Kiwi

recipe for disaster...anyone who claims they play better as a result of it either has issues or is a crap musican.

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1358591036' post='1941732'] How could you possibly play a five string without the floating thumb? You would need hoor of a long fingers [/quote] I'm 1.94m tall.

Her floating thumb technique is pretty impressive. Something I could never get comfortable with, myself.

I want to have her babies.

"Classic bass amp sound"? Spongy low end?! WTF is he talking about? I've never enountered a Class D amp design that sounds like that. Why would he presume to know we "need" (rather than aspire to) a 1000w amp?! His sale technique is full of weasel words too. What are honest watts when the power delivery varies across the frequency spectrum in all amps? Does he mean RMS in contrast to PMPO figures? PMPO has been discredited for a long time. Or are they suggesting they've used the same super headroom technology from the Hellborg line in this amp perhaps but not mentioning it directly in case it undermines sales of that amp? But I like the twin channels and Genz Benz should have been offering this instead of their single input, dual preamp designs. I could use that. Shame it's not going to fit in a gig bag pocket though and shame the mic keeps distorting the low end in this clip too.

Funky birdie song.

Y'got me. I just look like this so I'm down with the kids...y'know?

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1358505210' post='1940319'] It is getting a bit chilly out here on the doorstep today with all this snow around but my lads, Charles & Yolanda are huddling up to me for warmth [/quote]LOL Too bad we don't have a like function for posts any more!

I'd expect Fender vintage geeks to be camping outside her door with microscopes, UV lights and threatening to name their first born sons after her if it was the real thing.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1358469279' post='1940006'] I must admit I was quite impressed to discover that the usually intelligent, erudite and eminently sensible Yolanda Charles owns the only example of a Fender Jazz that was built before Leo himself even thought about making it. " I also play a Fender Jazz 55, which is is lovely but I don't use it so much these days" . . [/quote] A Fender Jazz 55 is also known as a Fender Jazz Super 55?

Welcome - do a search on here for opinions on Mark bass cabs, you'll find a variety. Sounds like you might need a 5 string made with a lot of maple or a stiff neck.

Not you again. I thought you had been banned for posting lovingly hand developed pictures of your watches, your Clitroen and your dog in a thinly disguised attempt to solicit popularity?

LOL Even using a radiussed block that is matched to the radius of your fingerboard is a bad idea. The radius will be out by the height of the frets. To achieve a consistently level frets, a radiussed block isn't going to deliver the results any better than a sanding beam and...I agree with letts, it potentially makes things a lot worse if uneven and inconsistent pressure is applied or the angle of the block changes slightly as its pushed up and down the neck. The longer the sanding beam, the better the results are going to be. I like the idea behind the Advanced Fret Levelling System too. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TECHNOFRET-Advanced-Fret-Leveling-System-/180677811948"]http://www.ebay.co.u...m-/180677811948[/url]? Having said all that, if someone likes medium to high action, they're not going to notice a lot of difference between a good and a bad fret job because the string height introduces a much greater degree of tolerance.

I would agree with that to a point but SWR, Warwick and Eden have all produced amps that were designed to make the most popular bass (a jazz bass) sound good. I know that because they make the one bass that was even more mid scooped than a jazz, a Ken Smith BSR, sound so scooped that I couldn't tell what note I was playing on stage. The RnB players out there pairing Smiths with Edens...I really don't understand how they monitor accurately.

In my experience, these are nice warm but clear sounding combinations: Musicman Stingray - Mesa Boogie Bass 400+, Burman Pro4000, Warwick CL/CCL combo Brittle sounding bass (hard fingerboard and super rigid through body neck, or bolt on graphite neck and ash body) - SWR SM400 Smith BSR/Fender Jazz - any Class D amp

Ped and I are not keen on a rant sub forum. Ranty threads get out of hand too easily and, in the heat of emotion, are subject to poor judgement. Besides which, there are loads of websites that cater for ranting and if that isn't tempting, there is always the option of your own personal blog. Stick a link to your signature if you like. I did a quick review of defamation legislation this morning (my time - 6:15am), this is what common wisdom suggests about defamation and the internet: [url="http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/A_quick_guide_to_libel_laws_in_England_and_Wales.pdf"]http://www.senseabou...d_and_Wales.pdf[/url] [i]"[size=3]The internet has irreversibly changed the way we access and publish information, but with parliament last modifying our libel laws in 1996 and our current definition of a publication dating from 1848, development of the libel laws has not kept up. It may be clear to us that an investigative report in a newspaper and anonymous comments on a blog are very different in nature, but under current libel laws, both are held to the same conditions. Website hosts and internet service providers are forced to assume editorial responsibilities in the same manner as traditional outlets such as newspapers and magazines. [/size]"[/i] So I hope you appreciate why defamation is a sensitive matter online. Having said that, there is a private members bill going through Parliament which will change the level of liability for website owners in respect of posts by third parties. [url="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/defamation.html"]http://services.parl...defamation.html[/url]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EbTCcig4oo I'm pretty impressed by this! I've made arrangements with Industrial Radio to demo a bass if I happen to be in Sydney, on the way to somewhere else.

I was going to nominate Chris Brown for the same reason but thought better of it.

I think there might be a copy of an interview he had on t'wireless about his experience of India (he was born over there...and his birth name isn't Gregg Burman either )

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1357991494' post='1931429'] Bollocks! 180 grit for frets is well over the top. 240 at the most for bad frets. If you need any more than that you need new frets. Also crowning files make more mess than anything else. A file with the wrong size slot will f*** you right up. All you need for fret levelling is a 24" straight edge to make sure your neck is flat in the first place, a flat piece of something (this much is correct). I plane a 6-8 inch piece of scrap for this. Tape off the board inbetween frets, Mark the frets with permanent marker, scrub (sideways) with 320 grit on your flat thing until there is a shiny crest on each fret. All that is left is to 'polish' the frets which also recrowns them at the same time. Starting with the 320 polish down one side of each fret and then back up the board on the other side of each fret. Repeat this step through grades of wet and dry 400 up to 1000 or more (or indeed less) depending on fret material as some require a finer polish than others. Finish with fine wire wool and you're done. I used to buff with compound but I do find that it is totally unneccessary. Remove tape and lightly clean up the board with wire wool. Fret levelling is a coupla hours work at the most and really very simple to do well. [/quote] You need to have some emery sandpaper attached to the flat bit of something! Also, I did a polishing and recrowning on my strat in 30 mins with a fret file to crown the frets rather than sandpaper. It's worth investing in the right one, but you may need some specialist advice on what the right one is. I haven't really needed to use marker because the way the metal shines gives a pretty good indication of what bits have been abraded, but its a good idea. Like Beer of the Bass, I also use metal fret protectors when using the file and they seem to work fine. Taping up can be time consuming too.

Adam Clayton - for the last 20 years. Pish easy job, raking it in...nuff said really. Doug Wimbish - what isn't there to like about what he's done? Ian King or Andrew McKinney with the James Talyor Quartet I' d love to be able to have the technical ability, versatility and finger strength of John Patitucci in the mid 80's to now.