Kev

[quote name='bassmanklm' timestamp='1421536894' post='2662575'] Now that the quarrel is finished (in a good way, but may i have my mojito please?), someone else has decided that my introduction thread can turn into an emoticon black market. Well, i assume i'll go back on my tree, chewing sheets, hanging under my favorite branch. Sloth life is upside down! [/quote] Thread starter, Welcome! Now, if you fed Red Bull to a sloth, what would happen?

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1421536173' post='2662560'] That some sort of remuneration is secretly paid out to Mods in the form of special emoticons, as if there exists some sort of secret emoticon club. By the way, I'm not the one that's just joined. He's at the top of the page [/quote] You would never guess I have been on the gin tonight, would you? Drinking on duty!

Now thats nice, good to see one that isn't black!

I am tempted, but the last thing I need is induced GAS!

Well, it's a question mark.. ...in a blue box... ...in another box... ...in another box... ...and there are seven of them. It confuses me that you don't know what happened, were they uploaded on here?

What are you suggesting, you silly knigget! By the way, welcome!!

Well, I am very much a hobby player and am not gigging at the moment. Own two instruments, a Wal Mk2 and a Warwick SSII and, in honesty, I am not sure I would take either of them to a pub gig. The Wal without question I would not, the Warwick possibly, but I would not be able to let it out of my sight, however unpractical it may be!

Woo! I would love to hear how the new Octave Divider compares with the latest 3Leaf effort

There are budget and premium versions of everything these days! I would be interested in exactly what would make the US ones worth going for over the, assumed, cheaper Korean?

I don't get these wah/fuzz pedal combos. Unless I am missing something, would it not be far more flexible (and often cheaper depending on taste) to buy a separate fuzz and wah unit? Why combine?

They look great! They really were superb basses for the money, hardly surprising they stopped making them!

[quote name='bassmanklm' timestamp='1421433033' post='2661243'] Hi there! I'm Clément, french 33 years old guy. I have played bass for more than 10 years, but I'm still a beginner . [/quote] Aren't we all [size=1]beginners, I mean. We are not all 33 year old french guys called Clément, that would be quite odd [/size]

A close up:

Always had good experiences with Thomann, in fact I don't recall ever waiting more than 3 business days for a package to arrive

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1421500299' post='2662012'] I dunno. I always thought Rickenbackers sounded EXACTLY like the back end of a scooter! [/quote]

Why every luthier doesn't use this acrylic impregnated technique I'll never know, some of the woods you can use as fingerboards is crazy cool. I guess he could do one with buckeye burl, now that would be something...

Psh, in the guitar section. I want your opinions on these with bass!

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1421529192' post='2662420'] I understand what your saying though, if their 60th anniversary Fender P came up for £250 I'd have a broken keyboard from trying to order it so fast. [/quote]

I think LaBella use that colour silk, doesn't help much I'm afraid!

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1421528202' post='2662400'] A Wal is a distinctive sounding instrument much like a Stingray and while character instruments are great they never really get out from under that signature sound. I read an article I think it was either John Giblin or Percy Jones many years ago and they said that they stopped using Wal because they where being associated with the Wal sound. [/quote] Great comparison, the Stingray is another instrument that just doesn't quite sound the same if not from the EB factory, although that one puzzles me more as the electronics and construction are both comparatively basic! Alan, it is still my intention to commission a build with you and when finances allow I will be giving you a call. The Recurve was an exceptional instrument and the build quality was perfect. If I lived a few hundred miles closer I am fairly sure I would have already paid you a visit and made it happen

I think perhaps what Ubit was really getting at is, ultimately, they are still low end/value instruments and the amount being saved in these deals is great relatively speaking, but perhaps not so great in the bass market as a whole? If we were looking at, say a 75% discount for these "unplayable" instruments, my tail would be wagging if £400 basses were being sold for £100 as deko, as opposed to £100 basses being sold for £25. Have there been any more premium instruments sold in a similar way?

That fretboard is superb, is that really maple?!