EssentialTension

[quote name='AustinArto' timestamp='1460937122' post='3030010'] I've never bought a signature bass. I don't think I've ever liked a bass player who had a seemingly-inimitable sound. [/quote] The only 'signature' bass I ever owned was a Fender Tony Franklin Precision Fretless. I had never heard of Tony Franklin and I still haven't heard Tony Franklin's playing. It's the only unlined fretless Precision Fender did. That's why I bought it. I wouldn't mind a Lakland Jerry Scheff. Nothing to do with Jerry Scheff himself, but I like the widely spaced lipstick pickups. Most people with a Les Paul have no idea who Les Paul was.

[quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1460905840' post='3029664'] ... Mark Hoppus ... he uses a capo on his bass........ [/quote] And he uses frets, what an amateur.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1460904233' post='3029649'] If fender priced their bases more keenly ... [/quote] Surely, that's why there are CS, MIA, MIM, MIJ, Squiers etc.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1460903671' post='3029646'] Isn't it "patent an item, copyright an idea"? In the bottom of Leo's drawing there he's making a claim for the design of a "bass guitar", which iirc was the unique part of it. I thought - from having seen the original Tele application drawings in books that he was claiming things like the one piece bridge, detachable/replaceable neck - and such. It's all in various Fender books but I can't be bothered looking for them. [/quote] That sounds about right to me. There are, as you say, lots of Fender patents if you google for them.

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1460897959' post='3029590'] The stuck on stencil relicing on the Rory strat is awful imo,have you seen one in the flesh? [/quote] Same goes for the Joe Strummer Telecaster. Awful from a distance and gets worse as you get closer.

Surely it's a patent not a copyright and in the case of the headstock a trademark.

I couldn't care less if it's a so-called 'signature'. I would happily play a Les Paul.

Very nice ... but I am suggesting cream pearl pickguard and lollipop tuners.

17 is not a date but it is the code for a Mustang bass or Musicmaster bass neck.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1460550323' post='3026693'] Which ever one has the best look for the band. They all sound like basses in the mix. [/quote] I agree with this. I tend to have articular basses for particular bands.

Sounds nothing like Spirit ... http://youtu.be/FNE75XznfIE?list=RDJcYeLRI76No

Ha ha. Never liked it anyway.

When I briefly had an L2500, I had the E string through bridge and the other four through body because the E string was slightly fat for the ferrule and, when through body, the silk was over the nut. I prefer through bridge anyway so I wasn't bothered. The ball ends weren't a problem though.

My son uses flats on his Epiphone Casino (13-56) and on his Fender Jaguar (11-50). You probably aren't going to bend them much but they sound real meaty. I've read that John Lennon even had Pyramid Gold flats on his Gibson acoustic.

[quote name='olliedf89' timestamp='1460297678' post='3024428'] Yeah I thought I'd fixed it, but apparently not. Just come back to it and it's playing fine except that E string, every time you hit it with anything other than a light tap it vibrates all over the place, initial attack looses low end before it starts phasing. Almost like very hard dip & swell limiting, but without a compressor. I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong but I'm keen to try and understand. The string is only a 105 so I'm finding it hard to believe that the gauge is wrong as it's not anything crazy. [/quote] Could the E string be broken somehow inside the winding?

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1460216636' post='3023748'] Thanks guys! I think I will just send em back. Don't want to cut them and potentially be unable to return them as a result. [/quote] I agree don't cut them, but you can see if they fit without cutting them.

I got round to listening to those at last. Thanks Dave and nice playing. The main thing was, for me at least, they all sounded wholly acceptable. By which I mean I could have used and worked with strings that sounded like that. Having said that I liked the La Bella and the GHS most, strings which I have regularly used, along with the DRs which I am using on one bass at present. There's something about the EBs and the D'Addarios I like less (but I bet I could not spot it in a blind test). But, never mind the sound, all those strings feel different under the fingers. For example, the DRs are slightly rough to the touch while La Bella 760M are very smooth. Tension and compliance vary a lot so, even having heard the sound, I think you can only finally decide after playing them. By the way, GHS don't, as far as I can see, do a 50-105 set. Should it be 45-105 or 55-105?

Just measure the length ball end to silk and see if it's going to fit. If not return them. [size=3][url="http://www.bassstringsonline.com/view_category.asp?cat=17"][color=#000000][b][u]D'Addario Bass String Winding Length: [/u][/b][/color][/url][/size][list] [*][size=3]Short Scale = 32" Ball to Taper (or Silk)[/size] [*][size=3]Medium Scale = 34" Ball to Taper (or Silk)[/size] [*][size=3]Long Scale = 37.1" Ball to Taper (or Silk)[/size] [*][size=3]Super Long Scale = 38" Ball to Taper (or Silk)[/size] [/list] [url="http://www.bassstringsonline.com/Bass-String-Lengths-by-Manufacturer_ep_47-1.html"]http://www.bassstringsonline.com/Bass-String-Lengths-by-Manufacturer_ep_47-1.html[/url]

What make and model are the strings?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1459248763' post='3014689'] It keeps me young. [/quote] I thought you were just back-dated.

Yes, Merle Haggard has died. [media]http://youtu.be/n4AgZST_TG8[/media]

Excellent

I thought it was about that Greek bloke John Hallopoulos.

And here's an El Maya ...

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1459952804' post='3021204'] Weren't El Greco's cheap knock offs of El Rickenbacker paintings? [/quote] Corrected it for you.