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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391372089' post='2356446'] For guitar, maybe? [/quote] For bass guitar too, maybe? I had thought it was a matter of the physics of the recovery times of flexible materials. But as I'm not a physicist, I'll keep out of it.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391343138' post='2355927'] No controversy intended! I just can't play faster with a thicker pick, is all. [/quote] Yes, I realise that but I meant that I thought it was common knowledge to associate thin picks with rhythm/chordal strumming and thicker picks with soloing and fast jazz licks/shredding ... and having a bit of a Google round t'interweb, it does indeed appear so.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391342295' post='2355912'] I beg to differ. I can play much faster (when necessary) with a flexible Herco .50 than with even a .73 pick, an experiment I conducted only yesterday with a Dunlop Tortie, which doesn't flex as much. But I suppose it's what you're used to. [/quote] Well, I don't deny your experience but I thought I was merely saying a standard and uncontroversial thing.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391340139' post='2355879'] Some very thick picks here! I'm wondering just how hard you people dig in!! [/quote] It's not always about digging in. Attack is different with a harder pick and the recovery time of the pick is faster so you can, if needs be, play faster with a thicker pick.

Very good

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1390811462' post='2349651'] Hey guys I bought some Johnny Cash and Buddy Holly piano vocal and guitar books and I'm trying to convert the piano bass to electric bass as I can't find any specific bass books. I'm noticing a lot of double stops, chords and very low b , c and g on ledger lines below the bottom line. Is it best to just play just the lower note of the stops and chords and how do you deal with the very low notes. Easy on a 5 string but if you've got a four, play them as low as you can on the E string and move everything else up onto the D and G strings within say the first 7 frets? I'm trying to keep the notes there as I guess that's where they would have been played on an upright? Read somewhere that Larry Graham I think started playing bass to piano bass? Any advice about converting the lines to TAB appreciated. Thanks. [/quote] If I had the piano left hand notation, I would take good notice of it but I wouldn't necessarily try to play it exactly - indeed, as you've noted that's not always possible anyway. I'd also listen to any recordings for the actual bassist. There can be plenty to be learned for a bassist studying piano left hand. I recommend Ray Charles left hand.

I've never had a problem like this when hanging basses and music shops do it all over the world. However, sometimes the material of the hanger interacts with nitro finishes leaving a mark. That's a different problem.

You get used to it, if it needs to be done.

[quote name='bass2345' timestamp='1391273567' post='2355260'] ... some notes that are 2 frets and/or 2 strings apart ... [/quote] I would use 124 (Simandl) for that especially on the lower frets. OFPF is just going to cause damage. But anyway needing to move your wrist or hand is normal.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1391277824' post='2355346'] You're not the first to wonder that. It's a bit like having a Cheryl Cole signature range of hair care products including a beard trimmer. [/quote] Not really like that, a beard trimmer can have several uses.

No pictures for several of the colours including BMM.

Burgundy Mist is a very tempting colour.

Bought a pre-amp from Dave - neat, tidy, well-packed and straightforward. Recommended.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1391019289' post='2352375'] Interesting - I've tried all of the above except the GHS. I like the TIs and Pyramids the best so far. [/quote] I like the TIs and the Pyramids but it also depends on the bass and on the music/band. I used to have an American Deluxe Precision and I always preferred the TIs on that but on my American Vintage 62 I much prefer La Bella 760FS. The Pyramids work well on the Decade but the Lakland/GHS strings win I think.

[quote name='Legion' timestamp='1391013045' post='2352269'] The lakland flats are my favourites on the Decade as well - just ordered some short scale GHS flats to put on the new Shorty decade....excited:) [/quote] I started with Lakland flats, then Pyramid Golds, then La Bella760N, then TI Jazz flats, now back to the Laklands (actually GHS Precisions). They are definitely the best.

Just put some purple silked GHS flats on my Decade then had to put the sale thread on hold.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1390849989' post='2350397'] You make a fair point. In hindsight I can see the flaw in my logic on that post. I would assert however that I believe that I do have a good grasp of the thought process behind Fender's (very clever) marketing strategy...so strong that they have in fact a complete stranglehold on the current bass guitar market. It's quite a turn around. I remember back in the day when nobody wanted Fender basses, they were unloved and they were "uncool". I actually took a lengthy sabbatical from playing for a number of years (I missed the 90's) - when I did find my way back into it I remember how surprised I was when visiting music shops to find nothing but Fenders and Fender variants. There is an ongoing powerful placebo at work that has been carefully encouraged by what is essentially a VERY powerful business organisation with an extremely powerful marketing strategy....... Everyone is playing Fenders...because everyone is playing Fenders. Some may laugh - but the reality is it's a mild form of brain washing. Don't misunderstand me, I actually like a good Fender (poor QC..but there are good ones out there)...but I refuse to be a sheep. [/quote]There's a lot of people who refuse to be sheep.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1390986508' post='2351896'] Found on Google - Who's this? [url="https://www.dropbox.com/s/udcsb6yu7lm43n0/coronado.jpg"]https://www.dropbox....n0/coronado.jpg[/url] [/quote] Definitely 1960s model.

[quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1390720896' post='2348520'] ... here where most people appear to change their strings fairly quickly. [/quote] Some of us rarely change strings, several years.