Recent content by LonghornPicker

ha, you are absolutely right. it is less defined and it is the string that has the widest gap in intonation. I can live with this. I'm still going to try out a higher gauge E and A string. OK, I moved the saddle all the way back and the intonation corrected significantly but not all the...

OK, buzzing is all gone. Saddle is way up! I have 3/16" clearance on both E and G string from the top of the 12th fret. Looks like I'm going to have to take the bridge off and move the saddle back. I can take the saddle off if I take the bridge off. It looks like I can move the saddle back...

oh ok, sorry. I can't move the saddle back. The saddle itself is a strip of rosewood that is screwed into the bridge.

I lowered the bridge back and the intonation is fine. BUT NOW I get all the buzzing when I'm picking fretted notes again. I can't play it at all when the notes are buzzed out. how do I get rid of the buzzing if I can't raise the action?

yea, I actually have a set of set of Rotosound flat wounds right next to me which I bought a month ago and haven't done anything with. I didn't realize that I had bought long scale strings though till afterwards! So I don't know if I want to use them. I might return them and put that 45 bucks to...

I think that the reasoning for as to why people go down to thinner strings on a shorter scale is ease of playability. normal strings would have too much tension(a problem I want!) From my experience playing guitar, the bigger the gauge strings, the bigger the sound, the bigger the tone...

thanks everyone for the input. I appreciate it. I took your advice dmusic, but did a slightly modified test. I tested to see how high I could tune the existing strings till it reached the point where it takes too much force to turn the tuners because there is just too much tension in the...

I have a short scale (30") Danelectro Longhorn bass (it's so ugly it's totally awesome!) and I have some reservations about doing what I'm about to do. To preface, I bought the bass about a month ago. It's the first bass I ever owned. I am a converted guitar player who plays with a pick...