My Gold Tone MicroBass also has rubber strings, plastic tuners, *and* no frets. I have to cover my hands in baby powder like a gymnast before I play it, though.
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Allergy Free Basses.
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Yes, it does, and I am trying. My other problem with short stubby fingers means I really should have a short scale fretless. Facory fretless, marked or unmarked. Any ideas? I used to play cello way back when. Does anyone play fretless bass with a cello tuning in 5ths? If so how is it?
I will just come right out and say it. I think that stats on nickel allergies are bogus.... as are most statistics.
Yes, you have a real allergy. I don't deny that.
However, the idea that 10% of people are allergic to nickel seems ridiculous. Nickel is everywhere. I would argue the average person in a developed country couldn't go all day without touching some. Eating utensils, most of the stuff we use to prepare food, sinks, door handles, etc. The stuff is EVERYWHERE.
If 1/10 of the population were allergic to nickel we would have had a discussion about it on a mass scale long before now in my view.
I work in medical facilities. If nickel allergies were that common, there wouldn't be NEARLY the amount of nickel chrome that there is throughout even our newest buildings. You can't imagine the amount of planning that goes into a new medical facility. It would make your head spin. Jist when you think you have a good designs for patient rooms, along comes the newest fad victim status to change things. Nobody jumps through hoops better than hospital and clinic owners. Our cafeterias are a PC wonderland. Every culture, allergy, religion, and condition is addressed. And I have never even heard a nickel allergy brought up in any discussion. Never. Never ever. And I once attended a meeting where we changed the material in a bathroom floor because of some reaction in a tiny percentage of the population. And who would ever go barefoot in a public restroom?????
I don't buy it. I don't believe for one second that 10% of the population is allergic to nickel..... not even close.
Yes, you have a real allergy. I don't deny that.
However, the idea that 10% of people are allergic to nickel seems ridiculous. Nickel is everywhere. I would argue the average person in a developed country couldn't go all day without touching some. Eating utensils, most of the stuff we use to prepare food, sinks, door handles, etc. The stuff is EVERYWHERE.
If 1/10 of the population were allergic to nickel we would have had a discussion about it on a mass scale long before now in my view.
I work in medical facilities. If nickel allergies were that common, there wouldn't be NEARLY the amount of nickel chrome that there is throughout even our newest buildings. You can't imagine the amount of planning that goes into a new medical facility. It would make your head spin. Jist when you think you have a good designs for patient rooms, along comes the newest fad victim status to change things. Nobody jumps through hoops better than hospital and clinic owners. Our cafeterias are a PC wonderland. Every culture, allergy, religion, and condition is addressed. And I have never even heard a nickel allergy brought up in any discussion. Never. Never ever. And I once attended a meeting where we changed the material in a bathroom floor because of some reaction in a tiny percentage of the population. And who would ever go barefoot in a public restroom?????
I don't buy it. I don't believe for one second that 10% of the population is allergic to nickel..... not even close.
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Nice Uke bass but good luck finding a soundhole plug for it to prevent feedback.
You don't post much, but you've been here since 2010. Surely you realize we don't do politics at all here. None. Zero. Not any.
Gluten free is a gazillion dollar industry. The vast majority of people who eat gluten free are not sensitive to gluten.
Being some sort of "victim" or having "sensitivities" makes one special. No, I don't trust all daya from all studies.
However, if 10%, or even almost 25% according to one of your links, of people reacted to nickel, it would not be so commonly use in everyday life.
We just built a huge facility that had nickel chrome handrails down every wall, nickel chrome handles by every scale (over 100 of them), nickel chrome handicap handles in every bathroom, nickel chrome faucets and water fountains. And we changed dozens of design aspects in other areas due to allergies and sensitivities at great expense.
I'm telling you, if it were NEARLY as prevalent as you claim, or these studies claim, it would not have been used. We just spent an extra quarter million on latex-free tubing and gloves in one building.
You're talking pollen allergies numbers. And that's a gazillion dollar industry itself. If nickel allergies were that huge, nickel-free products would have been the next hay fever meds.
I have spent a LOT of time reading here. There are THOUSANDS of bass players here. Statistically, if those studies are true, there would be HUNDREDS of bass players here clamoring for special frets and tuners. It would he brought up almost daily. But it isn't.
Why is that?
The Goldtone M-Bass solidbody is considerably less expensive.
https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Tone-ME...21057&s=Musical+Instruments&sr=1-3&ref=sr_1_3
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Well here is a much cheaper one:
https://www.amazon.com/Savannah-STB..._rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=XBNSEAJ3XYQ58Z3X3NKE
https://www.amazon.com/Savannah-STB..._rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=XBNSEAJ3XYQ58Z3X3NKE
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So many options given. Are we still demanding an allergy free bass? What about those allergic to wood?
I'll bet 95% of the 10% were people with sensitivity to certain earrings or belt buckles.
I'm 87% sure that you're at least 94.6% correct. Maybe I should do a "study".
Double blind, please
Got it. So it really is nowhere near as imperative as you have been making it all seem. Thanks for that update on your condition, Quare.
Thanks for sharing. Does that have the silicone rubber strings like the DeArmond Ashbory? Aren't they subject to breaking a lot? How does it feel under your finger tips. Do you have to use talcum powder every time you play?
Cheers.
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My pleasure.
Yep.
Nope, I have yet to break one in two years and it still has the original strings on it.
Very weird for the first week but then it starts to feel perfectly natural as you get used to it. The only problem is if you don't get your fingers in just the right spot in between the frets it will produce a farting noise. But that stops happening once you get used to itl
I have never used talcum powder and I don't see where it would help.
