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Good evening, Toby, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

New to me ...

It seems I wuz wrong (second time this century..! ). I've voted, but can't now 'undo' my vote; the 'Show Vote Options' button has gone. Maybe see if @Skol303 can sort something out..?

Good afternoon, Emerico, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Bottom Left of the 'Vote' screen, there's a button 'Show Vote Options'. That should bring back the screen that allows further votes to be added. Three maximum, of course... Hope this helps.

@Skol303 : PM replied to. Hope it works out OK (and a general 'Thanks' for running this stuff...).

She got a bargain at 7€99, though..! ...

Good evening, Dan, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

(Not that I'm cardiac, but still...)

No good..? Discogs ...

Good evening, BRD, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. This isn't the right section for 'Wanted' ads. You'll get better response posting in this section of the Basschat Marketplace... Items Wanted (NO TRADES) ... It's free.

Try Audacity (it's free...). There's better, but try that first, and see how it goes. Hope this helps.

Now you come to mention it, I can hear nothing else..!

Too many to list here, but top of the list would be my trusty Hofner Comittee, which has a lot of story attached. One day, around a warm fire, with a cup of tea beside, maybe I'll regale the company with its telling...

OK, OK, 'my bad', as they (who's 'they'..?) say. '... in my mid-twenties...', obviously. Mea culpa; enjoy your belly-laugh at my expense, they're rare enough. ...

Welcome to my world, except that I play drums. When first I came to France, in my mid-twenties, the variety sets were five hours long, non-stop, three or four nights a week; the only one that didn't get a 'number' or two for a break and a drink being... the drummer..! No worries; at the time (and since...) I didn't drink, so a bottle of orange squash by my foot allowed for a quick swig between beats. Fast forward to retirement and modern days, it's all I can do to manage an hour's rehearsal, with 'discussion'' breaks, ten minutes long, every five minutes, it seems..! Oh, the pleasures of getting old..!

Chat about 'em is welcomed, but no pictures of Fakers, nor commerce. They're fine guitars and basses (albeit a bit 'Marmite' for some,or even anathema...); the current ruling stems from threatened (but credible...) pursuit in the courts of law from trademark holders. To avoid all risk, all real or copy Ric stuff is verboten in The Marketplace.

I've ordered stuff from them, sporadically, and have had no issues. I'd use them again.

Good afternoon, UG , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. You should be made aware that this forum is a 'Ric-free' forum, for legal reasons. There may be someone who can help, but it'll have to be by PM (Personal Message...), as trading, buying, selling Ric or Ric copies are out of bounds, and any such posts will be deleted and warnings given. The bassist, Trevor, with one of my first groups, back in the late '60s, played a Shaftesbury Ric copy, and it was darned good, especially for the price back then, so I would agree that they're worthy instruments. Not on this forum, though, will you find such a thing, sorry.

BJ... No experience with your exact system, but, in general, it's a bit of a wild goose chase trying to emulate 'live' sound when recording at home like this. The trick, really, is to get the recorded sound, but not in the 'obvious' manner of simply recording 'live'. I'd suggest recording the bass both with a mic, and direct into the interface, both at once, on two separate tracks. This will enable the mixing of the two signals; typically the 'direct' will be the more 'bassier', and the mic can add a bit of colour over the top.It's not often, and by using specific gear, that the bass is simply miced up in the studio. The principal feed is the DI, the mic, if used, is icing on the cake. You won't get a satisfactory result simply with EQ; that's not the answer. Worth a try..? Hope this helps.

Good afternoon, John, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share (but you knew that already, didn't you..?). The Tone is in the Fingers, as any fool doth know. ...

But none of those beggars went to Hampton Grammar School, you see; that's their error.

Anathema..? Surely not..? It's a very practical solution for many. We have a Smooth Hound system, which performs well, although we play out in public only very rarely, so can't give a 'professional' opinion on it. There are many others, more or less expensive; what's your need and/or budget..?

I remember seeing Genesis there, in 1970 or thereabouts. Happy days. Memories, too, of the RikiTik, Hounslow (pronounced 'Arnsler', with a snarl...), but went more to the Marquee 'up-town'.

I receive a regular newsletter from my old school; this latest issue has a link to this BBC documentary, in which several of the school pupils and ex-pupils feature. Here's the link (BBC iPlayer needed...)... Rock'n'Roll Island: Where Legends Were Born... Disappointed, though; no mention of me in there.