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I play fretless a lot of the time, however some tunes do seem to need frets.

All presumably quite good for metal OK, OK, I'm going now.

Do you think crowd-funding a 1960 stack knob jazz would be achievable? Probably not I suspect

[quote name='wingnutkj' timestamp='1421226132' post='2658522'] It's generally the first thing I do with a new bass - if there's some kind of position indicator on the volume and tone knobs, I'll line them up so that they're pointing vertically when fully on. It's especially important on Jazz basses, because if you like them up to be vertical when fully on, they'll follow the line of the control plate when fully off, and that's nice and neat. It ASTOUNDS me that they don't do this in the factory. Do people just not care? Is it just me? [/quote] What a relief; I know I'm a bit OCD about stuff. Glad not to be alone

J/MM?

There are complex foumlae available involving things like string mass per unit length, scale length and pitch of the string. I'm sure I've seen something on the D'Addario website about it. Dingwalls definitely allow you to use lighter strings across the bass and achieve a nice balanced tension which for me is a big positive. From what I remember the Dingwall strings have pretty well chosen gauges. For a 'standard' bass with a 34" scale my personal favs are the D'Addario BT170 balanced tension set which have gauges of 45/60/80/107. I suspect that construction of individual strings plays a part too, and then all the voodoo about string break angles etc (in the sense that it's harder to quantify easily).

I think it's the other way round. To achieve the same tension, the shorter the scale, the heavier the string needs to be. For example try tuning two adjacent strings on your bass to the same pitch which replicates a heavier and a lighter string .

I think I'm going to agree to differ with you kodiakblair.

I quite enjoyed them, but moved mine on in the end. I can't quite get the idea of the Super P & J where the scale length on the upper strings is shorter than a Fender. Presumable to go for heavier strings, seems to fly in the face of the purpose of a Dingwall.

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1420927640' post='2655263'] I had a cherry burst one with Amber L.E.D's. Was a great bass. [/quote] There's actually a NS-94 with LEDs on evil bay at the moment. Pity about the LEDs, I'm really not a fan.

I have imported (an exported) a fair few containers in my time. Import duty, VAT, customs charges, inspection charges, storage, fuel (I could go on) are very real costs and all go on top of the shipping cost from where ever you ship from. In my case eastern europe and the far east mostly. Clearly the more stuff you have in a countainer the lower the unit cost of all the above will be. I used to ship 40ft containers of fabric around, so light, a bit bulky but you can get a lot in so my unit cost was less than £1. But clearly a different situation, as from a shipping perspective less to go wrong in transit. Take a bass, in a box, in a container then the unit cost will spiral upwards to a significantly higher value. Not that up to date on shipping costs (it used to cost me around USD1,500 for a 40ft container from China) so can't speculate but I suspect the unit cost would be around £30-£40 for a container stuffed full of instruments. I could be a bit out here as I said. Also to note that the US have a sales tax that varies from state to state which is analagous to our VAT. If you are exporting you knock that off and check charged at the point of entry to the EU at the rate prevailing.

There's a second CD too that I have just acquired (I'm old fashioned, I like having the physical thing).

Sold a Spector SSD NS-94 that I wish I hadn't. Would buy it right back if I ever saw it for sale. [attachment=180623:Spector NS-94 102.JPG]

Anybody come across Scottish band Comedy of Errors? Just picked up their Fanfare & Fantasy CD and am really liking it.

[quote name='andy67' timestamp='1420809059' post='2653689'] From information given, at the £300 mark, it would cost £180. [/quote] Only if you believe the GM is around 45%. I would suggest evidence doesn't really support that assupmtion.

Here's my recently acquired Recurve 4 with my other fretted ACG Finn. Sort of Ying & Yang, but not quite. [attachment=180550:ACG fretted basses 01.jpg] [attachment=180552:ACG fretted basses 02.jpg] No idea why one pic is sideways

[quote name='andy67' timestamp='1420801764' post='2653521'] The demand thing though, surely selling 10 at £300 is better than seling 2 or 3 at £500? [/quote] Not if it costs you £250 to buy one.

I'll get my angle grinder sharpened up just in case. If it's a keeper might well see if I can find an EQ01 to slot in.

Is the knob definitely set square in the hole? Might be worth taking it out and making sure it's all smooth around the area - a 5 minute job.

Doesn't Shuker also run a 'build a bass' course? Not sure how comprehensive it is though.

Just ordered and Iona FL4...

Mathematically wouldn't a zero radius object just be a point? Flat definitely works best for me as a description.

OK, I'm playing. At the time of writing these were all unsold! Cab: GK Neo 212 cab £250 - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252575-fs-gallien-krueger-neo-212-cab/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252575-fs-gallien-krueger-neo-212-cab/[/url] Amp: Markbass LM3 £350 - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252561-markbass-little-mark-3/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252561-markbass-little-mark-3/[/url] Bass: Cort B4FL £300 - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247990-fs-ft-cort-b4fl-fretless/page__p__2647823__hl__fretless__fromsearch__1#entry2647823"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247990-fs-ft-cort-b4fl-fretless/page__p__2647823__hl__fretless__fromsearch__1#entry2647823[/url] or maybe this Zoot FL5er £400 - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/251663-zoot-lined-fretless-5-stringer/page__p__2650463__hl__fretless__fromsearch__1#entry2650463"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/251663-zoot-lined-fretless-5-stringer/page__p__2650463__hl__fretless__fromsearch__1#entry2650463[/url] Simples.