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[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1383159711' post='2261033'] Can't open iphone files here - do you have an mp3 or similar? [/quote] Download it then rename it from .ipb to .mp3 It is an mp3, it's the forum software that changes the file extension for some reason.

I've read most of this thread through pure morbid curiosity, and it makes me glum.

[quote name='donkelley' timestamp='1383157522' post='2260984'] For me they're simply not very physically attractive. Come on, there has to be at least SOME sexiness in a bass for me to want to play her! The BB series is one of the most utilitarian looking things I've ever seen. The feel fine, nothing special imho but certainly sufficient if you're into their neck profile, and the sound very good in a classic fender bass kinda way. Very well built, also, with solid hardware. Body shape turns me off, so does the headstock, so do the LOOK of their pickups and general mounting area for everything. If I close my eyes I can really enjoy playing one though for a while. [/quote] Well, it just goes to show that you can't please everyone, and you are more than entitled to hold that opinion. All the more BBs for people who dig 'em

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1383133420' post='2260525'] Logical debate is one thing - flat out demands are another! [/quote] I am sorry if I came across this way, as it was not my intention. I hope I was presenting myself logically, albeit irritably.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1383131489' post='2260498'] As I said... [/quote] Aye aye, nothing wrong with some robust debate on [i]how[/i] the site could be improved is there? (as well as trying to convince people that turning the logical operation of the mobile site on its head is not the way to fix layout difficulties - which I'm sure you're well aware of anyway).

I am enjoying these videos, thanks for making them.

[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1383128058' post='2260431'] FFS I do not have sausage fingers. I can manage every other part of my iPhone just fine, including some extremely sloppy typing on the keyboard which always turns out right ( and I'm not talking about what auto-correct does afterwards ). That makes bass chat the thing that's out of the ordinary, not my fingers. [/quote] It is true that you have to be bang on the dot to hit it (and it's about 2mm across on a regular sized smartphone), as the active area of the link appears to be the square extremes of the dot image itself and that's it. Should have put a smiley next to that "sausage fingers" quip, my apologies. Surely making the dot image larger (or include a transparent area around the dot hence increasing it's size as far as the browser is concerned) would make it easier to hit? Rather than changing the functionality of the site to accomodate (which is logically incongruent, and who wants that?) This, and some simple page alteration to make hitting the target a bit easier is far more sensible than changing how the site works and diverging from how the full site operates even further. Ultimately, it's not my site so they'll do what they will with it. I hope they don't do what you request, as I find this (unwanted and erroneous) link behaviour a bit irritating.

Ach, the mobile site has enough functionality to bellyache about people bellyaching about basses.

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1383126588' post='2260402'] I think it's more the dot should be [i]slightly[/i] larger. I have pretty skinny fingers and still end up on page one more often than not. [/quote] I have no problem with some alteration to the formatting of the mobile site to make the dot more accessible for those with sausage/inaccurate fingers, but I would resist any functionality change just to accommodate people's sausage fingers, leaving no way of getting to the start of a thread (which I don't have anyway - on Chrome 30.0.1599.92 on Android 4.1.2)

[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1383124986' post='2260377'] If this happened for me, I would be happy too. I've just double-checked to be sure I'm not going mad, and I can confirm I am NOT getting the same result as you two guys ... when I click on the thread title I go to the top of the thread. Can we have a fix so my phone behaves like the others please ? Click on title for first unread post ? I'm on iPhone (4s), IOS 7.0.3 and Safari. [/quote] That is not the correct behaviour though. The dot should take you to first unread post. The title should take you to the start of the thread. I don't see why we should have to contradict the established logic of the full site just to accommodate people's sausage fingers. I have this anomaly at present and I DON'T WANT IT. Dot - first unread message Thread title text - first message, beginning of thread. This is how the full site works, ergo it is how the mobile site should work.

Depends on the service. The cheaper ones have little or no tracking. You just have to wait. Can take weeks. Be patient

I'd settle for the links on the mobile site acting correctly. When I tap the dot it does indeed take me to the first unread post. Trouble is, so does tapping on the thread title - which should take me to the start of the thread. I wouldn't use an app, just a tidy up of the mobile site would be fine for me.

A big +1 for the Hartke strings. If you can find them that is.

No, you're not mad.

No, I don't do that. Whether or not it sounds good has more to do with the player (and the producer/engineer) than the bass in my opinion.

Yes, you're mad.

[quote name='Adrenochrome' timestamp='1382952413' post='2258245'] Yup, we all know that active basses sound harsh and digital, whereas passive basses sound warm, organic and farmhousey [joke]. [/quote] "Rrrrrrrrrrr, bleep bloop", said the RD Artist.

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1382927509' post='2258110'] Those GR basses aren't, per se, Roland. The range was produced by Greco, although built by FujiGen. There were more conventional models in the range, in addition to midi equipped ones. These just happen to be the top of the range versions fitted with the Roland midi pickup/output circuit, like the current Fender/Roland Stratocaster series. [/quote] While I appreciate that the question I quoted was whether or not Roland "manufactured" basses, I was merely showing the precedent for the Roland logo being legitimately on a bass guitar. Made, manufactured, commissioned, badge engineered, whatever. Of course, the bass highlighted by the OP is simply a random bass with a Roland sticker stuck on the headstock.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1382897846' post='2257744'] Er... as far as I'm aware, Roland do not, and never have, manufactured bass guitars. Surely he cannot be serious? [/quote] [url="http://www.matrixsynth.com/2010/09/vintage-roland-g-33-and-gr-33b-bass.html"]http://www.matrixsynth.com/2010/09/vintage-roland-g-33-and-gr-33b-bass.html[/url] ?

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1382774353' post='2256380'] Mate, I am literally laughing out loud, because I do have a medical reason why I stopped gigging - I have severe nerve damage to my neck and back. No harm done my friend, what are the chances eh?!!! [/quote] Well, wasn't that a sensible disclaimer to put in, eh? Seriously though, just go for it if it'd make you happy. Gender based "rules" are outdated anyway. As far as I'm aware, and in keeping with the medical theme one is a "real" man if one has a Y chromosome.

More like you're not a real man if you're only going to play this at home This bass was made to be shown off, so you'd better buy it and get out there, unless there's a damn good medical reason why not.

Moon on a stick!

You're not a plonker. Your preferences are not wrong, they're yours and yours alone and you don't need to justify them to anyone. Sounds to me like you do indeed enjoy playing short(er) scale basses but are looking for a different sound than the EB-0 provides. There's considerably less choice in the short scale department, but I guess you should identify what it is you like about the Sandberg then try to find that in a short scale. I'm a regular scale kind of guy so I have no useful advice to impart in this. Good luck.

The new ones are never as good as the older ones, that's just a universal rule...