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05-16-2008, 10:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London-U.K | | | At the headstock
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This has been on my mind for quite a while now and I haven't found any answers yet. I thought I'd ask here. Why do some people place hair bands at the top of the neck/headstock join? |
05-16-2008, 10:32 AM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | | It can be used to get rid of all that extra harmonic noise whenever the player is tapping, or it could just be used as a mute for a different sound when playing normally.
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05-16-2008, 10:32 AM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | There are several reasons:
Some players do a tapped 2 handed thing and it keeps the open strings from making sound.
Other players are trying to damp the sympathetic vibrations between the nut and tuners which sometimes cause an annoying buzz or false note that makes the bass sound out of tune.
It may also be a way to add a bit of down pressure behind then nut to true the open string and add sustain. |
05-16-2008, 10:32 AM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | To copy Victor Wooten. |
05-16-2008, 10:35 AM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by John Wentzien To copy Victor Wooten. | Haha, that too. 
Far as I know, that's a Wooten family thing, not just Vic's.
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05-16-2008, 10:37 AM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | Victor explains it on a video on bass player TV. |
05-16-2008, 10:39 AM
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05-16-2008, 11:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Suffolk County,NY | | | [quote=John Wentzien;5734507]To copy Victor Wooten.[/QUOTE
And Billy Sheehan...... |
05-16-2008, 11:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: La Plata, Argentina | | Sheehan copied Wooten.
or Wooten copied Sheehan?
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05-16-2008, 11:30 AM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | If you wanna get really into it, Sheehan copied Vic Wooten and Vic Wooten copied Reggie Wooten.
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Originally Posted by spade2you ...Too many anti-gun people messin' with Texans. I hear they get guns in their Happy Meals down there. :p | Lefty Union Member #110 Carvin Club Member #14
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05-16-2008, 11:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Suffolk County,NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by alexei Sheehan copied Wooten.
or Wooten copied Sheehan? | Well they both are very copy prone...... |
05-16-2008, 12:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Back to the question...they can also act as mild mutes when pulled down past the nut onto the strings....
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