tauzero

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1380471287' post='2225740'] Edit: [size=4]Yes I know, there's no accounting for taste, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it would be boring if we all liked the same thing and so on. [/size][size=4]I bet it plays like a dream and sounds amazing. It's just that I prefer a headstock in the traditional position. Old Skool, me.[/size] [/quote] Oh, headstocks are rubbish. But if you're going to make a headless bass, don't start with a Precision, Jazz, R-thing, or Stingray.

Just for the avoidance of doubt, I should say that I think it's hideous.

... would we finish up with this? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Headless-Bass-/121184602015"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Headless-Bass-/121184602015[/url]

[quote name='ash' timestamp='1380360978' post='2224208'] Well I may have a Hayman 4040 I may be moving on...... [/quote] Hmm, for me that would be a battle between nostalgia and Mrs Zero's resistance to further increases in the bass collection...

[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1380202051' post='2222234'] How on earth do people actually play those six and seven string monsters? I've got big hands (and you know what they say about men with big hands[1]), but no way could I see myself playing that width of neck in comfort or with a decent technique. [1] they take a large size in gloves [/quote] I've got small hands (well, I take a medium in gloves) and have no problems playing a 7-string with a decent technique. Try one, it's fun.

I've used wireless systems on and off for 20 years. Got a Line 6 G50 recently and I now use that exclusively rather than leads. The only minor point is that when clipped onto a strap, it can slip off - however, a rubber band wrapped round the receiver body and over the bottom of the clip (which conveniently turns up at that point) holds everything in place.

Buy a Warwick

[quote name='goingdownslow' timestamp='1379506848' post='2213442'] The insulation resistance test is at 500v. [/quote] Ah, that would explain it.

Any idea what the thread is called? Haven't had any luck hunting it down.

Well, he's got the right idea. If it doesn't sell for £349.99, put it back up for £350.

The Kala U-Bass was the pioneer in acoustic-body bass ukes (the Ashbory is a similar scale but solid body). Tanglewood now make the TWRBE which is half the price of a Kala. If you want to mod a uke, you need to start with a baritone, not a concert. Scale length on the Mk I Ashbory is 19", on the Mk II Ashbory and Kala 21", on the 5-string Kala solidbody (which seem to me to be ludicrously overpriced) it's 23.5".

A couple from The Lightning at Tamworth BotB 2013 - first Ghoti (which as any fule kno is pronounced "Fish" - a full explanation of the title is available on request) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcSVO8MA1w[/media] and next, Alien World [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0AVMyt0rs0[/media] PS. Sorry about the rather rubbish intonation in parts of Ghoti...

They might want to check that no-one has tipped a pint down the back before they issue the refund.

I never realised Times Like These was in 7/8 until either the guitarist or the drummer mentioned it, just heard the riff and played the riff. Then again, I'd been playing in a ceilidh band for years with lots of random time signatures (9/8 is a particular favourite) and just sort of learnt not to count. Guitarist in the other band has no problem counting 1 2 3 4. However, he does insist on doing it on songs which are in 6/8, which is why we can't do any of my songs which are in 6/8...

I've got the passive version, the B2V, which I use as a backup bass as it's small to carry. I've had a 4-string B2, a 5-string Jack, and this. All competent basses - the 5s have a slightly fatter neck than I prefer. It also tends to hang slanting away from your body, which I think is due to the strap pin placement on the back of the body.

Four pages in and no-one has mentioned Warwick. So I will.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1377892875' post='2193426'] A friend of mine does PAT testing, with anything electronic i.e. keyboards, some amps etc, he'd actually only test the lead for fear of damaging the circuits. Computers in offices only have the detachable lead tested too, for the same reason. [/quote] So he's reluctant to put (at the most) 9V DC into a mains socket on a keyboard or amp but happy to put 250V AC into it?

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1377888214' post='2193346'] Yup. And increasingly, it seems, hotels, social clubs, even village halls etc. [/quote] One venue we played at a bit over a year ago (Crewe Hall in Cheshire IIRC) insisted not only on PAT testing but also on PLI of £10m (not the normal £2m). Fortunately the bride and groom stumped up for the PLI. It's one of those things - if you want the gig, sometimes you have to have the PAT testing. Same as when my old social club band used to have to wear ties to play at one particular club, except that ties are cheaper than PAT testing. Well, the sort of ties I buy are anyway.

Just sold Ian a GK 200MB, all went well and smoothly.

Built on Veroboard. Marvellous!

Now it's gone, and when I looked before it was still up as a 4003. So - pulled or sold?

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1379181486' post='2209613'] I'm horrible with a pick. Awful [/quote] It's no bad thing to improve your plectrum playing. If you have more than one plucking style available, it does mean you can [size=3]take[/size] [size=2]your[/size] [size=1]pick...[/size]

First thing to do is take it off automatic store. That way, you can mess around with your patches and get the original settings back if you want to. My chain goes Line 6 wireless -> MS-60B -> amp. Or Line 6 wireless -> Zoom B3 -> amp under other circumstances (some of my songs require more than one effect to be switched on and off in a song). And as it's got a tuner, you can leave other tuners out of the chain.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1377758921' post='2191317'] The B3 allows you to have 6 effects loaded for quick access at any one time. So it should handle your needs. [/quote] Have you got new firmware I don't know about? AFAIK the B3 is still 3 effects, the G3 is six.

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1378160806' post='2196589'] Heatshrink would be good if you can get a heat gun to use. [/quote] +1 for heatshrink, which shrinks perfectly happily in the steam from a boiling kettle.