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[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1434147920' post='2797242'] I know, I think he will struggle to find someone wishing to give up a Warwick for a bloody Stingray! [/quote] Perhaps a straight swap for a Rockbass.

And personally, after a re-listen to "Wichita Lineman", I feel that it's a good song struggling to emerge from the dreadful cloying strings and syrupy voice. A possible diamond immersed in sludge.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1434153646' post='2797264'] You don't get out of it that easily and TBH, bit gutted you didn't remember I had already posted something similar on the 29th November last year. "Blatant Plagiarism" is the term I would use... [/quote] Had you used the word "twinned", I couldn't have failed to agree. I can only think that you are resentful of no-one pointing out that despite the nomenclative the relationship between yourself, the late Susannah York, and Thom Yorke, that none of you have ever gone further north than Northampton.

All basses (and guitars) except acoustics are fitted with Schaller or compatible straplocks so all straps are so equipped. 10-string is neckdivey and has its own strap - suede one to prevent neckdive, one of those slot-position ones so it's permanently set up for that bass, which only fits in one case. Buzzard has a sweet spot (dictated by the ergonomics) and has its own strap, which lives in its case (exclusive to the Buzzard). Sei fits in a guitar case and its strap lives in there. Other basses get to use the strap that's in the other case. My Variax guitar lives in a case with a strap in it. So I actually have a strap for every case. Oh, the one bass that isn't fitted with Schaller stuff is the Hohner B2AV, which has its own case, and a strap that lives in there specially for it.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1434147767' post='2797238'] Err.... "Posted 29 November 2014 - 01:22 PM Following the departure of David Byrne from Talking Heads, Alan Bennett has confirmed he will be taking them in a new direction. In a separate development Tina Weymouth will be collaborating with Jesse Winchester." [/quote] She's obviously moved on.

My Warwick JD Thumb. Although it's a 4 and so I don't play it these days, it's still a fantastic bass. So glad I traded a Precision (plus a lot of money) for it back in 1987.

John Deacon is actually a verger.

It has just been announced that Alan Lancaster and Jeff Berlin are to be twinned. Tina Weymouth and Glen Matlock are currently in talks.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1433869052' post='2794724'] My OCD can't get past the bridge placement not being in the centre of the tone-block......or matching up with the width of the neck. [/quote] In the first photo it looks on the wonk but later in the album it looks better: Possibly a shadow?

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1433793045' post='2794061'] Dali and Picasso had jobs where they were paid to be painters, doesn't mean they shouldn't be recognised for being exceptionally good at it. [/quote] The analogy is more that they should be able to say what their favourite ten paintings are, regardless of whether they were doing them on a whim or had been commissioned. The same goes for composers such as Bach and Mozart, who were paid to compose - I don't see why the fact that they were paid to compose their works, either as commissions or as part of their employment, shouldn't mean they should be disqualified from saying what their favourites were. Although it would be difficult to get an opinion from them now.

On my Ashbory, which has rubber-band strings, I find that adopting a violinesque left hand position with the fingers pointing more along than across the unfretboard works better than the orthodox straight-across bass finger position.

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1433830252' post='2794249'] Mavericks....Dance the night Away......dead easy to play, but again the constant repetition makes it a nightmare!! [/quote] I used to amuse myself by keeping going up until I ran out of fretboard, then going down. On a 5 string, that keeps you going for a while. Hotel California for me - not from the complexity of the bassline but because to make up for the fact we're missing a second guitar, keyboards, and whatever else the Eagles had available, I arpeggio root-5-octave legato throughout the three verse instrumental outro that we do. The whole song is that root-5-octave arpeggio, but playing it when the vocals are there, I'm relaxing my fretting hand to damp the strings at least once during every bar on a particular chord, whereas I have to just keep fretting when playing legato.

There's one of those combos in the rehearsal room that I use. If I was concerned with anything other than hitting the right notes, I wouldn't use it. There's also a Trace 4x10 combo in the room (under the other one, as it happens) which I don't bother using - used to have one, made of depleted uranium, not exactly tone monsters.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1433678163' post='2792996'] My God...this fella could bull5hit for England...unfortunately from the grammar I don't think he's even from this planet!! [/quote] And it appears he's called Kate.

And as it's transparent, it doesn't look like a well known brand of bass guitar. Neat.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1433075858' post='2787540'] If he's so bad how can people like it?? [/quote] Because a sizeable proportion, perhaps the majority, of non-musicians in the audience will be listening to the music inside their heads.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1433686630' post='2793083'] IME the U.S. and Canadian immigration officials are ok if you play along with them. [/quote] Do they give you the chords or have you just got to do it by ear?

Colossal price reduction! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291459474969"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291459474969[/url] - now down to a mere £100,000.

[quote name='goingdownslow' timestamp='1433433025' post='2791051'] I have a pair of Uniross Hybrio PP3s that need charging for 19hrs 30mins at 14mA. I can't find a charger that will do that. My wall wart 9v Ni-Mh charger with auto cut off will not fully charge them unless I put them through twice. I have only just tried this (double charging) and so far so good up to now. They have lasted longer than a single charge. Would prefer to have a dedicated charger though as I am not sure if doing this will have any adverse effects. [/quote] PP3s are something of an oddity in that they are, in the true sense of the word, batteries. AA and AAA, [i]et al[/i], are actually cells, which each produce in the region of 1.5V - PP3s are a battery of six cells in series which total 9V or so. That means that chargers have a bit of a problem in that they can't assess the charge state of the individual cells but just the whole lot (and probably don't bother at all). I've used rechargeable PP3s for a Nady wireless system but never been greatly enamoured of them and I'm far happier using AAs as used in the Line 6 G50.

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1433431483' post='2791043'] Just looked at some numbers. They're more than a bit better! Do they need a special charger or is a normal NiMh charger OK? [/quote] I use a normal Sanyo NiMH charger (other NiMH chargers are available), which hasn't blown up yet and charges the batteries. AFAIK, they're fine.

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1433350177' post='2790383'] They're really not much good in low current applications as they lose a fair bit of charge per day even when not in use. [/quote] Eneloops and other low self discharge batteries retain their charge well.

Some agents have exclusive deals with venues - there are nearly 30 pubs we can't approach direct because an agent has them, and said agent, although we're on the books, is signally lacking in getting us in anywhere - I think we've had two gigs out of him this year (including the one coming up, and no more booked in). Seeing as we've helped out by doing a couple of last minute cancellations for him last year, you'd think there might be a bit of payback, but it doesn't appear so.

The 800% doesn't seem to hold up with what else is said, but it would appear that it gives several times (4 or 5 times) the energy return insofar as 80% of the stored energy in the battery is still stored in it when it's thrown away (rather than 5%), and this allows that proportion to be decreased drastically.

I play fingerstyle and the bB eE aA dD gG setup works OK for me. Which also means I don't have to try and swap the tuners round, which is nice...

Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, "If you don't wanna f....." would probably not be the ideal song for a wedding. As yet I haven't heard it at one though.