EssentialTension

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1093256' date='Jan 17 2011, 10:48 PM']Yup.[/quote] I really liked the Zombies but never quite got Argent - even though that song was written by Rod Argent and Chris White (nice bassist) from the Zombies.

Would that be Jim Rodford?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1093233' date='Jan 17 2011, 10:34 PM']The main thing you have all missed is a P Bass is played with a plectrum ....[/quote]

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1093221' date='Jan 17 2011, 10:24 PM']But your test wouldn't address this issue because a P and a J are made of the same woods so of course it's going to sound really similar! And the pickups aren't really all that different either...[/quote] But the pickups are different enough - one humcancelling split-coil versus a pair of single-coils - to make the difference in sound.

It was mid-1980s and I had hardly played for about two years. I got talking to a saxophonist. I said 'I used to be a musician.' He said 'Do you still have your instrument?' I said 'Yes.' He said 'Man, you're still a musician, you just ain't getting any better.'

2006 American Deluxe Precision - sold to Bass Chatter Bottlebassman:

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1076135' date='Jan 3 2011, 11:14 AM']Tony Franklin (one of two I've owned): [/quote] Ah, very nice Michael, and now in my possession - or is that the other one you owned?

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1092026' date='Jan 16 2011, 11:57 PM']I don't like the mini types that don't grip the neck, no good for heavy basses or ones that are have assymetrical bottoms.[/quote] I'd agree that a Jazz bass sits less securely than does a Precision bass on the Hercules 402B.

[quote name='ikay' post='1092705' date='Jan 17 2011, 04:32 PM']This lutherie article explains what's going on: Human Perception of String Tension and Compliance in Stringed Musical Instruments - [url="http://liutaiomottola.com/myth/perception.htm"]http://liutaiomottola.com/myth/perception.htm[/url][/quote] That's an excellent article as is [url="http://liutaiomottola.com/formulae/tension.htm"]http://liutaiomottola.com/formulae/tension.htm[/url] There are several threads on this and related topics already, for example: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=81825&hl"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=81825&hl[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=64841&hl"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=64841&hl[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30385&hl"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30385&hl[/url]

[quote name='rOB' post='1091319' date='Jan 16 2011, 01:12 PM']I use one of [url="http://www.herculesstands.com/guitars/GS402B.html"]these[/url] Do the job, fold down nice and small.[/quote] I've got a couple of those and always found they work fine.

[quote name='dlloyd' post='1091134' date='Jan 16 2011, 10:06 AM']It sounds like you're holding the bass wrong. The "fix" you've employed is only going to cause additional problems down the line. Strap your bass on, and sit down with it sitting on your right leg. The headstock should be at shoulder level. Stand up... the bass should not move. The headstock should still be at shoulder level.[/quote] +1 on that method.

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Builders-Reggae-Ed-Friedland/dp/0793579945/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295172581&sr=8-1"]Ed Friedland [i]Reggae Bass[/i] (Bass Builders)[/url] ... ... and listen to loads and loads.

I've got a pre-Ernie Ball Music Man leather strap that I've had since 1981 and it's still going strong.

I'd agree that you need to sort out the length of your strap and the way the bass sits on your shoulder in order to improve your hand position. I think putting the strap button on the lower horn is going to make the position of the bass unstable and you're going to be holding it up.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1090212' date='Jan 15 2011, 10:32 AM']Nope - the Sutcliffe bass had the original Bakelite pickups. Here's mine: That one on eBay is from a year or so later, when they introduced the Toaster pickup. Close, but no cigar.[/quote] Very nice looker.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1089380' date='Jan 14 2011, 02:32 PM']obsessing over minute tonal variations which will be lost in the mix? No ta! I'd rather stick to a single split coil pickup and hold down the low end. But that's just me.[/quote] Yep, that's it.

I'd have preferred a single coil pickup and the original headstock myself, but at least they got the colour correct. Earlier thread on this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=108675"]here[/url].

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1089338' date='Jan 14 2011, 01:51 PM']Apologies for my ignorance, but who is Michael Henderson?[/quote] Wikipedia is your friend. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson[/url]

Great film. Thanks. [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/255984-fender-factory-1959-a.html"]There's an interesting discussion of this film at the TDPRI.[/url] Some argument that the film must be earlier than 1959, possibly 1957, due to the appearance of a Jazzmaster prototype. And a claim that this: is [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Tavares"]Freddie Tavares[/url] playing said Jazzmaster prototype.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1088608' date='Jan 13 2011, 09:15 PM']Similar to my reaction, only mine was... messier. [/quote] It would go very nicely with the Tony Franklin.

Oh!

You're on a roll with these. Thanks very much.

[quote name='Skol303' post='1086861' date='Jan 12 2011, 04:15 PM']"Music is an art form whose medium is sound." ^ Wikipedia definition... so it must be true, right?? ;-)[/quote] That's it for John Cage's [i]4' 33"[/i] then. Or we could try 'Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence'.

[quote name='BassMunkee' post='1086714' date='Jan 12 2011, 02:02 PM']... You can bring out as many theories as you like but [b]it boils down to what you as an individual think and feel about it.[/b] ...[/quote] That seems to be merely another theory.