EssentialTension

When I hear the word virtuoso, I tend to switch off. I'm not really interested in virtuoso, I prefer music and songs. Most of the stuff posted here leaves me totally cold.

[quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1363708916' post='2016312'] ....except green. . [/quote] I like green and black and they also make very nice chocolate

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/168570-tonewoods-hardware-and-the-science-of-great-tone/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/168570-tonewoods-hardware-and-the-science-of-great-tone/[/url]

Who was it that got banned last time we talked about this?

Sunburst neck:

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1363560515' post='2014211'] It is getting into dangerous territory to speculate who manufacturers the strings. Here's why: it is not that much of a leap to go from, "Who makes the strings?" to "Same strings." [/quote] So only dangerous if people are stupid.

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1363646710' post='2015390'] Playing sunburst music? Is that what you want? Is it? Well is it? [/quote] I'm guessing sunburst is not in BRX's list of top finishes.

I don't really see how a bass can look cool, whatever that is, or boring merely because of the colour of its body finish. If I didn't like the look of a particular bass then painting it black or whatever is not going to make it cool. Like BRX said, most aren't wholly black anyway. I'm always surprised at the love for black body with maple fingerboard - not black and not cool for me at all.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1363615845' post='2014759'] Being offered a trade for a 96 jap p 62 reissue [/quote] All other things being equal that's possibly (IMHO) a better bass than the Highway but there's no substitute for trying them out.

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1363560595' post='2014212'] Indeed. This is the case with Ken Smith bass strings. [/quote] So, who is making Ken Smith's strings?

[quote name='John Cellario' timestamp='1363441953' post='2012766'] ... I read somewhere Berlin was the one guy who introduced slapping as a technique ... [/quote] Wasn't Larry Graham slapping while Berlin was still in his early teens?

Lovely.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1362956420' post='2006838'] Somebody started a similar thread on Talkbass last year - any comments, do we think they're right? [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f16/what-strings-come-stock-sandbergs-842466/"]http://www.talkbass....ndbergs-842466/[/url] [/quote] The TB thread tends towards thinking that if some other company makes the strings then they must be the same as some string made by that other company. That's not correct because the string companies will be making whatever is ordered from them. So, in this example, Sandberg could be using GHS without them strictly being Super Steels.

Long discussion on who makes which strings here but I don't think Sandberg got a mention. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/171152-who-makes-which-strings"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/171152-who-makes-which-strings[/url]

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1363428410' post='2012549'] Aren't Fender strings made by D'Addario these days? G. [/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/171152-who-makes-which-strings"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/171152-who-makes-which-strings[/url]

Eleven pages here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/201999-fender-boring-and-dull/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/201999-fender-boring-and-dull/[/url]

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1363372456' post='2012068'] This arrived today. Hope the use of the p word doesn't offend lol [/quote] Very good. That's the answer.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1363428410' post='2012549'] Aren't Fender strings made by D'Addario these days? G. [/quote] That seems to be the case.

Each to his or her own but I really don't see the point of most instruments if you're not going to play them with others. If I didnt play in bands I wouldn't play bass guitar or upright bass. Piano is good because then you can accompany your self.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1363231632' post='2010250'] People hear with their eyes. Nobody will be impressed that you sound good on a cheap bass. They'll just assume you're an amateur for not having a better instrument.... [/quote] This may be true of you but it's not at all true of everybody

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1363299226' post='2011379'] I've come across a few with the same problem, it seems some people fix it with glue in the screw thread or by wedging something under the saddle. I just took it off and put a proper bridge on. Honestly in nearly 70 years of making basses couldn't they come up with something better than that? It's not like their instruments are cheap. [/quote] I've never needed anything better, it's always worked for me.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1363273496' post='2010835'] I once put a Badass II on a Jazz but I wasn't chasing magic sustain or desiring adjustability or anything like that. The simple fact of the matter was that my E string saddle kept losing height while I played it, requiring constant adjustment, because the stock Fender bridge is a piece of garbage. [/quote] I had a friend with a Jazz bass with that problem. He just needed a new saddle.

[quote name='onemanband' timestamp='1363120492' post='2008939'] Hi, So, I bought a Tortoiseshell pickguard blank off ebay, and made a new pickguard today. Took most of the afternoon; I used hand tools so as not to risk any mishaps and I'm pretty pleased with the result. As I said, it's a personal thing but I think it looks much better. Now to get on with some playing!! [attachment=129798:IMG_0334.jpg][attachment=129799:IMG_0338.jpg] [/quote] I agree it does look mich better - very nice in fact.