geoffbyrne

Haven't done it yet, but I'm about to buy a Telecaster body for a project. I'll report back when I've done it. G.

In my experience (Peavey Cirrus BXP thru-body 35" scale) most strings whose packets say 'Long Scale' are meant for 34", and not necessarily thru-body either. On advice from here, I got a set of Overwater Extra Longs & they are fine, but it came with DR HiBeams on it & I think I'll be going back to those when it's time to change. G.

Having just played an OLP and liked it, except for the baseball-bat neck, and having fairly small hands, I think I fancy a go at an Ibanez ATK 5er. However I don't get on with maple fretboards, & I think every photo I've seen of an ATK has maple. Anyone know different? Geoff

You can play perfectly well not knowing any theory providing you have a good ear......but...... When I was learning about photography, a Sage told me- 'You only need a good eye to take a good photo, but if you understand why it all works that way, you'll get a hell of a lot more out of it!' I would think that applies to most things. Geoff

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='696841' date='Dec 30 2009, 11:11 PM']I put a jazz put against the neck on a p bass, is bottomy and thumpy, but combined with the P it cancels out some low mids. I like on its own.[/quote] Sounds like it might be out of phase. G.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='694840' date='Dec 28 2009, 01:43 PM']Do you have to be travelling at the speed of sound for them to work?[/quote] Only at sea level. G.

They are bright, so would probably be good for slap. They are *not* smooth or tapewound or flat - in fact they are pretty rough compared to other compressed/halfrounds that I've played. If you are intending to go to flats, these are miles away from that. G.

I have Roto 55's on my Jazz & they are very bright & have lasted ages - remind me of Hi-Beams. They're not that smooth for compressed either. I have a 5 string set laid aside to be next on my modded B Bass. I like them.

I've a Schaller 3D 4 string on my Frankenjazz - I like the low profile of it. Sustains pretty well too. G.

Something good - lovely body. G.

Teeth.

Some people fix it by holding a vacuum *near* it to pull it out, others have pulled it out by using a bit of masking tape (which isn't too sticky). As for affecting tone/performance, I'm not sure it will, as it's there to prevent dust getting into the voice coil. Someone will probably correct me! G.

I've never played a Tanglewood bass, but I've played one or two of their guitars & can't say I was blown away by either build quality or tone. YMMV. G.

I had a similar pull-out over my sweet little Hohner HS 57 after much enthusiasm. Took a few PM's to get an answer too. G.

Ditch the wobbler & hire the singer's old drummer - no brainer! G.

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='690157' date='Dec 20 2009, 09:20 PM']the punter may not leave with what they thought they wanted, but what they actually needed & that's such a rare commodity these days. Pete.[/quote] What a lovely thought!!!! G.

Just goes to show, though, the degree of ignorance around. I mean if something's not right, I'll research & if I can fix it myself, I will, or if I can't I'll take it to someone I know has experience. The last person's word I'd take is a salesman's (excepting decent salesmen who are members of this forum - obviously!!). Suitable props to The Guitar Shop, Ibstock where I recently had an archtop's fret replaced and the fretboard stoned. came back with an almost unnaturally low action. G.

Buy good quality jacks & learn to solder. I'm still using cables I bought 40 years ago - mind you they're about a foot shorter.................... G.

I had a 375 for a while, and apart from the wide fretboard which I couldn't get on with, it was a great bass. Physically, the 4 will play more like a P with the wider fretboard at the nut. Tonally, though (and that's what really defines 'P-ness' or 'J-ness') it's like neither, as the pickups are completely different in nature to either P or J pups. The pups on the Yammy are side-by-side dual-coil humbuckers. The pups on the Jazz are single coil non-humbucking (like a Strat) and when both are on are in parallel. The pups on a P are two small units designed to be humbucking in combination and wired together in series. The Yammy neck pickup gets somewhere near the P sound but not exact, whereas the humbucker at the bridge, when solo'd has a sound all of its own. Personally, I like flexibility and it would have been nice to be able to have switched the pups to single coil, but I really liked the tone of those pickups. G.

This is the only pic I currently have and it's not very good & before I put on the tort pickguard. G.

Can't do it tonight - have to go from Loughborough to Birmingham Airport to pick up relative - hope it doesn't snow! But will do as soon as. G.

Could just be that the 'witness point' (never understood why it's called that) is at the peg-end of the nut slot. Check that out. G.

Pics of the actual item would result in a more accurate appraisal. G.

You wouldn't be interested in the one I mention in the 'So I'm a Convert....', save me breaking it up? G.

I bought an OLP Stingray a couple of weeks ago & playing at home I decided to move it on as I wasn't overwhelmed by the tone, or, particularly, the neck which is quite thick/chunky and I prefer the 'shallow D' type. However, I stripped it down & cleaned it up, put it back together & decent setup, ending up with a great action. A new set of 45-135 strings & the raising of the bass end of the pickup gave me one of the best B strings I've ever played. I took it to the Open Mike night at the Old Volunteer in Nottingham last night &, to be honest, the playing action & the tone were truly excellent (it's the 1 vol, 2 tone type - I turned off the middle control, taking off the highs but leaving the mids). It was round, bassy & punchy. Perfect in the mix. We went down very well, which helped. Problem is, I *must* lose one of my basses as I want to buy a lightweight head. The only other bass I would part with is my Frankenjazz which (for my ear) sounds great & plays just as well. Now, you don't get a lot of cash for self-builds these days. I hate to strip a bass down & sell it as parts, but I'll probably get more for it that way. I'll have a lovely Japanese (probably Matsumoku) Jazz neck from the late 60's, early 70's, a pair of DiMarzio Model J's, by the way, a bridge DiMarzio Ultrajazz, a Schaller 3D 4 string bridge and an Olympic White Squier Standard body with tort pickguard, controls and metal covers. I should get a few bob for those, but as I said, I hate splitting up a bass. Anybody else feel the same or has had to do it? G.