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02-06-2010, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by dataBASS5  UB1, it's a good thing I'm emotionally masochistic.   | LOL!!! Now thats the poachers emotional state of well being. Stubbornly in love with pain. |
02-07-2010, 09:38 AM
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another 2 beautiful instruments...  
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02-08-2010, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by VroomVroom (And yes, I do consciously align the ends of the strings. Embrace the OCD, baby, embrace it.  ) | Ha! I just noticed this part! Jerry, we are indeed birds of a feather as I do this too w/ the help of a small screwdriver to hold the end still. FYI, OCD should really be CDO as alphabetical order dictates. 
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02-08-2010, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by dataBASS5 Ha! I just noticed this part! Jerry, we are indeed birds of a feather as I do this too w/ the help of a small screwdriver to hold the end still. FYI, OCD should really be CDO as alphabetical order dictates. | Hilarious, Adam! That's actually my sig file on automotive detailing forums: "I'm not OCD. I'm CDO. It's like OCD, but in the correct alphabetical order." |
02-08-2010, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by dataBASS5 Ha! I just noticed this part! Jerry, we are indeed birds of a feather as I do this too w/ the help of a small screwdriver to hold the end still. FYI, OCD should really be CDO as alphabetical order dictates. |
I do the same thing. |
02-08-2010, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by dataBASS5 Ha! I just noticed this part! Jerry, we are indeed birds of a feather as I do this too w/ the help of a small screwdriver to hold the end still. FYI, OCD should really be CDO as alphabetical order dictates. | Dayum!!! I've been struggling for years with that, and never once did it occur to me to use my little Phillips head. I've used Allen wrenches.. |
02-08-2010, 12:25 PM
| | | I do it by feeding an old string through all the ball ends,so they can't twist, or the screwdriver, if you need the holes vertical(for the Hipshot bridge), like you guys have. 
Though, lately I've managed to just pop 'em on without doing it, must be the part of me that jjust wants the Roscoe playing asap. |
02-09-2010, 07:53 AM
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02-09-2010, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike Though, lately I've managed to just pop 'em on without doing it, must be the part of me that just wants the Roscoe playing asap. |
Those of us patient, "true" SES (string end straighteners) will tell you that having the ends aligned:
1) improves continuity of your tone across all strings
2) keeps your bass in tune better
3) lengthens the life of your tuning gear & key
4) in general, improves your overall ability to throw down tasty grooves and melt audiences' faces with blistering solos 
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02-09-2010, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by dataBASS5 4...and melt audiences' faces... | I can definitely attest to this, although it isn't my blistering solos, but more my hack approach and poor note choices. |
02-09-2010, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by wolfbass1025 My old Roscoe......  And a cool pic of it side by side with its uncle: Gards fretless!  | Awesome looking Roscoe Wolf! Even if you really dig the Fbass I'm sure that you'd have to miss that one from time to time! |
02-09-2010, 09:49 AM
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02-09-2010, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dataBASS5 ...
4) in general, improves your overall ability to throw down tasty grooves and melt audiences' faces with blistering solos | I'm too practical to be an SES, I guess, and I can accomplish the same face-melting effect with a pre-gig meal of chili, coleslaw, and a half-dozen hard-boiled eggs.
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02-09-2010, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by lwrthnwhalepoop Beautiful photos, fellas.
I'm too practical to be an SES, I guess, and I can accomplish the same face-melting effect with a pre-gig meal of chili, coleslaw, and a half-dozen hard-boiled eggs. | 
The cold nachos and Pabst Blue Ribbon I had at the Alice In Chains concert last night has certainly melted faces. Btw, nice lookin' Roscoes. I think I may have to buy one.
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02-10-2010, 08:59 AM
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So let hell be raised, faces be melted, and awesomeness achieved....., if only I didn't suck....  |
02-10-2010, 11:34 AM
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I'd think that the excuse for the CDO as Jerry and Adam put it, would only be able to gain merit with a sufficient level of Talent .
Otherwise you're just wasting your time. Like me for instance (At audition) "Hey fellas, I can't play for monkey dung, but my string ends are in perfect alignment. Do I get the job?" 
God Bless, Ray
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02-10-2010, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by LilRay Yea Bill,
I'd think that the excuse for the CDO as Jerry and Adam put it, would only be able to gain merit with a sufficient level of Talent .
Otherwise you're just wasting your time. Like me for instance (At audition) "Hey fellas, I can't play for monkey dung, but my string ends are in perfect alignment. Do I get the job?"
God Bless, Ray | I tried the "I'm already in tune, what more do you want?" approach recently, to no avail.... |
02-10-2010, 12:55 PM
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02-10-2010, 01:04 PM
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