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Funny this should come up now. I changed my Super Silvers for new ones about two years ago and immediately got a buzz (I thought of it more as a rattle) on the A string. I shimmed the string under the nut, I rewound it... nothing helped. If I plucked perfectly sideways I could avoid the rattle...

I'm going down the same general road. It's a bit late in the COVID game but some of us are using Acapella to jam remotely, and I've been looking at options for getting the DB into the mix. Earpods don't cut it; the mic is too far from the sound. Basic choices are: - regular headphones for the...

Without clicking anything, I just got redirected several times to "Flash player needs updating" websites. This was after I clicked a "watched threads" email link from TB.

Looking around, it seems that "headphone amp" can include some very high end stuff that has nothing to do with individual instruments. Crutchfield (near me) has them from $300 to $3000. Searching instead for "guitar headphone amp" is a bit better. I'm definitely looking for something in the $50...

Yes, I'm understating my wants... having the ability to listen to a song and play along is on the list. I'll see how far I get with what I have, but I suspect I will buy a small mix-type amp.

I think it CAN be a crutch. I've seen that in my own usage. It's up to each of us to use any of the aids (charts, etc) responsibly if we want to improve rather than just reproduce sound. But... While I do appreciate the "stop staring at song sheets" gist of that post, I don't see that much of...

I want to connect headphones to a BG for practice. I have a ZOOM H2N and a HPF-Pre. I don't really care about the sound quality. Can I do the job with one or both of these? I don't have the headphones or BG yet (well, I have earphones but I want to use full headphones).

Thanks. I bounced that idea off Francis and ended up changing to the regular 2.

The two Fishman units were what I had looked at before I posted this thread. They are nice looking units and seem well made. Still, the Stage is considerably bigger than the fDeck units: Stage: 5.6 x 3.3 x 1.2 HPF 2M: 4.4 x 2.3 x 1.1 or slightly smaller, to the best of my knowledge. That's the...

Just a follow-up here to confirm that LiveBPM is indeed a great app. I've been using it at jam some weeks, and it's great to see how our group speeds up and slows down depending on who is taking a break or whatever.

Also, how about a couple of pics of it mounted by the tailpiece, for those who have done that? The HPF-Pre seems to have two 1/4" jacks, and my Realist pickup also has a 1/4" jack. Should I change the Realist over to having a plug? Or use a super-short cable?

You guys are convincing. I think I will get one of the version 2s. Can anyone give me exact dimensions? The plastic and metal cases seem to be different.

I have a '83 Engelhardt with a Realist pickup. I rarely gig, and mostly play at our weekly jam but I am amplifying more and more these days. At gigs I'm plugged into a PA but for small stuff I plug into a cheap Crate amp. I leave the amp in the back of the room and it's not easy to adjust the...

Pretty much everything I've seen in this thread are light-duty rubber caps. Here's the real deal: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Thank you... your Google-Fu was definitely stronger than mine with the use of "analyzer." I got LiveBPM (for IOS) and it looks great. Records a graph of tempo for a song, etc. Will use it in practice later this week.

Kind of self explanatory but I'd like to find an app that averages tempo over several seconds and displays it. There's one that does it with screen taps but I want one that just listens for volume spikes. It would be interesting to see when we speed up or slow down during songs. Anyone know of...

5 year beginner here. The E string on my bass is strong enough and I usually play G there, but I go to the "high G" more for the higher sound than anything else. Sometimes if the song is going lower it's a good counter to go higher on the bass. Sometimes not. And if a section ends on G D G I'll...

Fretwell put Super Silvers on my bass years ago and I like them a lot. Very easy on the fingers. I went back for a tune-up last fall and Jerry thought the strings were still in fine shape and didn't need changing (although they are getting a bit green). Now, I don't have a lot of experience...

How's the app coming along? I'm looking for a super basic tap-in metronome app. It should average several taps to figure out the tempo, which seems obvious but some well known ones don't do that. I'm hoping you incorporate this into your app.

Way old thread I know, but the only one with her name on it. Missy will be here in Charlottesville tomorrow night. From Prism Coffee House:

That sounds exactly like what we use and I am trying to avoid. I'm asking about highly portable systems here. Carry it out with your other hand and play. Take a look at some of the links to see the sorts of systems I'm referring to. Yeah, I have no idea where that number came from and it...

Thanks for the pointers. Although I mentioned that I'm the only one using a pickup, we do need a few mic inputs for the other players. Preferably at least one instrument mic and a vocal mic. Most of the solutions provide that. To recap: Bose L1 system: $1000~3000, 500W? Basic unit is two...

We had a gig yesterday that we didn't have the right equipment for. For the best results we would have had to get into the center of a skating arena and pretty much start to play immediately, audible to everyone even with the HVAC and floor fans running. The sound system we normally use takes...

I suppose it depends how thin the wall of the tube is, but filing a few notches in it or making a few dimples with a drill bit shouldn't be too hard.

Unfortunately that Shark Tooth video is gone. That was my favorite. Is it too much to hope that someone has a rip of it?

I do. Not that I play much 3/4, or that I think it's the best possible thing to do, but I do that.

What strings do you have? I had blistering problems until I replaced my arco strings with some softer ones.

I recently installed Super Silvers after having some unknown (to me) arco strings on the bass for over a year. The steel arco strings were giving me blisters very quickly if I wasn't careful after not playing for a while. The SS are like butter! Probably not as soft to the hand as Silver Slaps...

Thanks! I pushed the G over there to clear the D. It's not rubbing the cheek. Still, I don't like the D running across the hole in the G post. The hole positions just aren't that great.

I read in a different thread about the common problem of the D string rubbing on the G in the pegbox. I am finding it hard to avoid this due to where the holes are in the tuners (I've seen pix of other tuners with holes positioned so that it's less of a problem). Looking at the pegbox, it...

Just go. You'll learn a lot. As mentioned: - there is no drummer (where did that idea come from anyway?) - For old-time at least, most songs are in D, some in A and some in G - watch a good guitarist if you can't hear the chord. - most tunes only need 1/4/5. This web page (and my commenting...

I watched that YouTube video where the guy is playing arco with what he calls "old-time DADA." For pizz, is there any reason to do this? I can see it for a drone string when bowing, but when I'm playing OT I think the existing open D and A are all I need. I guess the question is based on...

Well, you seem to agree with me that understanding them is key to helping Joey understand the issue.

I hope no one is advocating that; it would be a terrible design decision. One consequence would be that when Joe Bass Player accidentally cranks his D string when he's trying to raise his E string, he'll break the tailgut. Bad design. You have to design for certain expected but abnormal...

This stuff is common knowledge. Any sailor knows it. Tell me, though, when you pull on that 10:1 block & tackle I described, how many pounds of tension do you think you are putting in the rope that you are pulling?

That's just self-contradictory. The reduced force is applied to the rope, ergo the rope has less force applied to it. That means less tension. It's that simple. If you, as a 160 pound person, use a 10:1 block & tackle to lift a 1500 pound object using 150 pounds of your weight (we'll leave...

Joey, if I understand your premise properly, you need to read about block & tackle systems. If the wire goes from the tailpiece around the endpin and back to the tailpiece, its tension is half the combined string tension. The tailpiece is in equilibrium, the total forces on it are equal...

In question, exactly. That's basically the point. The seller indicates that it wasn't the right auction (he sells bridges thinned and not thinned). I don't have any facts, so I'm not going to automatically side with anyone.

Why is everyone blindly taking the OP's word about what he ordered and what he received? If the store sells both kinds, and the store indicates that the OP ordered an uncut bridge, how is the store automatically the bad guy? At the worst, it's he-said she-said. We don't have actual information...

I think the PLEK system goes a bit beyond that. To me, the precision comes from knowing the FB profile with AND without string tension, and basing the adjustments on that and the desired string height (which isn't the same for everyone). So it's more about measuring than it is about machining...