EssentialTension

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1374168379' post='2146091'] I understand the respect for Jaco on here. However, I have tried to listen to his playing objectively, but its just not my thing, just a bundle of notes really. [/quote] I only ever like him when he's playing with someone else - Joni Mitchell, Weather Report (although I prefer them with Miroslav Vitous). I don't get it at all when he's solo.

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1374167694' post='2146082'] ... Clapton can't do what Eddie Van Halen does ... [/quote] Surely that's a good thing isn't it?

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1374156663' post='2145906'] ... you all think its better to learn theory ... [/quote] Wrong. I expect you'll find most if not all people in this thread think it's best to do ear training and to learn theory. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1374126565' post='2145485'] ...and there are some even better ones around today. [/quote] If so, they must be standing on the shoulders of giants.

Tell the truth. They may let you keep both speakers and you'll have done the correct thing. They may pay to return the second speaker but you'll still have done the correct thing.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1374054843' post='2144655'] The answer is "lavender". Or maybe "pale green". Depends really ... [/quote]

Loosening strings is not essential. Nor is tightening the strings essential when turning the truss rod the other way.

Robert Christgaau - Dean of American Rock Critics - said at the time of release: "But most of the movie music on side two is so far from hypnotic that I figure Bowie, rather than Eno, must deserve credit for it. I mean, is Eno really [i]completely[/i] fascinated by banality? [b]B+[/b]"

[quote name='dwh87' timestamp='1373906619' post='2142979'] If anybody is serious and wants one soon then start calling places tomorrow since it looks like they will not be hitting the UK again for 6 to 8 weeks. The VM Bass VI has proven very popular, more so that first thought so even then supplies may be limited. [/quote] Hmmm ... 6-8 weeks ... just in time for the first second hand models perhaps ...

I refer you to my previous answers.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1373872338' post='2142354'] is it time for another P/J thread already ?? [/quote] Wel, it's been nearly a fortnight.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1373809761' post='2141813'] This didn't really answer my question; if the bass was, say, just packed in a cardboard box and the insurers don't pay out as it wasn't in a rigid hardcase, who do you feel should pay for repairs, buyer or seller? [/quote] The seller who takes responsibility for packing and for delivery.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1373757115' post='2141419'] I'm sure that it's still full of Love, Peace & Understanding. Well maybe the Love and Peace bit. [/quote] It's probably just the 'and'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qblERL_-i1M

It's the seller's responsibility to get the goods delivered. If the seller doesn't want to do that then he or she needs to say 'pick up or meet only'.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1373717583' post='2140921'] I do like a happy ending ... [/quote] You do know that will be extra Jack?

[quote name='davidlovellbass' timestamp='1373718842' post='2140943'] ... singers get more slack when it comes to practice/rehearsal ... [/quote] Why should a singer have any more slack than anyone else?

[quote name='Bikenbass' timesta ehausted my knowledge so mp='1373652026' post='2140289'] Could we have a Latin workshop please? [/quote] I've just about exhausted my repertoire. The same goes for my bass playing.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1373647447' post='2140229'] I clearly can't remember my old grammar school days, which means I'd be left out of the door if the bash only admitted those familiar with Latin [/quote] I've forgotten more than I remember. At least I think I have.

Tort ought to be brown tort not red tort, IMHO.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1373647047' post='2140220'] Hopefully we don't need to understand Latin to attend either [/quote] No, you don't even need to understand how to play bass.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1373646949' post='2140215'] I imagined they didn't mean to follow the Latin 5th declension (bo-ring!), but Stati would look a little less odd. Come to think of it, that's probably why they chose the weird version! We all noticed it now [/quote] Sorry, but it's fourth declension not fifth. Fifth declension are e-stems.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1373645974' post='2140185'] Out of curiosity, why do people refer to the plural of Status basses as Statii, when it should actually be Stati? [/quote] I've always wondered where the double i came from too. Especially given that the Latin singular [i]status[/i] has the Latin plural [i]status[/i] as it is a u-stem not an o-stem. Meanwhile, the English plural of status is statuses. Of course, the owners of Statuses can call their basses whatever they like.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1373627321' post='2139790'] The MIJ Precision I bought recently came with flats (Rotosound Jazz Bass 45-105) on it & I was surprised just how trebly they were after hearing all the talk about flats being "woolly" & "dead" sounding. I really like them actually - love the sound & the feel of them & especially like the tension (I Don't like floppy, bendy strings). I wouldn't use flats on my Spector but I think they work really well on the Fender. They're making me play differently too, which I'm really enjoying. [/quote] Rotosound Jazz Bass flats are among the highest tension and most bright sounding of flats. I can't say I like them myself.

[quote name='pobrien_ie' timestamp='1373624644' post='2139742'] Can I ask a stupid question re tension? Does tension largely affect playability or are there major sound differences too? It's been said above that the TI flats are low tension and possibly looser to play. Does that add clank or excessive noise to the sound? I forked out for La Bella flats and had to change them after a few days due to what I found to be excessive tension. I thought a dogdy neck might be the problem, but they weren't a whole lot better on a perfect neck either. [/quote] Well, there's a large element of personal preference in it. Some people rather like the higher tension of La Bella flats (although they are not particularly high tension). Other people like the lower tension of TIs. Either way you can change the feel of the string under your fingers (that's compliance by the way not tension, the tension does not change) by where you play with your right hand - over the end of the fingerboard for more compliance or over the pickup or close to the bridge for less compliance. The tension however stays the same as long as the string is tuned to the same pitch. Lower tension does not cause clank unless your bass is not set up properly and/or you are digging in too much. Different strings have different tones - at least in a loose sense - but there is no direct link between tension and tone.