EssentialTension

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='791179' date='Mar 30 2010, 09:43 PM']Ive just been going over some scales and noticed i never, ever use my 4th finger on the fretboard. I use my little finger, with my 4th finger on top of it.[/quote] I though the little finger was the 4th finger? How many fingers do you have?

If it's f[b][u]L[/u][/b]at then the string is too [b][u]L[/u][/b]ong. If it's [b][u]Sh[/u][/b]arp then the string is too [b][u]Sh[/u][/b]ort.

[quote name='Rumple' post='783372' date='Mar 23 2010, 02:13 PM']$85 plus $15 postage. Easy as that, thanks EssentialTension [/quote] Good result.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='782005' date='Mar 21 2010, 08:47 PM']I believe one way Lakland do stop people making a Skyline look like a US is that US necks don't fit Skyline bodies.[/quote] Having given this claim due consideration I have decided I was talking b******s (again). Thank you.

Steven Stills auditioned for the Monkees but got rejected.

[quote name='Sean' post='789861' date='Mar 29 2010, 08:22 PM']I thought it was all Carol Kaye and Joe Osbourne. interesting stuff. What's really interesting is how much they actually did themselves, especially Peter Tork.[/quote] I expected more Joe Osborn too.

[quote name='Kirky' post='789855' date='Mar 29 2010, 08:15 PM']I know Larry Taylor's work with Tom Waits. Didn't realise he was with Canned Heat. Great player. Monkees had the of session guys on their records.[/quote] Larry Taylor played with John Mayall too.

[quote name='OldGit' post='788859' date='Mar 28 2010, 08:48 PM']Squse me but when is it the promotor's responsible for providing backline?[/quote] When he's telling the other bands that they don't need to bring any gear.

[quote name='Doddy' post='788494' date='Mar 28 2010, 01:43 PM']There is no way I'd buy a shiny new amp and let other bands use it.[/quote] +1. But, anyway, if the promoter is hiring the backline from you then how much are they paying (on top of your appearance fee) for that service?

[quote name='Oggy' post='788021' date='Mar 27 2010, 05:11 PM']Hi Basschaters, As a relatively new, self tough, electric bass player I've never heard of the '1fpf' rule / advice. I've read through the thread and found it fascinating - thanks to you all. I've only been playing for 4 years, no formal training or tutor advice, just me, the bass and a CD player or Tascam-BT. I'v occasionally referred to on-line TAB but not for 'which left hand finger on which fret' positions, only for the fret position. My first bass was a Fender Precision (1987), wide neck, 34 inch scale length and action you could drive a buss under. I eventually sussed out that perhaps the action was a little high and had it set up; what a difference that made. Without knowing the 1fpf thing I applied it anyway, sort of made sense. My next bass was a Fender Jazz, slim neck, 34 inch scale length and great action from the start. I've had several basses since and can say that they all gave me problems when playing down the neck and applying the 1fpf rule / advice thing, Oh the cramps...... I did during the above period think about buying a, dare I say it, a Short Scale Bass...Aggggggg, but was always put off by other players telling me that they were for kids or girls with small hands. 'I have small hands', yes I admit it. I've put up with the sore wrists and cramps when playing repetitive riff's down the neck and stretching - but no more! I've bought a Short Scale and cramps and sore wrists have gone away, I can stretch enough to apply the 1fpf thing and play riff's down the neck all day long. My advice would be to anyone, after a lot of pain for the gain, is - if the finger stretching 'or whatever the technical term is' is giving you cramps, a sore wrist or any hand discomfort just try a Medium 32 inch scale or a Short +/-30 inch scale - Just don't buy a PINK one. I'm just a tad disappointed that the choice of Medium and Short scale basses is so limited. What about a Short or Medium Fender Jazz (MIJ Fender do a Medium but they can't sell it outside Japan). I've settled on a Gibson SG Short and I'm looking for a decent Fender Mustang (the choice is very limited), as much as I'd love to be sporting a Jazz or a Precision I just can't do the pain thing any longer. Oggy [/quote] But don't forget that, as several posts here have suggested, 1fpf is not necessary in the lower positions - try Simandl. And, as you've discovered, medium and short scales are not just 'for kids or girls with small hands'.

[quote name='KiOgon' post='787563' date='Mar 27 2010, 12:09 AM']Yep they do New style packet, but the strings remain the same [/quote] Nice headstock.

[quote name='bartelby' post='786563' date='Mar 26 2010, 06:38 AM']I used to do my own with an old slide projector, some slide glass, food colours and paint stripper. It was fun, if a little bit dangerous...[/quote] Ah, yes, I remember doing that same thing too. After the first time we carried a fire extinguisher.

[quote name='4 Strings' post='787307' date='Mar 26 2010, 06:39 PM']Really? Thanks for that, the old Precision I have is '78 and was fitted with flats with green silk and I wondered what make they were. From what you say, perhaps they are the original strings. I put them back on yesterday.[/quote] They could be original. I think the Fender stainless flats still have green silks today.

In 1976 I bought a new Precision and it came with factory fitted flats with green silks.

[quote name='Spoombung' post='786945' date='Mar 26 2010, 02:13 PM']The Basschat 'for sale' section is choka -block with 5-string and 6-string basses.[/quote] Good, that will save me some money.

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='786517' date='Mar 26 2010, 12:17 AM']Quite right - I always get this lot mixed up! Info: [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/bass/tsb/tsb.html"]http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/bass/tsb/tsb.html[/url] down the bottom. So it'd either be the 400 for a bolt-on or the 650 for a through then - might as well have two pickups eh? P.[/quote] My TSB-550 from 1980 had the four-a-side headstock not the 2+2 which dates from 1981 I think. ...and I always found one pickup satisfactory.

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='786365' date='Mar 25 2010, 09:34 PM']I reckon he's a ton out. Keep 'em peeled for a TSB-650. Single p/up but through neck.[/quote] +1 on the price. +1 on TSBs being very nice basses. I had a TSB-550 which is the through-neck single pickup version. I think the TSB-650 was the two pickup version.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='785738' date='Mar 25 2010, 12:47 PM']You all need to read the link the EssentialTension posted.[/quote] Yes, I heartily commend that link to the forum.

[quote name='Faithless' post='783754' date='Mar 23 2010, 06:02 PM']Oh yea, we could count notation into this..[/quote] You really need to change the title of the thread then.

This was already discussed only a couple of weeks ago: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76285"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76285[/url] I can't see a problem myself.

[quote name='Faithless' post='783461' date='Mar 23 2010, 02:15 PM']Ok, I know, it's a bit of a rant, but I'm fed up with situation in this forum section - most of threads are far away from Theory either Tech (though, they should be, yep?..) - it has transformed into sorta 'Tabs request' thing. Mods, can't we make a separate section for 'Tab asking & sharing'? We should solve this eventually.. Faith[/quote] So, did you mean for tabs and notation too?

If you're certain the strings etc. are exactly the same, I think you need to look for other possible differences such as: * 'through-body' or 'through bridge' stringing * shorter versus longer distances after the bridge saddles or nut to the fixing point * greater or lesser break angle over the nut or the bridge saddles to explain the different levels of compliance/elasticity - i.e. what we often call 'tension' but which is not, in physics speak, 'tension' at all.