stingrayPete1977

I can't tell you how many times I have told people how to clean out an ABM! Strip it down, can of servisol from maplins, get it all in behind the eq sliders and pots then slide and turn push on and off everything as you go, spray in the jack sockets and put a lead in and out, remove the valve and spray the mounting pins on the socket, clean the dirty fan blades (always covered in crap), let it dry fully over night upside down over an old towel, rebuild and enjoy! If you have access to an air line blow all the dust and crap out before you start

Just ordered the Rufus Reid book

Ha I bet they do

David Hofstra is your man , Tracy did not join until 82 which is when the song became a hit but it was recorded and released in 81 a year before Hofstra left. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waitresses

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1356479264' post='1910511'] Very cool line by Tracy Wormworth...she later played with Sting for a bit. My favourite Xmas line is probably Donny Hathaway's keyboard bass part on 'This Christmas'. [/quote] Now last time this came up someone looked into and found that she did not write it but was in the band when it charted etc?

I think some of the Staggs have come with very poorly cut nuts mine was actually not that bad in comparison and only took a few mins to file out, in other threads it was indeed the intonation that people were having issues with. I can't really blame the bass for that yet

Its one of my favourite of all time! The guy who plays it is some serious jazzer in NY I beleive?

[quote name='FLoydElgar' timestamp='1356438356' post='1910207'] To follow my last comment, buy this DVD, this will answer all of your bass questions! - http://www.amazon.co.uk/DVD-Double-Bass-Techniques-Number/dp/B007HWGKXA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356438303&sr=8-1 He is my favorite soloist/tutor! [/quote] Thanks Floyd, I have lots of books and dvds to look into buying next year I will check that one out

Thanks George that sounds sensible, I have set the bridge to about the same as people are saying in the string height thread, 8mm on the E falling to 6mm on the G, I have filed the nut down on each string to about a mm and its pretty good, easier to play and only has a rattle on the G about the same as it was before filing anyway which is probably a case of skimming the board really but very minor for my ability! Good point about strings too, I will leave it as is until I have new strings in the new year as no one knows what tension these are

Ernie ball sledge, very good! I don't think he is a bass player surely he is into wrapping?

I will probably struggle to stretch that far at the moment, I will give it a try. I am already using my pinky on its own so I will continue to try and do the 1 23 4 method.

Nothing is simple is it! For a beginner what would be the easiest method to give me a reasonable grounding?

I watched it all and haven't a clue

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1356369139' post='1909628'] A lot of the things we take for granted nowadays such as neck-thru body construction , use of exotic woods , brass bridges and active electronics were all [i][b]invented [/b][/i]and / or pioneered by Alembic and considering that , you begin to realise their massive contribution to the industry . [/quote] Thats a list of everything I dislike in a bass other than the electronics and even then I dont like fancy 10 knob para super jizzbucker laptop in the back jobs either! But again if the GAS gets you then thats it, It only takes one Youtube clip to change your mind

I love Flea and Stingrays ( I know its not a Stingray but hey we are not stupid!) but I would rather have a Squier of some sort than a Flea bass any day of the week

GAS is a terrible thing and it all depends on what you want, I have some nice gear but I dont drink (much), smoke (used to), dont wear branded clothes other than maybe trainers and my car cost £930 3 years ago. If the Alembic gas gets you then you can never say never!

I cant find the guy who said to use the 3rd & 4th together now, probably for the best!

Well this is one clip where he suggests not using the 3rd finger at all then contradicts himself by elastic banding it to the 2nd after a while? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ4ctFAe7r0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ4ctFAe7r0[/url] I will go with what your saying but I cant really bend my wrist round enough yet so getting the stretches is harder than it would of been before damaging my wrist, its a bit of a double edge sword as learning now might make me develop bad habits that I can't avoid but at the same time its probably getting my mobility back faster than watching TV.

Thanks, so much stuff to listen to and learn!

The clip I was watching suggested 1st finger then 2nd finger and 3&4 together, would you advise against that then? As I still have only maybe 25% of the movement in my wrist at the moment I am trying not to worry too much and at the same time not get in to any bad habits (hard I know), once I feel I can move it a lot better I will have a few lessons which are already lined up

A they have a painted board I guess you can't really re profile the board? I have took them to about 1mm and all is good so I will leave it at that

Thanks for that I will have a peek after lunch, Thanks and a Merry Christmas to you too

Is this this guy that ruins stuff on eBay or something (Edit- MDP bass works portland? ) Here is a pic the best I can get it

Morning everyone! OK so a few days have passed since my Stagg arrived and its going well to be honest, as I still have a really bad wrist recovering from a surgical repair I am doing much better than I thought I would, a few songs from our set are almost gig ready, Love Cats, a few Paloma Faith songs, Valerie, 9-5, Moves Like Jagger etc which are just the songs I thought could work on the upright and I think they sound pretty good tbf. So from there I have started reading practice at the same time which I only got started on less than 2 years ago anyway so I am a novice at both! I have a TC Polytune and its brilliant for checking to see how well you are hitting the notes as its so fast and accurate it can swap around even when playing fairly fast pizz. Sometimes I am right in the zone and playing something like Lay Down Sally across all four strings and the polytune is just firing them out then as I get tired it starts to slip Anyway I am rambling again, what I want to know is how near to the fingerboard I should take the nut slots down to make fingering the first semitones from the nut easier? My Stagg does not appear to be as bad as others have mentioned and mainly its the A string that is sitting up a bit higher than the rest, by the time I am up to the next semi tones F#- B-E-A its not too bad and really just my lack of time playing Db that are holding me back which I am working on. I have my set of files at the ready and the wife is at work all day so any advice would be more than welcome

Maybe its wrapped up under our tree?!