EssentialTension

I use them whenever I can - especially playing fretless, when they are the notes you know should be in tune, or when changing left hand position to gain a bit of time.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='640246' date='Oct 29 2009, 04:59 PM']OK they only person I can think of that deserves a signature bass (& doesn't already have one) is that chap that plays bass for obviously 5 believers & skunkeye: It'll be a fender custom shop 'new old stock' 1966 reissue mustang bass in daphne blue nitro, neck profile like a CIJ resissue, but also with nitro finsh. Aged pearl pickguard, string mutes & tug bar, hipshot vintage style lollypop tuners including a D-tuner. Original style pickup and passive electronics. Fitted with Thomastik TI-JF324 strings. Of course a silver tolex case would be included. A squier version of the above to the standard of a classic vibe with less bells & whistles would be cool as the starter version. [/quote] I'd be your first customer.

[quote name='KevB' post='640252' date='Oct 29 2009, 05:04 PM']Undoubtedly but it's an odd situation where the founding people who gave the band it's name have relatively few writing credits through the years, I suppose it's probably not a lot different from Wyman & Watts though [/quote] Agreed.

Not going to be able to make it unfortunately.

Very nice, Andy. Were your wife's snapshots a replacement for buying one while you were there? Did you see around the workshop too?

[quote name='KevB' post='639985' date='Oct 29 2009, 01:00 PM']McVie & Fleetwood have been pretty lucky to have intially got a talent like Peter Green on board and then in later years (when the band was once again getting a bit directionless) the Nicks/Buckingham package . And then there was Christine chipping in with some quality songs of her own to boot.[/quote] Well, lucky in a sense but they got lucky because they were/are a great rhythm section.

[quote name='WonderHorse' post='639968' date='Oct 29 2009, 12:45 PM']Yeah if they weren't so expensive I'd by a set of each but unfortunately I'm not flushed with cash. From what I've seen on Youtube the La Bellas sound better to me Is TI Tomastik?[/quote] Yes, Thomastik Infeld Jazz Flats or TIJFs.

I was thinking 'Didn't we do this only recently?' but apparently it was back in February. Time flies, eh? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=42211&hl=signature"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;hl=signature[/url]

[quote name='WonderHorse' post='639881' date='Oct 29 2009, 11:28 AM']I'm thinking a botu taking the plunge and putting some flats on my Jazz. Would you recommend La Bellas or the TI Jazzs. Since these two seem to be the most popular. For the record the band I play in is british rock n roll (Beatles, The Who, The Clash, The Jam) that sort of stuff but it's all original material, and my bass lines have abit more of a reggae/ska feel to them rather than the usual root note thumping.[/quote] You may need to try them both to see what you like better, although I'd say either would work. I much prefer the TIs which are nickel and looser tension wise. The La Bellas are steel (I think) and much tenser. It's a while since I played any La Bellas but IIRC the TI's have a more middy sound. You might also want to consider Pyramid Golds. No doubt a second opinion will be along soon.

[quote name='obi 2 kenobi' post='639831' date='Oct 29 2009, 10:38 AM']Thru body with same strings are noticably tighter, strings have less 'slack', and less freedom of movement.[/quote] I don't mean to deny your experience but, all other things being equal, the physics of this means that if the overall string length is greater from through-body stringing it will make the string more not less compliant or elastic and can have no effect whatsoever on tension (which is determined only by mass per unit length, pitch, and length between nut and bridge). If through-body stringing were to shorten the length between bridge and string end then you could expect an increase in compliance or elasticity. My own experience is that it makes no discernible difference with the extra lengths we are in practice talking about.

[quote name='nobody's prefect' post='639686' date='Oct 29 2009, 07:35 AM']jaysis am I hung over or what. sat down for a pint with some friends yesterday and at about 11 o'clock we were right pissed. didn't stop for 3 more hours though.[/quote] Perhaps you should have stepped away from the computer. I recommend bacon sandwich, chocolate milkshake, large brandy - you'll be right as rain. [quote name='nobody's prefect' post='639686' date='Oct 29 2009, 07:35 AM']Maybe if you could persuade Espie to tie her hair into a pony tail?[/quote] [quote name='nobody's prefect' post='639686' date='Oct 29 2009, 07:35 AM']Besides, I think I won: someone seriously took the comparison of a lady in her sixties (has to be?) to a woman not 30. I mean... That should be a no contest, really. AND IT ISN'T![/quote]

[quote name='beardybass' post='639672' date='Oct 29 2009, 04:25 AM']Give Esperanza a bell and ask her if she wants to go see ToP with you. Job's a good 'un.[/quote] Best answer by far.

[quote name='Sean' post='639689' date='Oct 29 2009, 07:38 AM']Cheers, guys. If you want a good idea of how versatile flats can be listen to some tracks off the new REM live album. Mike Mills uses flatwounds on his Precision and strikes them with a pick. His tone is just fabulous.[/quote] On a lot of 60s pop in both US and UK the session bass players - e.g. Carol Kaye, Joe Osborn, John Paul Jones - were using a Precision or Jazz with flats and a pick.

And, perhaps, whereabouts are you based?

To the original dilemma, I say if you can't do both then do ToP - because there will plenty of future chances to see ES but fewer to see ToP.

[quote name='nobody's prefect' post='638735' date='Oct 28 2009, 07:50 AM']Erm... Man what? There are some very good looking women musicians around, but Esperanza? Are you guys [i]blind?[/i][/quote] I think you're mistaken:

Very very nice Clarky. How many cushions are there in your home?