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04-18-2007, 01:12 PM
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There is a person on the internet who claims that to get tighter string tension (taughtness) on your bass you should bring the bridge saddles all the way back and doing so wont (according to this person) put your bass out of tune. I did a experiment to test the concept out (I already know the answer to this but looked for a way to demonstrate it to anyone not sure if this was true or not). here are my results... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiaq0znGL8
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04-18-2007, 02:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: So Cal | | That was excellent, very informative.
So when can we expect to see "Bass Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel?  |
04-18-2007, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ibnzneksrul  That was excellent, very informative.
So when can we expect to see "Bass Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel? | Yeah, we should set-up some youtube goodness with all the MythBusting....
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04-18-2007, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BassLand There is a person on the internet who claims that to get tighter string tension (taughtness) on your bass you should bring the bridge saddles all the way back and doing so wont (according to this person) put your bass out of tune. I did a experiment to test the concept out (I already know the answer to this but looked for a way to demonstrate it to anyone not sure if this was true or not). here are my results... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiaq0znGL8
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nice.
although whoever thinks that has never actually sat down and "thought" about it 
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04-18-2007, 11:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Lost Angeles | | | Yea I always looked at that claim in the same context as some other claims made by certain folk...
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04-20-2007, 12:41 AM
| | floppy b strings | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bronx, NY | | Cool vid. I'm surprised that there are people that actually do that  One of the first things I learned about setting up my bass was setting the intonation. Anyone that can properly set up a bass knows that adjusting that all the way back will make the notes way sharp.
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04-20-2007, 01:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Gladstone, QLD, Australia | | | I saw some donkeys flying out of my room last night...
When I stopped them to ask them what they were doing in my room, they said that they were adjusting my bridge saddles on my basses to give me more tension without messing up my intonation.
I said, "Ok, no problem, donkeys. Just don't touch my Zanfir signature pan flute."
They said, "No problemo, dude. We don't do pan flutes." |
04-20-2007, 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperSnake2012
Anyone that can properly set up a bass knows that adjusting that all the way back will make the notes way sharp.
| actually, it's just the opposite...moving the bridge back puts the frets flat with reference to the open string tuning. |
04-20-2007, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by PilbaraBass actually, it's just the opposite...moving the bridge back puts the frets flat with reference to the open string tuning. | But can we really believe someone who talks to flying donkeys?  |
04-20-2007, 01:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Lost Angeles | | | I read recently where the person making that claim has modified their statements on the subject to imply that you should only bring your bridge saddles back "a little". It is my position that the bridge saddles should be adjusted for proper action and intonation and nothing else... That is if you want your instrument to play in tune!
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04-20-2007, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by PilbaraBass I saw some donkeys flying out of my room last night...
When I stopped them to ask them what they were doing in my room, they said that they were adjusting my bridge saddles on my basses to give me more tension without messing up my intonation.
I said, "Ok, no problem, donkeys. Just don't touch my Zanfir signature pan flute."
They said, "No problemo, dude. We don't do pan flutes." | Wow, you get visits from those donkeys too, huh?
Mine always demand carrots before they will leave though...
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04-22-2007, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by tZer Wow, you get visits from those donkeys too, huh?
Mine always demand carrots before they will leave though... |
nahhh...the trick is not to let them in until after dinner time...  |
04-25-2007, 11:13 AM
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05-01-2007, 09:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Lost Angeles | | Bump, Carrots, Potatoes, Donkeys and All... Oh Yes and intonation and bridge saddles of course. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiaq0znGL8 |
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