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[quote name='foal30' timestamp='1319687961' post='1417251'] they are just re-packaged, I don't know what type of Flats they are. Because I am told La'Bella make more than one type. We have not had LaBella strings in NZ for many years. I got the Sadowsky sets from Australia after some research into string manufacturing. they sound good. I use the set with a 105E string LaBella also make a headless flat set which I'm seriously considering on my Steinberger Ernie Ball flats are D'Ad Chromes, just in a different bag. [/quote] Thanks for that. Fender strings are now made by D'Addario too.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1319699085' post='1417296'] This is the link you should be using: [CODE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-6KoGaGVr0 [/CODE] I don't know what this [i]youtu.be[/i] shortened URL thing is... where are getting the link from? [/quote] That's what I thought.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1319653851' post='1416959'] I downloaded their album today, very good indeed... [/quote] Me too.

[quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1319668849' post='1417206'] OK lets try this then [url="http://youtu.be/ePe-J_7PGW0"]http://youtu.be/ePe-J_7PGW0[/url] Nope? [/quote] Here you go: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePe-J_7PGW0&[/media]

[quote name='DaveFry' timestamp='1319655707' post='1416997'] Musicians who started on 'cello ; Jack Bruce James Taylor [/quote] HRH The Prince of Wales.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1319644085' post='1416833'] I think Ron Carter tuned it as a cello as the cello was his first instrument (when he was at school with Paul Chambers, the two had little to do with each other as RC was interested in classical cello and didn't take up the bass until later, when he realised he could not work as a cellist because of the racist employment practices of most US orchestras at that time. His piccolo bass was not a cello. PS he told me this himself when I interviewed him about PC [/quote] When's the book available?

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1319639747' post='1416760'] Refund issued, dealing with Nick (extremely helpful) at S&T. Waiting for the money to hit the bank, then GAK more than likely will see some of it. Never paying in full again unless it's ready to ship. Nick is overseeing future orders and personally keeping me in the loop. [/quote] Good result, but were you offered any recompense or at least given an explanation.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1319637989' post='1416731'] Here's some Joe Osborne pick + Jazz + flats action from the wonderful Glen Campbell/Jimmy Web combination [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QynK5IDalmA[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsHUgpSxMoI[/media] [/quote] Just been learning those two. Smashing.

OK beaten to it but the link is worth watching.

[quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1319635243' post='1416676'] Eeeeeer...how do I embed YouTube vids now? There used to be a pinned item but I cannot see that, nor immediately find it here (I don't really have time to go through the 23 pages & 450+ posts [/quote] Just copy and paste the youtube url here: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxGNZnnwyCg[/media]

I like the look of the butterscotch very much but no room for it at the moment.

[quote name='Valhalalf' timestamp='1319623942' post='1416443'] I also read somewhere that you could use D'Addario Jazz light flatwounds as the bottom 4 strings would be very similar to the normal cello tension. I'm picking up the cello tonight so will have a look at the string thickness and see where to go from there. But if anyone has any more suggestions fire away, it'd be awesome if we could find a solution for everyone. [/quote] It's going to be fine I'm sure.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1319621513' post='1416396'] Tank tops? Noooo! [/quote] They are French, it's allowed.

Very good.

[quote name='foal30' timestamp='1319616166' post='1416314'] Hi MrLloyd, Sadowsky flats are La'Bellas if they are easier to source. [/quote] Do you mean that Sadowsky flats simply are repackaged La Bellas or are they different but La Bella make them for Sadowsky. Do they have the same coloured silks?

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1319582170' post='1416152'] This is true, but alas the cello is not mine, and if I broke it, I'd end up sad and lonely and in the loft... [/quote] I was in the loft the other day and I fell out of the loft, bruised and grazed but nothing broken - fortunately

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1319576888' post='1416097'] And more on turning a cello into a bass. We've got one in the loft. Ms bigjohn's, from when she was at school. I've often thunk about doing it but am scaredy cat I'll break it... [/quote] But at the moment the cello is sad and lonely in your loft. If you broke it, it would have died doing what it was born to do.

[quote name='Pow_22' timestamp='1319573084' post='1416051'] Got a bitsa P bass a while back and was told the neck plate was original fender. Thought nowt of it but just put the serial number printed on it into the Guitar Dater Project site and apparently its.... Your guitar was made at the Fullerton Plant (Fender - CBS Era), USA in the Year(s): 1976 [/quote] Are you going to check the neck dates and pot code dates just in case?

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1319570250' post='1415998'] We can all recognise bass sounds from famous players. But has everything been done? Are there any new players out there that still have a recognisable signature sound these days? [/quote] I don't know the answer to your question but then again I can't even recognise bass sounds from famous players because most of the bassists who get mentioned in these threads I've never heard of or even knowingly heard.

What I've got now doesn't seem much different to what I remember having in the 1970s.

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1319568210' post='1415957'] The best example of '60s 'click-bass', but I'd reckon that Love Affair track is a Jazz. Curious - can I ask why you think it's a Rick? [/quote] I would have thought Jazz too.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1319556918' post='1415752'] ... The Fralin is a fantastic pup but costs quite a bit more than the others. [/quote] That is its drawback.

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1319563447' post='1415866'] Didn't that come later, after Dan Lakin had publically defended said dealer, then had his hand bitten? [/quote] Yes, it was at the tail end of the EBMM stuff and I think you're correct that Dan Lakin had defended said dealer. The end result for the seven of us was good though because we lost nothing because Lakland acted towards us as if they had received our deposits when it certainly appeared that they had not received them.

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1319543436' post='1415417'] ... This is increasingly reminding me of a situation a few years back. A bass dealer who was highly prolific on bass forums (and hence well-known) was given a dealership just as EBMM were announcing one of their limited edition runs. Dozens of basses were ordered through him the moment the order window was opened, and everyone started the usual waiting game. Fast forward a few months and the limited editions started pouring out... except to the people who had ordered from this guy. Weeks and weeks passed with anger being directed at EBMM until it eventually came out that the dealer hadn't actually paid EBMM for the orders he'd placed. He had gotten into financial difficulties and ultimately couldn't juggle the money long enough ... [/quote] In that case it wasn't only EBMM instruments, it was also some Laklands. Although seven (IIRC) of us had ordered Laklands, our deposits had not been passed on to Lakland nor the order placed. However, we were credited with our deposits by Lakland and supplied with our basses. Lakland then, I believe, chased the dealer concerned for the missing money. That's customer service.