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[quote name='peted' post='239758' date='Jul 15 2008, 09:17 AM']The two types of potentiometers (knobs) that I know of are Linear and Logarithmic. A Linear knob will have 10% volume at 1/10, 20% volume at 2/10, 30% volume at 3/10... up to 100% volume only when you reach 10/10 A Logarithmic knob will have a very large increase in volume to start with e.g. 30% at 1/10, 50% 2/20, 60% 3/10, 65% 4/10.. with 98% 9/10 and 100% 10/10[/quote] Only if you've got the log pot connected the wrong way round (you can get antilog pots...) Hearing has logarithmic sensitivity, hence using a log pot to control volume. What this means is that you need ten times the power to double the perceived volume. So if you've got a 100W amp and turning it to 10 gives the full 100W, turning it to half-way will give 10W, and quarter way will be 3.something watts. If you use a linear pot as a volume control, you will hear a large increase at first and then less and less perceptible volume changes as the knob is turned.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='239731' date='Jul 15 2008, 07:35 AM']It would be nice to see Fender bring out something radical and new that isn't based around their Precision or Jazz shaped bodies though, wouldn't it?[/quote] It took Harley 80 years to bring out a V-twin that had a V-angle other than 45 degrees (which is an atrocious angle for a V-twin engine). So expect a neck-through Fender in around 2035.

[quote name='Monz' post='239195' date='Jul 14 2008, 02:39 PM']The reason behind me just getting the natural finish was that if the bass gets grubby or dinged judicious use of an Iron and some brown paper will pull the ding back out[/quote] Never seen that mentioned before. Could you tell me - what's the technique, what can it fix, and does it apply to any natural finish wood?

[quote name='Stuart Clayton' post='239005' date='Jul 14 2008, 11:11 AM']It certainly was stunning. It's just not good practice for me to have reviewed it as I endorse them.[/quote] Not just "not good practice", you could get banged up for a couple of years for doing so... [quote]Schillings: Online Comments This time last year a PR company was blocked from Wikipedia because it had been providing pay for edit services to its clients, something that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said was a "serious serious no-no". Now that kind of behaviour – if done without acknowledging an interest in the posting you are making – would break the law as well as netiquette which will put a real dampner on buzz marketing. Since May this year, new laws designed to protect consumers mean that it's now illegal to: 'falsely claim or create the impression that a trader is not acting for purposes relating to his trade, business, craft or profession or falsely represent oneself as a consumer.' Which, in plain English, means that it's now illegal to post positive comments about a brand on blogs etc without making it clear that the post has been created by or on behalf of the brand. Likewise, it would be illegal for a PR to write a positive review about a hotel client on a travel website without disclosing why they are doing so. Companies will also be prohibited from using buzz marketing specialists to communicate with potential customers, e.g. on social networking sites, without revealing that they are acting on behalf of the brand. The law is "strict liability" which means it doesn't matter if the company didn't intend to break it or were only negligent: as always ignorance is no defence. Given that the maximum penalties for a breach of these rules include a two-year prison sentence (seriously!) it's probably best to get this one right. The important thing is to make sure that all postings are accompanied by a sufficient disclaimer, like the conflict-of-interest disclosures that (proper) journalists slip into their articles. By Rod Christie-Miller, Partner at Schillings.[/quote]

[quote name='Jesus' post='239041' date='Jul 14 2008, 11:50 AM']Yes, I thought it may have been yours that i have just bought from Ebay, red. What was it like as a bass? i should recieve it friday.[/quote] Yes, it's the same one. I didn't use it much - it was part of a job lot with a combo, and it was so immaculate I didn't want to run the risk of damaging it (I have oil-finished wood basses because I don't want chipped lacquer or paint). Played well and sounded good. There is very little information on them on the internet - I searched quite a few times.

[quote name='Geek99' post='237516' date='Jul 11 2008, 06:47 PM']I want this to be the last bass I ever buy[/quote] That can be arranged... [attachment=10790:violent_smiley_043.gif]

[quote name='peted' post='239026' date='Jul 14 2008, 11:30 AM']I'd never heard of that term before, thank you. Perfectly describes the Warwick marketting strategy [/quote] And Stella Artois, of course - which actually tends to cost about the same as other lagers, but is marketed as being expensive.

[quote name='Jesus' post='238027' date='Jul 12 2008, 04:17 PM']Sorry to thread-jack but don't suppose you know much about the Pro Aria II Rhino do you Bassassin?[/quote] I sold one recently...

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='237838' date='Jul 12 2008, 10:43 AM']The company I work for regularly use the expression of 'denigrating the brand'...now I'm all for company products being innovating, using cutting edge tech etc., but the new Precision V is just unnecessary. Fender rehash their models to keep sales going (which is obviously working), so the new fives are clearly the next step. Expect a John Myung supported six string next year. Not really, I made that up.[/quote] A chap called Robert Townsend wrote a book called "Up the organization" which includes a bit in this. He was running Avis, and there was a proposal to create a low-priced sister company to try to increase business. The board were asked for their opinions, and one of them said "I don't know what you call it, but we Poles call it pissing in the soup". I can't see how bringing in a 5-string is pissing in the soup for Fender. They've already done that pretty effectively by introducing Squier. NJ does rather highlight a comparison I've made before between Fender and Harley - innovation is despised by a large proportion of the existing customer base, although it has the potential to bring in new custom.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='237006' date='Jul 11 2008, 01:19 AM']I can't believe people can be smug about playing sh*te for a living. I may not make a living playing bass, but at least when I pick up a bass it's not to make money out of it. I still do it for the right reasons.[/quote] So if you were starving and could have a tenner for playing "Mustang Sally" or nothing at all for playing your own composition, I take it you'd be convincing yourself that anorexic was the look that suited you...

[quote name='cheddatom' post='236701' date='Jul 10 2008, 05:16 PM']Loads of music-lamens have complimented me on my bass sound over the years.[/quote] They don't compliment me on my sound [1]. They do compliment me on my playing though, and that's what counts... [1] They don't say anything nasty about it either

Not a film, a TV series - "Edge of Darkness" by Kamen and Clapton.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='236952' date='Jul 10 2008, 10:53 PM']Anyroad up, that's a lovely-looking P, could be a Fujigen (Fujigen Gakki was the factory which made Ibanez in the 70s - amongst many other brands) but the odd skinny neckplate & that style of truss adjuster makes me think not...[/quote] How common is that type of truss-rod adjuster? The only bass I recall seeing it on was my old Hayman 40/40, but it's not actually something you tend to notice on a bass in the normal way of things.

It's a bit optimistic, I sold one of those a little while back for about £75, and the one I sold had a Laney amp in the top too (although maybe it has a Behringer in there now).

[quote name='Dave_MuadDib' post='236489' date='Jul 10 2008, 01:25 PM']I'd like to take the gauge down a little notch, so I was thinking 40-100's would be good. The only manufacturer I could find for these is "Elites", in that neon pink packaging. I've still got the factory strings on my headless at the moment, so needless to say, i've never used Elites before. Are they any good? They're a little bit cheaper than the other brands, which is good but always a little bit disconcerting [/quote] I use Elites on everything, including a Hohner Jack with double ball-ends (5-string, 40-100 + 125), and have done for ten or 15 years. Seem fine to me.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='233902' date='Jul 7 2008, 07:49 AM']One bonus of Fender ownwership is the range and availability of after market parts[/quote] Not to mention the fact that they're so desperately needed. If Leo had got the things right in the first place, there wouldn't be any market for that stuff. Then again, I suppose it does give Hondo owners something to aspire to...

What a shame it's not a shaft for five wires rather than for four. I was looking for a five-wire shaft.

[quote name='neepheid' post='234849' date='Jul 8 2008, 11:28 AM']3) OLP MM3 - the Artec SE-2A is making horrible crackling/popping/rustling noises whenever the concentric pot is turned. I am tearing my hair out at this one - I've even tried a replacement SE-2A board/concentric pot in there to no avail. I cannot figure out where the noise is coming from - I can't get the noise to map to any wire that I wiggle, and if I hold the pot and turn it there's no noise, so I don't think it's the pot.[/quote] Might be caused if a DC-blocking capacitor goes close-circuit - then moving the control would change the DC level to the following circuitry, which would be audible but would stop when the change in voltage stops. Exactly how likely that is I don't know but I remember reading about it (um, about 35 years ago...)

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='233591' date='Jul 6 2008, 02:25 PM']An Upright bass should not have side dots most acoustics don't; and Stagg - well i wouldn't say they were the paragon of virtue or tradition for luthierie. There are a couple of posters who said they have seen examples of reputable manufacture of unlined fingerboard basses with side dots marking positions as opposed to notes that were not (a) custom order, ( probably an oversight from a manufacturer not familiar with fretless instruments, if you have any examples - post them here. The world should know and after 30 years of playing unlined fingerboards, I'd like to know too.[/quote] NS, who you might consider slightly more reputable in luthiery terms, have fingerboard dots on their EUBs (I actually would prefer them to have rather less than they do). Conversely, Palatino didn't put them onto the VE-500 (so I stuck some on...). I don't see why the absence of dot marks on acoustic DBs should mean that there shouldn't be any on EUBs. After all, classical guitars don't have any side or front fretboard markings, so by your reasoning, nor should any other guitar. My first fretless bass was a Frontier, which I suspect was a Matsumoku (and I regret having sold it and replaced it with a fretless Fender P, a vastly inferior instrument but it was in the days when I was name-driven). It had side dots in the positions one would find them in on a fretted bass.

[quote name='solo4652' post='234296' date='Jul 7 2008, 04:58 PM']Well, I like the mid-to-top end range, but it seems to lack a bit of bottom-end punch. I'd like to beef that up a bit. Also, the controls seem to have very little effect - using the dial to move bewteen the 2 pickups doesn't appear to do much. Neither does the tone control. So, I'm sort of struggling to achieve an array of sounds and tones[/quote] It might be worth keeping the stock pickups and splashing out £25 or so on an Artec active tone control. An Artec SE-2A would give you blend, volume, and concentric bass/treble (just like my Warwick, in fact), so no extra hole-drilling, and you can get one off That Ebay for £19 inc P&P.

[quote name='Oscar South' post='233068' date='Jul 5 2008, 10:30 AM']Can anyone suggest anything else that might work, or have any ideas how I can get hold of another mattress cover? If anyones bought a single bed mattress recently I'll take the plastic case off your hands heh.[/quote] Ask at a bed shop?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='235689' date='Jul 9 2008, 01:27 PM']I hope he didn't treat it like he treated this one: [/quote] Blimey, I hope he didn't damage the stage with it.

[quote name='silddx' post='235029' date='Jul 8 2008, 03:35 PM']At a guess, I find it's about three to five hundred times for something I find difficult, starting at very slow tempo and focusing very hard on perfect execution. How about you?[/quote] I go through it twice and if I can't get it, I give up. Although I did make an extra effort for "Dance the night away". I call it "reclaiming my life".

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='235669' date='Jul 9 2008, 01:05 PM']And lets not forget, he sings really well while playing too, I can't even and talk and play at the same time without dribbling.[/quote] Ah well, that's where I'd differ. What I mainly didn't like about Level 42 was Mark King's voice. It's not out of tune or anything, he doesn't do anything wrong, it's just bland and uninteresting.