froover Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 nothing unusual about my main ashbory really, except the different material i use for strings heres something different tho - one of the early prototype ashborys, pre guild-era cheers Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Nice one Lucy - I went through a rubber phase a few years ago, but could'nt get on with the scale length (and those friction pegs!) Still, its the ultimate easy travel bass...and sounds good....if you don't look... BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froover Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 (edited) the friction pegs arent the greatest especially the ones on my rainbow ash the capstan has no hole or way of attatching the strings at all so stringing it is an excercise in frustration! the more normal tuners on the dearmond and fender ones are a vast improvement cheers Lucy Edited December 14, 2007 by froover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Those Ashbory are excellent basses. Congrats on the 2 !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froover Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 [quote name='7string' post='104533' date='Dec 14 2007, 10:31 PM']Those Ashbory are excellent basses. Congrats on the 2 !![/quote] ive actually got 2 more, but theyre identical to the blue one cheers Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nig Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 (edited) [quote name='froover' post='104559' date='Dec 15 2007, 12:35 AM']ive actually got 2 more, but theyre identical to the blue one cheers Lucy[/quote] Hi Froover, tell me more about those strings, as apart from 1 breaking I still use the origional strings on mine, also open string playing seems a bit duff as the rake angle thru the nut on mine is flat,so the string doesnt pull back to create a tight open/nut tone, does this make sense. regards, nig. ps. and looking at the rainbow origional the strings seem to pass thru a retainer. Edited December 15, 2007 by nig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froover Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 (edited) [quote name='nig' post='104631' date='Dec 15 2007, 11:57 AM']Hi Froover, tell me more about those strings, as apart from 1 breaking I still use the origional strings on mine, also open string playing seems a bit duff as the rake angle thru the nut on mine is flat,so the string doesnt pull back to create a tight open/nut tone, does this make sense. regards, nig. ps. and looking at the rainbow origional the strings seem to pass thru a retainer.[/quote] hi Nig, nice too see a familiar face around here! the nut on the original design has the strings passing through circular holes they start *very* small and go up in size it was going to be a feature on the production ones but somehow it got lost if your careful with the way you string them you can have the string coming from the very bottom of the machinehead and that gives it more of a downward angle or you can do what i do now with mine - put one of the flyod rose style string trees on the headstock when i finally get around to my custom, it will have quite an angled back headstock to take care of the the problem they do sound much better with as much of an angle over the nut as possible what you need for the string material is "solid silicone cord" thats about 60 shore hardness rating you can get it from industrial plastics makers quite cheaply i get it from these guys - [url="http://www.polymax.co.uk/acatalog/Polymax_Silcone_Cord.html"]<a href="http://www.polymax.co.uk/acatalog/Polymax_Silcone_Cord.html" target="_blank">http://www.polymax.co.uk/acatalog/Polymax_Silcone_Cord.html[/url]</a> ive tried from several of the uk suppliers in different colours and shore ratings, but have settled on the red stuff from them as my personal favourite its got more of a whine and bite to it and it sounds nice and aggressive it sounds daffy but the colours really do sound different for about £30 you can get all the string material you will ever need in a lifetime the red stuff lasts and lasts too ive had it on for over a year now and as you know i play pretty hard not one single string breakage rumour has it that fender bought a huuuge amount of duff string material and wont get any new till its all used up but i think its just that the clear stuff isnt as strong and lasting as the coloured cheers Lucy Edited December 15, 2007 by froover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeward2004 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 So how does the cat on the headstock affect tuning the bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nig Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Thanks Lucy, what gauge silicone rubber do I ask for ? Im just going to visit your link and take a peek, also its good to see it wasnt my paranoia about the break angle on the headstock, can you give me a little more info as to the floyd rose device youve put on the nut, many thanks for the help. regards, nigel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froover Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 [quote name='nig' post='106500' date='Dec 19 2007, 02:30 PM']Thanks Lucy, what gauge silicone rubber do I ask for ? Im just going to visit your link and take a peek, also its good to see it wasnt my paranoia about the break angle on the headstock, can you give me a little more info as to the floyd rose device youve put on the nut, many thanks for the help. regards, nigel.[/quote] not on the nut, behind it 4 5 6 7 mm i use cheers Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nig Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 thanks, how about a nice close up nut piccy, thanks for being so helpful, these are a bit of an oddball, so much appreciated, nig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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