You're not supposed to pull it tight before anchoring. Make sure your holes are perpendicular to the neck, run the string through and leave a little slack

I’m building one for myself and one for a customer…

Nothing was explored here.

Excellent presentation.I would like to add that you need a good pedal tuner to properly intonate.I tried using a clip on tuner and it did not work well, all the readings were far off. Switched to a pedal tuner and my E & A on my bass were only slightly sharp.

Ian makes the Epiphone Viola bass sound tasty! That was the first bass I ever had.

I like my bass to sound like a piano, so SS for me

I had buzz on the heel frets and no other video addressed this but you did and called it fall away. That fixed it, and thank you.. It was driving me nuts. Thanks again.

Stop talking and just play bro

FKIN BULLSHIT : For 7.25° strats, 10-38 is godlike

I'm not even the one tuning it and yet im still flinching away out of fear its gonna snap 😭😭

I wanted a P sound with a J neck so I got a Fender Jaguar,

or you could get a good set of strings?

I strung my floyd up pretty fast. I didn't have anything to fit under it, so I slapped the backplate under there, because who needs them, right?

Cool video. My answer is the same as you demonstrated: yes, you can get damn close. Close enough for 99% of ears to not hear a difference in the context of a recording. But from the player's point of view ... you're still not having the P experience ... because of the neck profile, like you aptly said. FYI, for your beginning audience, when talking about the width at the "end" of the neck, it's conventional to talk about "nut width" ... the width at the nut. And like you're saying, yes, since it determines your string spacing, it makes a huge difference in how it feels and how you play. Also, great explanation about pickup placement and how it is the biggest factor in determining the instrument's tone. Well done on the controls, too. Keep going!

Can anyone answer this for me I’m looking to order a custom set as iv got my 30 inch baritone and am using a strange tuning and I need a 95 string for the thickest string and I’m getting an option between 95 and 95 xl what is the difference?

I have the opposite problem on my Taylor 714CE. There are a few fretted notes that do not ring properly. They have a muffled or muted sound.

MIJ (Fujigen) > CIJ (Tokai and Dyna)

my hands sweat a lot and a wound G is easier to hold onto when bending because of the winding. It also makes more sense to me aesthetically, the tuning pattern changes after the G, and so does the string type, and the string tree only holds down the plain strings

I got 2!

I'm not trying to be a "D" but a different tuning does not make it a baritone. The longer scale length is what makes it a baritone (usually 26.5" or longer). If you tune down a standard guitar it doesn't magically become a baritone it's just a tuned-down guitar.

It’s all depends on what pickups the jazzmaster have, for example if you play a jazzmaster with bright pickups I’d prefer 12-52 or something but mine has a mastery bridge and my pickups are Duncans so I use 11-49 d’darrio

I have been playing my Taylor for the past 10 years almost exclusively and now I have grown so accustomed to the 15” radius and 1.75” nut width and I am looking for an electric guitar with similar dimensions.

good on the pair of you for not buying into the bigger is better toxicity. literally a matter of its not the size of the instrument, its what you can do with it. I love a short scale bass the fretting is a lot easier, I play a modded Squier Bronco and its an awesome bass. there is something I think you didn't look into with these basses, on a Fender, normally the P or J with the 34 scale the neck pickup or only pickup is in the middle, on a Gibson with the 30 scale, there is often a neck pickup and a bridge pickup and the neck is actually in the neck, I have always maintained this affects the tone as the neck pickup is picking up the string vibration differently. Also if your 30 inch scales are short scale, what would you call my 25.5 inch scale bass?

I use steels and put Fast Fret on them. Joyous!

Thank you. I am using strings starting with 11. I just switched to a 20 wound. I’m happy.

you can't end

gotta also look at nut width when comparing radius

Voltage attenuators are to protect British amps that were designed to run on 115V and will protect the circuitry of your amp from US standard 120V that often exceeds 124V the variance in tone is subjective but the protection it gives your British amp is objective.

I always wondered if Fender brought these string gauges out to "fix" the intonation on an original Telecaster bridge (which they do, funnily enough), Leo was an engineer after all, not a musician.☯️👍

Sustain relies on nut, strings and bridge...the better the quality the longer the sustain..I've played boltons with insane sustain vs crappy built neckthrough's...Tone relies on pickups only...no wood involved in tone shaping on electric instuments.

Can get for an ibanez 7 string??

Everyone needs to grab a short scale. Even a cheapo. Go to a pawn shop and grab an EBO/SG bass, or a Hofner copy. Often when they're used someone already modded them. I've been playing bass for over 20 years though recently obtained an IYV Beatle Bass... and it's scary good. The original Hofner basses were meant to sound like an upright and the short scale, flatwound strings, and mostly hollow chambers really make you think differently. Next is a 32 - something in the middle... though really the shorty covers so much ground I'm not too pushy yet.

Hey guys my G string keeps slipping out of tune. Ive tried different things but it still happens. Can you help?

Do heavy guage strings keep their sound for longer?

i have a lake placid blue bought it in 1993

Funny, I didn't realize this til just now: with a "5 string" bass, you're really only gaining two or three notes if you're playing in any given key. For instance in the key of Em like you were playing, you can then grab the D and the B. That's just two notes. I suppose also the C walking down to the B would also work, but it's almost like a passing note to get to the 5th (that low B). Anyway, I guess growing up never having played a 5 string bass I thought you were gaining a lot more than you actually are. It's a few extra low notes if you're staying in key. Even chromatically it's only 5 notes total... but staying in key you're gaining 3 at best and most likely 2 for most basslines. Interesting. (you would also gain Cm and Dm in a lower register.. that's actually pretty cool. Instead of playing Cm at the 8th fret and Dm at the 10th fret... or 3rd fret and 5th fret but the 3rd string)

Some grit is nice! Just a bit will not be very apparent but there’s hints of it.

Buy a J for more versatility and get a 31 band EQ to make the J sound as close as it can to a P 😊

sounds awful

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11:13 is the answer I’ve been looking for, thank you!

I had one of those Fender acoustics. It was junk and got rid of it asap!

I have one. I use it with '50s and '60s amps. '70s and '80s amps don't need it. New boutique amps and reissues don't need it. So this demo features the wrong amps.

What about Floyd Rose guitars? You have to cut both ends, how do you solve that problem on the side that goes into the bridge?

What about finger pain with 12s on an acustic, you will practice less with heavy strings because of the pain

9.5 is the best. period

My SX JAZZ BASS IS GREAT!

I fixed my ANNOYING buzz without ruining my setup! All I can say is thanks!

5:14

floyd’s ain’t too hard to string up tbf, as long as you do it properly. if it’s done properly then it’s very rewarding and fun to play, and they can also be very stable. love floyd roses