BottomEndian

[quote name='Linus27' post='783922' date='Mar 23 2010, 08:22 PM']Woohoo, great stuff. How can I find out who did it?[/quote] Y'see up at the top, there are some tabs? One's labelled "history". Click it, and you'll see the revision history for the page. It looks like a Wikipedia user with the username Login4inter created and edited the page as a draft version from 8/3/10 to 13/3/10, and then published it to the main Wikipedia space. Judging by the username, Login4inter is either one of the band or it's a seriously hardcore fan. EDIT: Indeed, kudos to you BTW.

Black headstock and nut would just complete the stealth fretless. :ph34r:

[quote name='Sibob' post='779576' date='Mar 19 2010, 11:14 AM']I have a bass which will never lose money ([b]unless there is a MASSIVE shift in how people perceive vintage Fenders[/b])[/quote] This could certainly happen if the MIA Fenders carry on being as good as they are at the moment. (Do they play as well/better than vintage Fenders? I dunno.) It's [i]conceivable[/i] that 20/30/40 years from now, the 2009/10 models (for example) will be the must-have vintage Fenders. There are no guarantees in these things.

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='779126' date='Mar 18 2010, 09:10 PM']Just a little bumpity nudge for anyone with nowt else better to do on Friday night.[/quote] Gah, yet again engaged. (But auditioning a new drummer, no less! ) Have a good show, Howard.

[quote name='Musicman69' post='778182' date='Mar 18 2010, 02:21 AM']Hmm, maybe someone can twist this around to make it some kinda A.[/quote] A5 add9 (no root)

[quote name='danweb22' post='777495' date='Mar 17 2010, 03:03 PM']55-80-105-135 as suggested by your good self! [/quote] Well, this should be interesting. Let us know how it pans out. I've done loads of tension calculations in my life, but I've never gone to the effort of ordering singles to try it out! I always just go for the nearest thing I can buy off the shelf. Sibob, I'm intrigued by the Newtone High Tension strings. They might suit my plan to string the Hondo low A-D-G-C -- saves me having to drill out a bridge and completely ream a nut to accommodate a 145-gauge A-string. If I can happily tune, say, a 115-gauge to low A without flapping like a twat... well, that'd be awesome. What's the price per set (I can't find a mention of High Tension strings on the Newtone website)?

[quote name='danweb22' post='777482' date='Mar 17 2010, 02:56 PM']I have just ordered some singles[/quote] What gauges?

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='777443' date='Mar 17 2010, 02:31 PM']I tried this in standard tuning and it sounded terrible as the main riff is played against an open low C. Throw some 110s on and go for it in the proper tuning.[/quote] Then capo at fret 4 for the rest of the set.

Using the good ol' [url="http://www.daddario.com/Resources/JDCDAD/images/tension_chart.pdf"]D'Addario tension chart[/url] as a rough guide (in other words, using their figures for their nickel rounds), if you're running 45-65-85-105, you're currently used to the following tensions (assuming 34" scale length): G : 45 : 42.8 lb D : 65 : 51.3 lb A : 85 : 48.4 lb E : 105 : 40.3 lb To try and match those tensions as closely as possible when tuning down two tones, you'd need something like: Eb/D# : 55 : 39.7 lb Bb/A# : 80 : 47.2 lb F : 105 or 110 : 45.3 or 52.0 lb C : 135 : 40.4 lb (And I've done a bit of maths to get the tensions for the top two strings there.) That's a pretty impractical string set unless you make it up from singles. When you're into the realms of down-tuning, you tend to get used to a different feel anyway. When I tuned C-G-C-F (drop C), I used a 55-75-90-110 set, which was much lower tension than a sensible set in standard tuning, but it was generally fine. Like Sibob says, if it's just for one song, I'd probably re-voice it for standard tuning. Or bite the bullet and just flap around on your standard string set tuned down.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='777222' date='Mar 17 2010, 12:12 PM']Sort of... I've taken the neck off and the tool required is a 1/4" allen key. The socket for the key is confusing because it's "doubled" to allow twice as many key positions which gives it the cog-like appearance rather than a standard hexagonal shape, obviously to compensate for the narrowness of the slot in the body. However with the neck off I can't get enough leverage to turn the truss rod in either direction, and all the 1/4" keys I have are too long (30-33mm) to fit in the socket with the neck in place - it needs to be about 20mm long. So until I can find a smaller 1/4" key or the time to cut one of the ones I have down to fit, the neck is going to have to remain with slightly too much relief.[/quote] Ah, so it [b]is[/b] a Double Hex! Is it possible to get hold of a 1/4" version of the Fender truss rod tool? You know, the red-handled T-shape one with a ball end: That gives enough access on my Precision, and the truss-rod access point on that is way tighter than the Hartke looks. Ball-end is the key.

Did you get this sorted, BigRedX? Just wondering out of idle curiosity.

[quote name='Conan' post='777128' date='Mar 17 2010, 11:05 AM']Although my gear will seem very low-rent compared to some of the stuff you lads own!! [/quote] Oh, you should check out some of my crap I don't put in my signature. A prime example here:

[quote name='Conan' post='777097' date='Mar 17 2010, 10:25 AM']Bill Fitz[b]maurice[/b] innit?[/quote] [s]Fixed. [/s] Ah, got there before me. Bill doesn't build his own cabs, though (well, I'm sure he does originally to test them, but AFAIK he doesn't personally sell them). He sells plans for the designs so you can DIY, and he has authorised builders dotted around the world if you don't have the skills to do it yourself. IIRC (and I may well not), Bill has been pretty vocal in his support for Alex's designs, and people don't tend to argue with Bill. He knows his stuff. Conan, if you're interested in trying a Barefaced cab, remember that Alex offers a one-month trial period. Buy one; if you don't like it, send it back for a refund. Alternatively, wait for another NE Bash (time for another one, guys?) and I'll bring my Vintage. As long as I'm not rendered immobile by piggy plague again.

[quote name='throwoff' post='776926' date='Mar 17 2010, 07:32 AM']All it needs is a Nano Balls[/quote] Anabolic steroids should sort that out for you.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='776420' date='Mar 16 2010, 04:46 PM']I remember doing an orchestral course with the cellist Christopher Bunting many years ago & he had the opinion that the enharmonic sharp should sound that little bit sharper to emphasise the key and vice versa with the flats in such cases. I don't go with that idea myself, but he was one hell of a musician, so who am I to argue? [/quote] Ah, right, so he's playing outside equal temperament. Fair enough in a string section or choir (I certainly used to do it on the violin and when singing -- tenors get all the sexy inner harmonies ), but when you're up against the brass and wind who can't do that... you're going to sound tits. To put it bluntly.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='776404' date='Mar 16 2010, 04:28 PM'](although some academics will try and tell you they sound different!)[/quote] Surely not in equal temperament? I mean, yes, enharmonic equivalents sounded different before E.T. was developed, but surely not now?

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='773403' date='Mar 13 2010, 09:15 AM']I'm strongly committed to the P pickup[/quote] I genuinely love this phrase, and will immediately adopt it in relation to my P/J. Beautifully put!

They've corrected the image. I know nowt about Rics, but the original pic had dot inlays, which was the thing that set [i]my[/i] alarm bells ringing.

This should be interesting, Dave. Hopefully in a good way!

[quote name='Wil' post='771721' date='Mar 11 2010, 03:30 PM']Seriously though, I can only imagine I'd make it worse than before I started. I'm not particularly skilled in the woodworking arts. Polyfilla, on the other hand...[/quote] Then simply build up the neck heel with Polyfilla. Honestly, do we have to hold your hand through the whole thing? Hold on though [serious thought for a moment] ... is this the neck I sold you last year? Just wondering...

[quote name='Wil' post='771708' date='Mar 11 2010, 03:21 PM']If I tried such a thing I'd probably end up with maple veneer glued to my face [/quote] Excellent. Please post pics.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='770648' date='Mar 10 2010, 05:18 PM']I've been doing "Head for Backstage Pass" from Jeff Beck's album [i]Wired[/i], particularly the silly, messy and massively sloppy bass solo from Wilbur Bascomb at the beginning.[/quote] And as if by magic... [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/429522/Head%20for%20Backstage%20Pass%20-%20Jeff%20Beck.pdf"]here it is[/url]. If anyone who knows it would like to pass critique, please do. I haven't transcribed that much stuff before, so it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts. (I'm a little unsure as to whether the bass actually plays those double stops in bars 28-30; it's all mushed in the mix with the clavinet. Also, the G and Bm7 chords in the main groove are only kind of implied, but I threw them in anyway. )

[quote name='GazWills' post='770985' date='Mar 10 2010, 09:52 PM']blimey - a lot of folks don't seem to like maxons!![/quote] To be fair, it was only me and 51m0n... although I chipped in twice. I have to do that to make me seem bigger than I really am.

I've been doing "Head for Backstage Pass" from Jeff Beck's album [i]Wired[/i], particularly the silly, messy and massively sloppy bass solo from Wilbur Bascomb at the beginning. EDIT: Oh, and Scott Thunes' awesome non-stop grind from Zappa's "Valley Girl".