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[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1021456' date='Nov 12 2010, 02:16 PM']If you know about this stuff, perhaps you could explain why the Jazz has its two pickups far apart, while the Precision has its two pickups almost side by side?[/quote] It is all to do with midi-chlorians

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1021426' date='Nov 12 2010, 01:56 PM']I can't think of a bass-related topic that hasn't been done [i]at least[/i] twice here. [/quote] I don't think anybody has yet compared the Precision model and the Jazz model of bass guitars made by the Fender Musical Instrument Corporation over in America. If anyone is interested the answer is Precision, because the Jazz bass was mainly intended for the ladies.

I haven't had much problem selling here recently, but then again my stuff isn't high end. What bugs me is the unrealistic greedy pricing of some sellers. If I want to sell something for more than it's worth I will stick it on eBay with a 99p start, it almost always sells for over the going market rate. On Basschat I price between two thirds and three quarters of what I paid for it/its new price (whichever is the smaller amount) because it is not new and I have no right to expect a return on my investment, that was the risk I made when buying a new instrument, it really bugs me when people try to sell a used item for the same price you could get it new at an online shop, despite not having the benefits of a return policy or warranty. While it is not so much the case now that the forum has grown so much, I also think that in selling on Basschat there is a certain sense of helping people out to experience gear they otherwise would have no access to, by pricing slightly cheaper it helps things circulate and it all balances itself out eventually. This is why it annoys me when people try to sell used items for more than they paid for them, we can all see what the value of the item was and I would feel slightly dirty to purchase an item where the Basschat system has been abused by naked profiteering.

[quote]You can also personalize your guitar with one of Scratch Pad's many "DESIGNER" Guitar Finish Protectors.[/quote] That is the most apt use of speech marks I have seen in some time.

We have just finished putting the final touches to our EP, recorded at the Coldroom near Oxford, a great place to record. Link: [url="http://snd.sc/blZC0Q"]http://snd.sc/blZC0Q[/url] What do you think?

I have always wondered whether I should be plugged into the active or passive input when using pedals.

[quote name='4 Strings' post='1009646' date='Nov 2 2010, 02:47 PM']Not sure I'm annoyed by relics, each to their own/market forces/images etc, just not for me and I do not admire the guitar nor the owner.[/quote] I don't think anyone should be judged solely (or at all) on the instrument they choose to play, as you have just done.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1009404' date='Nov 2 2010, 10:46 AM']For me how an instrument looks is just as important as how is plays or sounds.[/quote] Exactly, and that is why some people love relic basses, because it suits the style of music they play and the image they are trying to project. It is exactly the same principal as you wanting to make your bass look factory fresh, just the other end of the taste spectrum. Looking at the (albeit extreme) example of Rory Gallagher, some people want their instrument to look as though it has a few stories to tell, but a modern instrument will never get to that stage because the finishes are so thick that rather than rub away, they either chip off and look a bit wrong or don't wear at all. The thing about Rory Gallagher is that his strat got to that state by the time he was 20, I would have to be at least a nonagenarian and still gigging regularly to get an instrument in that state. It's all about Taste

It is just personal taste, not really that hard to understand. Personally I think that basses made from exotic wood look vile, but I can appreciate that others might like them. Lots of people like the look of relic basses but would rather have the wear done naturally, so I don't understand why so many makers offer relic options but not the option of a new, unblemished nitrocellulose finished that could naturally get the worn look. If Fender just finished their classic series basses with nitrocellulose lacquer then they would sell quite a bit more (basically and road worn without the relicing). The one particular finish option about relic instruments that you just can't get anywhere else is the different layers of colour, such as a fiesta red over sunburst finish, which I think looks incredible.

I walked the GR20 a few years ago, a great experience. Welcome.

My chief guilty pleasure is [i]Behind Enemy Lines[/i], I love the use of 'Buck Rogers' in the take-off scene. Otherwise it has to be [i]Master and Commander[/i] for me.

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1001722' date='Oct 26 2010, 08:57 PM']Is this because you don't like the yellow, don't like the brand, just having a dig back at those whom dissed Ashdown & the VU meter or is there something in particular that you find useless about their amps? So far the only thing I've found useless on it is the XLR in. I've found use for every other function on it. Oh, another thing I found useless on the cobra 90 was the "compressor" button. It did sod all! I tried my hardest to hear any difference & got other folk to see if they could, but nothing. [/quote] I have found the price tag that hangs off them doesn't work for me.