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This one is much more my style than the Blue Jean one.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
OK, first I'm ever hearing of this - I'm searching around but do you know of a better place to instruct this tilt? Mines a 14, 6 bolt. It's pretty low but could be lower, for this particular setup. Never heard of neck tilt until now
So I'm assuming mine wouldn't have this, definitely post 97somebody else but me said:
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Sounds like it is not there. There was a hole on the neckplate under the bottom screw that would fit an Allen wrench. With the bottom screw loosened, you could tighen the tilt screw and it would adjust the angle of the neck a bit.
I have a 90s SB1 that it works okay on and and early 80s wunkay that it works much better.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Yeah, if you have a 6 bolt neck then you don’t have the tilt feature and would have to shim if you wanted to adjust it. The old system is prone to user error and can lead to (iirc) the dreaded “ski jump” in the neck.
Mine tend to be variants of a P bass except for the Blast Cult. Even the RA has a P bent - not just the single mag 50s style pickup he used in the S4, but the neck is based on my P. The Yamaha SB800 I have is basically a jazz with a P neck.
I've historically only used the RS77 or RS88 sets on all my basses. Now I have a bit more of a mixture. Two basses have the RS77 (one each P fretted and fretless - early 70s A width maple), I got a RS66 set for the Yamaha (we'll see how long that lasts), I originally had the RS88 on the BC but now real upright strings, Pyramid nylons on the RA (just a better fit than the RS88s), and I got a custom set of Pyramid flats for the rosewood P fretless.
This way I can justify each by saying they're different lol
In the end, if I'm being honest, I always fall back to the RS77 or RS88 more often than not. I have a feeling the Yamaha will definitely suffer that fate.
Can confirm RS66 do not last that long. I spent a few years and many dozens of dollars chasing that new pack Roto Stainless zing in a past life lol. At one point I think I was changing them every 4-6 weeks or so when we were playing a lot.
Remind me, RS77 are roto flats, and 88 are their nylons? If so, how are the nylons? As previously mentioned I’m looking for the closest thing to upright strings as possible for my folk bass.
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You may have read me wrong. It's my relationship with roundwounds. Since it's a Jazz, it should be more of a "rock" bass a la Geddy. Other than that they're just the round equivalent of my 77 set (.50 - .110). I always try them but go back to flats.
Correct on the 77 and 88 sets. I've talked about the 88 set quite a bit in a few string threads. The TL;DR:
I hate the LaBella ones (many love 'em; I generally hate all LaBella strings). It depends what you want. Tension, stiffness, feel, warmth, thud, etc. Your bass will dictate what sounds good. On some basses the RS88 is perfect. In doing a bit of experimentation with the RA, I found the Pyramids a better fit sonically but I prefer the feel of the 88.
If you want more fundamental, LaBellas or Rotos are your string. The others I've tried (Pyramid, Galli) are more warm. The Pyramid set is between Galli and Roto.
I think you need to think about bass, what specifically you want from an upright-ish sound, and then seek that out.
A bit on topic: part of figuring this out especially with the Blast Cult was playing through the P-15. When I switched to real upright strings, it settled in.
haha no, I read you right, just making a poor attempt at joke.
For the folk bass I’m looking for all thud and fundamental... I think. Probably some midrange clarity wouldn’t be a terrible thing. Subdued top end for sure.
Heh.
RS88 or the LaBella may work for you. LaBella has a lot of tapewound variants. Welcome to the nylon tapewound rabbit hole.
And I missed your faded blue jeans one (more like waited too long) then ended up ordering my own... in vintage Lake Placid, with a matching headstock and PJ set up.
Thanks for your input! The RS88 were already on my short list, beside GHS Black Nylons. The LaBellas I think are all round under nylon, so not what I’m looking for (I think). But Labella flats maybe, of which I know there are a few varieties.
I also want to try all the nylons and flats on my P bass but I really like it currently with TIs and Seymour Duncan Antiquity II pickup, so don’t want to mess with a good thing.
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I would just say that the 1kt. diamond earrings were "out of stock"
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
I could be wrong about this, but AFAIK every nylon tapewound out there is a roundwound under the tape.
