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[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1330615549' post='1560441'] They say that the denser the wood, the brighter the tone - makes sense to me. People tend to say that a maple board is brighter sounding than a rosewood one, even though I'm quite certain that maple is softer/less dense than rosewood. Why is this? [/quote] Because mucky strings show up more on a maple fretboard, so people change them earlier than if they're using a rosewood fretboard.

This breadboard is at the wrong gig.

I'd lay odds that would be a better bass than my old genuine Fender P fretless.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1330346274' post='1555898'] But this one is pre-CBS! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-Bass-guitar-Hand-built-unique-/280834810856?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item41630f23e8"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item41630f23e8[/url] [/quote] "Any questions, please ask!" Wonder if that includes "Why did you do this?".

Just received a set of Orla pedals from Martin who has been great with his help. And the price was right! Many thanks.

As it looks like the gear's sorted, I'll add to the mention of whiteboard another handy thing to have in a studio - guitar hangers. Just the two-slopey-prongs sort screwed into the wall, save propping your pride and joy up precariously somewhere while you have a pee/get a drink/write on the whiteboard. Oh, and a rackmount tuner stuck in the wall.

The EAD is an excellent 2x12. There's also a Tech Soundsystems ND212 for sale in the second-hand section at the moment which would be well worth a look, very good sound and nice and light.

It's a guitart. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Overwater-Handmade-5-String-Bass-Guitart-/220959928172"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Overwater-Handmade-5-String-Bass-Guitart-/220959928172[/url]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329675406' post='1545707'] Auction still has two days to run. Also, those dings on the neck look unusual - I wonder what happened? [/quote] He was just standing round with the bass waiting to play at a party after the Chisora-Klitschko fight when someone smacked him and the bass with a video tripod.

I've got the fretless 5 - comfortable to play and a good sound.

£561. That's almost exactly ten times what I thought it might be worth (looks like it could be a nice bit of wood under the Ronseal).

Whereabouts in the country are you?

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1328976352' post='1535559'] This has stuck in my mind! Do you still have the Antoniotsai? Just curious! Did the quality seem good? I mean Andrews gigged it so i'd assume it's definately solid (i'd assume or he's a trooper!) and I'd REALLY fancy a fretless 6 string HK as a summer learning project! [/quote] I still have the Tsai 7-string - it's rather more Ritter-looking than the HK one. The HK seems good quality from a brief inspection. You're a little limited on 6-string options with them though. If you're looking for a 6-string fretless, it might also be worth looking at the project ones on ebay for under £200 - through-neck, screw them together yourself. Just search for "fretless project". I'd be tempted, except that I'm more a five-string man.

I'd like to see this too.

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1328562413' post='1529240'] Opions of the 7 string HK? SO tempted to pull the trigger on one! (even though i'm saving, and it could be balls (apprently consistancy isn't 100% even though i'm 100% sure rich could turn it into something stunning!) ) And Mr Zeros inlay dragon bass is AWESOME. Love Inlays like that! [/quote] The 7-string HK has a very similar neck to my 7-string Antoniotsai - very shallow, hence very playable. I couldn't actually play it as my hands work the right way round, but if I was looking for another 7-string, I'd certainly look at an HK. In fact, I'm vaguely tempted to get one of their five-string fretleseeseseses. I bought that bass on something of a whim, to be honest. Then, when I got it, I found it was the best neck (for me) I'd encountered on a five-string. Since then, the only neck which have played and think could be better than it is the Wood&Tronics - one of Heath's Ruach basses might also fit the bill but didn't have strings on it when I encountered it.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1328811289' post='1533108'] [size=4]I think 16 Ohm would be quite nice. Easy on my amp. Still ponderin'... a ruminatin', comtemplatin' and generally ditherin' and hestitatin' on taking the idea to it's logical conclusionin'[/size] [/quote] Get one of the Ashdown digital amps with a dual power amp (eg. the LG1000) and connect the speakers up as two 4x10 8ohm speakers, with separate speaker jacks.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1328796005' post='1532757'] Maltese cross has 8 points: This sort of cross is a cross pattée, as per the Queen's headgear and such. [/quote] Yes, that's why I said it was a sort of cross with the Iron Cross, which is blunt-ended but curvy-sided. In fact [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_patt%C3%A9e"]the Wikipedia entry[/url] shows this cross and refers to it as a variant of the Maltese Cross.

It's a sort of, er, cross between a Maltese and an Iron Cross, innit?

Terrible. Bolt-on necks are so last millennium. The only way is through.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1328648804' post='1530748'] I'm supposing these could be rewired to be 8[size=4][font=arial, sans-serif]Ω[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]Am I right?[/font][/size] [/quote] Ye canna change the laws of physics. An 8x10 at 4 ohms will be 8 8 ohm speakers wired up so that there are in effect two sets of four speakers. Each set will be four speakers in parallel and the two sets will be in series (or the equivalent). It would be possible to wire them so you could get one ohm, 4 ohms, or 16 ohms, with each speaker equally loaded. You could wire it up to give you about 9.5 ohms (two sets of three in parallel, one set of two in parallel, all in series) but you'd be loading the speakers a bit unevenly.

In fully working order too, unlike half the Ampegs in the local rehearsal studio.

[quote name='pumkinkin' timestamp='1328373821' post='1526178'] to me it appears to be still available?!? (unless you called the seller and were told it's gone, that is) [/quote] I emailed him, by which time it was gone.

I've had a play on a couple (at last year's Moffat bash, in the presence of Mr May) and I was impressed.