EssentialTension

[quote name='StraightSix' timestamp='1334479914' post='1616563'] I may be wrong but I have read that lemon oil can attack certain metal alloys used for frets. I've been using Ernie Ball Wonderwipes - pre-soaked individual cloths with a mixture of orange Oil, Jojoba and Linseed Oil: [url="http://www.ernieball.co.uk/products/productdetail/Wonder+Wipes+Fretboard+Conditioner+6+pack/part_number=4276/574.1.4.3.16140.0.0.0.0?pp=8"]http://www.ernieball...40.0.0.0.0?pp=8[/url] One single cloth can easily do two necks or more. [/quote] If lemon oil was going to attack the frets then so would orange oil.

I think that seller has had some 'difficulties' in the past.

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1341256306' post='1715957'] Truss rod adjustment is confusing. They say "lefty loosey" and "righty tighty" Surely that depends on which way you are looking at your bass, from the front or behind? What do they mean? [/quote] It doesn't matter which way you're looking at it as long as you're looking at the trussrod nut. It will still be lefty loosey (i.e. anticlockwise) and righty tighty (i.e. clockwise).

Ah, the [s]penis[/s] size debate rears its ugly head again ... (no pun intended ... I think ... ).

Very good but ... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/34275-isolated-bass-tracks"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/34275-isolated-bass-tracks[/url]

While I agree £65 is on the steep side, if you want to see top artists in small venues, like Ronnie Scotts, you're going to have to pay more.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1341143898' post='1714214'] ah, but you play upright... you can probably hammer a nail into the wall with your fingers and it'd feel fine to you [/quote] I wish I was that powerful.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1341142100' post='1714191'] Are you measuring bottom of the string to top of the fret? or the fingerboard? 7mm bottom of string to top of fret is... quite some action! [/quote] From the fret in the cases of the Decade and Precision, which are fretted. From the fingerboard in the cases of the Takamine and the upright, which have no frets.

E string 12th fret at 5mm sounds fine to me: Lakland Decade = approx 3mm = very low, IMO Fender Precision = approx 5mm = slightly low, IMO Takamine B10 = approx 7mm = not low, IMO Upright = approx 9mm = "Couldn't play it 'cos the action was too high" sounds a bit wimpy.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1341056395' post='1713276'] Usually high-hat side, until I started playing some upright, since when I've been floor tom side. [/quote] [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1341066152' post='1713412'] Why? [/quote] Found it easier, with the position of the upright, to have contact with the audience and with the band, especially the drummer, from the floor tom side. Also, the first band I played upright with had a drummer who was playing a lot of ride cymbal rather than hihat and it felt easier to be in contact with that as he tended to look to his right rather than his left. Does that make sense?

Usually high-hat side, until I started playing some upright, since when I've been floor tom side.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1340747700' post='1709210'] Anything like the 9120's - and are they OK for 35" scale (Yammy TRB)? G. [/quote] I've never used the 9120s so I can't say. As for the 35", I don't know but possibly not in ordinary long scale. You can get the La Bellas in extra long but rarely in Europe and will probably need to order direct from La Bella. My Takamine B10 needs an extra long on the E string because of the trapeze tailpiece.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1340560063' post='1706249'] I'd certainly agree with certain strings and basses going well together. [/quote] Yep, I use different flats on different basses.

'Tonewood' - there's another marketing gimmick.

[quote name='norvegicusbass' timestamp='1340469368' post='1704946'] After a hell of a long layoff from playing I picked up a bass again some eighteen months ago. I love playing it but cant seem to get through a song without making a mistake here and there. I would class the songs I play as beginner to intermediate, songs like Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well, The Stranglers Nice N Sleazy, Led Zep's Ramble On and Celebration Day and songs of that ilk. When I played as a young lad I cant recall making so many mistakes but I seem to get a bit self conscious even when playing by myself. Eighteen months seems long enough to me to be able to play songs a bit more fluently than I do. Anyone else plagued by mistakes? [/quote] 1 Practice. 2 Don't panic. 3 Keep calm and carry on - almost all of your audience didn't know it was a mistake anyway and those who did know it was a mistake have probably made it themselves. 4 Remember the mistake and try not to repeat it, unless it's in the way VW repeats it.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1340470201' post='1704971'] This video springs to mind... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jFAhN6V9s[/media] [/quote] That was very nicely done.

Precisions and Jazzes (and I imagine Rays, but I've never played one, and Rickenbackers too) are both (or all) capable of a very wide range of tones so there is no way you can ever be certain about what you're listening to even if you could get it right sometimes.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1340442889' post='1704436'] I wish Fender did 9120s in a 5 set - I had a set on my Thunder III fretless & it was great, but have found that they are unavailable for 5ers. Alternatively, does anyone else do a black coated set of flats for a 5er? I suppose I'd really fancy an anodised metal finish rather than nylon coated, but the 9120s were less thumpy & 'rubbery' than the Rotos & were quite nice. G. [/quote] You can get 5-string La Bella 760N black nylons.

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1340388066' post='1703982'] I've never needed more sustain than even the shittiest bass could provide. [/quote] Same here.

Definitely can't make it, again.

I haven't been near a roundwound in years.

Hipshot D-tuner, I use mine rarely but there are odd occasions when it's useful.