tauzero

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1411423737' post='2559475'] The battery is under the neckplate? Surely then you'd have to remove the strings to change the battery?! [/quote] I doubt it. The screws holding the neckplate on are diddy scratchplate-type screws, so presumably it's a cover plate concealing both the battery and the actual neck screws. Either that or the neck pocket is tight beyond Fender's wildest dreams.

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1411030894' post='2555664'] Is it just me or are there two different girls pictured? One in the woods, and a differing one in the bedroom? [/quote] The one in the bedroom is the one he's just strangled and hasn't yet disposed of the body.

Just program change and apparently you can put it into tuner mode too, though I haven't found out how to yet. If you've got a Windows PC, download and install MIDI-OX, connect the MS60B, start up MIDI-OX, go to Options | MIDI devices and select the MS60B in MIDI Outputs and click OK, then move your mouse along the toolbar until you find "Send MIDI controller messages", click on that, and you'll see a window that you can either select an absolute patch number from (upper right hand section, patch number = ((section - 1) * 8) + number) or scroll through patches (in the bottom part of the window, select "Patch change" from the drop-down on the left and then scroll up and down with "Value" on the right). I'm going to see if I can do some sniffing to find what other signals the Edit & Share software sends to a B3 and see if the MS60B reacts to any of those.

Must have a shot at MIDI control of a B3. I've got MIDI control of an MS-60B, though I'll need to build something to do the job as lugging around a desktop just to change patches is a non-ideal solution.

[quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1410986690' post='2555418'] Anybody seen photos of an eBay auction with some topless fella posing "erotically" with a guitar? [/quote] No, but there has been the odd naked bloke in an Ebay auction:

You could go for ABM's equivalent of the JAN 1: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/abm_6250_webster_nut_bass.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/abm_6250_webster_nut_bass.htm[/url]

Words fail me. [url="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/59238678/roger-waters-full-size-smashed-bass"]https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/59238678/roger-waters-full-size-smashed-bass[/url]

For more strange but true instruments: [url="https://www.facebook.com/doniguitars"]https://www.facebook.com/doniguitars[/url]

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1410304993' post='2548119'] I reckon it's a Hohner B2A modified with body wings & a veneer on the front covering the original pickup routes. I quite like it. [/quote] Control cavity is wrong for a B2A but it could well be a B2 - the control cavity is at a slant to the neck-through, which is right for being parallel to the bottom edge of a B2 body. Looks a very neat job. If it had one more string, I'd be tempted.

How about something a little different: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carved-alder-Guitar-Body-for-Precision-Bass-/261584344766"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carved-alder-Guitar-Body-for-Precision-Bass-/261584344766[/url]

He does say it's faded...

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1409872457' post='2544294'] Ah, gotcha. I didn't realise it was the toy Thumb. I interpreted it as a full size one. Which made my eyes pop out at the size of the speaker on that amp! [/quote] Ah yes, the 24" woofer. And don't forget the big knobs on the amp. Everyone should have big knobs.

I think that in any band, members have got to be able to give and receive constructive criticism. However, if it's happening constantly rather than occasionally, then there is something wrong with either the criticiser or the criticisee.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1409840206' post='2543837'] @tauzero - in that photo, your speaker looks to be even bigger than 15". It makes the bass look short scale. How big is it? [/quote] The Thumb is 17" scale (and not suitable for conversion to Ashboryness). And although the GK was a bit more than £31, the Thumb certainly wasn't.

ZZ Top's song. She Sells Thanctuary, mathter. There is one song which isn't root notes all the way through, but is one note all the way through - Waterfront by Simple Minds.

My Thumb with the former GK rig:

SGC Nanyo Bass Collection. Very very light, nice to play. [url="http://m.gumtree.com/p/other-guitar-accessories/sgc-nanyo-bass-collection-5-string-bass-guitar/1079552496"]http://m.gumtree.com/p/other-guitar-accessories/sgc-nanyo-bass-collection-5-string-bass-guitar/1079552496[/url] - absolute bargain

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1409492980' post='2540134'] I'm gonna definitely stick with this one, but what the hell can I buy her now to match this ;( [/quote] So far I've bought Mrs Zero two ocarinas, a stylophone, and (for one Valentine's Day) a didgeridoo. There's plenty of instruments out there...

Seeing as we've moved from providing info to willy waving, I took a GK combo, Westone Quantum, bag containing leads and Boss ME6B, and a sleeping bag on the back of a Triumph Tiger 900 from Tamworth to Maidstone and back again.

Well, someone's had it.

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1409580718' post='2541097'] Think speaker inches. 1x15 is 15 inches of paper moving air. 4x10 is 40 inches moving air. [/quote] No, it's volume of air displaced that counts. The area of a 15" speaker is 225sq" [1] and 4x10" total 400sq". I haven't studied Xmax in great detail but I suspect that a 15" speaker would tend to have a bigger Xmax than a 10" speaker, so that brings them closer together in terms of air volume displaced. [1] Well, it's bigger than that as it's a cone. However, imagine a spherical cow...

Experiment. I'd say out but I'm no expert.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1409609688' post='2541589'] The only time I've dealt with touts was for a Stones ticket at Wembley on their Steel Wheels tour in the 80s.. Four of us bought regular box office tickets but come the day one couldn't make it so we sold it to a tout on his behalf. We tried half a dozen touts but the best price we could get was less than the original ticket price. [/quote] When I was at university in 1975/76, the Stones did a tour. One friend went to see them and told me of touts desperate to sell tickets even at below face value.

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1407535878' post='2521676'] I'd also say that the sensor should be outside the room if it's an indoor show - that way the better the sound isolation, the louder you can go - maybe a 125dB sensor inside and a 80dB sensor outside? [/quote] I've encountered that. Every time someone opened the door, there was serious risk of the power going out.

I've got side (and front) LEDs on my Status S1 fretted and I've got Luminlay markers on the Sei fretless. I find the side LEDs are useful even at reasonable light levels as it takes just a quick glance down to see where the frets are. The Luminlays are good when I remember my LED UV torch. If I'd had the LEDs fitted myself, I don't think I'd have gone for the front LEDs, but they are a fun posey thing...