Mr. Foxen

I'd be after this if it wasn't for the flowers. I love Bridge position P pup, and beefy bridges, and chunky necks. Not so much with the blue flowers though.

[quote name='richrips' post='832648' date='May 9 2010, 10:56 PM']I think extreme precision could be key in making the bass guitar an instrument suitable for producing the edgy, precise, electro sounds found in much modern music.[/quote] Gotta think of something that isn't covered by graphite necks. Also, MIDI pickup if you don't actually want any 'life' in your sound.

[quote name='richrips' post='832418' date='May 9 2010, 06:23 PM']Not really. The strings exert a constant force, but the overall force on the neck (which is compressive, end to end) is a sum of the tensile force in the neck and tensile force in the truss rod (there may be other forces at play, let me know). These forces needent be equal as each depends on the perpendicular distance of the force from the fulcrum. If the truss rod is set nearer the back of the neck, the distance of the force exerted by the truss rod to the fulcrum is increased, thus the force can be smaller whilst providing the same moment as a shallower truss rod. Hope that makes sense. Just checked out the link for the technical paper. Fascinating stuff. I like the idea of putting a load bearing member beneath the fingerboard at the inertial cedntre of the forces acting on the neck, rather than rely on wood, with its weird respnses to temp/humidity. Not so sure about the modified truss rod slot, as it would imply a wide range of rod movement. if this were adjusted frequently, it seems there is potential for the rod to wear on the sides of the slot and develop the dreaded rattle.... I'd rather see what optimum flex characteristics could be acheived using a rod with a fixed position and fixed pivots which are effective (as a compromise over the 2 seperate tension/compression pivots in the moving rod suggested in the pdf). There should be an optimum curved shape, without seperate pivots, that is still an improvement on the current continuously curved rod placement which obviously is not ideal because as neck thickness varies along its length there are bound to be changes in flex characteristics. Good observation that the guitar industry is able to maintain sales growth despite a distinct lack of concerted technical engineering innovation. I guess that's why a USA p bass still costs nearly a grand after 50 years of no technical advancement. Rich[/quote] Technical advancement means change in sound though, which is the point of a musical instrument. Graphite necks have a different sound. Look at the whole debate over neo vs non-neo. The magnet doesn't affect the sound, but the better engineering accompanying the neo speakers does, generally for better mechanically (greater xmax etc.), but some people don't like the tone (corresponding different breakup modes). There are a few forces at work. The main bulk of the tension from the strings is transferred to the neck via the machine heads, which are beyond the truss rod, with an additional witness point at the nut. A single action truss rod can only provide compressive force, and only to the section of neck between its witness points, generally just above the nut, and around the 15th fret. It doesn't necessarily run parallel to the strings. Without the action of the truss rod, some parts of the neck are under compression, and some are under tension, the part under compression I'd guess is what you consider your fulcrum, your truss rod acting on the part under tension. It is also a dynamic system, as the tension on the neck changes during playing, especially if you do gripping the headstock bends and such. Alternate system: No trussrod. Truss rods are for people who can't deal with big wood in their hands.

Wired the bridge to parallel, and managed to cook the switch that I used for mono/stereo and maplins have none left, so now its hardwired stereo, and it sounds great, need to get it up to volume with pedals to proper test, bust seems promising.

Well, for a start WD40 isn't a lubricant, the WD stands for water displacement, its a for penetrating and driving water out, too thin to be a good lubricant. I'd guess the sewing machine oil is also very thin, for finely engineered gears, which Fender's definitely aren't. Take it apart, and re lube it all with vaseline or similar petroleum gel, that is more like grease, but clean for your fingers.

[quote name='richrips' post='832179' date='May 9 2010, 01:46 PM']Less tension in truss rod = less overall force acting on neck.[/quote] Since the tension of the strings is a constant, might be some flawed thinking here. The wood of the neck is acting as your fulcrum point, I'd guess and this would put equal pressure on the neck, but in a different place. The idea of the truss rod is to provide adjustability, double action truss rods are pretty much the norm on engineered instruments now, the single action is more of a traditionalist (i.e. Fender style) thing. Also, consider the maple neck, the truss rod is inserted from the back, under the skunk stripe.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Blackstar-HT-Dual-Distortion-Effects-Pedal-/320529621399?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4aa10de197"]Not mine.[/url]

I think the single speakon is due to minimalism, plus the fact Alex will discourage you from mixing standard commercial cabs with his.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Guitar-/170483642545?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27b19df0b1"]Indie.[/url]

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='831870' date='May 9 2010, 12:51 AM']Looks a nice one at a decent price. Another black binding one as well. Aren't they meant to be rare?[/quote] Still with the pretending he is not a dealer. This is why I didn't make an offer on it. Reeks of dishonest.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Shaftesbury-1970s-Through-Neck-Stereo-Bass-Guitar-4001-/140406164977?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20b0dc0df1"]Ashdigits presents another shafty.[/url]

[quote name='Kev' post='831018' date='May 7 2010, 08:45 PM']No, it hasn't.[/quote] [quote]On 04-May-10 at 22:29:04 BST, seller added the following information: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM HAS NOW BEEN SOLD PRIVATELY. NO FURTHER BIDS, PLEASE. THANKS[/quote]

[url="http://www.aptuner.com/"]This tuner program[/url] produces a graph of harmonics when you play into it, which might be handy for doing your own analysis.

Think the first page jsut has one of the line, they've changed it to some fancy thing now.

The link on your listing goes to the wrong speaker.

[quote name='Alien' post='830239' date='May 7 2010, 02:27 AM']The transformer in that 1600W 1u amp looks pretty meaty though.[/quote] Is that cause its been made really wide and flat?