Very nice trio you have there! Your basses look like a true team standing there together.
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The Combo Club
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Very nice trio you have there! Your basses look like a true team standing there together.
You Used Some Less Simple Words
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I like this Simplewriter thing... It should become the Combo Club's standard. Me say yay
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Still 50% to difficult.
I think You'll have to point and grumble satisfied to make your statement understandable.
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It’s “too,” Swink. Too difficult. Sorry, I try my best not to police, but we also have to maintain a certain level of advancement in our civilization. Oops, there I go again with the big vocabulary!
Hey M, how ya liking the bass summit? I’m so far back it's not even funny. I plan to catch what I’ve missed before my time runs out. I’m still not paying the $79 for it though.
Uhhh, "Dat" reel smartBrilliant...or
That real smart
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Wanting to catch one of the Friday videos, and yet to look at today's schedule.
I didn't spend the $79, or the fifty or whatever it was, what I did spend was a bit less on Dunlop .040 - .100 medium scale flatwounds. Word is the string supply chain is iffy for many, and when I saw this set available I pounced.
Near as I can tell, the Dunlops don't have the full-on Jamerson thump of La Bella Deep Talkin' Flats. I'm using the La Bella Low Tension Flats and six months in, am thoroughly delighted. The LTFs are a slightly different beast from DTFs, hear to tell. The Dunlops, should I choose to install them, are alleged to add a bit more modern tone and slightly more tension.
The LTFs sound too good to me to take off right now, and bloody better see actual stage time now. The Dunlops will just be in the drawer for a bit .... and will feel good to know they're there as I've been eyeing the Dunlops for a good while.
Sunday is my recording day, and I may try the DI from the Elf. The DI from the Phil Jones is absolutely pristine. This/That DI is another case of Low Tension Flats vs. Dunlop in a different package ... two different flavours of Awesome.
Uhhh, "Dat" reel smart
I just couldn't go that far- WAYYYYY too close to my former in-lawsUhhh, "Dat" reel smart
If you guys are looking for flats, the TIs are amazing. They feel great and the tone is clear and articulate. Perfect for me.
Yes - let them mellow. LTFs should follow suit with the deep talkers - they just get better as time (and use) go by - imho, ymmv, etc
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I came down with Flatwound Fever here at TB. Apparently I've got antibodies for the Precision Plague that is endemic. <whew>
The TIs would have been a first choice if not for the winding length on the short scale set. It's just a bit too long at 35.5. I'm too OCD to see bare string on the tuning post
The TIs would have been a first choice if not for the winding length on the short scale set. It's just a bit too long at 35.5. I'm too OCD to see bare string on the tuning post
I have a set of TI "nickel wound Steel Short Scale 32 inches (.045 to .106)". Do you think they would fit on a 30" Jag or Mustang PJ? If so, can you let me know what type of music you play that is clear and articulate. If this is getting too off-topic, please PM me.
The Dunlops sound like you’d want to use them for a certain style possibly, but make sure you put it on the right bass. It seems like that’s what started my Jazz love to fade; changing strings.
As for the Precision, I might try a different of variation of the DTFs, like your LTDs possibly, but no major changes to upset the cart. I like it just the way it is!
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What kind of musical situation I find myself in post-plague will inform me best of what to bring. Certainly I have my own ideas of what I may bring. How to bring that about is a different matter. With plenty of time to call my own, I've broken in a set of LTFs very nicely in six months.
In Ed Friedland's book "Blues Bass", he mentions that you can play blues on a jazz bass, but the precision is preferred. You can play an active bass, but passive is preferred. You can play on roundwound strings, but flatwounds are preferred.
My first bass starting out was a jazz with stock Fender roundwounds. It sounded good. I then got a precision and put LaBella flatwounds on it and I got "that old school" sound that I was looking for. What Ed said worked for me!
My first bass starting out was a jazz with stock Fender roundwounds. It sounded good. I then got a precision and put LaBella flatwounds on it and I got "that old school" sound that I was looking for. What Ed said worked for me!
