tauzero

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1403028106' post='2479050'] He seems like a very angry person. There is something about the whole listing I don't like...can't decide what though, other than its general angry tone. I also don't like that it has sold (relatively cheaply) twice and yet it is still up for sale, despite his reasons... [/quote] I can see that the first paragraph is sort of angry, and the last one seems to have been added in frustration at people asking him why the sale fell through, but the chunk sandwiched in between those two paragraphs doesn't seem to be at all angry. I'd be more concerned that he played with some members of Dire Straits yet doesn't know how to spell the name of the band, unless he's referring to a tribute band called Dire Straights...

I think that the JH/BC correspondence is a little misleading - IIRC, the only part that's mentioned in that is the headstock and TRC, but there are also trademarks on the body shape which aren't mentioned in that. I make no comments on the rights and wrongs of the situation or the vigour of RIC's pursuit of infringements.

I'd go with taking out batteries if present, stripping down the pedals if possible, and washing in water, using common sense to avoid washing any parts which might actually be mechanically affected by water, then leave in an airing cupboard or other warm place for a few days to dry out.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1402867949' post='2477478'] I do enjoy the snobbery on here sometimes, some people love to go on pretty much every Fender thread to lets us know they like weird stuff, good for you, [/quote] So if it's not Fender, it's weird? The point you're missing here is that one Fender Jazz looks much the same as another Fender Jazz, barring the colour. The ebay forum is going to get pretty bloody boring (not to mention unreadable, and full) if every time a different Jazz bass is put on That Ebay, it gets posted up as a dream bass.

I'm saying that jazz basses are as exciting as Mondeos. Almost. And the white ones are just a little special, like the needs of their owners. Big smiley goes here.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1402568905' post='2474814'] It's not a "why do you like them?" question. For me it was more a "what makes this bass more special than any other Fender Jazz?" question. I could understand it if the OP had actually had a go on the bass in question and it was an awesome sounding and playing instrument, but it's just some photos in an eBay listing. So what is it? [/quote] It's because it's white. Think about it, how many white Mondeos do you see? They're just a little bit special.

I don't think the bridge pieces are on a different piece of wood, I think that there's a cutout a few millimetres deep that they're in, presumably to lower them. That neck joint is very Ritter.

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1401991098' post='2469044'] What is he measuring in picture 8? [/quote] How far down his floor is from the top of the cab. Trying to extrapolate his inside leg from that is prone to parallax error.

No measurements of the wife? Agreed about the socks, planer just beat me to it.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1401963076' post='2468684'] And if 15 strings aren't enough for you: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIupV9HyeSE"]https://www.youtube....h?v=kIupV9HyeSE[/url] [/quote] Reminds me of what the good Dr Johnson once said: "[font="verdana,helvetica,arial"][size="-1"]Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."[/size][/font]

Dave Perry of EAD cabs fame has recently inflicted GBH on a Status to produce a variant on the Steinberger 4/6 headless. It put in an appearance at Moffat: I had a try on it - found it rather awkward, probably because it was hanging a little low and I haven't played a low-slung guitar since I was a teenager. Dave Perry didn't have any such problems.

I'm surprised that the Thought Police haven't waded in yet. Maybe they only do that when Prince is the one having something very slightly negative said about him. I suspect it's going to be one of those songs that is going to take years to go away. It doesn't seem to be anything special to me, but obviously enough people think it is for Mr Williams to make another few million from it, which is more than is ever likely to happen to any of my songs.

[quote name='notable9' timestamp='1401468757' post='2463981'] Fiddling with the head is fun but at the end of day your tone is all in ur fingers......is'nt it? [/quote] It must be. The most significant change I've made to my tone in the last 20 years was a week ago, when I cut the fingernail on my right forefinger well back. Finally got rid of the harshness. Mind you, it'll be trickier fingerpicking on guitar now.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1395816899' post='2406564'] Here's my top 10 bass guitars I still need to play: ... 8. Norton Merlin [/quote] Don't know about basses, but that would be quite an impressive motorcycle.

My name it tauzero and I strenuously object to the stray apostrophe in the title of this thread.

Google Calendar here, now just with two bands but it was three at one point. One calendar for each band plus one personal, every time a gig gets booked I put it on my calendar, copy it to the calendar of the band it's for with location details, and copy it again to the other band's calendar with "Not available" on it. I have also managed to get all the other band members to keep it updated, though I'm not entirely sure how.

That's the point of the B2V, it would fit between the rig and the side wall and doesn't need a stand. It generally lives behind my rig.

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1401010671' post='2458968'] SRM450's are benchmark units at this level for a good reason. Current models have Chinese drivers IIRC and are not as good as the originals with the RCF units, but still pretty damn good. They punch well above their weight too - better still if you're prepared to invest in a couple of their subs as well. [/quote] I've got a pair of SRM 450 V2s and am thinking of subs which need to be small and light and inexpensive (because it's me who'll have to buy, store, and transport them) - does anyone know if the Alto 12" subs are worth going for?

"Industry standard" is not necessarily the same as "best", qv. Fender Precision.

I take a spare bass - Hohner B2V cricket bat bought specifically for the purpose as it's not a significant extra load in the car (and it doesn't even need a stand). Ditto a Crate PB150 as a spare amp.

Also in that article: 'Bono adds, "When a festival-goer wears a Fender t-shirt, they are saying a lot about themselves. They love music, they're independent-spirited...' A group of independently-spirited festival-goers rushing for their Fender T-shirts yesterday:

I found the programme rather disappointing too - started OK demonstrating the counterfeit packaging (so we knew it was definitely an attempt to deceive) but then, as FF says, there was no proper scientific comparison. It wouldn't have been so bad if they'd illustrated issues with mics by singing round the side of them (again, an SM58 isn't going to be mute if you sing into the side of it) or doing a handling noise demonstration, and then conducted actual scientific comparisons on each and shown how they did, but there was no sign of that. Because I'm the only one in the band who ever spends any money on PA etc, I bought a set of Behringer XM1800s (box of three for £30 or so) which were intended for backing vocals but we use them for lead vocals too. Perhaps not the best but definitely good enough for the average pub gig.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1401282441' post='2461989'] Maya Jazz pickup only in Andover with an electrical fault. I must admit that when I see a passive bass with no sound, I have quite optimistic thoughts about the possibility of fixing it. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maya-electric-bass-guitar-/321417004541?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4ad5f245fd"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4ad5f245fd[/url] [/quote] Looks like the control plate isn't screwed on and two knobs are missing, which is a reasonable indicator that someone without much clue has been rummaging (if they had got a clue, they'd have fixed it). If you're fairly confident of picking up a soldering iron by the right end, worst case scenario is a brace of cheapie pickups (£15) and maybe a set of pots (under a fiver I should think). If you can use a multimeter too, you're way ahead of the game...

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1401015079' post='2459056'] It occurs to me that it's probably an offensive term in North America (and probably other English speaking countries like Australia & NZ) because significant numbers of people of Japanese origin live in those countries. In the UK there's been little or no immigration from Japan, so there's less perception of the term as an expression of bigotry - at least not that I've ever been aware of. [/quote] In other countries, Jap is the pejorative term. In the UK, Nip is the pejorative for Japanese, Jap is just an abbreviation.

I used one of the 4x10 combos a couple of nights ago at rehearsal (trying out a new rehearsal studio). Same model as I had a few years ago, my back went into spasm just looking at it. It did remind me why I sold my combo (and, come to that, my head that I bought some other time - I must be a slow learner) - enormously heavy yet pathetically weedy, not even able to get on level terms with a medium-loudness drummer despite being turned up to full whack.