topo morto

Where, and how much?

"Pictures" link gives me a "log in t' Dropbox" kinda page...

[url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/9897175/Pictures-of-the-day-27-February-2013.html#?frame=2494229"]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/9897175/Pictures-of-the-day-27-February-2013.html#?frame=2494229[/url]

"An ecological park in Changge, central China's Henan Province, has built a road that plays music when vehicles drive along it. When a vehicle drives down the north lane of the 300m long road at the speed of 40km/h it plays China's national anthem; meanwhile, driving down the south lane at 40km/h produces the classic folk song Jasmine Flower. A spokesperson for the park said: It's like making a microgroove record. Workers had to cut out preset groves on the road. When vehicles drive on the road, the pressed air and vibrations make tunes and rhythms."

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1361993804' post='1994242']
I should have negotiated for a bigger room
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LIkewise, you don't want to enter a period of "one in, one out" with no basses!

Whereabouts?

Nice to see an old timer looking so shiny.

How is it known that it's 1979?

[quote name='j4y' timestamp='1361635242' post='1988608']
she has unfortunately a damage of the painting on the back.
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What happened?

In pic 15 it looks like there's a crack in the wood underneath..?

Also I would like some tips on how to move to Portland.

So the fretboard is metal? Can any luthier do a refret job?

[quote name='danthevan' timestamp='1361881380' post='1992289']
Other thing to do is make sure all windows notification sounds are off, aswell as disconnecting from the internet and shutting down any antivirus. These usually cause latency issues more than cracking and popping, but if he's after a 'free give it a try' fix then it wont hurt [/quote]

Shutting off unneeded programs and devices (bluetooth is another one) is good advice as it results in less demand on the computer while it's trying to fill the buffer for playback. But if it improves anything, it [i]will [/i]be in reducing cracking and popping and dropouts - these things can't 'cause latency issues' as such, as the latency is just the size of your buffers.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1361880048' post='1992250']
The "neck support" takes up the tension of the strings, so that the bass doesn't need a truss rod. It's an ingenious design, the working of which is quite difficult to describe (even the Born To Rock web site doesn't do a very good job of it), but is blindingly obvious once you see the instrument "in the flesh". It's not actually in the way at all.
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Aha, should have read the ad!

so if you wanted to play with a slide, you wouldn't need the neck at all?

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1361880417' post='1992258']
I just got this from him.
"Audio driver is a Realtek HD Audio Manager. Is that any use???"
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That sounds like the basic windows sound driver for the onboard card. It's often possible to get perfectly good sound on playback with these, but you're at the mercy of how windows chooses to deal with the sound (ASIO is more 'direct')
He could try downoading ASIO4All (universal asio driver) and see if that helps.
It is odd to not be using a proper soundcard though.

What's that big neck support bar for? looks a bit in the way...

Make sure to check they're not horse eggs.

What soundcard is he using, too?

If he's using a whole bunch of processing and effects, it might be that the computer is not just plain running out of juice -

But if not, it's more likely the buffer setting is too short so the computer is not getting the chance to fill each 'bit' of sound before it plays. Try increasing the buffer size (probably in your ASIO driver settings or something).

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1361825664' post='1991660']
STICKYBELLYFLAPCOCK
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You can still get pregnant from that.

Our keyboard player - clasically trained, can play a lot of fancy stuff, but can't deal with degrees of swing. Or in fact hear a lot of rhythms. Or have any idea of what the tempo of a song is.

Jinx (kinda)

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1361822865' post='1991576']
I did that this morning... oo-err... [i]and[/i], staying on topic, I have a room where I can store all my music stuff, practise (bass, not komungo), have my studio, computer, desk, monitors, etc etc AND I get the cupboard under the stairs for cabs and so on when they're not in use. Sweet!
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Where do you keep all your avatars though?

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1361821958' post='1991552']
To my mum, my basses sound like basses, and my guitars sound like guitars.
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That's sometimes quite a useful perspective to have on tap. At least it encourages you to buy more different stuff ("not taking the Stingray tonight, think I'll grab my komungo")

...why do you put up with that kind of thing?
Do you give her a one in, one out rule on handbags or pairs of shoes?
Or do you secretly like having an excuse to keep the collection manageable?

Great these, especially if you want a small amp that can do justice to a 5 stringer.

[quote name='Mathew Piotrowski' timestamp='1360749557' post='1975668']

[url="http://soundcloud.com/martyniak/mustang-bass"]http://soundcloud.co...ak/mustang-bass[/url]

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I get 'Sorry! We can't find that sound.'

How is the neck / action / frets on this?
Is the truss rod happy?

I've sent him a PM.