EssentialTension

Not sure how I missed this thread until now!!!??? Fantastic, well done Michael.

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1361396583' post='1985462'] Whistle test apperance. Oldfield on bass. I think there may have been some recreational drugs involved! [media]http://youtu.be/t2-7BHFIdrU[/media] [/quote] That's the line up I saw. I thought it was 1970 but could easily have been 1972 or any other year.

Another obituary here: [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/20/kevin-ayers?INTCMP=SRCH"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/20/kevin-ayers?INTCMP=SRCH[/url] And a 2008 interview here: [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/21/kevin-ayers-final-interview?INTCMP=SRCH"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/21/kevin-ayers-final-interview?INTCMP=SRCH[/url]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh1CxyLkamY

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1361622656' post='1988392'] I'm 99% certain it was the '1981 Daily Mirror British Rock and Pop Awards'. I seem to remember Hot Chocolate playing and, I think Madness. I also remember the crowded Green Room falling silent when David Bowie walked in - everything else is a little hazy. [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvMGMqa1Igw

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1361565685' post='1987810'] Well, I thought I was... but it looks as though I dreamt the whole thing [/quote] Maybe it was the BAFTAs or OSCARs or something.

I have a solution brothers. Simply buy a left-handed Precision and flip it over and restring:

review with sound clip: [url="http://www.guitarworld.com/review-la-bella-white-nylon-tapewound-bass-strings"]http://www.guitarwor...nd-bass-strings[/url] ... not very revealing really

I found this TB thread totally fascinating: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f16/do-strings-vibrate-same-pitch-underwater-960889/"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f16/do-strings-vibrate-same-pitch-underwater-960889/[/url]

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1361575295' post='1987969'] [/quote] Very nice, but if you buy anymore you're going to need a bigger bed.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1361565685' post='1987810'] Well, I thought I was... but it looks as though I dreamt the whole thing [/quote] Yes, bizarre, it jumps from 1977 to 1982.

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1361561797' post='1987719'] Errr, this advert is about 4 months old. Shadows...mmm...no connection for me. Did some good work by supporting Burns but playing Fender on record. I think Hank had the same monkey glands injected into him at that Swiss clinic that Cliff did back in the 80's. [/quote] ... and where did they both get the hair from?

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1361560632' post='1987694'] Was The Brits on? Only a couple of days ago, I I was looking for info about the 1981 British Rock and Pop awards - Can't find a thing - it's as if it's been erased from history. [/quote] Were you in them Steve?

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1361561455' post='1987711'] Hank Marvin is God. [/quote] I thought he was a Jehovah's Witness.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1361558045' post='1987621'] This is quite surreal for me, as it's usually me getting frothy mouthed at people slagging off Gibson basses. I'm not sure who's genuinely upset, who's taking the mick and basically why the world appears to have turned upside down [/quote] It's only the pickup being turned upside down not the whole world.

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1361553630' post='1987515'] PS I'd be willing to bet a large sum that no-one, ever, has ever been able to demonstrate any meaningful 'flexibility' in any fender supplied BBOT. Unless they used a hammer. [/quote] ... or maybe thay've got a screw loose?

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1361550375' post='1987417'] No, they're Z pickups, able to be coil tapped (hence the mini toggles). [/quote] Ah, OK.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1361549393' post='1987406'] The science of sustain is very simple. Any energy transferred from the string to the bridge will reduce the movement of the string. If the bridge moves over the metal plate then this would do it as would any flexing of the plate itself. The standard bent metal bridge of the traditional fender would appear to have several weak design features. The plate itself can be very thin and fairly flexible steel. The grooved roller bridges are mounted on very flimsy grub screws which finger pressure can move easily over the shiny chromed plate. The grooved roller doesn't seem to be the best mount for the string either as it runs through a length of groove rather than pivoting on a knife edge. Whether this adds up to anything significant compared to the losses in the neck and body I have no idea. [/quote] ... and so the greater the sustain properties of the bridge, the lesser the resonance from the body. While I'm unconvinced that it makes much difference to the outcome in the sound, you can't increase sustain without reducing resonance.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1361547734' post='1987371'] Is it OK to be SG and long scale? [/quote] Are those Thunderbird type pickups?

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1361547133' post='1987358'] Can someone explain the science as to why they would change your sound or sustain please? [/quote] The more the bridge allows greater sustain then the less the movement of the string will resonate through the body wood and the more sense it would make to have a plywood bass ....

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1361545264' post='1987319'] Yes, I tried that but ended up with my hand at the wrong angle. No pleasing some people, I know... [/quote] Fair enough.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1361544981' post='1987314'] I don't like the BBOT as it seems to rub my hand in exactly the wrong place - I rest on the bridge a lot when playing (with a pick) ... [/quote] That seems reasonable grounds for changing a bridge but it's also in part what the original bridge cover was for.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1361544477' post='1987297'] A replacement bridge makes very little difference to the sound of a bass, IMHO. It may be the placebo effect, who knows? I'd get a replacement bridge only for cosmetic and/or aesthetic reasons. There is generally very little wrong with the stock bridge on a bass. Given the high price of some replacements, you'd be better off investing the money elsewhere. Again, IMHO. [/quote] This is my experience too. As for extra sustain, I've never had a bass that needed more sustain, it's usually the other way around and it needs careful muting.

[quote name='2pods' timestamp='1361540590' post='1987199'] I really like the old 32" medium scale Aria TSB basses, but prefer the older ones with the 4 tuners in a line headstock. [/quote] I had a TSB550 for many years. Rather wish I still had it.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1361541217' post='1987213'] ... it don't mean sh*t. [/quote] /thread