EssentialTension

Sorry but, for me, wrong headstock and wrong pickup.

Squier Bronco with a 30" scale is worth trying.

... unless you don't want to put flats on in which case no. I'd be trying some Thomastik Jazz Flats. Because of the tailpiece you might need JF344 longscale rather than the medium scale JF324s. Really needs measuring.

[quote name='Hobbayne' post='1244610' date='May 25 2011, 06:57 PM']The Doors never used a bass player, all the bass parts were done on the organ but still a marvellous band nonetheless![/quote] The Doors used many session bassists on their albums including: Larry Knechtel Douglas Lubahn Kerry Magness Leroy Vinnegar Harvey Brooks Lonnie Mack Ray Neapolitan Jerry Scheff

[quote name='bartelby' post='1244590' date='May 25 2011, 06:39 PM']If it's good music it's good music. I don't care what it's played on.[/quote] +1

Yes.

Pickup cover also acted as a rest for the heel of the hand when using the tugbar.

'I can read a bit and I find it useful' and 'I know some theory and I wish I knew a lot more'.

[quote name='neepheid' post='1237871' date='May 20 2011, 10:37 AM']I had a DeArmond Starfire for a while (Korean made reissue of Guild) - I quite liked it, but in the end the short scale made it feel a bit weird to me. It had a nice woody tone to it and was nice to play. I took it on as a repair job (the fingerboard was coming away from the neck) and while I successfully repaired that with a glue injection and a good clamping in the end I sold it on as I just wasn't playing it enough....[/quote] That DeArmond Starfire with the fingerboard/neck issue was mine at one time. When it was with me it was sporting Hammon Dark Star pickups and was thunderous. I did a lot of gigs with a 60s covers band using it and enjoyed it very much. Definitely short scale though.

Very nice Jack.

[quote name='slobluesine' post='1235986' date='May 18 2011, 05:10 PM']Guild or Hagstrom pups?[/quote] It's a Mark I with Hagstroms but the bridge pickup has been replaced with a Guild humbucker. Sale thread is here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=136547"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=136547[/url]

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[quote name='bubinga5' post='1235822' date='May 18 2011, 03:18 PM']is he singing his opinion of Fenders??[/quote] I couldn't figure that one out either.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='1234846' date='May 17 2011, 08:35 PM']Fair enough! I hate messing with amps, hence my main rig has essentially no EQ and just a volume knob. And it's totally clean however you set that. But with a 2 or 3 band EQ, how hard is it to turn the bass knob up if it sounds thin, down if it sounds boomy, turn the treble knob up if it sounds dull, down if it sounds too bright, and turn the mids up if it sounds too mellow, down if it sounds too aggressive? It isn't exactly rocket science and could mean there are a lot more amps to choose from, not just the few whose default curve happens to suit you, your bass and your cab.[/quote] I do turn things up or down if I feel I need to and I don't need a lot more amps to choose from.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='1234647' date='May 17 2011, 06:03 PM']But what is flat?[/quote] Without having to spend time messing with it, with the knobs in the middle position. (I know that's not the physics answer but it's what I meant, and what I do)

Flat - then adjust for the room I'm in if necessary. If an amp doesn't sound good flat then I wouldn't want it.

Oh dear here we go again. Anyway, I'll say it, Fender Precision with flatwound strings. It's all you need.

I think you'll find that if it isn't packed properly then the insurance won't cover it - it will be in the small print of the contract.

I did one last October. Asked to stand in at about 8.40pm and on stage at 9.00pm. I vaguely knew some of the songs but it was very nerve-racking and there were plenty of mistakes but we got through and the band got booked back.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1233651' date='May 16 2011, 09:19 PM']Just about to chuck a new set of La Bella flats on my Sterling but I've a niggling feeling that I've heard that there is something about the mass of the big heavy flats and the power/magnet construction of the Sterling pup that makes it a bad mix; anyone have any experience? I accept that tone is subjective so I'm not on about flats v rounds or one brand v another, it's a simple case of is there a reason why they shouldn't work together and does anyone run a Sterling with big flats on it? [/quote] I know nothing about Sterlings but I can't see that problem. If the magnet was so powerful that it prevented the string from vibrating then lower the pickup. Anyway, you could try La Bella 760FL (light guage) or even 760FX (extra light).