BottomEndian Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Check out the [url="http://fleabass.com/page8.html"]Fleabass website[/url], and click on one of the Model 32 basses to view the specs. The phrases "[i]43" scale length[/i]" and "[i]play beautifully[/i]" surely don't belong in the same sentence... And it's quite a leap down to the 30" Junior version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='438315' date='Mar 18 2009, 02:54 PM']Check out the [url="http://fleabass.com/page8.html"]Fleabass website[/url], and click on one of the Model 32 basses to view the specs. The phrases "[i]43" scale length[/i]" and "[i]play beautifully[/i]" surely don't belong in the same sentence... And it's quite a leap down to the 30" Junior version.[/quote] Sounds like a BGM scale length to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote name='EBS_freak' post='438332' date='Mar 18 2009, 03:08 PM']Sounds like a BGM scale length to me.[/quote] If it's BGM, then I think you mean scale lentgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbatts2000 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I've got a feeling they've got the '4' and the '3' the wrong way round... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='438335' date='Mar 18 2009, 03:16 PM']If it's BGM, then I think you mean scale lentgh. [/quote] I've never seen BMG make that mistake before. [Insert tone award image here] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='438335' date='Mar 18 2009, 03:16 PM']If it's BGM, then I think you mean scale lentgh. [/quote] If it was BGM they would say "43in scale lentgh, allowing for a passable Marcus Miller impression". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='438362' date='Mar 18 2009, 03:45 PM']If it was BGM they would say "43in scale lentgh, allowing for a passable Marcus Miller impression".[/quote] Or similarly, "This P bass is great, it sounds so Marcus" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote name='rbatts2000' post='438344' date='Mar 18 2009, 03:26 PM']I've got a feeling they've got the '4' and the '3' the wrong way round...[/quote] could be, or they typed each number one number ot the right, so 43 rather than 32. after all, its called the model 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Considering the carnage that would have ensued had they typed ' instead of ", it's fairly minor. Anyway, what wimp can't cope with a 43" scale? It's only an inch more than 3/4 DB... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 [quote name='tauzero' post='440139' date='Mar 20 2009, 11:37 AM']Considering the carnage that would have ensued had they typed ' instead of ", it's fairly minor.[/quote] Now there's a challenge. 43' scale length. That's 29 inches from nut to first fret. Try playing one-finger-per-fret on that. I can't even manage OFPF in first position on 34"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='440190' date='Mar 20 2009, 12:13 PM']I can't even manage OFPF in first position on 34"...[/quote] You're not supposed to. Your third and fourth fingers are supposed to double up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='The Funk' post='441470' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:51 AM']You're not supposed to. Your third and fourth fingers are supposed to double up.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 [quote name='The Funk' post='441470' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:51 AM'][quote name='BottomEndian' post='440190' date='Mar 20 2009, 12:13 PM'] I can't even manage OFPF in first position on 34"...[/quote] You're not supposed to. Your third and fourth fingers are supposed to double up. [/quote] Only if you've got really really girlie hands. I've got fairly girlie hands (glove size - 9. Mrs Zero's glove size - 9) and I can do OFPF in 2nd position (I have no need to do it in first but I'm sure I could). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 [quote name='tauzero' post='445705' date='Mar 26 2009, 09:26 AM']Only if you've got really really girlie hands. I've got fairly girlie hands (glove size - 9. Mrs Zero's glove size - 9) and I can do OFPF in 2nd position (I have no need to do it in first but I'm sure I could).[/quote] Sir, them's not girly hands. I'm a glove size 7. Thankfully, years of piano-playing have paid off with a huge stretch between ring and pinky (plenty of Rachmaninov helps), so I should be able to work up to OFPF, even on my 35" scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Glove sizes? What century are you fellas from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Anyone can do one finger per fret in the first position if they pivot around their thumb. I can and I don't have huge hands and play a 36" scale - however I only play OFPF when I have to, the rest of the time the four fingers are across three frets, it's groovier that way baby. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) [quote name='tauzero' post='445705' date='Mar 26 2009, 09:26 AM']You're not supposed to. Your third and fourth fingers are supposed to double up. Only if you've got really really girlie hands. I've got fairly girlie hands (glove size - 9. Mrs Zero's glove size - 9) and I can do OFPF in 2nd position (I have no need to do it in first but I'm sure I could).[/quote] MB1. "Hand in Glove!...The sun shines out of our behinds!".... Edited March 26, 2009 by MB1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='445754' date='Mar 26 2009, 10:22 AM']Glove sizes? What century are you fellas from?[/quote] Gloves are an important part of a motorcyclist's attire. In order to purchase a glove of the optimum dimensions, one may refer to the standardised "size" of the glove, and thence proceed to purchase the item wherein the size marked accords with the dimensions of one's own anatomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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