It's the Progressives they haven't made in many months, and won't be until maybe next year. As far as I know the Pressurewounds are still in production. Which seems a little odd because I suspect the Progressives might be pressed Progressives, minus the exposed core on the E. That might be a good question for Jon Moody in the String section.
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Thunderbird Club
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Another little know fact about strings is... (and I only learned this in application) that the unwrapped section of a string will still result in it working as it should. My '68 Custom Kraft hollow-body is a long 34" scale bass with a floating bridge & tail-piece/string stop. Even using long-scale (flat-wound LaBella's) strings I had to remove the (red) wrap so it exposed the string-wire over the zero-fret - and with no detriment to stability of the string or sound/tone.
We sang GGGoH a few times… that’s another I’d happily put on the never again list.
I was at a funeral for an older lady I knew and her son played that at the funeral. (It's about a guy in prison and not about entering a post-life reward....)
But it got better/worse. He played a rap version of "I'll Be Missing You." Should have seen the looks on people's faces when it started. He said he heard it at a funeral and liked it. If it were possible, his mother would have died...again. His mother had never been in prison. I'm not sure about him. I doubt it as I'm not sure he was smart enough to know how to commit a crime.
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Gaolee
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That's a little like playing songs about adultery or addiction at a wedding. Which I have actually done at the request of the couple. Go figure.I was at a funeral for an older lady I knew and her son played that at the funeral. (It's about a guy in prison and not about entering a post-life reward....)
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The silk wrap is primarily for appearance sake to cover the wire transition on each end. I wouldn't make a habit of removing it but it doesn't seem to affect the string response. The Custom Kraft string length from the tail-piece/string stop to the zero-fret is 39". For comparison, my '64 II is 36".
I heard “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” played at a wedding.
Be careful trimming at the ball end!
I was at a funeral for an older lady I knew and her son played that at the funeral. (It's about a guy in prison and not about entering a post-life reward....)
we should have replaced Green Grass with Banks of the Ohio or Delilah. Oops, a couple more killings.
We did actually start practicing those 2 before ‘the great halt’. Kind of amusing looking around the group when the deaths happen. Oh no! Not again!
I have a story about when I.... Never mind.
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Hopefully there are no pictures. And I think we are all happy to think it never happened.
Shouldn't you be a properly trained Mohel for that?
Is that better or worse than giving a couple of junkies a cutlery set that is all teaspoons?
Gaolee
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Yeah, if you play a wedding, you play what they want you to play. Sometimes, you gotta scratch your head. There's a conundrum, though. Lyin' cheatin' and stealin' songs are generally better than songs about good behavior.
