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[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1319551403' post='1415640'] It can indeed be done. Oscar Pettiford did it - [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLo8xkOxDc&hd=1[/media] And coincidentally - I just got a cello yesterday too!!! Just like any other tuning - it's all about getting the right string gauges. As to what they would be for a cello tuned in 4ths - I have no idea. [/quote] Oh yes, more of this please

It's interesting that decade upon decade of musical instrument construction has yet to provide an agreed knowledge base about the mechanics of a guitar neck and the best methods of working with it. Entertaining though....

I'm no expert at this topic, just an interested learner. But would I be correct in thinking that a trussrod applies force from a central position (perhaps with the exceptions of rikkys and other dual trussrod instruments), while stings apply force across the fretboard ? And the old favourite - different thickness strings, tuned to different pitches, apply different levels of force. Just a few thoughts.....

Interesting thread this

Just a thought. Did you discuss your intentions with the surgeon ? or with his Senior House Officer ? or another member of staff ? Have they given you generalised advice ? or is it specific to your operation and intentions ? If you are really serious about doing this, it may be a good idea to be absolutely certain about the advice. Remember, there are many other threads on BC bristling with tales about hand / wrist injuries, often gained via good intentions. Good luck however you choose to play this one

That's guitar in very small slices ! Still very much bass guitar at the hub of the wheel here. A few other bits and pieces may come along yet, I'll check behind the sofa Cheers Mark

Took my Sa450 to Mark today. Spent an enjoyable time discussing things bass and a having brief play of his Ibanez SR500. What a comfortable bass ! Good communication throughout with no problems at all, highly recommended. Enjoy the amp Mark ! Cheers Tom

Seems there's enough people saying it's slow for the problem not to be 'his computer' or 'their computer' or anyone's machine. I've never had to rejig my computer for the purposes of visiting anywhere else. Can't even pretend to know how to flush this, or update that, or reconfigure a watchamacallit either. it's just slow. Sad but true.

Surrey Amps have been recommended to me in the past. I'm going to take an amp to them soon, so we'll see. They have a website which has some reassuring rhetoric on it. Hope that helps

I've come to appreciate Jet Harris over recent years. His playing with the Shadows was often sublime.

This is indeed a problem, as it appears several of my messages have not got through and as a result, a sale has been lost. Hmmm.......

I'm having a bit of trouble Betty......

thanks WoT, I'll try that. This is going to take some getting used to.

Hi all Confused of Essex here. Can anyone explain what's going on around here ? I read a thread and then return to the view new content page (either by using the page back button at the top left of windows, or the new content tag at the top), only to find that the page I've just read has vanished. Where has it gone to ? Going back a page on the old site (and practically everywhere else I go on the web) usually returns me to the previous view. Yet this site is not playing that game. What's happening ??? Cheers Edit; I've just gone back to the new content page and didn't find this thread. I had to dive about in the boxes over to the far left. This doesn't make sense.