[Brutton]

Hello everyone Clinton Ryder here. There are a few of you who know me and a lot of you who do not. I stumbled across this site after searching for information on Dave Keen or his whereabouts. What I found ws entertaining.

If any old friends (or enemies) care do say hello I'd be delighted to hear from you.

Cheers,
Clinton

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Crint.....

Nice to know your still out there. Come and vist.

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Hey Clinton, I just noticed your post. Rather late, to be sure, but just in time to wish you Happy Festivus!

How are you? Do you still have my old bass?

Hope to hear from you again,

KL

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hope all is well with you in montreal... give a call if you're in nanaimo sometime. happy holidays..

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Happy Holidays.
Haven't heard anything about you in years. Hope you're doing well.

[Brutton]

Hey guys,
I finally got around to looking for a response. Nice surprise! Yeah Ken, still playing your bass. I really love it. Needs fingerboard work and I'm hoping to get it done soon. I had a local luthier replace the tail wire with a high-tension rope - his idea - and wow, is it ever loose. Check out his website http://www.lamario.ca/

Other than this, I am newly married (6 months) and studying, playing etc. I have had my ears opened to the true beauty of the bass through lessons w/Jim Vivian & Gary Peacock & Mark Dresser and well, it is all so inspiring. Ken you played with Marianne Trudel recently. How was it?

All the best to all,
clinton

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Hey Clinton,

Good to hear from you. Congratulations on your wedding. Rosemary and I will be married 20 years this fall!

I am glad you are still happy with that bass. I replaced the fingerboard when I got it and I think I gave it only one dressing after that. There should be plenty of good wood left.

I'm not sure what you mean about the tailpiece wire. Was there a problem, or is it just a tweak? When you say it's loose, do you mean the wire, or the feel of the bass afterwards?

I had a wonderful time playing with Marianne. She is such a beautiful player and writer. So interactive and loose. It was like dancing.

I hope to see you sometime if you are on the island. Call or e-mail or something.

Keep well,

KL

[Brutton]

Ken,

The tail wire thing was just a tweak. It really took the tension away from the tailpiece. Now the bass feels great. It's a step further along than the aircraft wire that a lot of people use. It's actually rope; the luthier told me it can hold a tension of 1200 lbs of pressure if necessary. Many bassists around here are hip to it now, but I'm not sure if it is the luthier's idea or common knowledge, however I highly recommended. I'll try and get information from him when I next see him in late Feb..

When I get the fingerboard set up, it will be the first time I've had it done since I bought it. Do you remember who last did the work on it?

Where are you living now? Still on Lasqueti? I really miss the coast some days.

cheers, Clinton

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Hi again Clinton,

I would love to hear more about the tailpiece wire, though I am pretty happy with the way my bass is set up now. I have the aircraft wire on there now and it seems just fine. Actually, this bass has the exact same endpin as your bass had when you got it.

If I remember correctly, it was Brian Hoover who last dressed that fingerboard.

I have been living on the big island for a few years now. The kids are in high school, etc... I am teaching at Malaspina and living in Qualicum Beach. It's pretty nice here, but I don't get over to Lasqueti much these days.

Hope to see you out here sometime.

Ciao, KL

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Though I know Ken knows... it seems prudent to offer others who might read this thread more information on the 'rope' which Mario is likely using to reduce tension/stiffness in the tailpiece. It's probably the Velvet brand composite tailgut. I've installed (two half knots which draw tightly against eachother... a bit of fussing to get the length just right allowing for a lot of stretch in the first week) a few of these, and while they look rather flimsy, so far they've been rock solid on basses around here. It'd be nice to get ahold of a spool of this stuff, as the packaged version is a bit on the pricey side.

For the most part I still use the aircraft cable. Just started on a couple of basses lately using a single strand of it looped at both ends, instead of two bends over the ebony saddle, and this also reduces stiffness considerably.