danweb22

Sold a Musicman Stingray Pickup to Rich, fast payment! Cheers mate Dan

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Anton @ Multitech Repairs in Maidstone, expert in Brass instruments but also excellent on anything with strings. He is based at his house so you have to make an appointment.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='777484' date='Mar 17 2010, 02:58 PM']What gauges?[/quote] 55-80-105-135 as suggested by your good self!

I have to agree with standard tuning it doesn't sound right, I have just ordered some singles so we will see what happens! Thanks for all the input!

Thanks for the advice! I currently use 45 - 105 so something along those lines. To be honest for just the one song I'm not too bothered about feel, just as long as the strings aren't flapping about all over the place! (and they fit in the nut)

[quote name='Conan' post='776948' date='Mar 17 2010, 08:10 AM']Guess it depends on the gauges! A light gauge "B" might be the same diameter as a heavy gauge "E" from a four string set! I take it you don't have a five string bass? Are you talking about tuning down your regular bass for that one track, or tuning a different bass down and only using it for No-one knows?[/quote] Thats right I don't have a 5 string, but I am hoping to tune my other bass down and just use it for that track. What sort of gauges should I be looking for?

Not sure if this is in the right forum but anyways, I will be playing this in my covers band and I see that the tuning for a 4 string bass is C-F-Ashrp-Dshrp (low to high) Obviously I get some very loose strings with this tuning Is it best to put some slightly heavier gauge strings on OR use the bottom 4 strings of a 5 string set? I wonder wether the B string from a 5 string set would fit in the nut OK? Cheers

[quote name='4 Strings' post='771614' date='Mar 11 2010, 02:06 PM']I ordered my tickets and just had confirmation they have been posted to me. Thanks for the tip-off Danweb22, great use of this forum, I would have hated to have missed it, right on my doorstep too![/quote] No problem, my pleasure!

Hey everyone, was sifting through the Digital Village site and came across an advert for a clinic with Victor Wooten on Tuesday 25th May at 7pm at the Essex store. Tickets only £10! Bargain! Just search Victor Wooten on their site and you can purchase them online.

Here is a bit of info from Stew at Nordstrand Pickups regarding the G string pole piece alignment. "Hi Dan, I think that you have to remember that many of the original designs for instruments which became the standard production basses and guitars were made with what was in the shop at any given moment. If there was a flaw in the design but it still worked *mostly* correctly, it often times became the norm. What's even funnier is that some of these designs have now developed rabid followers and when someone offers a replacement product that compensates for the original flaw, it is seen in some quarters as nearly heretical! Consequently players who buy these products are sometimes slammed by collectors and purists regardless of how the modified instrument sounds or performs! You have to love being a musician and being a part of this field. In all truth, I don't know that the original pickup is too big necessarily. If you like at many of the J-Basses coming off the Fender assembly line you will find that the poles do not line up with the strings, but they sound just fine. Remember that the magnetic field above the pole piece is designed to pick up the excursion of the string and this -- especially in the case of a thumped E or a snapped G -- can be a pretty big variance of movement. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions. Thanks for writing and take care, Stew"

so is the G string more in the centre of the pole piece now with the Nordy pickup? Thinking of getting one myself!

Met Mark at Northampton services for a trade and was well pleased with the deal! Nice guy to chat to and even offered to buy me a coffee! Cheers Mark!