miles'tone

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1400686717' post='2456113'] If it was only the alignment of the strings equally on the neck that was the problem, the first thing I would suspect would be the neck had received a jolt during shipping. Even a very good neck/pocket fit can be nudged out of alignment quite easily. I would have slackened the strings then slackened the neck bolts & 'got a feel' for where the neck wanted to sit in the body. Then tightened the lot up & checked again, if it's wrong it always will be but chances are things would have seated themselves in the right place for the sake of 5 minutes with a screwdriver. Easier than sending it back [/quote] This, and what Paubass said. These basses come a long way and a little shift in transit is all it probably is.

GHS Pressurewound Bass Strings: http://youtu.be/2GcQJyHGbeY Fretless at 4.40 Lovely strings, mmwah, warmth and not too high tension. Won't eat up your board as they are relatively smooth. Loved them on a fretless that I had and I will be getting another set when my current defret is ready.

I used to have an old 2 band Stingray that I ended up selling as I didn't quite get on with it. Saw this Ed Friedland vid recently and realised I was so young when I had mine that I probably didn't experiment enough with the tone controls. I often wonder what I could get out of it today if I still owned it, what it really was capable of. Check it out.. Music Man Classic StingRay 4- & 5-String Basses: http://youtu.be/TlMStrT5A6M

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1399878206' post='2448440'] I'd say that they are of similar difficulty. For every root note plodder bass player, there's a three cowboy chord folkie who can't play F or Bb and only has one strum and uses a capo to change key. Or a rock guitarist who only knows power chords and 16ths rhythm. It's the degree to which a player wants to take things beyond the minimum possible that defines the difficulty. Learning to play guitar as well as Noel Gallagher, or to play bass as well as Percy Jones. Which is more difficult? [/quote] Well said there.

To be fair to him I tried learning guitar half arsed when I was a kid, learned one song in 6 months. Moved to bass and learned four songs the first night! (2 Police, 2 Bob Marley) the smile on my face! Much easier and more fun to begin on. Much harder to be good at later on IMO. If the bass screws up, EVERYONE notices! The guitar, not so much.

Congrats! I'm sure they will make all the difference.

Check out the Delano website. They have symbols next their different pickups to help you find a match that will alleviate this problem. Otherwise, Dimarzio Model P/J and Split P/Ultra Jazz bridge work well together. By the way I just bought your old BB415 off SlapbassSteve. I think it's a brilliant bass for the money and the output match between the pickups is spot on. I have disc problems in my back and I like the lighter feel of the body on this bass but those BB tuners are HEAVY! Just ordered some Hipshot Lic Ultralites off the 'bay (from the States - much cheaper!) I put some on an old Jazz bass of mine once that was really heavy and just this simple upgrade shaved off half a pound of the total body weight, which brought in the rest of the bass' centre of gravity nicely around the body area which was much more comfortable to manage. That half a pound extra at the headstock really adds up. Levers and fulcrums and all that. Maybe look at lighter tuners for your BB. The Lic Ultralites will be cheaper than a decent set of P/J's for the other bass. Just a thought from a newly converted BB fan! Good luck either way..

Just received a nice Yammy BB415 from Steve. It came well packed, couldn't be happier! Great guy to deal with, nice friendly comms, super easy deal. One of the good guys for sure, a pleasure. Cheers mate!

Sold Daz some TI flats in what must be the quickest BC deal ever. Gone in minutes! Lovely chap on the comms, super easy deal. Defo do business with him again no probs. Cheers mate!

Anyone here using the roundcores on a 5 here? What's the B string like?

I bought a lovely custom shop Tweed lead off Mike and he was ace to deal with, great on the comms and the lead came super well packaged. Defo do business with him again, a pleasure. Cheers Mike! Si.

Congrats Skol, cracking track this (last) month! I did vote for you but I have to say that I've enjoyed them all, Al's track in particular has also been on repeat too - a mini masterpiece in itself. What with Bilbo covering the imrov upright angle it gets more difficult to actually submit something. The standard's so high now! Yes, I know it's all for fun really and hats off to lord sausage for just getting stuck in there although His was unfinished (cool vibe all the same!) Well done everyone, y'all got me personally on the good foot this time! Respec'

Not long to go... Listen! Enjoy! Vote! Great haul this month.

I'm currently training to be a teaching assistant at the local primary school. It's a really funny and rewarding way to spend my day, loving it! I get to be a bit creative making displays etc, no heavy graft (used to be a plumbing bass player - God knows what I was thinking there) with the ace working hours of 9 - 3.15. Oh and school hols off. Boom! Just a thought.. Edit: By the way, primary schools LOVE people who can sing and play acoustic guitar!

Dave Grohl with the Foo's.

Some cool tracks again this month. Well done y'all!