fretmeister Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 I have just bought a lovely NXT 5 string and I'm after some lower tension strings. I've seen Walbassists's youtube clip of his BSX and the Silver Slap set sounds just right, especially while my EUB virgin hands get stronger. I also noticed that Wallbassist got a Low B, but they are not on the Innovation shop site - are they a special order, and if so, how do I order? ta! Quote
franzbassist Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) Glad I spotted this. I have a spare you can have. Fire me over your address via PM and I'll get it out to you. Edit: It's a full 4/4 length, will that fit? Edited August 25, 2014 by walbassist Quote
daflewis Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 Hi Fretmeister, This is a new one on me... Sorry I didn't reply earlier but I was waiting to speak to the factory before getting back to you. It turns out that we don't make a B for the silver slaps, so I can only guess that Tony, the old chief tech at the factory made them as specials (in which case they would have been a "best guess" experiment) Perhaps walbassist could confirm? That said, I'll see if we can find the formula in his old note books, in which case we might be able to sort something.... Otherwise, I'll add it to my list and try and come up with a new formula for you asap... Cheers, Daf Quote
daflewis Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 P.S. If the NXT is the same as the CR5 then the full size should fit fine... Quote
franzbassist Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 [quote name='daflewis' timestamp='1409045353' post='2535679'] It turns out that we don't make a B for the silver slaps, so I can only guess that Tony, the old chief tech at the factory made them as specials (in which case they would have been a "best guess" experiment) Perhaps walbassist could confirm? That said, I'll see if we can find the formula in his old note books, in which case we might be able to sort something.... Otherwise, I'll add it to my list and try and come up with a new formula for you asap... [/quote] Yes, Tony made me two to try out, each slightly different from t'other. I am inclined, therefore, to send fretmeister the one I've been using for a while and pop the new one on, so I can try them both. He labelled one "No 1" and one "No 2", so if Daf finds the formula we can tell which is which. Quote
daflewis Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 Ah, thanks for that walbassist, I had a feeling... Can you remember roughly when you got them? It might make it easier to locate in Tonys notebook (or, "The Bible" as it's referred to in the factory... ) Ta! Daf Quote
franzbassist Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) [quote name='daflewis' timestamp='1409081153' post='2536183'] Can you remember roughly when you got them?[/quote] Edit: I found the email from Tony. Definitely November 2010. Edited August 27, 2014 by walbassist Quote
daflewis Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) That's great - Thanks! If you do try both, please let me know which you prefer (assuming tony used different colours on the silks), and we'll try and sort out adding it to the catalogue... Ta! Daf Edit: sorry just noticed that you mentioned that tony labeled them... Perfect! Edited August 27, 2014 by daflewis Quote
daflewis Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 Fretmeister, Hopefully the string from walbassist will do you for now until we can locate tonys formula? then we'll sort you out a new one. Cheers, Daf Quote
fretmeister Posted August 27, 2014 Author Posted August 27, 2014 This is getting a bit Indiana Jones!! Lovely! Quote
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