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[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1322427759' post='1450821'] How about I bring my 4003FL down to Brighton some time mate and try your Takamine? [/quote] You're very welcome to come down but please don't bring the Ricky because I have enough problems already.

[quote name='shug' timestamp='1322426023' post='1450786'] I bought an old G&L bass from a guy in California a while back and it's got the best strings I ever used on it. Trouble is, I've no idea what they are and neither has the dealer. They're semi-flats, I think, got silver ball-ends with red silk at the bridge end and blue at the other. Other than that, no clues. I'd be dead grateful for any ideas at all Regards Shug [/quote] What kind of red and blue? They might be Steve Harris flats which I believe have West Ham silks.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1322424628' post='1450759'] Too many people judge Rics without ever trying one [/quote] I have been one of those people but not anymore, it would have to be flats though.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1322420736' post='1450687'] It should also be pointed out that a lot of people who diss the top end gear on web forums have never tried them. [/quote] Some people dis low end gear wihtout trying it too.

[quote name='joe_bass' timestamp='1322418086' post='1450637'] This is what I do when I go to sell some thing on here. It therefore makes it a bit harder when a lot of users delete the asking price when they go to edit the post after the sale (I'm guilty of this a couple of times myself thinking about it). Maybe some thing could be put in the guidelines about leaving the price up? So as to help other members wanting to sell similar gear price accordingly. [/quote] There are still lots of sale threads that request a deletion when the sale is finished - much better if they aren't deleted.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1322404652' post='1450389'] Can I just ask what you mean by the mathematics ? [/quote] I don't know what was meant but: (long scale) - (two frets) = (short scale) = mathematically correct (long scale) - (two frets) = (unholy mess) = actually correct

There have been plenty of occasions where the poster who was making a negative comment on the asking price (and not the seller) was the one making an error. This has been for various reasons: wrong model, upgrades, case included etc. The present rule seems to me a good one.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1322402672' post='1450353'] [size=4]A few years ago a player I knew went along to a Gary Moore audition with his 6 string Thumb and was told that he either played an old Precision or the audition ended right there. [/size] [size=4]But then I saw Albert Collins several times when Johnny B Gaydon was playing a 5 string Vigier and Buddy Guy's bass player uses GK amps. [/size][size=4]Some people have the blinkers on and some don't, but you'll never get hassled playing a Fender in any blues band.[/size] [/quote] I saw John Mayall a couple of years ago and the bassist had a six string.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1322398401' post='1450260'] "Good" when it comes to the upper end of the musical instrument market (which IMO for a bass is £2000+) is entirely subjective. At the mass-produced end of the market the instruments are designed to appeal to as many players as possible. Beyond that the luthiers who make "high end" basses are catering to a much smaller audience of players who want specific features from their instruments. At this level the basses only have two things in common: 1. The attention to detail/fit/finish/construction will be exceptional. 2. They are stringed instruments capable of producing low notes. Everything else is down to the tastes and ideas of the luthier making the bass. That's why you can't compare "high end" instruments to each other because they are made to appeal to different people. What you are buying into at this level is not just an instrument that will do the job, but one that satisfies you on every level - sound, playability, looks. If you've found a cheaper bass that ticks all the boxes for you then that's fantastic, but many of us want something more or different and that's where the more expensive basses come in. [/quote] BRX sums it up very neatly I think. I'd just add that any bass 'high end' or 'low end' is only as 'good' as the person playing it.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1322393185' post='1450171'] [size=4]In blues you do your own thing, so you can use any bass, amp, EQ or strings you like. [/size] [size=4]In the US blues players have mostly used what is at hand and cheap, so from the 50's that would mostly have been a Fender. Quite a lot of these players switched to Musicman when they started and recently I've seen guys using Laklands but mostly it's been Fenders. [/size] [size=4]The bottom line with blues is it's about what you play not the gear you use.[/size] [/quote] An acquaintance of mine played bass for some American blues guy on tour a few years ago. The American blues guy was not really happy that the bass was a modern five string.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1322392184' post='1450148'] P-bass and EQ it properly. [/quote] With flats.

It really isn't a good idea.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1322358769' post='1449988'] [size=4]Yes they will. Check out this fretboard calculator.[/size] [size=4][url="http://www.tundraman.com/Guitars/FretCalc/index.php"]http://www.tundraman...tCalc/index.php[/url][/size] [/quote] If the nut is exactly at what was the second fret then all the frets will be in the right place and the octave will be at what used to be a 14th fret, just like when you put a capo on. It wouldn't be exactly 30" scale but then many 30" scale basses aren't exactly 30". It will be closer to 30.3". I used this calculator to check it: [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/fret-and-nut-calculators/fret-calculator/"]http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/fret-and-nut-calculators/fret-calculator/[/url] However, if the OP were foolish enough to measure 30" exactly and then saw it off, he would be in trouble for several reasons, including the frets.

There must be millions to choose from.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1322357339' post='1449981'] Sorry, I just found this funny for some reason. [/quote] Shame, you could have 'liked' it.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1322357238' post='1449979'] [size=4][color=#222222][font=Arial]Not a sensible idea. Every fret will be out of tune. If you change the scale the distance between every fret has to be recalculated. [/font][/color][/size] [/quote] The frets won't be out of tune, it's only like putting a capo on, but you're correct it is not a sensible idea at all. The nut would have to be exactly where the second fret was - making the scale length about 30.3" I guess - and then there's the truss rod question and then there's Ou7shined's question of 'why?'.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1322353096' post='1449950'] What about Bros? [/quote] They certainly proved a few people wrong.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1322352578' post='1449940'] I think it's really rather nice when people 'inherit' talent or skills, whether through their genes or the environment in which they are raised. For one thing, it gives parent and child a common interest and something to talk about at tea-time. As has been no doubt already been noted, infant prodigies and musical dynasties are nothing new. Mozart, the Bachs and the Strausses, Tim and Jeff Buckley. And it works sideways too - The Watersons, The Everley Bros, The Andrews sisters all benefit from a sort of sibling musicality. There's definitely a force at work in these instances Mind you, the Gallaghers, Jakob Dylan and the Lennon offspring offer a disturbing counter-argument.[/quote] You forgot the Chuckle Brothers.

[quote name='Veils' timestamp='1322348907' post='1449897'] I'm almost slightly scared to listen just in case I don't like it and that means the rest of the stuff I do like isn't real music [/quote] Yes, the thread title put me right off it too.

[quote name='GeeCee' timestamp='1322343631' post='1449803'] Fair enough, but hardly hideous methinks [/quote] I think Wayne may have been poking with a stick.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1322334627' post='1449622'] Jaydee's really are hideous looking things. [/quote] Not my cup of tea either.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1322330717' post='1449560'] If it was built in 1991 and was left in the closet since how did it get to America? [/quote] The closet must have been exported without being opened. It's the only possible explanation. Mark King's been wondering what happened to it ever since.