EssentialTension

I've always asked at one of the local guitar shops and been given one - unless they had just had them taken away by the recyclers, in which case go back another day.

What happened to the udder pickups?

[quote name='mogli66' post='779170' date='Mar 18 2010, 09:52 PM']It was made in Korea - Serial number - S 1020878[/quote] S1****** = Samick Music Corporation, Korea, 1991 Someone who knows the value will be along in a minute.

I bought a bass bow and case from Andrew and it was as smooth as smooth can be.

[quote name='Sibob' post='777971' date='Mar 17 2010, 08:54 PM']Couldn't see that this had been cleared up, but split-coil doesn't mean hum cancelling. You can get humbucker Precision pickups (Dimarzio DP122 for example), but it's the arrangement of the magnets in each coil that makes it 'bucking! Cool Si[/quote] Si, maybe you're correct, I don't know, but I had always thought that the P pickup was hum-cancelling in that the two coils were RWRP. Do you think that's wrong?

[quote name='bh2' post='777948' date='Mar 17 2010, 08:32 PM']They're just the standard reverse gotohs... allparts. Not mine BTW. I quite fancy the hipshot vintage 'lollypop' style ones.[/quote] I fancy the lollipops too but I don't think the screw-holes will meet up.

[quote name='bh2' post='777938' date='Mar 17 2010, 08:21 PM']I would certainly swap out the machines for some vintage ones, they fit... these on a CV 60s P... Aren't they luvly![/quote] Very lovely - what model are they and from where, please?

[quote name='bass5' post='777929' date='Mar 17 2010, 08:14 PM']No the serial number is CGS0918859 whereas my lake placid blue 50's precison has CGRH08000517 and the Jazz one has CGS0913566[/quote] Interesting. Maybe I was talking nonsense (again). Someone told me that the 'C' was 'China' and the 'GR' was the factory 'Grand Reward Education and Entertainment' in Guang Dong. But who knows???

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='777848' date='Mar 17 2010, 07:23 PM']It's the same as sticking a capo on going the other way, of course.[/quote] ... and taking account of whether the guitarist has put the capo at the correct fret for the agreed key.

It's looking good (but I even liked the tort guard). Interesting to see how the colour of the red changes with the different guards. Does the serial number start 'CGRI' - which would mean it was made in the same factory as the earlier ones - or so I believe

[quote name='yorick' post='777526' date='Mar 17 2010, 03:20 PM']Beware of this. Very good if you want an instrument, but you can't buy amps and suchlike on it.[/quote] You can buy amps - see [url="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/takeitaway/4053/what-can-i-buy/"]here[/url]: [quote]What can I buy? You can use Take it away to finance the purchase of any kind of musical instrument, whether new or reconditioned, from a tabla to a tenor horn, a bass guitar to a berimbau. You can also include music stands, stools, sheet music, [b]amplifiers[/b], equipment and sometimes tuition as part of your loan. Recorded music, PA systems and computer hardware are not eligible to purchase under the scheme. [...] Eligible items Take it away, what you can and cannot buy Take it away loans are designed to assist individuals with the purchase of new or reconditioned musical instruments. However the following associated goods and services may be included as part of the loan, provided that these items are purchased at the same time as the instrument itself and can be supplied by the retailer at the point of sale. * Drum heads * Drum sticks/brushes * Effects pedals * [b]Instrument amplifiers[/b] * Instrument cases * Instrument cleaning materials * Leads * Metronomes * Mouthpieces * Music/instrument stands * Mutes * Plectrums * Reeds * Rosin * Sheet music * Shoulder rests * Silencers * Stools * Straps * Strings * Tuition * Tuners The following items cannot be bought using the loan: * Non tuition CDs and DVDs * Non tuition music books * Concert tickets * Microphones * Recording equipment * PA systems[/quote]

[quote name='peteb' post='776608' date='Mar 16 2010, 07:16 PM']No one is asking you to like, yet alone listen to Mr Big or the like, just to appreciate the musicianship involved and that others do like it[/quote] Like I said, I'm confident both players are better musicians than I am and I'm well aware that many others like it. I recognise that Billy Sheahan is a very talented bassist. However, you have appeared to be saying that some of us don't like it because we are resentful, scornful, and bitter because another musician is better than we are. I am none of those things. [quote name='peteb' post='776608' date='Mar 16 2010, 07:16 PM']Above all to accept that just because you don’t like a certain type of music doesn’t mean that it is without value[/quote] I did not claim it was without value. Clearly some people value it highly. However, it does nothing for me - and I remain without resentfulness, scornfulness, and bitterness. [quote name='peteb' post='776608' date='Mar 16 2010, 07:16 PM']Oh, and also not to post clips of classical music to establish your musical appreciation credentials![/quote] I used that clip because it was already posted in the thread (as a link, though not embedded) and had been commented on in other posts, so it wasn't something new added to the discussion to establish my credentials. My liking of the clip was a counter-example to your claim that some of us were resentful, scornful, and bitter when confronted my musicians more talented than ourselves.

[quote name='peteb' post='775015' date='Mar 15 2010, 10:46 AM']What is strange is how some people here seem to really resent this, seeing it as a gratuitous display of musicianship and showmanship (which of course it is) and therefore conclusive evidence that anyone who is better than them is in fact rubbish and deserving of all the scorn their bitter little hearts can manage![/quote] I don't resent it at all although I do I agree it's gratuitous. I'm confident both players are 'better' than me but I don't scorn them and my heart is not bitter. I simply don't like it, I am neither impressed nor moved emotionally by it, and I have no desire to listen to anything that's very much like it. I'm equally confident the players in the clip below are 'better' than me; but I am impressed by them and moved emotionally and it caused me to buy Bottesini's [i]Gran Duetti[/i]:

121mm on a 2006 American Deluxe too.

... and here's mine in action:

[quote name='Clarky' post='773932' date='Mar 13 2010, 10:21 PM']Is it my fault WoT is a man of consummate taste on the bass guitar front? [/quote] +1 [quote name='Clarky' post='773932' date='Mar 13 2010, 10:21 PM']Is it my fault WoT is a man of consummate taste on the bass guitar front? I do still have my Oly White P-bass 'Sid', ET, if that proves I am not some kind of psychopathic, Munchausen's-by-bass-proxy stalker for Wot! Indeed if I had unlimited funds I would also have an Oly White Tony Franklin fretted Precision with P/J pickups and maple board. And a Fender Pino Palladino. Plus I have never been to Newcastle or the North-East, if that proves anything! (In answer to your question, not moving the thumb rest BTW)[/quote] Has the Shuker gone?

[quote name='Legion' post='774634' date='Mar 14 2010, 08:13 PM']Ahh, now relaxing after a long day of jobs that had to be done... Well, having read the thread again I'm not really sure what you are asking Personally I love my TF, the ebony board is perfect allowing me to use rounds without any worries (plus I like the sound). The fit and finish is good, but I think like a lot of Fenders these days that can vary anyway but I seem to have a good one. I actually like the selector switch for its simplicity, my favourite by far is the P/J setting, otherwise its usually P, rarely just the J. A couple of times now I've come close to selling it but changed my mind. I'm very glad about that, as I'm sure I would be missing it already. [b]I think the only factor to be really sure of is - do you want a fretless? will you gig it and use it? if it becomes a bedroom only toy you might well be selling it on in a month or 2 as its not getting used. [/b]I've tried to use mine a lot more live lately which has presented the odd problem (like being in the dark and not able to see anything!) Basically if you like P's, like Fenders, and want a fretless - get a TF J[/quote] +1 on all of this (excluding the bit about rounds and including the bit about the dark). ... and the part I've highlighted I agree with strongly. I'm gigging my TF more than any of my others basses at the moment but if that band were to fold and I was playing more material that wanted a fretted, then I would be wondering what such an expensive bass was doing only being noodled on when I was gassing for something else. However, at the moment, I can't conceive of ever selling it.

I usually anchor my thumb somewhere - but it might be on the pickup (or the other pickup), or the neck, or the edge of the pickguard, or the E string and so different places for different sounds. I don't float across the strings but I do float along the strings.

Hey Clarky, very nice indeed - but you seem to be turning into WoT. When you get that correct tort pickguard on the fretless will you also be moving the thumb rest to make it a tug bar like on the other two?

I'd recommend the CV too. But it may need some upgrading on the electronics as already suggested. Wizard 64s in mine now.

There have been a few threads connecting to this Lakland setup guide but I'd say it's worth it every time.

[quote name='NickH' post='768673' date='Mar 8 2010, 11:12 PM']The two dudes playing DB are awesome. I'd listen to that over the Gilbert -Sheehan thingy any day of the week.[/quote] A very big +1 on that.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='773403' date='Mar 13 2010, 09:15 AM']I'm strongly committed to the P pickup[/quote] [quote name='BottomEndian' post='773429' date='Mar 13 2010, 10:02 AM']I genuinely love this phrase, and will immediately adopt it in relation to my P/J. Beautifully put![/quote] Thanks.