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all the F-basses I've tried have sounded even better than they've looked.

[quote name='ARGH' post='323779' date='Nov 6 2008, 10:12 PM']Well,not my opinon...but the Opinion of Spectors company and its associates,enough to warrent legal terms and thus the said deal,as reported in Bassplayer magazine,sometime in the 90s..If I recall correctly its was Spectors daughter that broke the news of the deal....the likeness was a little too close iirc.[/quote] OK, I'm interested to know why they didn't press ahead with legal action. Maybe they didn't register the body shape as a trademark outside the US perhaps. Still, a lot of it goes on.

Still waiting for responses to my PM's about postage costs.

I'm still waiting for a response from you Matt.

OK Heroine Diaries has gone. Mrs Tinman is getting me the postage for the Croc diaries but I've had no postage yet from anyone else. And in particular no response to repeated PMs I've sent to Overwater#1. I've wrapped all this stuff up in bubblewrap and packing paper order to get postage costs and that took the best part of an afternoon.

[quote name='ARGH' post='323692' date='Nov 6 2008, 07:45 PM']And ,If I recall,was threatend with legal action,because the license was not renewed. And had to again be re-renewed when Spector regained the rights to his company and patents.[/quote] Indeed, so lets be clear that [i]technically[/i] its not stolen at all because there [i]are[/i] sufficient differences between the shapes. It's just that [i]in your opinion[/i] the shape is stolen. I don't think you don't make that clarification often enough in what you post. Besides which lets not forget Fender clones, Behringer, Status clones, Pangborn borrowing the Jaydee shape which was borrowed from the Alembic Series 1/2, then Alembic used the Fender Dual Showman preamp design which was borrowed in turn by Trace Elliot and then Hartke, blah blah blah.

[quote name='ARGH' post='323655' date='Nov 6 2008, 06:42 PM']Yeah,That ran through my head too? Has Hans AGAIN stolen an idea/design?[/quote] If you're referring to Hans Wilfer stealing the Spector shape, he actually licensed the body shape from Stuart Spector originally. If not, which shape were you referring to?

lets get in there and spend our dosh.

Certainly some unprecedented porn there. I don't know of another place that has such a high proportion of high spec instruments in its stock.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='323205' date='Nov 6 2008, 08:43 AM']Maybe in your experience but your experience is clearly too limited! This cab can produce far more low frequency output than any non-neo cabs of similar size let alone weight: [url="http://barefacedbass.com/thebigone.html"]http://barefacedbass.com/thebigone.html[/url] Alex[/quote] I thought we had a policy on this forum about commercial promotion?

[quote name='drthirkenstein' post='323162' date='Nov 6 2008, 03:07 AM']in my experience neo speakers cant produce any where near the same levels of low frequency as the heavy buggers. as a general rule the heavier your equipment the better it sounds! besides its character building![/quote] neo cones have a slight mid hump to them. Its probably that emphasis that you're hearing rather than a lack of anything else.

[quote name='peted' post='322709' date='Nov 5 2008, 03:10 PM']We have our winner! Sorry, no prize I think i'll add everything else you've put after to the spec as well. I wonder if I did that whether Jon will ever speak to me again?[/quote] He would be howling for my blood. Custom features are both a blessing and a curse for him. He doesn't make a lot of money on the additional features people request and the extra time he spends doing them suck up any earnings he had from making the instrument. However the custom bits do provide him with some interest outside the normal models.

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='322665' date='Nov 5 2008, 02:01 PM']Buzz Feiten or something?[/quote] Oooh a GUESSING game. Goody goody goody, now let me see... A Status bendwell? A Kubicki drop D extension? A kahler whammy? An onboard valve preamp? A fanned fret fingerboard? An onboard directional air conditioning system for one-foot-on-the-monitor bass solos? A Dalek voice impersonator? A novelty, flavoured, crushed ice dispenser? A 12v powered mini fridge? A combination marital aid/grasping tool/sink plunger with advanced Quantum X (tm) technology for the closest shave ever?

I use a [url="http://www.primrose-london.co.uk/truck-best-garden-trolley-there-p-17.html"]tri truck[/url]. It's superb over rough ground and can convert into a flat bed trolley too.

Using flash isn't a problem if you are sensitive to the range. Not too close and not too far and make sure there are no obstructions in the foreground to light up.

Hi Aljan, welcome. Those Hevos amps are supposed to be superb. We've had small chats about them already here.

[quote name='elom' post='321498' date='Nov 4 2008, 01:50 AM']This is the only headless I've ever hankered after. Can't find any of the buggers mind you... [attachment=15565:AXB50BK.jpg][/quote] I saw one for sale on a Philippines auction site a couple of weeks ago.