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[quote name='neepheid' post='283272' date='Sep 13 2008, 05:49 PM']Gah, I wish even more I was getting to keep the Hagstrom [/quote] Could you do anything with the donor Hagstrom you got?

[quote name='Prosebass' post='285906' date='Sep 17 2008, 02:28 PM']This is very true , but if the theft was a while ago the original owner has probably been paid out by the insurers and if he had no insurance what was he doing buying a Fodera without it ?[/quote] If something is stolen and the insurance pays for it, then the item becomes the property of the insurance company so they have first dibs on it if it ever gets recovered.

[quote name='noirpunk' post='286196' date='Sep 17 2008, 08:06 PM']Already been there. Bought a [b]cheap bass[/b] and experimented with it. Looks okay but it [b]plays like cack[/b]. To be honest I just want a nicely built replica - sort of a tribute to Pepsi Tate.[/quote] The two may be linked... Anyway, in my normal subtle way, I shall point out that Pepsi Tate evidently has no further need of the original, so you could try and find that instead of getting a replica.

[quote name='Rich' post='285696' date='Sep 17 2008, 11:16 AM']I played through a Superfly at a support gig we did a while back. I was really looking forward to trying it, but I hated the tone (as usual for Ashdowns). I had to really crank the EQ to get anything approaching nice out of it. Disappointing.[/quote] I like mine. I'm running it through a homebuilt 2x10" that uses quite inefficient but hi-fi speakers, and it all has a clean neutral tone that I just twiddle with as I see fit. Was the cab you were using any good?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='281566' date='Sep 11 2008, 12:40 AM']Good spot Oli. Wonder if it'll manage to stay up - quite a few listings with the "R" word seem to be getting through lately.[/quote] It didn't...

A long long time ago, I read an article about the Bose 7-sided speakers. Those were a triumph of marketing over reality - apparently the drivers used in them were out of Fisher transistor radios.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='285385' date='Sep 16 2008, 09:07 PM']I'm getting really fed up of every gig I play having at least one bassist with an Ashdown Amp and a Warwick bass.[/quote] Remind me to bring a Warwick, not a Tsai, if I ever play a gig with you...

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='284059' date='Sep 15 2008, 09:03 AM']The G alt is the seventh chord of the Ab melodic minor scale so it would sound good. Its the source of a zillion bits of good jazz.[/quote] It's not in "Fever". Can't be that good.

Captain, I have reason to believe that the spoof detectors have failed, or that anyone who reads this thread is having an American sense of humour transplanted into them.

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='282244' date='Sep 11 2008, 11:17 PM']Ah! Dave! Great chap! I used to wet me pants in Exchanges - it was a mess but what a mess - 10 different coloured Jaydees, tons of Warwicks etc back in '88 - heaven!!!! If only I had a time machine...![/quote] You were standing five feet away from an '87 Thumb from Exchanges at the Northampton bash... That was Dave the Bass who sold me that, though it may be a different Dave the Bass - slim chap, bearded IIRC, went on to work at the Carlsboro shop (now gone) by Richer Sounds. I'll be interested to see how Reverb goes - I don't think there was a problem with staff there, it seemed to me that there was more of a problem with being shoehorned into whatever corporate culture Sound Control had.

[quote name='Prosebass' post='281922' date='Sep 11 2008, 03:38 PM']Big decision next, either understated black or bling it with a gold mirror jobbie.[/quote] Gold mirror, harmonises with the body wood colour and sets the hardware off as a contrast.

The Birmingham Reverb ([url="http://www.soundcontrol.co.uk"]still using the Sound Control website[/url]) have the B2.1u in for £49. In the interests of marital bliss and because I've got a V-Amp Pro and an AX3000B and a Zoom RFX-2000, I shan't be buying one, but it may be of interest to others.

With the slithering pound against the dollar, not quite so much of a bargain as other I've had off him - £280 inc shipping.

I play guitar either solo (occasionally) or in an acoustic duo with Mrs Zero. The covers band has three members plus the drummer's wife who plays keyboards on about 20% of the songs. The ceilidh band is normally a 4-piece plus caller (so I've classed it as 4) but has been as big as six plus caller when we got our reserve guitarist and a cello player in too.

In 1999, I went to Normandy to watch the eclipse. Was camping just outside a small town. Went into the town on the evening after the eclipse, and there was a jazz trio playing in the street, drums, keyboards, and Chapman stick. Not something I expected to see being played on the street in a small French town, I must admit. A couple of years later, I shared a flat with [url="http://freespace.virgin.net/myron.edwards/music.htm"]Myron Edwards[/url], who's the UK's [url="http://www.megatar.com/"]Megatar[/url] distributor. Never did get round to asking him for lessons though. What he was able to do on it was impressive.

Well, it is my fifth... I use another 5-string Tsai as my main gigging bass. I'd describe the sound as transparent - what you get through the amp is the sound of the string, rather than coloration from pickups and electrics. Note that some people have had issues (mostly with the acoustics though) - my 7-string's pickups only actually picked up 6 strings, which was a bit annoying, and I finished up putting a pair of Bart 7-string pickups in. Worth it though. Other than that, I haven't had any issues with them.

I use an elderly Nady 201, which I've A/Bed with a straight lead and found a very slight difference in sound but I couldn't actually say which was which. They (and the single-aerial 101) turn up now and then on ebay and the second-hand sites. I did discover a weakness - the lead from the power supply can break internally where it enters the jack plug. Solution - solder on a replacement jack plug. Edit: oh, and the jack socket on the receiver cracked a little while ago (it's about 20 years old, I think it'd allowed little things like that now and again). Replaced it with a bog standard mono jack from Maplin at a cost of ten bob or so.

[quote name='OldGit' post='281218' date='Sep 10 2008, 04:10 PM']Nah I've not seen it[/quote] I can send you a picture if you like.

Here's the latest of my Antoniotsais, off the ebay auction - I shall get round to putting pictures of the others up sometime.

[quote name='Machines' post='257144' date='Aug 7 2008, 12:54 PM']Ok - looks like people from Staffordshire don't like it .[/quote] I know I'm a bit late, but can you add me to the list of people from Staffordshire who don't like it please...

How's your soldering? You could always build a [url="http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=26"]Mutron replica[/url]...

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='279599' date='Sep 8 2008, 12:10 PM']I HATE IT!! I HATE IT!! I HATE IT!!! It should never be played again by anyone ever. If you have a chart, burn it. Now.[/quote] It's brilliant. All jazz should be like this.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='277440' date='Sep 4 2008, 11:07 PM']ok, ok, the directional cable was given to me for free with the amp...but I still have never brought myself to put it in the wrong way! Call it superstition, call it susceptible to the sale pitch, but I'm not gonna change now [/quote] Did you check whether it was a cable for a bass amp above the level of your bass or below it? You could hit problems if you use one that's supposed to be running downhill if you use it the same way round uphill, as the uphill electrons will be trying to go the wrong way.

I've never yet encountered an Ashdown in a rehearsal studio with a VU meter that actually worked, so your quandary could well be short-lived.

I think we're on 4x the normal (but normal on the WMC circuit is £200, I leave the calculation as an exercise for the reader). As Mrs Zero and Minus Zero will be coming too, there's no need to placate her. Just got to work out who's driving (probably me, as it means I can have a couple of pints but if she drives, she won't drink at all at all). Of course, having parted ways with the singer since last NYE, it does mean we're on a bit of a bonus...