EssentialTension

I don't usually take a tape measure to gigs.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1341990648' post='1727381'] Sounds like a lot of P players trying to justify their choices here.... [/quote] ... in which case that would be the same for J players ...

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1341961428' post='1727253'] f***ing hell, Rich - that's nailed it in one [/quote] Precision = hammer Jazz = nail I'd rather be a hammer than a nail.

No spare amp, just DI box for emergencies.

BBOT works for me.

I was in a band first, then learned to play. Actually, I was in several bands before I learned to play.

[quote name='danhkr' timestamp='1340297118' post='1702530'] Hmmm, different beasts though aren't they. A 40w 1x12 valve guitar combo is easily loud enough for the majority of gigs, whereas a bass head and cab of similar spec just wouldn't compete. [/quote] Maybe it wouldn't, but my 300watt 1x12 combo competes easily.

[quote name='gub' timestamp='1341520348' post='1720535'] What' are you fretless peeps measurements ? [/quote] [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1341135931' post='1714071'] Takamine B10 = approx 7mm Upright = approx 9mm [/quote]

[quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1341443331' post='1719329'] ....and Jack Bruce and John Paul Jones. Jack had a VI aswell. . [/quote]

[quote name='foal30' timestamp='1341386925' post='1717943'] apparently James Jamerson had one [/quote] ... apparently he hated it and threw it across the studio saying 'Never let me play that thing again'.

[quote name='StraightSix' timestamp='1334479914' post='1616563'] I may be wrong but I have read that lemon oil can attack certain metal alloys used for frets. I've been using Ernie Ball Wonderwipes - pre-soaked individual cloths with a mixture of orange Oil, Jojoba and Linseed Oil: [url="http://www.ernieball.co.uk/products/productdetail/Wonder+Wipes+Fretboard+Conditioner+6+pack/part_number=4276/574.1.4.3.16140.0.0.0.0?pp=8"]http://www.ernieball...40.0.0.0.0?pp=8[/url] One single cloth can easily do two necks or more. [/quote] If lemon oil was going to attack the frets then so would orange oil.

I think that seller has had some 'difficulties' in the past.

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1341256306' post='1715957'] Truss rod adjustment is confusing. They say "lefty loosey" and "righty tighty" Surely that depends on which way you are looking at your bass, from the front or behind? What do they mean? [/quote] It doesn't matter which way you're looking at it as long as you're looking at the trussrod nut. It will still be lefty loosey (i.e. anticlockwise) and righty tighty (i.e. clockwise).

Ah, the [s]penis[/s] size debate rears its ugly head again ... (no pun intended ... I think ... ).

Very good but ... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/34275-isolated-bass-tracks"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/34275-isolated-bass-tracks[/url]

While I agree £65 is on the steep side, if you want to see top artists in small venues, like Ronnie Scotts, you're going to have to pay more.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1341143898' post='1714214'] ah, but you play upright... you can probably hammer a nail into the wall with your fingers and it'd feel fine to you [/quote] I wish I was that powerful.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1341142100' post='1714191'] Are you measuring bottom of the string to top of the fret? or the fingerboard? 7mm bottom of string to top of fret is... quite some action! [/quote] From the fret in the cases of the Decade and Precision, which are fretted. From the fingerboard in the cases of the Takamine and the upright, which have no frets.

E string 12th fret at 5mm sounds fine to me: Lakland Decade = approx 3mm = very low, IMO Fender Precision = approx 5mm = slightly low, IMO Takamine B10 = approx 7mm = not low, IMO Upright = approx 9mm = "Couldn't play it 'cos the action was too high" sounds a bit wimpy.