £20note and Ernie Ball candy posted to the person with the fastest consistent BPM.

42 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Is that an E over G?

An interesting note that I actually quite often play accidentally. 😗

Sorry I meant E-G but i guess you try E/G if you think it sounds better.

3 hours ago, Bassassin said:

What's this then - Stunt Bass Olympics?

Absolutely. I'll even give an arrangement - G-D-G-C-EG-A.

Two or more entrants. Ernie ball candy and a crisp £20 Note posted to the fastest Seriously.

Star man - the motors

I think all seven, but not including sharps.

9 minutes ago, Doddy said:

So if you can comfortably play semiquavers at an average tempo of, say, 120 bpm are you counting that as being crotchets at 480 bpm?

 

Sorry I'm an idiot, what I meant was the highest/ lowest common denominator in rhythmic notation - which I think is semi-quavers. 

Yes it's a competion. I'll post Ernie Ball bongo candy to the person who uploads the fastest video demo - there have to be more than three entrants though -and the prize is just basically annoyingly tantalizing stickers and such.

5 minutes ago, Bolo said:

It's obviously not a simple question as you keep adding parameters and conditions.

Four fingers and a thumb can achieve quite a high number of attacks per minute on the strings with a little practice to that goal.

With two finger you can still use up and down strokes. I think three hits per finger per second shouldn't be difficult, times two for up and down, times two fingers is twelve attacks per second, times sixty is about 720 attacks per minute?

Speed metal/black metal territory I'd say.

thanks for the correction. the parameters would be up strokes only(if that means plucking towards the hand with the E string on the top). Index and forefinger only. 

Thanks for your patience.

It s a simple question, how many string strikes can you do per minute using the standard two finger plucking technique? 

I am too stupid to work out the answer in the above replies.

Yes sorry I should have clarified - that is fingers and crotchets.

Sorry I should have aid on different notes, not on the same note of course.

That is the highest strokes per minute - ideally according to the objective rigour of a metronome.

I think it would be interesting to find out what is humanly possible.

Ok Thanks - what are the pitfalls of fitting a bar as pictured above?, I am a bit nervous about drilling holes in my new bongo, but I think I need one.

Yes. 

I know most bass players like to rest the palm of their plucking hand on the pickup or the E string, but to me it feels a bit awkward and obstructive.

Has anyone installed a special ledge above the strings that their lower palm could rest comfortably on, whilst their fingers hovered over the strings?

But sometimes I tend to think if it hasn't been maybe there's a reason..

Assuming you can in fact choose just one special bass over the others, then I would say she's got a point.

I guess it all depends on what else you would do with the money, if it's just to keep in the bank - then it's pointless to sell, you might as well keep your cash in nice guitars than in micro-digits on a clearing bank's computer.

Sold my Sterling Bass to Jon, nice bloke, easy transaction.

7 minutes ago, Paul S said:

Bargain alert!!  That is a terrific price for one of these.  I had one for a while - lightweight, slim neck, punchy tone.  

indeed, I near bankrupted myself with my new Musicman Bongo, so pls free to take advantage of my situation. No offers obviously.

Selling my Sterling Sb14 bass. when it was discontinued in 2015, it retailed for £650 in the UK. I read that Musicman/Sterling Ball deliberately stopped production because it was cannabulizing sales from the more expensive USA Sterling line.

Plays well through an amp, good intonation up and down the neck, the only issue I can spot is a loose tone control knob(pictured) but the control itself work just fine. No modifications that I am aware of, other than the addition of a Hipshot drop D tuner.

Specs can be found here: https://www.chorder.com/electric-bass-guitars/sterling-by-music-man/sb14-5200

Cash on collection only from North London, but I can travel anywhere in London(within reason), for a serious buyer, ideally with some familiarity with this model. Covid rules applying of course.

Thanks - I also tried tuning against my acoustic guitar(which I know is in tune), when fretted at the 12th the bass seems to produce the same sounds as the open strings of the acoustic(allowing for tonal differences)

Sorry this is a really basic question.

The reason I ask is that the G open string of my new bass sounds much higher than the D string fretted at the fifth fret: when relative tuning guides say they should sound the same.

Any help appreciated - I am frightened to turn up the tuners too much for fear of breaking the strings.

Does anyone know if this is a Good book to learn from?

Any opinions gratefully received.

Thanks for the replies, I write chord progressions on a 12string acoustic, but I find when the root notes are transposed to a bass the flaws in those progressions are more apparent.

21 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

 

 

If you have a 'b' onscreen, it's half a step down

http://www.snarktuners.com/wp-content/uploads/snark-ST8HZ-instructions.pdf

 

Oh right - sorry everyone.

If anyone could provide an info/list of these I would be grateful.

I am assuming back in the early-mid 60's, an 18 year old Macca used principally his bass to write material - but I could be wrong.