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[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1451512572' post='2941206'] ... What do you guys think? ... [/quote] I think 'tosser' and 'f**k off'.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1451559946' post='2941488'] Is the string spacing at the bridge wide like a doublebass or more guitar like? BTW, thanks everyone for the replies and info. [/quote] B10 measured E to G at the bridge is two and five-eighths inches. My Precision bass is slightly short of two and a half inches. My upright is three and a half inches. The difference arises I think from the longer scale length on the upright. Mind you I play finger-style over the end of the fingerboard where the string spacing is more like two and three-eighths on the B10.

I continue to play them.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1450973977' post='2937563'] Loving it to bits. Planning to debut it on NYE. [/quote] Have a great gig .... and report please on the Thomastiks.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1451557607' post='2941452'] Never yet had a string "go dead" on me. Not once. Sounds to me like you need to make the move to flatwounds. Beware though ... it's a one-way ticket. Once you switch to flats you'll not want to play rounds again. [/quote] Agreed.

I don't see how needing replacement strings can be a reason for selling a bass. I only ever change strings because I want to try something different. I like old dead strings.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1451554863' post='2941406'] So you actually play it while standing up Dave? I have to say that I think of this as purely a lap bass. It's so big that even disregarding the weight I thought it would be too much for a standing gig. [/quote] Yes, me standing and bass strapped and horizontal. No problem. EDIT: I say 'no problem' but, of course, I did have to get used to it, like any new and unusual thing. However it didn't take long and was 'no problem'.

I have a Takamine B10, the predecessor of the TB10. It was Clarky's before me but I think it's not the only one he had. I bought it from him in autumn 2011, IIRC. It's unusual in that it has had lines and side-dots added, after factory but before I bought it. I hate the side-dots because they are, IMO, in the wrong place. I also wish it was still unlined. I have even considered having the fingerboard replaced but the expense puts me off. I have exchanged the complicated to use standard pre-amp with a simpler but also Takamine pre-amp. I have gigged the B10 regularly for about four years with a folky-cum-Americana band with acoustic guitar, acoustic tenor guitar, electric piano and a percussionist, sometimes with full (but small) kit sometimes only cajon. I use old La Bella 760FS strings through a Mesa Walkabout 112 combo. The band and at least some audience members always comment positively on everything about how the B10 looks and sounds. I play it horizontally and never upright. I added a strap pin on the neck heel for this purpose and it balances unproblematically. The experience of playing it and its sound are both somewhere between a fretless bass guitar and an upright. Although any upright afficionado is probably not going to be impressed. The action will feel high to most bass guitarists but, IMO, that's partially responsible for the sound produced. The bridge is not adjustable and the intonation is in your left hand. The body shape does not allow for proper arco playing; so if you are looking to bow it then I wouldn't waste your money. The case is very large and, with the B10 inside, is very heavy. I use a (not cheap) soft but heavily padded cello case and the actual B10 case is in the loft with the end-pin. Here it is with the rest of the collection .....

Parcelforce - and I never had a problem.

If you want a rough idea of how a short scale feels and sounds then take a 34" scale bass. Downtune it by a whole tone to DGCF. Put a capo at fret two and you have a 30.3" scale bass tuned EADG.

[quote name='PaulTMA' timestamp='1451332383' post='2939669'] Do you think there would be a noticeable difference in playability difference having been used to a 45-90 set? Bass is by no means my regular instrument and although it is a short-scale bass, I really don't want the strings to get much heavier to try maintain ease of playing. The other reason I want to avoid having to re-setup my bass is because I am quite clueless with carrying out my own setup and I cannot face the rip-off prices locally for having any of the guitar shops take care of it. [/quote] Which 45-90 set? Or is it 40-95? What make and model? You should learn to setup guitars and basses. It's easy and necessary if you are changing strings especially changing type of strings e.g. round to flat. There are lots of Youtube videos e.g. search 'Lakland setup'.

Also good on Mustang is TI JF324 set. But totally different feel.

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1451330219' post='2939637'] Yes! La Bella Flats! Ask for the Mustang bass set, as the ball end is constructed for through-body-over-the-saddle stringing. The simple mid-scale sets are not, and going through body, the short scale sets are too short. You might need a small tweak of the truss rod, but it is worth it. [/quote] Thise are good on Mustangs.

Gauge alone is not a measure that matters. Different strings are differently constructed and so have different tensions and different setups. Even differently constructed flatwounds of the same gauge have different tensions and require different setups.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1451253937' post='2939159'] A used Ditto X2 Looper has just sold for £112 + £3 postage on eBay UK. You can buy a new one on Amazon UK for £100, free postage. Madness, IMHO of course. [/quote] Maybe some people refuse to accept Amazon's low prices because of the way they treat and pay their staff.

[quote name='stoker' timestamp='1450703393' post='2934968'] Can anyone help? A friend of mine has lost her bass and would quite like to get it back. It's an Ovation Magnum 4 in a Bill Bird case. Was last seen at the Feathers in Basingstoke where it had been loaned to a band. As you can understand she would quite like it back. Many thanks. [/quote] Do you mean she lent it to someone and that person hasn't returned it? Or are you saying it was stolen while on loan to that person?

Never used a Buzzstop. Instead shim the neck so that when the bottom of the bridge is about one quarter inch above the pickguard then the strings do not buzz. I recommend the Staytrem bridge. A Fender Jaguar tremolo fits. With mine the tuners and the frets were fine.

Strangely, I can still spell.

It's Christmas, did you know?

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1450999388' post='2937829'] McCluskey not Rourke [/quote] I beg your pardon, I have drunk rather a lot of red wine.

It's strung upside down because Rourke's first bass was a left handed Watkins,which he learned to play without restringing it, despite being right handed.

[quote name='AinsleyWalker' timestamp='1450987513' post='2937710'] Either I'm looking at the wrong thing but Session 1 includes two files. One is sheet music and one is a track... The whole point is that I can't read yet, so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to progress from there... [/quote] Well, I linked it because it is here and pinned on Basschat but maybe it's too difficult but maybe if you worked at it you 'll make some progress. Did you read the major's introduction?

... and here's the full index ... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/74284-the-majors-bass-boot-camp-session-index-1-36/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/74284-the-majors-bass-boot-camp-session-index-1-36/[/url]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/71857-the-majors-bass-boot-camp-session-1/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/71857-the-majors-bass-boot-camp-session-1/[/url]

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1450960228' post='2937370'] Most bass bodies already have the bridge quite close to the back. [/quote] Less so on short scales.