ARGH

Where was this in the mid 80s,and when the peppers craze kicked in!

[quote name='Tinman' post='37272' date='Jul 26 2007, 12:17 PM']Surely (and don't flame me for this) if that was the case, wouldn't more manufacturers be advocating the use of plexiglass etc?[/quote] If market demanded hell yeah! If (INSERT FAVE BASSMAKER HERE) insisted that Tapioca rice lam'd between Gnatwood was the new tonal nirvana,Im sure a quantity of people on here would be insisting of having it installed asap. Its taste,but then Reality kicks in,when the next 'tonal craze' comes along.

[quote name='Wil' post='37283' date='Jul 26 2007, 12:32 PM']Of course wood choice affects tone! Different wood = different grain, resonance, and density which affects the way your bass vibrates. The way your bass vibrates affects the way your strings vibrate, so clearly it will have an effect on tone. I have a graphite neck on one of my Status basses, and a maple neck on the other. The tone difference is staggering (the necks and bodies are exactly the same profile and size btw). The maple definately adds a midrange hump that is not there with the graphite neck.[/quote] No I think how and where you pluck the string will effect the way your strings vibrate the most,and yeah a different material,such as ultra stiff Graphite will make the instrument sound different,but if it was the holy grail,we would all be doing it,but then again...forgive me if Im wrong,you are still pressing down on metal frets. And perception of the player is a person to person thing,but when it comes down to it,banging on about 'vibrations and resonances and densitys' means little when the mathematics of scale come into play. And surely bodily vibrations are the last of what an instrument wants...feedback. late 60s semi hollows vibrated wonderfully,but their failings gave us the experiments in active systems,and very different sounds. having similer dimension basses..profile etc,isnt really a great judge. I always remember some guitarists trying out strats...the tales of 'having to try out x until I found the one i liked' Its just taste,aesthetics,trust me if you could make a neck from purpleheart I would buy it tomorrow,but thats coz I like the look of the wood in the light. But you cant argue with the fact that Scale affects tone over pretty much all factors,wood being one of them. Now I know you will start saying "But X maker says this" and yes X maker says that...but Y maker says different from X....and hes been making Instruments longer,yet Newbie Makers Q and J have a different opinion again. Do you like maple as a neckwood..ok,good,do you prefer Wenge? Well great. But discussing it beyond what is stable,and looks/feels nice is kinda... well...dumb.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='37295' date='Jul 26 2007, 12:55 PM']So you're saying that the massive variation in stiffness, hardness, self-damping, density, and so on, between different species of wood has no bearing on how the string vibrates? Alex[/quote] a little bearing,but not as much as is made out. What are the strings pressing on? Metal frets. ok I'll give you fretless has a lot more to do with wood,but thats personal choice,what one man likes another hates.. All you are wanting a neck to do is remain stable,so it keeps true and the string stays in tune,if it looks good then you have a bonus. Scale changes sound,because that physics,electronics change sound....active vs passive..tone controls..boost/cut etc. I just find this kinda funny.....

Its Hokum... Just use good wood.

OOOOOH GOOD SONG!

Size and scale affect tone,the actual woods influence is minimal. All else is personal taste and aesthetics,If you like the look and feel of it,choose it.

[quote name='MB1' post='36071' date='Jul 23 2007, 07:23 PM']MB1. WHY? Seems The Who have managed nicely![/quote] The Who are a 2 piece showband that play Enormodomes,with a backing band of semi name musicians,with a massive pile of cash to get the best of the best. We are talking about the pub/club circuit,buy a wireless and you will find out.

Never rely on a guitarist or engineer whos base level of experience comes from the early to mid 70s. or a singer....re:singer that means EVER!

Either... Im just as good with each.

Just use Velcro gloves....

[quote name='Russ' post='34440' date='Jul 20 2007, 02:43 AM']Fairly simple really... swamp ash body, quilt maple top, maple fingerboard, maple/walnut laminate neck. To be honest, I'm not sure it was just the woods (I've had other basses with similar wood selections, and not had a problem with them), I think the voicing of the pickups and the preamp were just as much at fault.[/quote] I think this is another proof that wood dosent really affect tone,it sounds to me if things would be better if the Bass were given a longer scale or just ripping out the electrics for anything else as .......if you were looking for a more aggro tone,I would have rammed in some EMGs,its a bit longball,but they are the best for noisey styles.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='34317' date='Jul 19 2007, 08:15 PM']funny that, because horn instruments all sound best when they're new because like a set of strings, metals resonate best when they are new. Old ones just tend to sound dull and quiet.[/quote] Miles Davis and Dizzy would argue against that. As would the majority of Horns players I know,and Sax guys/girls.

I never get like that,I understand the want to keep something nice and pristine regarding value,but play it properly or dont bother.... Tickling it wont give it life,horn players call it 'playing it in' ,strings players thrash the cr@p out of their doghouses and violins to break them in,and I agree,its taken 8 years to get my Fender right and thats not just mods and tweeks,about 05-early 06,summat changed and it got nastier. GBs look nice,but its the sound you are buying,and thats a risk if you have never played one......given price I'd wanna try one first.

[quote name='paul, the' post='33884' date='Jul 18 2007, 10:46 PM']I had to sell my Precision because I couldn't play "Your Love Keeps Lifting me (Higher and Higher)" or "I Wish" without extreme pain.[/quote] Try using your fingers. Seriously,when you see the rollcall of lines...complex lines played on P-Bass's,usually by ex-Uprightists,with skyhigh action and flats on them or total zoom about the fingerboard work of people like Entwistle or Steve Harris,I must ask are people copping out or what? The only thing a stock P cant do is be slapped,its tone is kak unless you change the P/U....dosent mean you cant play funk on one (George Porter jr). I have to question your freting hands technique. The P is the best Passive LRB available period.

[quote name='99ster' post='33880' date='Jul 18 2007, 10:36 PM']Ditto. That's priceless! [/quote] If you really think so,then add it to the quotes sticky....

[quote name='Rich' post='33762' date='Jul 18 2007, 06:05 PM']Rickies... [i]ick[/i]. Add me to the why-the-fuss list. Also, P-bass necks... faaaar too chunky for my silly ickle fingers. In fact, P-basses in general. I just don't get 'em.[/quote] P's are hard for small handed players,I agree,but I learnt upon them and their ilk,both copy and realdeal. Some people just dont like them because they are typically Fender (i.e. just plain harder to play...ask most guitarists whats easier Strats or Les Pauls) and sadly there are just some...some....who are weak limp pansies who's heaven is a tonefree pencilnecked bad active cheapy Ibanez from the late 90s. Big necks = Big tone,argument END OFF. Seriously though Rich P's are hard,and they bugger your spine up esp Ash bodied ones. The big advantage of using a P is there are spares and replacment parts all over the world (Kinda like a Marshall amp) so they make good working instruments,plus theres less parts to break,or fiddle about with,so they make perfect sense. On the Status note,and the questions of why Im not a fan,I dont mind them but.. just ......try a Zon.

THE DREAM POLICE...THEY LIVE IN MY HEAD!!!!!!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='30787' date='Jul 12 2007, 04:20 PM']Are there many Extended Range Guitarists out there? Alex[/quote] 100s,you must have seen at least 1 in the past month.

Stripped,Raped,and strangled - Cannibal corpse (Alex Webster) Stay Clean - Motorhead (Lemmys chordial style) Outbreak of evil - Sodom (84 Maxi single version...killer distortobass) The Philospher - Death (Amazing fretless trade off during the fade) [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aLUF8URQBpY"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aLUF8URQBpY[/url] add this anything by Sadus And alot of the Cures 'Faith' lp is done with a Fender Bass 6.

I believe Martin Clunes (Men behaving badly) Has a headless Stienberger L-2 cricket bat,and has jammed with Gary Numan. I also think some of our MPs are Bassists. But I cant confirm nor deny.

Dee Dee Ramone 1.2.3.4....

I find little to love in Status instruments.

[quote name='Bald Eagle' post='31548' date='Jul 13 2007, 08:36 PM']You can leave it to me, I won't mind well as long as it's not a 9 string I wont [/quote] To much for ya huh!

[quote name='The Funk' post='31539' date='Jul 13 2007, 08:15 PM']This is awful, I'm considering a custom build now. But 4 YEARS? What if I die in the meantime? What happens to it then?[/quote] Given Carls age,and no offence to the good man,but he is 73,it was a very surreal wait for Jim,the phone conversations were very very funny. He does have an assistant that works alongside so should anything occur..... Given that I believe that Wal's wait time is 3-4 years depending on the level of modification from the standard instrument,hense the rocket price for a Wal on Ebay.