EssentialTension

I'm guessing by 'standard' strings that you mean roundwounds. Although probably the majority of bassists use roundwounds, the flatwound variety are the originals. Flatwounds tend to produce a more old school kind of thump, although that is quite a big generalisation as there are big differences between different makes of flatwound. There several threads about flatwounds already, try reading some of those: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/163241-first-set-of-flats/page__p__1478281__hl__flatwounds__fromsearch__1#entry1478281"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/163241-first-set-of-flats/page__p__1478281__hl__flatwounds__fromsearch__1#entry1478281[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/161522-flatwound-strings/page__hl__flatwounds"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/161522-flatwound-strings/page__hl__flatwounds[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/155718-labella-flats-tell-me-about-them/page__st__40__p__1419149__hl__flatwounds__fromsearch__1#entry1419149"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/155718-labella-flats-tell-me-about-them/page__st__40__p__1419149__hl__flatwounds__fromsearch__1#entry1419149[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/156452-flatwounds/page__p__1387894__hl__flatwounds__fromsearch__1#entry1387894"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/156452-flatwounds/page__p__1387894__hl__flatwounds__fromsearch__1#entry1387894[/url]

Gone now. Listing ended, no longer available. It was described as two-tone sunburst but looks like faded red to me - and no neck date. The seller is Tune-o-matic, we've come across him before.

I'd always expect to adjust the tone for the room I was in. Maybe not much, but I always start from controls set flat anyway.

[quote name='christhammer666' timestamp='1326312074' post='1495398'] ... 4ths 5ths ect leaves my bamboozled ... [/quote] If 4ths and 5ths bamboozle you then that is because you haven't had them properly and simply explained.

[quote name='Ed_S' timestamp='1326350056' post='1495738'] I respectfully disagree. I think music speaks to everybody on a personal level, and to try and dictate what it'll mean to another individual by metrics alone is to greatly lessen it. To put it another way, if you've ever seen a film called Dead Poets Society, theory is to music what the writing of Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. is to poetry [/quote] But the teacher and the students in Dead Poets' Society had all studied language and grammar for many years before the events of the film. They could not only speak but could also read and write and analyse, explicitly or implicitly, what was written or spoken by others.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1326306458' post='1495274'] Oh surely not? Where's the point in having the guy on "Ignore" if he can't even post stuff for me to be ignoring? [/quote] Maybe he was only banned from off topic.

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1326293753' post='1495036'] I think there's something missing from this discussion - where is VibratingGString? He must be on holiday still... [/quote] I thought he got banned?

[quote name='morsefull' timestamp='1326197919' post='1493555'] ... My point is this; do we suffer from the "snake oil" effect when playing expensive strings? ... [/quote] No, I buy the flatwound strings that I want because I like the feel and the sound of them and then I keep them on the bass for years so they are actually dead cheap. For example, I've had a set of TI Jazz Flats on one bass since 2005 and no plans to change them - so they've cost me about £5 per year so far.

About a year ago I phoned a British bass dealer to order some Hipshot tuners. The dealer didn't take my money but said he would order the tuners and would phone when the tuners were in stock. A month later nothing had appeared and no contact from dealer so I rang again. Again I was told the dealer would let me know when they were in stock. A further month passed so I emailed Hipshot and ordered the said tuners directly from Hipshot. They arrived from the US in less than a week.

I have sent and received several basses without a hardcase, including one across the Atlantic. A well-packed double-boxed instrument without a hard case is as safe as, and maybe safer than, a bass packed in a hardcase. Guitar manufacturers do not ship every instrument out in a hardcase. A lot of shippers won't insure musical instruments whatever the packing.

I still don't get it.

I don't get it either.

I've always been a bassist but I have played guitar in a band and odd times played mandolin and glockenspiel. I still play some guitar and mandolin at home. I can't remember what happened to the glockenspiel.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1325856930' post='1488821'] Lots of love for those La Bella 760N, but the string gauge is 60-115! That sounds a bit hefty... do they feel as "hard" as the gauge would normally suggest? [/quote] I never take much notice of the gauge of strings, it's the tension that matters. I'd say La Bella 760Ns are medium-light tension.

Baritone guitars were often used in country music to play so-called tic-tac bass - doubling the upright bass or bass guitar line an octave or maybe a fifth above with muting.

[quote name='janmaat' timestamp='1325788397' post='1487799'] So that'll be BEADFB am I right? - Suppose, you could do as you please, but somehow a low B like a 7-string guitar? That should fit quite nicely with a 5string bass? [/quote] B-E-A-D-F#-B

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1325798980' post='1488088'] Apparently the ratio is around 10 guitarist to one bass player according to a well know shop in Glasgow. Jez [/quote] Cash Converters?

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1325794465' post='1487954'] Sure do. Same set as when I got it two years ago! [/quote] I've got them on my Takamine B10 - excellent.

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1325793585' post='1487931'] Bugger! I'd not heard that, The set I have on my twin neck is going strong and it's not my main bass at the moment, who knows what Fender tapewounds will be like when I need to replace them. [/quote] I read it on Talkbass - there are several threads - people have been buying up the old ones when they appear on eBay (if I've understood correctly).

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1325792929' post='1487914'] Fender- personal favorite, cheap, slightly textured feel, lots of bass in the sound (being played as I type in my profile pic) [/quote] I read that the Fender tapes had changed since D'Addario started making Fender strings.

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1325792052' post='1487894'] +1 [/quote] Have you got La Bellas on the Veillette?

As usual, you need to try them yourself but add to your list: La Bella 760N Black Nylons Pyramid Gold Black Nylons

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1325724971' post='1486839'] [size=4][color=#222222][font=Arial]Have a look at the Lakland thread on Talkbass. I don't recall any negative comments since the takeover. [/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#222222][font=Arial]The takeover was probably a good thing as Lakland was regularly teetering on the edge and several times had to be bailed out by Dan Lakin's dad![/font][/color][/size] [/quote] Yes, I heard that too. I also heard that Dan Lakin is now going to be a Lakland dealer.

[quote name='mrdreadful' timestamp='1325754360' post='1486988'] Is there any reason why there can't be Guitarchat.co.uk running alongside this one. Separate forum, same servers? [/quote] Because Ped already said that he didn't want the extra work.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1325751315' post='1486936'] Hmmm... It's supposed to be delivered today, but as of 7.18am it has only made it as far as Birmingham... *drums fingers* [/quote] Doesn't sound promising.