RhysP

Just about to get some new strings for my Atkin acoustic. Not very impressed with the Cleartone strings I have on it at the moment so I might well try some of these. Best strings I've tried on it so far have been Thomastick Spectrums. Used to use DRs on my Fylde but the quality was so inconsistent that I stopped buying them (my local shop actually stopped stocking them due to the number of complaints they received about them).

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1399498500' post='2444908'] Do people route the back edge to make it easier on the ribs? [/quote] No, they just buy a Strat.

It's a wraparound bridge of some sort - accurate intonation with these is a compromise at best. Not seen one like this - looks like you'd intonate the lowest & highest strings using the grub screws at the rear of the bridge & set the four middle strings with the adjustable saddles.

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1399394433' post='2443806'] Fender are now enforcing patents, wonder if the same ban will be applied. [/quote] Fender have been enforcing patents for years, why do you think certain older Fender style guitars are referred to as "Pre Lawsuit", and that newer models by Tokai, Levinson & countless other makes have different headstock shapes to Fender?

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1399316186' post='2443094'] As for the Rick, Wetton himself said that is what he played on the Asia debut album. Incredible sound. I thought it was a Jazz for years thanks to the aforementioned video. [/quote] Saw Asia at Wembley on the first tour in 1982 - Wetton used a Precision, a Zon & a Gibson Victory. I remember the Precision had an enormous cable coming out of it that enabled him to trigger his Taurus pedals from his bass. Brilliant gig, and still the most unbelievably loud one I've ever been to.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1399295986' post='2442806'] .....i got to see Brian May play with the Troggs.....Surreal! [/quote] There really isn't any need to ask what song they played, is there?

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1399290456' post='2442741'] ....a 17 minute proto-goth/punk/prog epic! [/quote] I was trying to think of a way to describe "Curtain Call" & I suppose that's as good as any.

The Black Album is really good & Paul is a lovely bloke.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1399241090' post='2442431'] The top one is a guitar I think? [/quote] It was when it was originally built, but Squire had it turned into some weird six string (three strings doubled up) configuration.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399225570' post='2442214'] Good Lord - how much does it [i]weigh[/i]?? My back hurts just looking at it. [/quote] Yeah, Squire's a fat **** these days, isn't he?

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1399206821' post='2442042'] Let's see - they clean themselves using their tongues which are next to their teeth so yes, bites will likely be an infection risk [/quote] It's got nothing to do with how they clean themselves - the primary cause of infection from a bite is bacteria from decaying food stuck between the teeth, which is exactly the same reason human bites are infectious. Cats are very fastidious animals, certainly a lot cleaner than many humans are.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399147747' post='2441584'] Anything 20 years or older is vintage. [/quote] I thought, as far as guitars/basses are concerned , it was 25 years.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1399188806' post='2441781'] I hadn't realised how dangerous animal bites are. The doctor was annoyed that i didn't go straight to hospital as pretty much 100% of cat bites that puncture skin get infected. [/quote] No worse than human bites. I've been bitten by cats 100s of times (I've got four of my own & used to foster for the cats protection league) & I've never had an infected one yet.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1399045657' post='2440449'] The only Fender instrument I own is a Banjo. So now where do I stand?? [/quote] In a field with a bit of grass stuck between your teeth by the sound of it.

How can it look "totally unique" - the finish has been copied from a hideous Strat Clapton was using a few years ago.

A Harrumph.

A Whinge.

If somebody is selling something for £100 including postage & that postage is £15 then the item itself is in effect being sold for £85.00 as that's all the seller is going to have after paying the postage costs. Surely you'd just figure that into the price you want for the item - if you want £100 for it & postage is £15.00 then you advertise it as £115.00 including postage, or as £100 + £15 P+P.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398799195' post='2437756'] Uh-oh. I think I must be the only one on the entire forum who doesn't like Snarky Puppy. [/quote] I've never even heard of them - what a sh*t name.

The only Fenders I've ever played that have been consistently good have been MIJ/CIJ ones. My Precision is an MIJ model & while I'm not fan of Fenders I couldn't be happier with it.

A Root?

Where are you? I've got a bassiq sitting around doing nothing - if your close to Cardiff you're welcome to borrow it & see what you think.

The new Secret Sisters album - "Put your needle down"

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1398693075' post='2436594'] This suggests that he might use different tunings on different songs ? [url="http://www.elephant-talk.com/wiki/Interview_with_Tony_Levin_on_America_Online_chat"]http://www.elephant-...ica_Online_chat[/url] [/quote] All he says in that interview is that "normal" tuning is bass in 5ths, melody in 4ths, which is standard across all the various Stick tunings. He gives no indication of what the open strings are tuned to, which is where the tuning he told me about differed from the usual stick tunings. He tunes one string down a semitone for "Elephant Talk". Also, that piece you've linked to is from 1998, he may well have changed his set-up a few times since then.