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Resurrecting this thread... Did this project work out Owen? I've just picked up a Sterling SB14 from Garethfriend here and it has a fantastic sounding Nordstrand MM4.3 installed. It sounds great. Lean and mean. I'd love to add another Nordy MM4.2 or MM4.3 up front for a touch more flexibility and wire the whole shebang like a Stingray HH. ?Might go with a John East MMSR preamp too. Pete

[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1341324636' post='1717029'] Horrible isnt it ? I had a bad bout of it a few years ago, which was partly responsible for me getting booted out of the band I was with at the time. My GP offered me an injection direct into the joint, which apparently not all GPs will do for some reason, I declined as I didnt have a band anymore, but would certainly have considered it if I was gigging regularly. But I would be a bit concerned about why some doctors dont like it, and do a bit of research first. [/quote] There was a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2006. (http://www.bmj.com/content/333/7575/927) It showed that outcomes longer term with steroid injections were poorer than with physio or anti-inflammatories. Hence most GPs have moved their practice away from providing injections - they do work short term, but longer term seem to be linked to more pain/poorer function. Tennis elbow is an overuse injury. The phsyio exercises needed to treat tennis elbow can be found at [url="http://www.summitmedicalgroup.com/library/sports_health/tennis_elbow_exercises/."]http://www.summitmed...bow_exercises/.[/url] There is a nice explanation of the condition at [url="http://www.summitmedicalgroup.com/library/sports_health/tennis_elbow/."]http://www.summitmed.../tennis_elbow/.[/url] All best. Pete

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1340628082' post='1707205'] Here you go !! Courtesy of the same Jeff Berlin. [url="http://www.scribd.com/doc/387695/Jeff-Berlin-A-Comprehensive-Chord-Tone-System-for-Mastering-the-Bass-1987"]http://www.scribd.co...g-the-Bass-1987[/url] [/quote] Whoops, pipped at the post... Pete

[quote name='BassMan94' timestamp='1340624073' post='1707081'] would anyone have a chart of chord tones rolling about anywhere ? Just want to keep it a reference so I know that Im playing the right notes. Cheers [/quote] The basics should serve. Here are the main chord types: Major 7: 1 3 5 7 Minor 7: 1 b3 5 b7 Minor 7b5: 1 b3 b5 b7 Dom 7: 1 3 5 b7 Aug 7: 1 3 #5 b7 Dim 7: 1 b3 b5 bb7(6) If you are looking for a study of the main chord types, I could recommend a very fine book for that - http://www.scribd.com/doc/25321271/Chord-Studies-for-Trombone-1968-by-Phil-Wilson-and-Joseph-Viola. Reprinted as Chord Studies for Electric Bass (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chord-Studies-Electric-Bass-Technique/dp/0634016466), except with fewer exercises than the original. Jeff used to say to me that both books were 'pure jazz'. He required that the exercises be done in all 12 keys once learned. He never made anyone I knew go beyond the first 4-8 chapters though; he moved people onto other things after a time. However the importance of chord tones was always paramount. Pete

+1 to this thread I'm a Berlin acolyte. I would be, of course, I studied with him. The videos have solid musical info. He's also posting stuff on Facebook via the Player's School that is solid too. I love it when I get interesting stuff for free... Pete

Both from Ishibashi. Not cheap, but good service and I was able to specify lighter instruments. I wasn't willing to have a custom 32" scale made, and I thought if I didn't like the Fender I could sell it with minimal hassle. Turned out liking it well enough to buy a second as backup. My new black one will stay with single coils and a John East Deluxe J Retro; I may mod this red one to P-J.

Brief update. I sat down and redid my setup (nickel roundwounds, 40-100). The fretwork from the factory has been good enough on my red CIJ to allow the neck to have relief of 0.005", a nut slot cut to allow the height at 1st fret (with capo at 3rd fret) to be 0.009", and action of 5/64" at 17th fret on E string going to 4/64" on the G string. I have a pretty light touch. No buzzes anywhere. YMMV.

Guess we'll have to see what they end up playing like! 5 string would have been great, though...

Hi all, Just noticed that Warwick are coming out with a medium (and short scale also) version of their budget Corvette bass later this year. Good news for medium scale fans (like me). Thought I'd let others know. http://www.warwickbass.com/modules/produkte/produkt.php?submenuID=17072&katID=24287&cl=EN Not much out there on t'interweb yet about these, though I did find a thread on Talkbass. Pete

I forgot to say. The necks on both my jazzes feel great. Gloss finish. They both measure 1.5" at the nut. Compared to my Squier CV Jazz, the necks do feel slightly different - ?maybe slightly slimmer front to back? - very fast to get around on - extremely comfy for any Jazz bass fans out there. The fretwork is good too though I would have preferred vintage sized frets as opposed to medium frets.

I have two of the Fender CIJ 32" JB-62M jazzes. A red one and a black one. They're both very light and they both are built well. I like the same gauges of strings on these as for my Squier CV Jazz, 40 - 100, though I've thicker gauges on there. These basses are extremely sensitive to the gauge and type of string used. I find the E and A sound best when 100 and 80, the D and G I'm still working it out but they may sound better at 65 and 45. I pulled out my calipers and measured the nickel strings Fender Japan sends them out with - 100/80/65/45. Soundwise, they sound close enough to their 34" brethren, though personally I find the low end the tiniest bit weaker on the E string on the 32" compared to the 34". However a bit of bass boost on the amp sorts it. Or you can also do what I did and drop a John East J-Retro in there, which sorts things out nicely. The medium scale Jazzes are perhaps a bit sweeter on the upper registers of the D and G strings. The only real annoyance of these basses is the truss rod access is a screw-type slot located at the body end. To adjust it, you have to take the neck off! First thing I did was to get a small slot routed there to allow me access with the neck still attached. I have also exchanged the tuners for Hipshots on both, which helped lower the weight further and got rid of a minimal tendency of the neck to hang lower. Replaced the bridges with the Babicz bridge, which I think is a well engineered and nicely adjustable bit of kit, but which I do not honestly think changes the sound terribly much. Both basses are 7 - 7.5 pounds when I last checked. Lovely to play for a long set. I use mine for jazz, funk, soul, big band stuff, and no-one notices that it's not a full scale instrument. I suspect a bass with a stiffer neck might have a stronger E string, but they build these basses the same way they do all Jazzes. I like them. However 32" does not to my ear sound quite like 34". It sounds good, but slightly different. My 2p. Pete

I spent a while investigating the Yamaha Motion basses. There turns out to be quite a range of them with a variety of models and scale lengths, some being 32" and others being 33". Yamaha Japan's website is a really interesting read. The series to have a look at are: [url="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=ja&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/archive/list/mb.html&usg=ALkJrhj5_ucou3Nf96TnSEQqZQAudVE-5g"]http://translate.goo...nSEQqZQAudVE-5g[/url] [url="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=ja&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/archive/list/lb.html&usg=ALkJrhgvuiImAbdfcbr2QR4xBOfbMpyIBQ"]http://translate.goo...2QR4xBOfbMpyIBQ[/url] http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=ja&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/archive/list/rbx.html&usg=ALkJrhhUF1pPtd3E1Jypaq4J2EfEVKDxmA I really like the look of this one - super rare - [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28316939@N04/4348856535/."]http://www.flickr.co...04/4348856535/.[/url] The ESP bass looks interesting (and cheap!) but the single pickup isn't inspiring. Can't find much about it apart from that Talkbass thread either. The single video I saw is of low quality, sadly. I'm keeping an eye on that thread though... Pete

Fender. You can take it anywhere, and no-one will look at you oddly. Everyone knows what to expect and what it sounds like. You do want the gig, don't you?