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I find that EADG so troublesome

Some (crappy) pics from Moffat 2012: [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/01_late_night_jammin.jpg[/IMG] Rich getting ready for an evening of us playing A, D and E (AD Enfinitum? ) [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/02_owain_yamaha.jpg[/IMG] Owain asking if his bum looks small wearing a Yamaha BB [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/03_owain_homemade.jpg[/IMG] Owain with a curious homemade box bass [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/04_basses.jpg[/IMG] Why are we here, part one [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/05_gary_with_basses.jpg[/IMG] Why are we here, part two [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/06_moar_basses.jpg[/IMG] Why are we here, part three [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/07_the_stage.jpg[/IMG] Stage, pre noise [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/08_rich_80.jpg[/IMG] That's an expensive pickguard, Rich [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/09_dave_plus_band.jpg[/IMG] Let the bassyokey commence! [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/10_rich_minus_band.jpg[/IMG] WE ARE THE SULTANS OF SWIIIIIING!

Hello again folks. I was feeling tired, but I'm fed and watered now and feeling a bit more alive. Therefore, have a video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOEDkMHQa_4 Please excuse the sound, I only hope I don't sound like a sea creature when I phone people!

Home safe and well. Thanks to everyone for making it another fantastic weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and already looking forward to the next one.

[quote name='munkonthehill' timestamp='1328367633' post='1526083'] Is anyone making it today? The weather could be an issue!! [/quote] So how is the weather down Moffat way?

[quote name='munkonthehill' timestamp='1328367633' post='1526083'] Is anyone making it today? The weather could be an issue!! [/quote] We're on our way, taking a bit longer than normal, just leaving Dundee

[quote name='munkonthehill' timestamp='1328348955' post='1525750'] dear god Matt,,,,how long are you staying for? [/quote] Heh, it does look like I'm being kicked out of the house. Not all that is going - 6 basses and 1 bag of ironmongery is all.

[quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1328305935' post='1525426'] Oh FFS, This is why I never post anything here. Back to Finnbass... [/quote] I'd have done exactly the same thing over there though... (also I'm in a mischievous Moffat mood)

Right, that's me packed and ready for the road trip tomorrow: See you the morn!

[quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1328284006' post='1524996'] Good stuff Geoff. One of these is high on my shpooing list now. [/quote] You have a shampooing list? I just wash and go!

[quote name='goblin' timestamp='1328128809' post='1522440'] I've got a full system (2 single pots and 2 stacked)...it may not have mid for all I know. It's too damn complicated for my liking [/quote] That sounds like a BQC System - volume, blend, bass/treble stack, mid/sweep stack.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1328097199' post='1521647'] That bottom picture actually has quite a lot of character. [/quote] Hey, each to their own. To me, maple that looks like anaemic rosewood at first glance is just plain wrong

Maple without protection goes browny-grey from the pushing down of strings. It eventually turns into this grotty halfwayhouse between maple and rosewood which looks like compressed fingernail dirt. While I'm sure the decision is purely aesthetic, a pristine new unlacquered maple board won't stay pristine for long. Eventually it'll look like this: Mmmm!

Instruments are to be played. My wife would ask me to sell any basses I don't play. Mind you, I agree with her so she wouldn't have to ask, it would just happen.

I've got it now, the red is an example of a date being scribbled in pencil on another bass. I'd want to see more than an 8 to convince me it's a 1958.

Why is it suddenly red in the picture with the supposed proof of age?

It's worse than you think - VAT is 20% at the moment... Dunno what to tell you - currency fluctuates, sometimes it's advantageous to buy from abroad (remember when the US$ was worth around 50p and VAT was only 17.5%?) and sometimes it's not.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1327612430' post='1514319'] I'd sell one of them and get a G&L L2000 Tribute. Great basses, and you have the best of both worlds, as you can go from active to passive at the flick of a switch. [url="http://www.glguitars.com/instruments/TributeSeries/basses/L-2000/index.asp"]http://www.glguitars...-2000/index.asp[/url] [/quote] Yes, but the active mode on an L-2000 is just a line boost, the tone controls are still cut only, just like a passive bass (they operate on the output from the pickups before it hits the preamp) and the treble boost setting sounds horrible to me. Don't get me wrong, I really like mine (I have mine in passive mode all the time, the MFD pickups are plenty hot without the help) but it's not the same as having an active EQ which can cut and boost frequencies.

[quote name='Jimmyp28' timestamp='1327593424' post='1513935'] yes of course some one trying to voice there opinion in manner of open debater on a website that is dedicate to that very ethos is truly ridiculous, what was I doing and thinking. Good to though there are so many open minded people who are out there willing to debate issue like adults and not just jump to troll like behaviour on the internet. Thank god I have realised the error of my ways. Thank you Fan boys I truly am a changed man. [/quote] Oh dear. Let's get one thing out of the way, I am not a "fan boy" - I do not own one of these basses and I do not aspire to own one. At the risk of being ignored again I will attempt to engage you in the "debate" you crave. Do you want to buy one of these basses or don't you? If you do want one then I could see you having a gripe about the prices if you don't have the readies. If you don't want one then I don't really understand why you think its your place to poke your oar in. Did you put in any of the work in the production of these basses? Did any sweat drip off your brow as the wood slowly and carefully took shape? No, and therefore In my opinion (seeing as you're so fond of opinions) you've got no right and no supportable platform from which to preach about how much someone charges for the product of [i]their[/i] labour. I would estimate that damn near everyone wants to pay less for everything. You're not exactly being revolutionary or revelatory here. But here's the rub - you don't get to set the price, the manufacturer does and they will charge as much as they think they can get away with and still make sales when it comes to high end commodity goods. If they get it wrong, they don't sell product and they go to the wall, or they sell at a loss and go to the wall, or they don't make enough profit to reinvest in better equipment/people/resources and suffer a slow, strangulated decline. Short of performing some sort of communist coup on the entire world in order to control prices on a worldwide scale, I don't really see what you can do about it other than have a good old moan, which to give you your due praise is something you have shown yourself to be particularly adept at. Now that it hasn't gone the way you wanted it to (and considering that the "debate" was based upon opinions rather than facts and it took place on an internet forum, are you really surprised?), you seem to be flouncing off in a huff. What a damp squib of a crusade!

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1327529448' post='1513078'] Shame, I was looking forward to that. I completely understand the reason for the rule and support it, but could the rule be modified to include occasional builds from builders? I find it really interesting. (I realise this would therefore need someone to keep an eye, but I'm sure if any of us felt things were going beyond the interesting we could point it out.) [/quote] Surely all that needs to be done is the builder encourages the customer to come on here and get all excited about their imminent arrival?

[quote name='Jimmyp28' timestamp='1327492767' post='1512123'] I know we live in a very capitalistic society but surly there is a happy medium. Some way in which these very talented skilled artisans can get this to the general populus with out the need for for such high profit margins? [/quote] You didn't answer any of my questions. You don't have to of course, after all we do live in a relatively free world

I'm an effects luddite and it's mostly laziness - I just cannot be bothered to learn how to make them work. Don't get me started on multi-fx units - they're so festooned with knobs and buttons that they just make me want to throw it out the window. I find it doubly amusing that my job is technical (IT). I can program computers. Maybe it all just seems like work at the end of the day when I'd rather be playing the bass for fun. I guess low expectations help - as long as I'm in tune and can be heard then I'm happy.