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Is it just me that thinks it's hideous then?
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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='751322' date='Feb 19 2010, 08:04 PM']There was a documented case on this forum during the latter part of last year with a dispute over a basses authenticity; eBay found in the buyer's favour (a registered BCer) and refunded him the money... he also kept the bass with no recriminations from eBay or PayPal![/quote] Can't remember if I said at the time that I suspect that it's to do with the actual transaction mechanisms of Paypal. I have no actual evidence or legal knowledge to back this up, but I suspect that what happens is that Paypal buys the item from the seller and then sells it to you, sticking in its markup on the way. This would satisfactorily answer the case where the buyer finished up with both the refund and the dodgy bass - Paylap sent him back his money, don't want the hassle of taking back and storing a dodgy bass so don't bother, but they also get their money back from the seller on the basis of wrongly described goods which is somewhere buried deep in their T&Cs.
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I've been looking for a hard case for my Ashbory - I'm not a great one for soft bags, and also Fender seem to have taken the measurements for the gig bag from the old Guild bags, which didn't have to cater for tuners that stick out horizontally and increase the instrument length. A violin case looked as if it might do the job but was just too short. Other cases were too small, too big or hideously expensive. I finally found the right one - a shotgun case, from Treeline Products: [url="http://www.treelineproductsuk.co.uk/80690/info.php?p=10&pno=0&pid=1436900&cat=&ack=9&search=&sought="]Shotgun case[/url] It's £54 on their site but it was rather less expensive than that through their ebay shop - £47 delivered.
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Wood and Tronics Minibash: Bass Direct, Sun 18/4/10
tauzero replied to OldGit's topic in General Discussion
I'm going to try to get there but as I'm returning from Wales that morning I'm not sure that I will. I had a little play on mcgraham's fretted 5 at Nottingham and thought it was superb. -
[quote name='Conan' post='688426' date='Dec 18 2009, 03:09 PM']Within the cab itself, presumably the speakers can be wired up either in series or in parallel? If so, what are the relative benefits of each? And one assumes that the info plate on the back of the box will inform the user of how the speakers have been wired if this is important?[/quote] The benefits of parallel wiring: If one of the driver goes open circuit for some reason, the other one will still work. Um, that's about it. There's probably cost benefits as well. 8 ohm drivers are the most common and therefore cheapest, 4 ohm and 16 ohm drivers are also available. This means it's easy to get a 4 ohm 2x10 or 2x12, or an 8 ohm 4x10 using the cheapest versions of the drivers.
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[quote name='endorka' post='758269' date='Feb 26 2010, 02:55 PM']That's interesting re: the WAV-4 , and I certainly don't doubt your experience, but mine has been different - perhaps it depends on the amplifier one uses? I used mine mostly with an Eden Wt330, and it sounded fat as beejeesus, but it has a 1 megohm input impedance, designed for acoustic instruments, so that would explain that. Perhaps amps with a lower input impedance are those requiring the preamp?[/quote] Yes, that's right. A high impedance input is fine - it's also not terribly common, input impedances tend to be in the tens of k rather than megs.
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[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='737114' date='Feb 6 2010, 12:45 PM']It's worth noting that the Palatinos are not lightweights. Given that they're 'hollow' the weight will come as a bit of a surprise. Surprised it's not mentioned more, which might perhaps mean I'm the only one who had that issue.[/quote] You're not the only one - it's why I sold the Palatino and bought a WAV-4. I currently have the WAV-4 and a 5-string Ergo, and either of those should suit the OP's purposes. The WAV-4 does need some sort of buffering pre-amp though, otherwise it sounds really thin.
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Or just buy a decent bass in the first place.
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Bought an Ashbory off Kev which arrived very quickly and incredibly well packaged. Excellent stuff and very good communications too.
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What about SCSI? Some SCSI cards have external connectors, and SCSI is the drive type of choice for studio work.
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Time to clear out one or two items that never get used... Roland MV-30 MIDI sequencer, file player, and sound module. [attachment=42160:S6001889cropped.jpg] With this, you can record, edit, and play standard MIDI files. It can also be used as a sound module - it's a Roland D-70 without a keyboard. I haven't used it for recording or editing MIDI files (nowadays, with software MIDI editors all over the place, using a hardware sequencer for file editing takes a special kind of masochism). I have used it for playback though, which it did a pretty good job of. Everything on it works as far as I know. There's a page about it here: [url="http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/mv30.html"]http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/mv30.html[/url] and if you go to Yahoo! Groups ( [url="http://groups.yahoo.com"]http://groups.yahoo.com[/url] ), you will find a group called mv-30studiom which has some useful information. Reviews can be found at [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Keyboard+And+MIDI/product/Roland/MV-30/10/1"]http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews...land/MV-30/10/1[/url] [url="http://www.sonicstate.com/synth_reviews/roland_mv30.cfm"]http://www.sonicstate.com/synth_reviews/roland_mv30.cfm[/url] Note: it uses DD floppies - these can still be obtained. You can format HD discs as DD, but I prefer to use DDs. I'll put half a dozen DD discs in with it, including several copies of the system disc (the MV-30 doesn't contain its operating system in ROM, it reads it off floppy, just like the early days of PCs...). I'll also include a CD with the user manual and other handy information on it. Looking for £90 plus postage. -
Trace elliot 3x? cab. WTH is this?
tauzero replied to observer's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
[quote name='joegarcia' post='734675' date='Feb 4 2010, 01:13 AM']How are they 16ohm if they only have three speakers?[/quote] Two 8 ohm speakers in series, one spare for when one of the others blows up. -
[quote name='tayste_2000' post='727322' date='Jan 28 2010, 10:03 AM']Very tempted I didn't get on with my Guild one, was a little to hard to keep in tune.[/quote] That one's now with me - it's a bit of a game tuning it in the first place but not too bad at staying in tune if you tighten the screws up well enough. I rather fancy one of the later ones... Incidentally, I've found I can play it fine without talc, possibly because I place rather than slide. -
[quote name='Bassassin' post='719956' date='Jan 21 2010, 11:37 AM']Made by Weifang Hongyun, in China. I think I feel an import business coming on... :brow:[/quote] They seem amenable to the idea of overseas partners: [quote]Hongyun Musical Instrument is in-phase with the world, let’s create together the refulgence of the career[/quote] So, if you're up for having your career refulged, they're the ones to do it.
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Trace Elliot GP11 in hampshire, £140 so far but be quick!!
tauzero replied to BassJase's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
It's been [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330398935913"]relisted[/url] - another chance for any would-be Olympic weightlifters to get some practice in. -
This female bass bass player had to get it off her chest!
tauzero replied to chriswilliams666's topic in General Discussion
Where can I get one of these novelty bass stands then? -
I bought a Mazeti fretless off Wooks - went to collect it, he was a pleasure to do business with him and to chat and drink tea with.
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Pretty '75 sunburst/tort/rosewood Jazz
tauzero replied to Clarky's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Of course, if you were actually buying it to play it, the Schaller bridge would be a plus point, and then the only problem would be that it's overpriced because you can get much better basses than 70s Jazzes for less than 2k... -
[url="http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/1548687008.html"]Gold '65 Jazz on Chicago Craigslist[/url]. For that price, it ought to be solid gold...
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Wasn't that blue Jazz mentioned on here recently? ISTR all the photos were upside down and it had a brass nut (skankdelvar pointed that out). That pose against the stack looks familiar... Ah, not it wasn't. Close though: [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/32/51032132.html"]Jazz on Gumtree[/url]
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It could be that Andre is not familiar with web fora and hasn't yet developed the thick skin necessary to cope with them. He might also be suffering a saccharine overdose from the majority of posts on that thread. While I do think it's a great story, there's a serious excess of schmaltz in the responses. And I can't work out what the accuser thinks that the scam actually is. Perhaps Butch had Andre hidden in a loft for forty years and pretended he was in a helium balloon, doing the voice for Mickey Mouse. Incidentally, frequenting, as I do, various newsgroups, email lists, and the odd forum (some very odd, in fact), it does warm my cynical old heart to see that random acts of kindness happen all over the place. The slightly depressing side to that is that everyone seems to think that said random act of kindness could only happen on the list/group/forum that they're on, they don't realise just how widespread they are.
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My local motorway services have obviously tired of the subliminal joke because now Viz has replaced BGM on the top shelf at the end of the row of tits, and consequently Mr Zender is under the row of tits instead of being at the end of them.
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Underrated - Hieronymus Squidge of Goof and the Bassett Fairy Cakes. His innovative use of hammer and electric drill is truly wonderful. Overrated - his successor in the band, Antsnam Pantsnam, who modelled all of his basslines on the first movement of John Cage's Four Thirty-three.
