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Nice phone interview with Rick Wakeman on Radio 4 World At One just now

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1452499129' post='2950392'] No it isn't. Consider that the 12th fret is exactly half the scale length. So one half is nut to 12th fret, second half is 12th fret to bridge. Shortscale is 30", so each 'half' is 15". Long scale is 34", so each half is 17". Which means your bridge would need to be moved forward by approx. 2". Assuming the shorter neck fits in the pocket in the exact same way. I think that may be a bit simplistic, but the principle applies. Maybe someone with some science can come along and explain it properly. [/quote] No I think you did it properly . Best to avoid the rule of 18, or the twelfth root of 2.

it says a lot when the BBC Radio 3 presenter stops what he is doing to pay tribute, 20 minutes after the family's confirmation. Radio 4 played (part of) Space Oddity a few minutes later, that always reminds me of O level chemistry classes, for some reason.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1452379557' post='2949511'] I think Youtubes stream has crashed according to some of the comments on the page [/quote] Probably the comments crashed it. Turn chat off it'll fry your brain

Physics Professors Brian Cox and Ken Durose back element Lemmy campaign. [url="https://twitter.com/livuninews/status/685135012241477632"]https://twitter.com/...135012241477632[/url] [url="https://twitter.com/ProfBrianCox/status/684753242375479300"]https://twitter.com/...753242375479300[/url]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1452281931' post='2948551'] Ah, well spotted, I had forgotten that. [/quote] Forgot to bookmark, but search found it.

[quote name='PaulTMA' timestamp='1452257592' post='2948134'] I emailed GHS and got no response, so I think I might just take the risk. It does say 31"-32" though. Thanks for the advice - hope they are what I'm looking for. [/quote] A link to winding lengths on this post from ET. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/273227-best-flatwound-strings-for-30-scale/page__view__findpost__p__2909037

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1452268025' post='2948318'] Lemmy would be chuffed. Listen to the interview. He didn't like rock stars who weren't in touch with their fans. He didn't like people who were stuck in a time period and refused to move with the times and evolve. If the fans want an element named and the stuffy scientists don't, that's proper Rock'n'roll (or heavy metal) [/quote] Good enough answer for me!

Breaking news! 112,821 ballet dancers sign petition to F̶O̶R̶C̶E̶ request Fender rename the Precision Bass to "Fender Wanye Sleep". I don't believe the term 'Heavy Metal' is used in the context of elements in the periodic table. We need to ask, would Lemmy be chuffed or would he think there were 112,821 assholes. I've no idea, never met the man. But all a bit of fun really, it's not gonna happen is it? EDIT: The four new elements have not been officially named yet.

In Journey into Space, where Lemmy got his name from (according to Emo), the character 'Lemmy' was originally played by David Kossoff (father of Paul) [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_into_Space"]https://en.wikipedia...rney_into_Space[/url]

[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1452250262' post='2947986'] Its going to be on the official Motor head YouTube channel. Stupid phone won't let me copy the link. [/quote] Link available here. [url="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/06/lemmys-funeral-to-be-live-streamed-on-youtube"]http://www.theguardi...amed-on-youtube[/url] Direct link to youtube [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSAXVdIj6jY&feature=youtu.be[/media] EDIT: added youtube link.

A tribute from Keith Emerson. I had no idea of the origin of the name 'Lemmy' - nothing to do with bank notes apparently. [url="https://www.facebook.com/KEITH.EMERSON.OFFICIALPAGE/photos/a.454948245960.230266.121269690960/10154516375850961/?type=3&theater"]https://www.facebook...?type=3[/url]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1452208166' post='2947759'] .... my own band Ununoctium received this honour recently. [/quote] Is your band any good at Metal?

It's not heavy metal, or rock'n'roll... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XznuoDdv-IM"]http://www.youtube....h?v=XznuoDdv-IM[/url]

Jonny Greenwood compositions on R3 tomorrow evening http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tp9qk

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1452112492' post='2946647'] Yes, and I lived with Bonnie Langford. [/quote] One of Lemmy's 1200.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1452111613' post='2946625'] The fact that pfretrock was arguing in his bedsit with Bruce and his mates demonstrates that quite well. [/quote] You're confusing me with someone else. I was with Bruce Forsyth

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1452110112' post='2946586'] Is this another of those "you had to be there" topics? Back in the days when I shared a bedroom with Bruce Dickinson (no, really, I did) and one of my favourite albums was Sad Wings Of Destiny, I don't remember us all sitting around wondering what to call this stuff. This was 1979 into 1980, maybe 1981. I was in my early 20s and I was firmly in the "it's heavy rock, man" camp. Several of my then flatmates would routinely argue "don't you get it, this is heavy metal mate". The idea that no one called this heavy metal until the 80s is ludicrous. Maybe you had to be there after all ... [/quote] Odd blip in 1945 (wonder why?). In slow decline now. [url="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=heavy+metal&year_start=1920&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cheavy%20metal%3B%2Cc0"]https://books.google...20metal%3B%2Cc0[/url]

There are no heavy metals. Element 113 looks good and don't forget the joker. [url="http://www.ptable.com/"]http://www.ptable.com/[/url] Come to think of it, there are no rock'n'roll metals also. Maybe Chromium? (and that is a pretty cool website)

[quote name='basexperience' timestamp='1452103119' post='2946456'] Good call Lojo. Lemmy was utterly sick of telling people they weren't a metal band! [/quote] I think you'll find it was a post-transition metal band. Motörhead fans are uninformed.

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1451908241' post='2944398'] How often do you look at the front of the guitar when playing? I'm not sure if I'd even notice. [/quote] Often. I'm not a musician or even a bass player Don't like blocks for aesthetic reasons. I put [url="http://www.inlaystickers.com"]inlay stickers[/url] on one of my basses and it confused me for a few minutes. Looks cool though! [quote] My worry about blocks is that people bang on all the time about the tone of fingerboard wood so it seems strange to replace large parts of it with what is often just plastic (though I do like the ones that replace it with a different wood). I'm sure I wouldn't be able to hear the difference but if you follow some people's arguments then there may be one... [/quote] I think it is the bulk of the wood that makes the alleged difference and not the surface finish. A laminated neck supposedly is stiffer. If you can hear a difference, there is one; If you cannot hear a difference, there is none. Both are entirely correct.

Motorhead for number 1? 30 versions to choose from... [url="https://sites.google.com/site/motorheadforno1/"]https://sites.google...otorheadforno1/[/url]

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1451859933' post='2944177'] You might like TIs from what you say, if you can get along with the low tension. [/quote] Bax seem to be still selling TIs for £31 [url="https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/electric-bass-strings/thomastik-infeld-jf344-jazz-flat-wound-long-scale"]https://www.bax-shop...ound-long-scale[/url]

[quote name='Matte_black' timestamp='1451854852' post='2944123'] I guess the SPB3 is made to be used in a "set" while the split coil of the guy wasn't... otherwise I guess he would have bought it. Or maybe the J of the set wasn't powerful enough? Not sure, it's been a few years ago. [/quote] Yes I assume they are intended as a set. Not much to be done to increase the J output. More wire would kill treble and be counterproductive for that position. Stronger magnets would mess with the vibration of the string, As would very small pickup-string distance. It's the lower string output at the bridge that will always be a problem. But I note the BB1024 may have stronger bridge magnets?

[quote name='Matte_black' timestamp='1451852296' post='2944083'] Besides the P is composed by two coils in series... a lot of wire around the magnets and the impedance is doubled for the series wiring. [/quote] Not necessarily. Seymour Duncan SPB-3 and SJB-3 have similar DC resistance of about 12K-13K and similar inductance of 8H. Each half of the P has less windings that the J., so the two P half in series is similar to a J. I think this is fairly typical for split pickups [quote] Another issue: the P picks up a portion of the string that moves a lot, while the J picks up a portion of the string much closer to the bridge, weaker and much smaller in movement. [/quote] See post #6. its not actually the displacement, but the velocity that determines the output. But since a greater displacement has a greater velocity, bigger movement equates to bigger signal. (minor point, but I'm a geeky anorak) Another factor difficult to measure is the frequency response of the pickup, which is not flat, but will have a peak frequency somewhere and drop off rapidly either side. I've had two instances where the G string is absurdly loud, one a Squier Telebass neck humbucker and a Harley Benton P. I suspect the frequency response was giving a high output, in both cases I had to lower the treble side considerably.