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[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1435096018' post='2805520'] Also Seth Lover had the patent on humbucker pickups so this was the way to pretend it wasn't a humbucker. They still don't like to talk about that. [/quote] Hence the term 'humcancelling split-coil'.

[quote name='edpirie' timestamp='1434748504' post='2802590'] Is that going to be the only option? Would probably decide me on the single pup. [/quote] That's what they told me - August and natural mahogany for two pickup and red or black for single pickup.

It's natural mahogany.

[quote name='edpirie' timestamp='1434610542' post='2801097'] I asked Guild about the two pup version and it's due out July/August. [/quote] What colour(s)?

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1434455265' post='2799689'] There is the school of thought that through body stringing helps with the transfer of vibration into the body and thus helping sustain and "tone". There is another school of thought that think that school of thought is wrong. [/quote] With an electric bass guitar, the more vibrations are transferred to the body then the less sustain there will be as the strings will be losing vibration energy to the body. It's not a school of thought, it's physics. [quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1434455265' post='2799689'] There is also a school of thought that think through body stringing will increase the string tension, especially for lower tunings than E standard, and therefore aid play-ability, help sustain and "tone". There are also numerous schools of thought that think that this school of thought is wrong as well. [/quote] Nothing that happens beyond the bridge or the nut can affect string tension. It's not a school of thought, it's physics. String tension is affected only by pitch of the note, length of the string between bridge and nut, mass per unit length of string.

I couldn't tell any difference ... but I also wasn't there.

My second bass was a Hayman 4040. I paid about £110 in Denmark Street in late 1974. That was about a month's wages.

Is there a point in a man's life where he should give up telling other men what hair style to have?

[quote name='All thumbs' timestamp='1434193251' post='2797481'] Cheers! :-) I'm using Rotosound Monel Medium Scale (although a short scale bass, you need medium scale strings because of the floating bridge/tailpiece setup - short scale strings are too short!). They're not my favourite strings by a long shot but they actually work very well on the Chowny! [/quote] Not my favourite either but they sounded fine.

[quote name='Colonel36' timestamp='1434100247' post='2796617'] Saw this today with a very unusual Shell Pink front door and thought of this thread. [url="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Susannah1/media/shell%20pink.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Are you certain that's not pink primer?

I bought a Hora from Thomann. It arrived in a large box on a pallet and it was delivered it into my hallway. No problem.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/73234-tonewoods"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/73234-tonewoods[/url] ... and several other threads.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1434118823' post='2796895'] You can get a flatwound sound from roundwounds, if you take all the tone off your bass. ... [/quote] Not really, in my experience - and anyway different flatwounds sound quite different to each other as well as different to rounds. Of course, with enough EQ and effects etc, you can make anything sound completely unlike a bass.

Those do look like Dark Stars but the new Guild Bisonics are available at $99.99 each. [url="http://www.bestbassgear.com/guild-bisonic.htm"]http://www.bestbassgear.com/guild-bisonic.htm[/url]

[quote name='Jonnyboy Rotten' timestamp='1434014618' post='2795877'] Rotosound Monel Flatwounds as listed in the end credits! [/quote] Reminder to self: watch the credits. Thank you.

[quote name='All thumbs' timestamp='1433972597' post='2795640'] I filmed a video review/demonstration earlier today of my Emarald Burst Chowny CHB-1! [/quote] Scott, very nice demo, what flatwounds are you using?

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1433957641' post='2795477'] [/quote] ... and thus Wayne is proven wrong ... although I do think it's a bit of a shame that he's not still here.

Is a tone bock the same as a tone plate? The Gibson Les Paul Money bass had a walnut tone plate:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4MdWzN_100[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIzV9462xeE[/media]

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1433757749' post='2793591'] I wonder if Joiners have a "the best ten doors I ever hung" page ? ... [/quote] I used to be a painter and decorator and we did used to have discussions about such as 'best colour scheme' or 'neatest cutting in' or 'favourite brush' or 'worst spillage'. Kind of Top Trumps for tradesmen while we listened to the afternoon play on Radio 4. [quote name='spacey' timestamp='1433757749' post='2793591'] ... It's a Job when you are paid as a session player. [/quote] Correct and one ought to take a pride in one's job.

[b] [size=5]Behind The Song: “Wichita Lineman”:[/size][/b] [url="http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/01/behind-the-song-wichita-lineman/"]http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/01/behind-the-song-wichita-lineman/[/url]

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1433702264' post='2793242'] ... Gotta love the twangy (baritone?) guitar that sounds like it was played through a transistor radio ... [/quote] Fender Bass VI or Danelectro equivalent.

[quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1433690635' post='2793119'] Witchita Lineman?????? ewww! [/quote] It's an absolutely fantastic song and performance by all concerned - in my opinion (and Carol's)

I don't think we've had this before: [url="http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/carol-kaye-my-10-greatest-recordings-of-all-time-508956"]http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/carol-kaye-my-10-greatest-recordings-of-all-time-508956[/url]