Recent content by 3j4f

I chambered mine years ago but then had to counter act the increased neck dive but putting lead weights inside close to the tail strap attachment knob. Ying yang - lighter overall but not much. Advice - get a cheap as body/bass and chamber it up the whazoo see what you think - do you like it...

They all sound a bit metallic and twangy. and as for the the work you suggest - thanks for the suggestions - but I didn't realise I was buying strings from IKEA.

970mm 38 3/16"

I just bought some La Bella 7710T for my ½ DB. It took a while as Gollihur had to order them and then ship to Australia. (My last set from La Bella for my Hofner Club bass had a longer than necessary E string - so it wouldn't fit into the smaller than Fender machine heads - so they kindly sent...

Maybe you're putting a lot of body heat into the strings and then they get to cool down between sets and thus tighten.

You should have tried seeing live bands in the Disco era. F Saturday nite fever F Donna Sumner. Just some idiot with a turntable.

And of course you are putting the guitar and bass in the "Lessor Instrument" category. Just an accompaniment instrument. Do people say this "you need to sing rubbish" about trumpet, saxophone, violin, piano. I bet Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Yehudi Menuhin, or Beethoven didn't get asked "but...

gees - all the r-soles will be saying of course you can't - Jimmy Page - Dylan - some others - Everyone wants to be Elvis and no-one thinks about Scott Moore . Soooooo many singers are just sh*t guitar players because they accompany themselves - not all - some are great. Final word. - it's...

"Male vanity + political power = war" Get rid of the males and I am sure the vacancies will be filled

I started learning piano from the nuns at about 7 years old - then had all the joy stripped out of it at 10 by then doing 6 years of music academy exams - then took up guitar and never practised anything ever again - but I have never needed a metronome to maintain a timing. Youth is the key.

One of the other things that happens when kids get old enough to be pandered to for their vote.

Goodness me. You can wear a dress and call yourself Cynthia but you can’t wear shorts!!!! Just don’t wear tight short short unless you got the body to match. Don’t wear sandals and socks.

Probably the sort of wife that closes her eyes during sex because she can’t stand to see her man having fun.

Brian Johnson - singer with AC/DC - talks about his hearing going all of a sudden. Pushed it too hard for too long then a lot of not much. Stopped being the front man at that stage.

Ditto to all the above.