So if I'm playing guitar in my bedroom & check the tuning sitting upright & then decide to lay on my back & check the intonation again & find the strings have uniformly gone a few cents sharp, then what is occuring?
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So if I'm playing guitar in my bedroom & check the tuning sitting upright & then decide to lay on my back & check the intonation again & find the strings have uniformly gone a few cents sharp, then what is occuring?
Anyways, pertaining to the thread, my buddy had this tan, metal ironing board by the trash can that intended to throw out.
It made an excellent table to erect between our camp chairs when we're drinking beer in the garage!
It made an excellent table to erect between our camp chairs when we're drinking beer in the garage!
Maybe it's time to measure relief in both orientations to see if there is a difference that matters. Only needs to be .001" to matter.
Also, my ironing board is not stable enough for me to use it in this way. I would be too afraid of it tipping over with the bass.
Also, my ironing board is not stable enough for me to use it in this way. I would be too afraid of it tipping over with the bass.
I've been on the hunt for a vintage, pre-CBS ironing board if anyone has one up for grabs?
That's one way to relic a finish! I wonder if ironing the strings is as good a boiling them.
Oh yes...ironing is a great alternative to boiling strings....That's one way to relic a finish! I wonder if ironing the strings is as good a boiling them.
Particularly effective on nylon wraps....
It's all that PJ's BBQ Brisket that's doing me inI'm convinced that gravity is getting stronger in Albany NY....
How else would I seem to be getting heavier?.....
Ric5
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many necks respond to hand pressure ... you can push and pull most necks sharp and flat ... perhaps when you lay on your back you push harder on the neck to play ...
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I used to own a 1968 4001 Rickenbacker ... the necks on the 60s Ricks were so thin that it was pretty easy to bend them ... I used to pull back on the neck when I wanted more fret buzz ... I never measured the amount of force applied ... on that bass maybe 10 pounds of force was enough ... That is my best guess
Some of my basses also have pliable necks ... but some are stiff and hard to move at all.
One end of wifey's kitchen island.
It's the perfect width for the body to lay flat on a VERY THICK, unused towel(padding) with a specific piece of foam under the neck at about the 12th fret. Have a seat, work away, strings or setup or mods.
It's the perfect width for the body to lay flat on a VERY THICK, unused towel(padding) with a specific piece of foam under the neck at about the 12th fret. Have a seat, work away, strings or setup or mods.
Others have commented, but this is unscientific nonsense. The tension on a 4 string bass is in the neighborhood of 100-150 pounds or so. The neck weighs about 3-5 pounds max including hardware (and the strings themselves). If you really think changing gravity by 90 degrees is going to make a significant difference you are seriously deluded.
Can't see any point in trying to 'convert' believers of this particular bass thing....
Let them be.....They are happy and causing nobody any harm....
EDIT: Unlike tort lovers!....
I play lying on my back, so this works for me.
I HAD a Stingray whose was so rubbery that when I picked up out of the case I could watch the relief increase.
