Nail Soup Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 29 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: But wouldn't that alter the tone..? ... Depends - are the stickers solid paper or laminate? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 hours ago, meterman said: Looking at this yet again... I would rock the heck out of it, might need to add more stickers though 👍 27 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: But wouldn't that alter the tone..? ... This is what's needed ... a twotone sticker ... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 54 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: But wouldn't that alter the tone..? ... Once I’d put a set of flats on there, stickers might be negligible tbh. Quite prepared to find out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 This is more like it, some long overdue love for plywood Kay guitars. Once they get the recognition they truly deserve they'll be changing hands for close to £50. 😉 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Maude said: This is more like it, some long overdue love for plywood Kay guitars. Once they get the recognition they truly deserve they'll be changing hands for close to £50. 😉 Yeah but yours is a work of art, now! Plywood is fine for guitars and basses for the most part, I don’t see why people look down on it really, as long as nobody’s charging top dollar for it. A studio I used to use in London has a no-name plywood Strat copy among its collection that always sounded great to record with. And I’ve got a mid-80’s Ibanez copy of a D-18 which is plywood top, back and sides which records well too. I might need to put some stickers on it tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 19 minutes ago, meterman said: Plywood is fine for guitars and basses for the most part, I don’t see why people look down on it really, as long as nobody’s charging top dollar for it. A studio I used to use in London has a no-name plywood Strat copy among its collection that always sounded great to record with. Oh I totally agree. My Hohner fretless P is plywood and one of my 'never selling' basses, as it's a far better bass than its monetary value. The only downside I've ever found with ply is that it's usually very heavy. Lots of ply basses are bad simply because they are poorly built, not because they're made of ply. 19 minutes ago, meterman said: Yeah but yours is a work of art, now! Very kind of you to say. They say you can't polish a turd. Well I did, and I now have a shiny turd! 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 38 minutes ago, Maude said: They say you can't polish a turd. Or apply stickers. Well, I guess not anyway...……. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, Nail Soup said: Or apply stickers. Well, I guess not anyway...……. Can you stick stickers to something sticky? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Maude said: Can you stick stickers to something sticky? 🤔 I’ll let you know 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 7 hours ago, meterman said: Once I’d put a set of flats on there, stickers might be negligible tbh. Quite prepared to find out! When I bought it, it had flats on. The only 6-string I have ever played that had flats on it. Incidentally, my Maya fretless has a blockboard body. Two layers of blocks with thin layers between and top and bottom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Just now, Stub Mandrel said: When I bought it, it had flats on. The only 6-string I have ever played that had flats on it. Incidentally, my Maya fretless has a blockboard body. Two layers of blocks with thin layers between and top and bottom. I'm about to get flats for my Melody acoustic guitar. Can you tell I love cheap rubbish........... that isn't actually rubbish, shhh. 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 19 minutes ago, Maude said: I'm about to get flats for my Melody acoustic guitar. Can you tell I love cheap rubbish........... that isn't actually rubbish, shhh. 😉 I just put flats on my Telecaster and I’ve ordered a set of Chromes for my acoustic too. I’d put flats on everything 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kozmog Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 01/03/2021 at 10:03, Nail Soup said: Depends - are the stickers solid paper or laminate? you have to think in the Tonesticker properties and the glue tension to the strings too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 I nearly understood that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 BC needs a 'Weirdest First Post' thread. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 My first two basses had plywood bodies and maple necks. They had poor sustain and an unmusical, lifeless timbre. I replaced the second one with a Jaydee MK and it was a world of difference. I'm sure it's possible to make an acceptable instrument from ply, if the construction and build quality is up to scratch. But it's also possible to make a bass with too many laminations, whether it's the neck or body, and it kind of sucks the character out of the instrument. They all start to sound fairly similar. Someone's opinion of whether a ply bass is decent or not depends very much on what their baseline references are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 19/02/2021 at 13:18, itu said: The late Greg Curbow used plywood in necks (rockwood), that strange Aussie has also plywood neck. Many double basses are plywood, wooden aeroplanes are mostly plywood. Guns... https://cwp.fi/en/ Boats as well. Marine ply isn't cheap either and it doesnt fall apart. Not to forget skateboards made on a mold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 21/02/2021 at 15:07, mcnach said: Sometimes these discussions sound like people arguing about how many grains of sand there are on the beach exactly, while the rest happily play, sunbathe and swim on the sea. I thought it had all been unusually agreeable so far 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 21/02/2021 at 16:20, BigRedX said: Are you 100% sure? Have you tried it? No of course you haven't. Hardly any of us have apart from a few people on YouTube and since their sample sizes are one of each and their scientific methodology is essentially non-existent, their results are irrelevant. Trying to pin-point a tonal quality onto one aspect of a bass is close to pointless. So is trying to make generalisations about the sound of a particular "tone wood" as every piece is different. The best thing to do is to take each instrument as a whole. Does it look, play and sound how you would like it? Yes? The buy it. No? Then look elsewhere. Job done. And don't forget if its active it will sound different with different makes of tone batteries in it😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 21/02/2021 at 18:13, ezbass said: Does beer batter make fish sound different over just a water/milk mix? Do you have to use bass, or will cod do? It all depends how much of the beer batter you drank.😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 22/02/2021 at 14:32, NancyJohnson said: OK, quiz time. What wood is this: Maple top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Ralf1e said: Maple top Maple veneer, they have a rep for the veneer peeling off after a time. 1 hour ago, Ralf1e said: Boats as well. Marine ply isn't cheap either and it doesnt fall apart. Not to forget skateboards made on a mold. Yeah but marine ply is constructed differently to a maple laminated neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Ralf1e said: Maple top The top is actually printed paper. Which might count as wood since it's made from it? What about the ink though? Tone ink? Tone toner? 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Flats... on my Epi LP and my Eldest's Bowl Back acoustic... Nice wound 3rd as well Olympia stainless steel flatwound electric guitar strings 10-48 gauge £8 - Bargain! https://amzn.eu/d/dImVlCq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Ralf1e said: Maple top Nope. These were part of the Fender Fotoflame series. The top is a print. On paper. Not even a veneer. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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