stingrayPete1977

Love them classics!

Looking forward to getting home to have a listen!

This is why I give a clean di to the sound guy/girl at gigs with a proper pa, lots of people on here obcess about their £500 amp must be heard out front rather than the £25'000+ pa

I'm seriously thinking about buying a usa lakland, this isn't helping at all!

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1371681594' post='2117049'] Excellent quality. Just not my thing. I don't see any issues with normal parallel frets. [/quote] These Dingwall threads always end with the old "solution to a problem that doesn't exist" comment, fwiw I agree. That does not mean they are any more or less worthy but some of the nonsense I have heard about them is just that.

That's the problem with pro gear in all passtimes or hobbies, the best sounding/feeling/fastest or whatever feature it is that we desire is not always the most robust, try breaking a Raleigh Grifter yet a £3k alloy bike can be ruined by accidentally threading the left hand threaded bearing case into the frame the wrong way!

[quote name='aende' timestamp='1371720103' post='2117239'] The questions is; Is 212 the new 210? Noted that more manufacturers are selling a 212 variant and GK have even dropped the NEO 210 from their line in favour of the 212. [/quote] I find a good 2x12 is more comparable to a good 4x10, better than an average one.

Trouble is I'd say a pro bass player doing 5 gigs a week wearing an amp out in five years or less could be seen as a reasonable period of time, I'm sure they should and will last longer but modern cheap electronics are not built to last like an old ampeg, a new ampeg isn't even built like an old one!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1371664492' post='2116812'] The main thing is, do the ears like the sound? If so, even though what you`ve done may break all the rules, that`s the main thing. Done it a couple of times myself and each time the cabs were better after than before. [/quote] This is unfortunately what the resident experts don't get, all the foibles and mistakes made by the tried and trusted brands have become what we love, if it sounds good it sounds good no matter what the computer programme suggests, I prefer driving my morris minor to the wifes focus zetec, go figure

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1371512566' post='2114997'] Alternatively, with a couple of suitable angle-brackets, you might be able to fit the removed amp into a rack case. [/quote] This was plan b, even had a pair of brackets made and a gator case ready then the amp packed up! bassdirect-genz-solved

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1371511977' post='2114986'] Ashdowns are probably the easiest. 4 bolts on top, and the combo speaker is usually on a jack. Ashdown might even sort you a sleeve. [/quote] I wanted to do exactly this, ashdown were no help at all, shame as it would have solved it in one hit.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1371579795' post='2115848'] Mark King probably will get Status basses (Statii) for the rest of his life.. [/quote] Really, I'd of thought he was about ready for a change? Most people still imagine Flea with a Ray and must still be a feckup on Sterling Balls part that there is no Flea sig model?

Teal is the best colour!

Doesn't really do anything for me and I know some players who play chordal stuff have found them tricky even after playing them for a while. Frets are for losers anyway

It must be a 35 inch scale then surely, the amount of frets has zilch to do with it, pull 4 frets out and see it the nut gets any nearer

Even a 35 inch scale bass has that extra inch divided across the whole bass so I doubt it would gain a semitone in the first 3 frets!

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1371413115' post='2113642'] It's not about playing high, it's about the nut being further away, so where I'd fret an A without looking on a P bass , it would be a B on my new one. I take the point if I put the time in I'd get used to both, silly question I suppose, but I've spent 25 years on basses with similar necks. [/quote] Errrr are you sure? What scale length is this new bass?

I have heard this before but thankfully not needed to test the theory for myself, good to know though

I have a jazz to sell but the fee has put me of a bit, I had done two sales just before the fee came in and had already put £15 in the pot, if I had known I would if just paid the twenty instead.

I don't get the problem? I wouldn't notice if I had frets all the way up to the pickup!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2217846/Last-Cold-War-Vulcan-bomber-final-flight-year-soaring-restoration-costs.html Daily mail so could be lies but might be worth getting a look soon if you get the chance

[quote name='yorick' timestamp='1371309283' post='2112440'] One of them flew over my parents house when I was there last week.... rattled the windows [/quote] One flew over our house last year, I told my neighbour who is a retired aviation guru, he quite rightly told me "you mean you have seen the Vulcan rather than a Vulcan, only one left". What an awesome sight!

Love it Jose, looks like a lot of fun!