I'm obviously not Scott, but he told me several years ago that Thunderbuckers were at the top of his list of replacements for vintage sound. That may have changed and he didn't say if he ever tried Lulls. Just chiming in in case he's busy having that skinny Canadian carrying around stuff for him.
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It's all that clean living he's followed and where you clearly went wrong.I have a contracture in my left ring finger that has been slowly getting worse over the years, I have been lined up several times to get it done but something keeps getting in the way. I can still play but guitar is pretty difficult chording with it and it is now getting in the way of certain fingerings on the bass. I whacked my left thumb last month and it still hurts but is getting slowly better. I'm lucky I can still play with all the stuff that has happened to my hands. Broken fingers etc. But then look at Keef's hands, he looks like he has severe arthritis (don't know) and he can still play so if he can do it so can I (not really, he's superman!).
Hope you get to doing better soon. Definitely doesn't sound fun. I'm noticing more pain in my right hand in recent months. Not all the time, just when I do certain things. Right thumb is getting some serious joint pain.
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Thanks. At least it goes with some things and doesn't look like a shoe from outer space. They are super comfy. Maybe not as much air flow as some Brooks, but the most comfortable and cushy shoe I've ever owned (that had some support). I wish the arch were higher. True for most shoes.
I think every Fender I've played has weak spots on the D or G--but oddly enough, the one's I have now don't seem to have them problem (other that the '71 Jazz). Never noticed it with G&Ls, but they have a big neck pocket and 6 screws. I assume that helps a bit.
Yep, those young sissies would fold from all the pain.
Cult report.
Quick update on the SIT David Ellefson series I just bought and put on the NR. They are NPS, they feel as good as any round wound I recall playing (except TI Jazz Rounds, which are really small strings with small windings). I have not used them live or in a band setting yet, so this is simply impressions from home which may or may not produce equally well live. I have a med set and they don't feel stiff to me, and I don't care for heavy or stiff strings. The lows seem big without sounding hallow, the mids are thick and full bodied, the highs are very present but not clanky sounding--but this bass is on the dark side, so I would expect them to have even more nice sounding highs on other basses. They replaced Roto 66s (different animal I know), and sound bigger and more even across the freqs. In fact, they seem to be well balanced in that respect. Some rounds seem to have a definite focus on a certain mid freq, but these seem to have all the mids nicely balanced, making for a beefy sounding string without being dark or lacking character.
Just swapped the A string back to Rotos to compare. The the SITs are bigger sounding, but also more clear. That was a little surprising to me. The Roto's have maybe 10 hours playing time on them, if that. I've never thought 66s were crazy bright in the first place, but I'm playing through Ampeg tube heads. But it's an interesting finding.
Quick update on the SIT David Ellefson series I just bought and put on the NR. They are NPS, they feel as good as any round wound I recall playing (except TI Jazz Rounds, which are really small strings with small windings). I have not used them live or in a band setting yet, so this is simply impressions from home which may or may not produce equally well live. I have a med set and they don't feel stiff to me, and I don't care for heavy or stiff strings. The lows seem big without sounding hallow, the mids are thick and full bodied, the highs are very present but not clanky sounding--but this bass is on the dark side, so I would expect them to have even more nice sounding highs on other basses. They replaced Roto 66s (different animal I know), and sound bigger and more even across the freqs. In fact, they seem to be well balanced in that respect. Some rounds seem to have a definite focus on a certain mid freq, but these seem to have all the mids nicely balanced, making for a beefy sounding string without being dark or lacking character.
Just swapped the A string back to Rotos to compare. The the SITs are bigger sounding, but also more clear. That was a little surprising to me. The Roto's have maybe 10 hours playing time on them, if that. I've never thought 66s were crazy bright in the first place, but I'm playing through Ampeg tube heads. But it's an interesting finding.
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I have some SIT PowerFlats coming. Will report after trying them-home and, uhh..., not.
"my left thumb" No I'm a righty, I think that was my incipient dementia sneaking through, I think I was thinking of my left digit which makes no sense, I know.
. Sprains take a long time to heal, I think they take longer than a break.
Neil's great but Stills seems half crazy
. Check it out, it's a GREAT flick. It also concentrated on the Buffalo Springfield so I bought a box set of their stuff, they only had three albums so it wasn't too expensive, it did have the first two albums in both mono and stereo. Tom Petty is also a big part of it, plays a 12 string Ric, the 12 string Ric is also a featured part, I've always wanted one of those.
Gaolee
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We ARE a cult. And a biker gang. And dorks. And proud of it.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
That is why I like having the neck tipped up pretty far. It makes for straight wrists.I have noticed that many bass players, and my teacher counseled me to do this, play with their wrist bent at quite a sharp angle.* Although this may aid in reaching across frets, it is not good posture for the hand and can cause some chronic damage. I already have enough hand issues; I will not be playing with difficult posture.
*this angle will result in problems.
I have a '96 Am Jazz and a '13 Am Hot Rod P/J, the P/J especially has no dead spots which did surprise me, the J has a couple of slightly weaker notes from C to D on the G string but you have to be looking for them to find them. The TF fretless doesn't really have any noticeable dead notes either, it's 6 or 7 years old. I think the newer Fenders are a lot better in that regard than the old ones. I have Roto RS66 on them all. Neither the NR T-bird nor the EB4-L have dead spots, nor does the Ric. La Bella DTB Flats on the EB4-L.
No basses with dead spots, Fender or otherwise. Those that had them have flown the coop
