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[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1434813365' post='2803025'] It's all in the fingers. That's where the sound is created and if the sound coming from the way you strike the strings isn't right you cannot fix it with strings, pickups, tone woods, FX, special leads, amplifiers or speakers. You can dramatically change the sound coming from the gear just by changing one small aspect of how you strike the strings. [/quote] A little while ago, I went to see Janek Gwizdala at the Academy of Sound in Stoke. He was playing his Fodera through TC gear, something like a RH450 and brace of 2x10s. The sound of the combination of bass, amp, speakers, and player made the words "glassy" and "brittle" come to mind - I think because there was a lot of detail in the upper frequencies. Then, at the Moffat Bass Bash earlier this year, there was a Fodera (I've forgotten the owner's name, despite, or perhaps because of, spending several hours chatting to him over drinks at the local pub). I had a play on that, listening through headphones via an amp whose identity I also don't recall, and the combination of player, bass, amp, and headphones produced a pretty much identical tone. So I can only conclude that I'm Janek Gwizdala's twin.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1435092072' post='2805455'] Apparently there's a lovely new clause in the photography contract. If you break the rules of the contract Taylor Swift's management are allowed to break your gear. Although having read it, it seems to refer to the memory cards and any other storage device the images are kept on rather than your camera and lenses. [url="http://petapixel.com/2015/06/23/taylor-swift-photo-contract-break-our-rules-and-we-can-break-your-gear/"]http://petapixel.com...reak-your-gear/[/url] [/quote] Well, I can't see that being of relevance except to section 1, which says what the limitations are on the photography - no flash, no sneaking round backstage, etc. It would be pretty stupid to destroy a memory card after the photos had been downloaded from it and then put in the cloud. And no-one's mentioned the bit that says "Without written consent from FEI or the artist and/or her authorised agent(s), the photographs will not be duplicated...", which to my razor-sharp mind, implies that if the photographer were to say "Can I sell the photos to The Sun?" to FEI/Taylor Swift/her agent then they might well say "Yes". The time for him to start whinging is when they say "No".

Presumably it's inadvisable to keep your bass in the fridge as it'll become difficult to spread. Unless it's utterly butterly, of course.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1434532729' post='2800430'] wow a clip on tuner that actually works... [/quote] Oh no it doesn't.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1434701713' post='2801911'] I did win some Nigerian money but it hasn't arrived yet, I'm starting to think they've forgotten about me ! [/quote] As long as you've given them your bank details, that should be OK. They'll get to you eventually.

[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1435044121' post='2804817'] He is not bring commissioned though is he? He is a freelance whose trade is being restricted [/quote] Yes he is being commissioned, as a cursory read of the article shows: "Sheldon told [i]Amateur Photographer[/i] that he was commissioned by a regional newspaper to shoot a Swift show in 2011, and that the contract issued by Firefly Entertainment Inc (which is affiliated with Swift) stipulated he had to agree to a single use of his images." So it was all up-front and open, and he could choose whether to take up the commission, knowing that there would be no future income from it.

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1434999539' post='2804622'] [url="http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/photographer-hits-back-at-taylor-swifts-letter-to-apple-54363"]http://www.amateurph...-to-apple-54363[/url] Double standards? [/quote] Hardly. The photographer is being commissioned to take a set of photographs for Taylor Swift, which then become her exclusive property. He can turn down the commission if he doesn't like those terms, or ensure that whatever fee he negotiates compensates him for the potential loss of future revenue. Apple, OTOH, were going to give away somebody's work as a promotion but without recompensing them for it.

I put Planet Rock on when "Thought for the Day" comes on on Radio 4 and on the odd occasions when the poetry reading comes on.

With a micro amp and two 1x12s, my gear is small enough to stick in the Ka and take along. If the provided house amp isn't much cop, I'll use mine. Then again, I can count on the fingers (possibly the thumb) of one hand how many times I've played gigs at which there's been a house bass rig.

I thought it was rather dishonest of Apple to decide to pass on the "loss" bit of their loss leader to others rather than taking it on themselves.

Just bought an SSD from George, all went well. Thanks George.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1434817036' post='2803058'] should be 'plays' like butter [/quote] Well, that's just silly, isn't it? I mean if you were to grab a bass-neck-sized length of butter, you'd just end up with butter all over your hands, whereas butter makes at least two noises, that sort of squidgy one when you drop it on the floor and the sizzly sound as it melts in an omelette pan.

What does it mean when a bass sounds like butter?

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1434557441' post='2800776'] However the one I nowadays cringe at playing is Sweet Home Alabama with its Deep South attitude towards racism and support of violent put down of black protest - cringeworthy in my book, in a similar way to a couple of 70s British sit coms which only get shown as clips to demonstrate how society has changed since then - but Sweet Home Alabama goes down a storm presumably because no one takes the lyrics in. [/quote] I can't find anything like that in the lyrics. If anything, it's anti-racist, or at least anti-governor, the governor at the time being the racist George Wallace.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1434353044' post='2798761'] Bad luck Modman, we've had the usual double bookings but never actually on the day. Pubs closing down and not telling anyone is really common too. [/quote] We had that a year ago, we found out when we stopped by to drop in posters. But the worst we've had was last Saturday. A very good friend of Mrs Zero suffers from Crohn's Disease, and one drunken evening in the pub the idea of a fund-raising gig came up. A local venue said they could host it, and provide PA and drumkit, and another three bands agreed to play. Then a couple of days before, Mrs Zero sent a message to the venue asking about dropping off the bass cabs on the Friday. This prompted the venue's manager to send a message to Mrs Zero's friend to say that due to electrical problems which had arisen a few weeks before, they weren't able to have bands in, and anyway she was moving to Birmingham and would be at Download on the Saturday. So two days before the gig, we had four bands and no venue. Fortunately, one of the other local venues was able to fit us in (ironically, it was a venue that said manager had been managing before the one that let us down, and she'd run that into the ground). We finished up having to supply PA and drumkit but that was a small price to pay. As it happened, the evening was very successful, with four good bands, and the pub almost running out of beer, so the landlady was delighted and would like us to do it again some time. And Mrs Zero was about to unfriend the one who'd let us down on Stalkbook, but I told her to keep her friended so when we find out where she's gone to manage next, we can tell the owners just what an incompetent and negligent manager she is.

I've just emailed myself to tell me to do it.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434664839' post='2801750'] In fact, haven't I asked the very same question and got the very same answer before, or did I dream it? [/quote] Quite possibly, I'm a great prevaricator.

I have some dodgy blurry photos from somewhere in the early 80s. I'll scan them in some time.

I put one together from parts when Hayman went bust - there was also a fire at the Fender Soundhouse and loads of Hayman parts got sold off. Sadly I didn't manage to get all the bits for a twin-neck but I did get the bits for a 40/40. I think I made a mistake PXing it for a Precision.

Zoom B3 - £140 Keith McMillen 12-step - £180 Reasonable MIDI module - I'm sure I could get something new or second-hand for the best part of £400

Thanks all, I think I'll start with minor violence with pliers and work up from there.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1434300632' post='2798457'] The million dollar question - is the disappearance of said T shirt linked to the appearance of this thread on Basschat? [/quote] It could just be linked to the passage of time.

I went from hair halfway down my back to a number 2 for the remaining hair as the bald spot made itself properly known.

My Buzzard BO uses the 2-piece bridge/tailpiece. I didn't like the Rotosound nickels (I think) that were on it and put a set of Elites on. However, they didn't fit into the tailpiece very well, the E and especially the B taking a bit of wedging into place and not reassuring me as to how well they'll stay there. So has anyone else had this problem, and what strings have you found that will fit in happily?

Wasn't too keen on the chunky neck on the 5, which is why I sold mine. I'd have valued the 4s at £190 to £230, 5s twenty or thirty quid more. And if I'd got on better with the neck, I wouldn't have sold it.