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  1. EssentialTension
    I rather like him and it's clear he was a big influence on Bowie's singing style. Obviously YMMV.
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    If you don't like it then don't go to the gigs ... because, after all, they probably aren't going to your gigs.
  4. EssentialTension
    Expensive but looks great.
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    Fretless is fine. Almost everyone won't notice, including the band. As long as you're roughly in tune.
  6. EssentialTension
    Beautiful ... I smiled the whole way through.
  7. EssentialTension
    I have a Hofner Club Ignition strung with Pyramid Flats which sounds great. I'd call it very good value for money. But it doesn't have the teacup knobs or the Hofner logo on the upper horn. Are they additions?
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    https://www.daddario.com/upload/tension_chart_13934.pdf
  11. EssentialTension
    Yes, an approximation.
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    Yes, but it's not the weight of the whole string that matters, it's the mass per unit length.
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    Compliance refers to the feel, the flexibility, of the string under the fingers (or pick) and is often confused with tension. Tension is fixed for the whole string between bridge saddle and nut - given (1) fixed mass per unit length, (2) fixed scale length, and (3) fixed pitch. But, although tension remains and must remain the same all along the string length, a string is more compliant when played at or around the 12th fret than it is when played near to the bridge. Like tension, but not in the same way, compliance is affected by internal string construction - e.g. hexcore/roundcore - but possibly by other factors that have no effect on tension such as break angle at the nut. Read all about it here ... http://www.liutaiomottola.com/myth/perception.htm ... and here ... https://www.liutaiomottola.com/formulae/tension.htm
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    Not merely by weighing the string, no. You'd need to calculate mass per unit length of the string and allow for any variation in pitch and/or scale length. And it would still not tell you about compliance.
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    To me that seems a lot of trouble to go to when you could just buy the right scale strings.
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    That's a total mess. And surely you'd need to play it with a pick if it was playable at all.
  17. EssentialTension
    And how much would the binned dampers fetch today on ebay?
  18. EssentialTension
    Surely the whole thing doesn't merely hint at 60s design but is actual 60s design.
  19. EssentialTension
    I have used ... TI Jazz Flats La Bella 760N La Bella 760S La Bella 760L Rotosound Trubass ... they all worked.
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    That's my favourite.
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    And the B-side Ladywood in Red
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    I read it somewhere but I have no idea if it's true.
  23. EssentialTension
    Longbridge Over Troubled Water
  24. EssentialTension
    Take Five Ways
  25. EssentialTension
    On a Fender Mustang??
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