Steel more expressive than synthetic?

[salcott]

Originally Posted by stefaniw80401

You know -- just for grins I raised my bridge adjusters about 1mm, and all of sudden my bass seem livelier. It's been wacky weather here lately.

So if you're feeling like your strings just aren't happening lately, jack 'em up a tad and see if that helps.

Every bass I've owned has had a sweet spot regarding string height; too low and the top isn't working enough to make a good sound; too high and it starts to get choked.

[bribass]

Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

I think I might do that this weekend. There are some things happening with my strings that I'm not liking at the moment. I'm going to have to raise 'em anyway when I put the guts on... so I think I'll give it a go.

ya mean the honeymoon is over w/ the EPW's?!

[Marcus Johnson]

Nah, they're great. I'm getting a little something weird on the G sometimes. But they're fantastic.

I just have a full gut set that's going on in about three weeks.

[MR PC]

Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua

Inanimate objects are not expressive, humans are.....

Originally Posted by fingers

+1. Or as one of my mentors puts it "it's the archer not the arrows."

Hmm. I wonder what the tops of your basses would look like under a electron microscope before and after being played.

If random objects are animated, motorized, or whatever and sh** happens as a result, a reaction (however insignificant or minuscule) is always expressed when it it is observed by another entity with sensory awareness.

In the case of playing the bass, it's normal for a player to refer to the expressive quality of their equipment, IMO.

I get it, you guys must be sitting on cushions and a good whack from once in awhile from your spiritual teachers. Chop wood, carry water.

Whoops, I thought this was a string discussion!

[E.P. Miller]

Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

...I'm getting a little something weird on the G sometimes...

I noticed that if I really dig into the G (Evah Regular) that a sustained note got super boingy after the initial attack. All of that aside, the EPs are still a huge leap from where we were a few short years ago with synthetics. It just wasn't enough to cure me of gut lust.

[Ed Fuqua]

Originally Posted by MR PC

In the case of playing the bass, it's normal for a player to refer to the expressive quality of their equipment, IMO.

Yes. And some of them name their straps.

[MR PC]

Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua

Yes. And some of them name their straps.

Who?

[Ed Fuqua]

Don't be contrary, you know what I mean....

[MR PC]

No, I don't know what you mean.

I'm being literal.

Who, then?

[zeytoun]

He wasn't being "literal", obviously... but...

[MR PC]

Got it, roger and out. Now, that picture IS expressive!

[bonaventura]

Originally Posted by MR PC

...Now, that picture IS expressive!

No , the picture is a collection of pixels. It does appear however that there was a woman in front of the camera who was expressing herself in several ways...

[MR PC]

Yes, and yes.