Dan Thanks for the supportive comments! It's really Brandon whom we have to thank for starting the group off. I kinda came along as an innocent bystander when...
... Hey Ben (and David) I'm very interested in your thoughts about the Quest preamp. While we are supposed to be saving for a house deposit (!) I have been...
Hey Mik, It really was like night and day. Allow me to explain. The Alembic F2B or F1X, has a very round, buttery (tubey as well) but also tubby and burnished...
Ben! Thanks so much. That helps immensely! I appreciate your choice of adjectives in describing the Alembics - and indeed might use the same ones myself....
Mik, Have you tried an Eden Navigator yet? From reading your post, it sounds like EXACTLY what you are looking for. In my opinion, there is nothing that...
Hi everyone, just wanted to get anyone's impressions of how the B string holds up on a Fodera 34 scale with an extended peghead. Also, any thoughts on Kingwood...
Ben, Thanks again for the input. No, I've not tried the Navigator preamp. I know it's well respected. It doesn't (or didn't) quite fit in with my vision of the...
The DI on the older Eden heads was indeed quite noisy. They've cleaned things up in the last few years. Mik, if you are looking for a big, tubey, burnished...
... Hi Cashu11 - good question - one I'd be keen to hear responses on myself, especially on the extended peghead question. From a physics perspective, the...
The noisy DI thing would have been a problem - certainly enough to make me wary of picking up a used Navigator without knowing either more about serial number...
... like ... a ... machine ... kind ... add ... scope ... might ... lower ... perhaps ... the file i uploaded was recorded with my old fodera using the di on a...
... Thanks! I'll check it out as soon as I get home. Of course I don't have the same input source as you (a Fodera) but it will be a useful reference...
... on ... useful ... man, i wish i still had that bass myself. i sold it to pay for the custom fodera that should be done by the end of this month....
I have been experimenting,as of late,with the EQ settings on my Fodera Monarch 5.I have found so many different tones available,it is difficult to keep track...
... B ... is ... inches ... any ... tuning ... think ... Wal ... there ... set. I ... Thanks for the reply Mik! You sound like you might know more than myself...
It's a long time since I studied or used physics in anger. I'm just throwing out a few ideas to think about or shoot down in flames. Your mass idea is an...
... inches ... the ... total ... into ... extended ... ben's emperor is a 34" scale with a kingwood board. hes trading it in on his custom single cut 33" scale...
Hey jazz/fusion fans! Don't miss this concert! I put together a great band and we'll be doing tunes from our new CD "Blown Fuse" along with some classic tunes...
... I can clarify this a little bit. The formula for determining pitch involves string length, tension, and "mass per unit length"--not just overall mass....
I have exactly the configuration of which you speak. My bass is a 34" scale Emperor Elite with a Chambered ash body/buckeye burl body and a five piece neck...
... just ... Your ... being ... rest ... designing ... lack ... yet ... Kinda ... it ... have ... I meant no disrespect or harm in any way in my reply, just a...
... than ... is ... the ... total ... core ... increase ... bass ... pitch ... just ... unit ... Right, so tuning more mass(density not weight) up to the same...
... Hey Cashu Sorry if I implied any offence had been taken at your comments - far from it - like you I was simply mulling a a few ideas around (none of which...
... It doesn't translate to more tension overall, and the extra string between the nut and the peg doesn't represent extra mass/density that's vibrating. The...
... body ... look ... really ... least ... one ... than ... and ... played. ... to ... Ben! Thank you for your reply I appreciate it. I hear what your saying ...
I think the whole extended headstock thing is a load of crap. If you take an electric guitar with a locking nut tremolo, lock the string down at the nut, play...
... pitch ... is ... saddle. ... only ... inch ... string. ... over ... about ... I ... difference ... change ... the ... spread ... that ... the ... of ... ...
... That'e where the confusion lies. You're equating any differences in "feel" with "tension", and "feel" covers a lot more factors than that. "Tension"...
... sound ... with ... Don't let small hands discourage you from a 35" scale instrument.I had the same fear as I also have small hands.I was pleasently ...
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