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Alleva Coppolo (sp?). edit- How close we talking? [url="http://www.fbass.com/images/MODELS/VF5-lg.jpg"]F-Bass[/url] do a rather nice take on it which I'd say is pretty faithful.

I use Overwaters on my 7 string which I tune BEADGBE.

That seems counter-productive- surely you would be limiting your playing in some ways, unless you have a variety of basses with differing setups? I've always set my basses up to suit me, (and as a result don't really like playing many other people's basses) but I like to think when I play it sounds like me, instead of sounding like the bass, since I'm not limited by the characteristics of the instrument.

Make sure whatever bag you get is symmetrical- I have a cheapish Ritter bag that looks like its been designed with an offset bodied bass in mind- this means the straps are different lengths and join the bag at different points. I have tried cycling with it, but it always wants to slide to one side or the other.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='532038' date='Jul 3 2009, 09:20 PM']3) Plectrum users have their feet firmly placed on the ground Rob.[/quote] I think something along these lines is probably correct.

[quote name='iamthewalrus' post='529976' date='Jul 1 2009, 09:14 PM']Hi, Have had a look at the pic & it looks like there is a LOT of tension in your picking hand. I think a more relaxed approach would be in order? A "moveable anchor" might be a good starting point (go to www.adamnitti.com - there's a lesson page on there regarding plucking technique), or failing that, go to Todd Johnson's floating thumb video on YouTube. There's also a clip on Dave Marks' YouTube lessons about tension in the plucking hand which is well worth a watch. Cheers, iamthewalrus[/quote] A big +1 for this.

FWIW I would always get a second opinion on this- I have a Peavey 5 stringer (different model though) that had the same problem, and one guitars shop told me it was knackered and no way to fix it properly; the second one I took it to fixed it for a tenner and replaced the truss rod nut.

Looks like its made in the same factory as budget Yamahas.

I like Elixirs- I use .40- .125 gauge on my 5 strings. Enough beef on the low end, nice and easy to set up and they last for ages. If they did a high F I would use them on the 7 string as well.

Hmm, I didn't know he'd released another. Will have to get it ordered!

To my ear, light strings make the higher strings noticeably sweeter, without losing tone on the bottom. That said, I doubt I would go lighter than the .125 on the B string I use at the moment for tension reasons.

The basses currently gettig played a lot in my household are my Peavey Dynabass 5 strings, fretted and fretless- dirt cheap but after a lot of work (amateur fret dress, filing saddles, incessant truss rod tweaking) the fretted now plays better than my Conklin 7 string which cost substantially more. Its quite satisfying actually

Now I just need to sit down and play it...

To be honest I'd be surprised if they did, its a few years old now- I bought it 2nd hand on a previous incarnation of this forum, that was at least 2 and a half years ago. Still, one never knows...

Good stuff all

Hello all, As I alluded to in my recent [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=42654"]thread about nut height[/url], my Realist pickup appears to have given up the ghost- the output is drastically reduced and there's loads of hum. Doing some digging on TalkBass it looks like this is a fairly common issue with Realists, especially on basses with a high bridge and high tension (like mine ), caused by degradation of the piezo element. Has anyone here experienced something similar? Is getting a new pickup going to be the only answer? Cheers Kyle

[quote name='XB26354' post='522817' date='Jun 24 2009, 06:37 PM']Now a two Warwick family. 09 Corvette $$ 6-string in Natural w/gold hardware - arrived last Friday, wicked combination of beautiful woods and ballsy tone. 05 Streamer Stage One 6-string in Nirvana Black w/Seymour Duncan Basslines - an absolute monster with sustain for days. Mat[/quote] I'm not a big Warwick fan but a lot of their designs look far better as 6 strings. That's a lovely pair.

[quote name='Tait' post='522616' date='Jun 24 2009, 02:20 PM']swapping between 5 string and 4 string is supposed to be difficult though.[/quote] Not really. I switch between 4, 5 and 7 strings and really don't understand this at all.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='522371' date='Jun 24 2009, 10:03 AM']I play basses with a variety of string spacings, scale lengths and other variables and the conclusion I've come to is that the numbers don't matter, it's all about the feel and you can only tell if a bass feels right for you by picking it up and playing it.[/quote] Well said.

I've always felt that music is something that's constantly in development, and the theory of it tends to lag somewhat behind its usage. No one (at least, not many!) writes the theory before the music- they write the theory later to try and describe the music. We have a tendency to think of musical theory as something static and unchanging, when in fact its completely the opposite. The development of music can more or less be defined IMO as the breaking of the last generation's set of rules, and this accounts for a lot of the anomalies etc. That said, my favourite (or least favourite, I suppose) is the idea of transposing instruments (horns in F, E flat trumpets etc) when we now have a prefectly good trumpet (or horn, or whatever) capable of playing all 12 notes equally well. It just seems totally redundant.

Is that a wall hanger attached to a wardrobe?

Stopping playing double bass almost entirely shortly after leaving school. There were reasons (finger pain) but in retrospect I could have got it sorted much easier. As a result the relatively good DB chops I had when I was 18 have all but vanished

I play both but the double bass has seen very little action since I stopped going to uni. Trying to make that change now...

But now my Realist appears to have died! Boo!