here is the real truth behind the making of strings !!

[tpaul]

You know, this thread reminds me that while many people play air guitar, very few play air bass. And that just makes me sad.

 

[bassstrangler]

I hear if you really strangle the neck, that will get most of the oxygen out of the strings.

I've been doing that for years...

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

FACT, 100% of people exposed to oxygen die!!!!!!!!!!!

That is why we have solid bodies. Only acoustics and semi-hollow bodies are at risk.
Proof? Go into any GC and see how few acoustics and semi-hollows there are.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

You know, this thread reminds me that while many people play air guitar, very few play air bass. And that just makes me sad.

What few air bass players there are aren't very good. They are all failed air guitar players.

 

[Jon Moody]

Just stay clear of the loading dock and you'll be fine.

Truth.

Although in fairness, all the truck drivers back in to the loading dock, so the OP can't say that his fist hand experience was really a surprise.

 

[iiipopes]

And Mapes makes most of the raw wire used by just about everybody:

specialty wire

The devil, as they say, is in the details about how each company uses the raw wire to make strings.

 

[bassstrangler]

Being from the Midwest it felt to me like the whole city is ChinaTown, haha! Vancouver is a really cool town! (Especially if you like Asian girls. They are everywhere, but a guy I met told me they aren't terribly sociable.) I went to ChinaTown there as well, to the garden .... I can't remember the exact name, but it is really cool. There is a significant Asian population throughout the city, not just in ChinaTown.

That was the first time I tried sushi, which was exhilarating, considering how much I liked it and how much courage it took me to muster up to try it, haha!

(I hope I do not sound offensive in any way. I am only describing my experience.)

I'm glad you put that disclaimer on it. I was offended.

 

[brian1e]

I have discovered the Trade Secret.

 

[tuba_samurai]

Not to burst your bubble (unless you live in one... ) but those strings were more nitrogen (like 79%) than oxygen...

Looks like you've just been fisted by Sting and served some culturally insensitive animal muscle (or other misc. parts from said quadruped)

Of course they are mostly nitrogen NOW, that how you break them in. Got that old school sound now.

 

[Facu.DSR]

Definitely one of the funnier threads I've come across since I've joined !

 

[Sixgunn]

don't listen to the haters if your like me you have no time for punctuation on an internet forum that people take far too seriously.... sucks you got fisted though

Lol!! You're serious about not having time for something that takes no more time?

 

[Fishyfishfish]

What does fisting Sting on a loading dock have to do with Nitrogen? I'm confused.

 

[JackANSI]

Sting said that while walking on the moon he prefers to breathe nitrogen with a little oxygen. That nitrogen was delivered to a loading dock by a driver that was previously a big pornstar in the fisting scene... or something...

 

[GroovinOnFunk]

Troll Much?

Sorry, but you're the troll post.
His points were very valid. It's hard to take someone as being particularly credible when they can barely type a coherent sentence.

 

[Sixgunn]

Being from the Midwest it felt to me like the whole city is ChinaTown, haha! Vancouver is a really cool town! (Especially if you like Asian girls. They are everywhere, but a guy I met told me they aren't terribly sociable.) I went to ChinaTown there as well, to the garden .... I can't remember the exact name, but it is really cool. There is a significant Asian population throughout the city, not just in ChinaTown.

That was the first time I tried sushi, which was exhilarating, considering how much I liked it and how much courage it took me to muster up to try it, haha!

(I hope I do not sound offensive in any way. I am only describing my experience.)

Sushi's actually Japanese. Jus' sayin'.

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

You know, this thread reminds me that while many people play air guitar, very few play air bass. And that just makes me sad.

 

[red_rhino]

Sting plays a Precision, ergo Sting = Santa Claus

I think the rule is that if you get fisted by Sting for 12 hours, it's okay because, hey, it's Sting, and you might get a P bass out of it. (Or perhaps he'll just choke you out with a roundwound, thus rendering you "oxygen free" for a second.)

 

[KevInDaBassment]

Conclusion: Steel strings are made of metal and cannot breathe, so they are oxygen free

 

[Sixgunn]

I HAVE, however, had jiao ze (dumplings) with a mix of pork and donkey, as well as pig's feet and chicken's feet in other dishes.

Watch this (actually one part of an awesome trilogy!!). Your view of dumplings will change forever

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[Sixgunn]

I am having difficulty finding strings for a left-handed bass.

Is it possible to convert right-handed bass strings to left-handed bass strings by cutting the ball, (or whatever it's called) off the end they put it on at the factory, and attaching it to the other end?

No. The winding goes the wrong way.