IMO, they'd be waaaaayyyy too tight and could be a real issue for the neck of your bass. *snap*
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IMO, they'd be waaaaayyyy too tight and could be a real issue for the neck of your bass. *snap*
Oh, okay. Was just curious, but it's good to know! Will stick to regular gauge flats.
Not really. Something will give first. Could be the string snapping if you’re lucky. Might pull the bridge anchors out if you’re not as lucky, could snap off a tuner key if you’re unlucky, and might snap the headstock if you’re really unlucky. In other words, don’t do that!
Killin me with the basses you had a chance on.
I have to come out there and slap you, nicely of course.
I have bought “light” 5 string sets and tuned to D Standard/Drop C and also Db/C# Standard (Many Black Sabbath songs are tuned this way) I have found that to work well. I believe Roto makes a set with a .120 B, so it tuned up to C and C# well.
Never tried one. What did you like most about it?
Killin me with the basses you had a chance on.
I have to come out there and slap you, nicely of course.
Anyone try this with Tbirds?
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Which reminds me, I'm out of coffee.
Killin me with the basses you had a chance on.
I have to come out there and slap you, nicely of course.
…slap me? slap this!…
I think I need to make another 7enderbird.......
I've always wondered, how do they get the Fender necks on those? Does it take a lot of routing after the original neck is heated(?) and taken off, are they screwed on like a P bass or are they glued in place? Any details you know would be appreciated as I've always wondered and can't find the search function.
Tuning it from under the headstock would drive me nuts, on the other hand I like reverse tuners much better than regular tuners, like on a 4001. The new vintage II Fender 1954 I just bought also has reverse tuners.
I love Rotosound and pretty much use Swing 66's exclusively but they make some amazingly light strings, they only have one short scale set and it has a .90 E string. I took those off my EB-3 real quick and found some DR Sunbeams with a .105 E. If you think a .90 E on a long scale is light, try it on a short scale.
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I have one something like that and they do fit but not very good and only one way and I always worry about them.
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I've always wondered, how do they get the Fender necks on those? Does it take a lot of routing after the original neck is heated(?) and taken off, are they screwed on like a P bass or are they glued in place? Any details you know would be appreciated as I've always wondered and can't find the search function.
One reason I started with an Epi was that getting the neck off was easy.........
The new neck was too wide and did not drop into the body as far as the Epi neck, so I reshaped the heel with hand tools and got it to fit the stock Epi pocket. The action was a bit too flat so for a final set up I took it to Mike Lull, the pickups were SD '51 P Bass that I potted into some NOS '76 Gibson cans, wired VVTT.
Thanks, did Mike glue it in or is it screwed? Is it done both ways by different luthiers?
