Ashwood1985

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1350554248' post='1840358'] Do NOT sand down to the bare wood. [/quote] in faith of the theory that there's no such thing as a silly question: why?

Conducted an international trade with David: my streamer for his ACG. Great comms, swiftly shipped, bass arrived safe and sound 3 days after shipping and all round nice guy!

Plenty of options and great suggestions fellas! Neck's now steel wooled and sanded with 800 and 1000 grade and I'll finish off with some 0000 steel wool to finish smoothing it off before poppig to my local hardware store after the weekend (I'm away on a mixing weekend retreat in wales!) to grab summin for it

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1350284972' post='1836668'] It does, however, give an excuse for an occasional show of affection and nice oil and rub - the wife is genuinely not happy! [/quote] LOL Thanks for all the great suggestions guys. I've been a little pre-occupied with work and mixing some album tracks between shifts so I only got as far as taking the neck off the body and leaving the bass in two on the sofa for the last week! When I manage to get the time to strip it back I'll make my mind up. linseed oil and gunstock wax sound like good hassle free solutions that should deliver the result I'm after. I'll be sure to update with any progress! Thanks again for all the contributions. They're appreciated

Thanks for the hints mate. What about bri wax?? It was suggested to me before by Martin at the gallery.

This tread got me thinking and I've suggested the tabla player try out some wrist bells!!! :-D

Hi Guys, Disclaimer: I am as enthusiastic as I am inexperienced with regards to woodwork so please forgive any ignorance! I'm gonna sand down the back of my jazz neck on my first bass as it's original gloss finish is worn in places and I dont want the tackiness that comes with the gloss anyway. I completely re-sanded my thumb after I picked it up a few months ago and simply gave it a coat of bees wax, however that was all ovankol. I assume that the jazz neck being a light coloured wood (Ash or similar) it would need more protection to keep the dirt out. As mentioned I don't want any tackiness you get with gloss etc. So I would like it as friction free as possible. So here's the crux of the matter: Satin Sealer? Just Oil? Something Else? It's a 92 Jap Silver Series Squier so I am not keen to just whack something on and see how it goes, potentially discover the finish is no good and have to re-sand; removing more wood unnecessarily, hence my enquiry with you fellas. Thanks in advance! Ash

The setup in my current band, SilkRoad, is two acoustic guitars, thumb bass and tabla (Indian variety). It works for the genre and gives the band a unique sound in conjunction with the active but woody tone of he thumb and the steel string guitars. We have started using my 15" bass extension can as backli e for the mic'd tabla and it's kickin!! What's also really useful is the ability to have the 'drums' lower in volume than you'd get away with on a kit for smaller gigs. Meaning we don't have to blast the audience in order to keep up levels with the kit. The one thing we do miss live is some sizzle you'd get from a hat or similar. When the second guitarist isn't playin a part to create space, there are a place or two he grabs an egg shaker lol Although I think it's safe to say that if it's hard to find a drummer, its even harder to find a decent tabla player. Especially one who can fit with more western popular musical structure!! The guys a gem for sure.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1349893965' post='1831971'] I would think the technique in the OP is way too subtle for anything but solo bass, which is usually unlistenable anyway [/quote] Ha! :-D

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1349874002' post='1831585'] Personally,I think whoever wrote a wiki about that is just trying to sound too clever. [/quote] Hmm yeah I think the words 'nail' and 'head' come to mind here

Ok guys so I know that muting with left and right hand is discussed somewhat on here but what about the opposite? I was reading a wiki page on bass for an unrelated issue and I came across this: "the sympathetic resonance of harmonically related strings may be desired for some songs, such as ballads. In these cases, a bassist can fret harmonically related notes. For example, while fretting a sustained "F" (on the third fret of the "D" string), underneath an F major chord being played by a piano player, a bassist might hold down the "C" and low "F" below this note so their harmonics sound sympathetically." Does anyone here actually do this?? Seems pretty classy and subtle to me but without trying it out I can be sure I it's useful. I can't recall hearing any examples of this either. I suppose with some fairly heavy compression going it may bring he harms out more and I suppose the amount of harms that come out of the strings from vibrations along sourced from the played string will vary from bass to bass. Anyone with experience in using or developing this technique? It's got me intrigued: will try it out a little me thinks