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#199,841
JIO said:
I doubt that makes a percievable sound/tone difference if at all. Using that axiom, a gen1 reverse has glued-in wings and a gen2 NR doesn't. Clearly that doesn't make any difference in sound/tone. A set-neck once set/glued functionally becomes one piece of wood, like a string-thru. (which is also multi-lam) Add to that both versions neck and body are made of the same wood. A bolt-on neck connected securely also functionally becomes one piece of wood, but will invite sound differences because the body and neck are usually made of different woods.
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I think the differences will be subtle, but sonically, I'd expect differences. Functionally one piece of wood in some ways, but not all. Sound does funny things based on the medium it's traversing, even more so depending on how multiple mediums interface. Subtle, but there. Can anyone other than EJ hear the difference? Beats me. But just as there are verifiable sonic differences between carbon comp resistors and metal film resistors in some parts of a tube amp circuit, I'll bet there are differences in the sonic results of how (and how well) a neck is attached.
 
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#199,842
Miles_ONeal said:
I think the differences will be subtle, but sonically, I'd expect differences. Functionally one piece of wood in some ways, but not all. Sound does funny things based on the medium it's traversing, even more so depending on how multiple mediums interface. Subtle, but there. Can anyone other than EJ hear the difference? Beats me. But just as there are verifiable sonic differences between carbon comp resistors and metal film resistors in some parts of a tube amp circuit, I'll bet there are differences in the sonic results of how (and how well) a neck is attached.
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Does anyone else ever post, only to find the TB software has turned on strikethrough for part of the post? (Usually from somewhere in the middle to the end in my case.)
 
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icefly said:
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Just saw in Instagram (or on Instagram, sorry I dont remember correct use of, in, on, at :roflmao:)
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Two things:
1. It's English. There are rules and then there are all the exceptions to the rules.
2. English grammar rules are literally human constructs, which means they can change at any time and without notice or reason. :laugh:

GHS Boomers sound great on my White VP.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
A HS bestie's older brother blew up his Chevelle big block V8. In the interest of budget (both initial layout and ongoing expenses, since he was in college), he put a smaller V8 in. He then found that somewhere between 70 and 80MPH, he lost steering ability as the front end became airborn. This had a deleterious effect on his drive time between Atlanta and Augusta on weekends. Too bad he didn't know your trick. And him an engineering student!

I notice your spoiler was bolt-on, and it doesn't look like mahogany. Strange bird.
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I have engineers a plenty in the family.

It's bolt on so I can remove it after I have outrun the police. When they catch up and ask questions I can say, "No officer, I haven't see a car like that go by."
 
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#199,851
Miles_ONeal said:
"I have no respect for this bass or those who play it do I'll see what I can stir up." If I wanted to move the lower strap button that far, a recessed button on back would be the way to go.
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I believe he said his belly was the reason for the front strap. Maybe it was his best option, or maybe the best one he thought of at the time. With all the other cuts and holes, adding one to the back to test it out wouldn't hurt anything at this point.
 
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icefly said:
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Just saw in Instagram (or on Instagram, sorry I dont remember correct use of, in, on, at :roflmao:)
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dagrev said:
Two things:
1. It's English. There are rules and then there are all the exceptions to the rules.
2. English grammar rules are literally human constructs, which means they can change at any time and without notice or reason. :laugh:

GHS Boomers sound great on my White VP.
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PillO said:
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If there was anything that some people are super particular about it's grammar.
If there was anything where the rules were literally made up, it's grammar.

A friend of mine from grad school was working on his PhD and always got a kick out of people who were really finicky. His undergrad was English from Cornell.

I think we should speak and write well (my typing doesn't bear this out), but let's be honest, this stuff is just made up. Once others buy into the change, it's an new rule. It's not science. Wait....
It's not math. There, that's a safe one.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
A HS bestie's older brother blew up his Chevelle big block V8. In the interest of budget (both initial layout and ongoing expenses, since he was in college), he put a smaller V8 in. He then found that somewhere between 70 and 80MPH, he lost steering ability as the front end became airborn. This had a deleterious effect on his drive time between Atlanta and Augusta on weekends. Too bad he didn't know your trick. And him an engineering student!

I notice your spoiler was bolt-on, and it doesn't look like mahogany. Strange bird.
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when the EPA cornered GM asking why more displacement was necessary (up to 427) from the 396 cid big block GM casually responded that boring that block resulted in weight savings that translated into “better mileage”….:laugh:
 
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#199,858
Nocturnal said:
I believe he said his belly was the reason for the front strap. Maybe it was his best option, or maybe the best one he thought of at the time. With all the other cuts and holes, adding one to the back to test it out wouldn't hurt anything at this point.
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To his credit, later in the thread he did post a video of he and his band on stage. He’s playing the modified bird, with the headstock and strap massacre for all to see.

After watching the video, I can see why he’s miffed about the face of the bird falling forward and I don’t think it would help if he held it to the side or slung it low, I don’t even think a belly cut would help, he’s just flat out a big dude in every direction and he makes that Tbird look like a toy, I can’t even imagine him with a standard guitar or short scale bass. That said, a simple strap rout from the pin over the front of the top rear bout of the bass would have solved his problem equally well and wouldn’t look like a hack job. The headstock mod may have been cheaper than buying five ultra light tuners (which would have been the correct path) but I doubt it really made enough difference in weight to stop a dive.

All in all, I think he just really doesn’t care much about what people think of his mods, and I don’t think he valued maintaining the original condition of the bass either. He has a bass he rocks on stage and it’s a Tbird with a story now, I’m sure he gets a lot of mileage out of that story and I doubt he’ll stop modding it any further. Like striped knee high socks, psychedelic shoe laces, and “look with I did to my bass” threads, it gets attention, and sometimes that’s all people crave.
 
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Well, with the new band in the works, I decided to narrow down the number of guitars I'm going to use to only two and here they are both.
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- The Red one is a 1991 Fender USA Prodigy
- The Blue one is an eighties Washburn G-Junior, which actually is my original "Rote Sau" guitar.
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So with this new band, the idea is to hop into a van and start touring, play all the dumps and shacks and kip in either the van or at squats. So I figured just to narrow it down to something of which I KNOW works and just stick with it.

They are both quite similar in lay out and sound and both have comfortable for me neck profiles and can be adjusted in ways that make sense to me.

Well, then, time for me to start woodshedding so my new band will be ready to hit the road soon.
 
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