EssentialTension

5 hours ago, wintoid said:

 

 

What's compliance?  Do you mean how pliable the string is?

Compliance refers to the feel, the flexibility, of the string under the fingers (or pick) and is often confused with tension.

Tension is fixed for the whole string between bridge saddle and nut - given (1) fixed mass per unit length, (2) fixed scale length, and (3) fixed pitch.

But, although tension remains and must remain the same all along the string length, a string is more compliant when played at or around the 12th fret than it is when played near to the bridge.

Like tension, but not in the same way, compliance is affected by internal string construction - e.g. hexcore/roundcore - but possibly by other factors that have no effect on tension such as break angle at the nut.

Read all about it here ... http://www.liutaiomottola.com/myth/perception.htm ... and here ... https://www.liutaiomottola.com/formulae/tension.htm

4 hours ago, wintoid said:

 

Sorry for reviving such an old thread, but does this mean that we can determine the relative tension of strings by weighing them?

Not merely by weighing the string, no. You'd need to calculate mass per unit length of the string and allow for any variation in pitch and/or scale length.

And it would still not tell you about compliance.

To me that seems a lot of trouble to go to when you could just buy the right scale strings.

That's a total mess.

And surely you'd need to play it with a pick if it was playable at all.

1 minute ago, scrumpymike said:

 

Exactly! Proper period authenticity, including the 4 holes left over after everybody removed and binned the individual string dampers 😊

And how much would the binned dampers fetch today on ebay?

2 hours ago, TheGreek said:

I'm a minimalist in general. I prefer design to be concise and compact. I'm not overly impressed with the bridge which hints at 60s design rather than being contemporary.

 

Surely the whole thing doesn't merely hint at 60s design but is actual 60s design.

I have used ...

TI Jazz Flats

La Bella 760N

La Bella 760S

La Bella 760L

Rotosound Trubass

... they all worked.

2 hours ago, toneknob said:

West Bromwich-ycoo Park

 

That's my favourite.

1 minute ago, Leonard Smalls said:

And of course, The Lady in Redditch...

And the B-side Ladywood in Red

13 hours ago, NAS Bass said:

Never heard that

 

I read it somewhere but I have no idea if it's true.

Longbridge Over Troubled Water

Take Five Ways

8 hours ago, NAS Bass said:

 

I read that Hendrix played the bass on All Along The Watchtower as Noel Redding had gone out to the shop. 

On a Fender Mustang??

On 15/07/2023 at 10:52, Happy Jack said:

I reckon I was at half of those gigs ... but I don't recall which half.

4 hours ago, Hobbayne said:

Denny Doherty from the Mamas and Papas. Although I believe most of their hits feature either Joe Osborn or Carol Kaye on bass.

And the drummer looks like Hal Blaine.

9 minutes ago, BassAgent said:

Yeah but "Entwistle had one too" is a phrase you can use with practically any bass.😎

very possibly

1 hour ago, meterman said:

Didn’t Jet Harris from The Shadows use a Bass IV for some recordings in the early 1960s? I know Jack Bruce from Cream used one too. Such cool basses. 
 

Entwistle had one too ...

As did the guy in The Hollies ...

No.

1 minute ago, BigRedX said:

Got to say that most of those "bassists" look very uncomfortable with a bass guitar.

True enough

Scott Walker ...