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Oish and there I was, ready to post an update on developments with the forum...maybe I should hold off for a while...

[quote name='jackotheclown' timestamp='1384362751' post='2275728'] Well they have set practices I guess some of the practitioners work with the cruise lines though, so I can't just go to my GP. But yeah £500, sucks.. [/quote] They don't need to be endorsed by the cruise lines to be competent. You only need to be assessed by a competent doctor. You might even have grounds for a professional complaint to the [url="http://www.gmc-uk.org/"]General Medical Council[/url] if you have reason to believe the doctors are profiteering.

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1384175429' post='2273510'] The Kubicki ply neck was good and I'm surprised more manufacturers didn't try it. It would maybe allow guitar builders to make more consistent instruments, but I think it's unlikely that a great sounding ply bass would ever sound have that "something special" about it like maybe a great vintage bass or a handbuilt mega pound bass. [/quote] My first bass had a ply body...and so did my second. So I upgraded to a Jaydee and never looked back because the ply bodies dampened a lot of the lows and didn't sustain anywhere near as well as the Jaydee. I've not tried the multi-hued ritter in RR's post above but generally I would take a solid body of super cheap meranti over "birch ply" any day. The Kubicki necks are laminated but the laminates are a lot thicker than those in ply wood. It's probably not doing the design any justice to call the neck plywood any more than calling it is to call a steinberger 'plastic'.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1384164085' post='2273298'] Plywood bodies tend to have a more 'layered' sound, kind of a 'multi-tiered' tone with alternating timbre directions ;-) [/quote] Vintage plywood even more so.

This lecture by Ned Steinberger on the future of musical instrument design is worth a look. He talks about the relationship between musicians and technology but ultimately doesn't know where its going to go. [url="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/40596134"]http://www.ustream.t...corded/40596134[/url]

Yes CTRL + 0 is what I do when my touch screen laptop resizes the zoom inadvertently.

One of these pedals might well be my Christmas present this year. The B3 was looking like a front runner due to the dual compressor patch and USB programmability but I realised they both offer synth patches with selectable waveforms. Unfortunately, the M5 manuals are a bit light on detail about the synthomatic patch waveforms, apart from saying 8 waveforms are available. Can anyone with the M5 confirm if the wave forms available in Synthomatic track the pitch of each note like the B3 does? Also, what waveforms are available? Square, triangle and saw in addition to sine?

Rob, Aaron Armstrong here in the UK MAKES Ken Smith's pickups. He could have supplied something similar for your needs for about 90-110 quid a unit. I've got one set that has been slightly tweaked for my self build and plan on ordering another.

We had a neck diving, japanese made copy of a Hofner 500/1 strung with flats that has pretty much defined ever since what I dislike in basses. (NB: The genuine article is quite nice to play by comparison.)

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1383847678' post='2269977'] Great point . As I have said on this site before, people ( including myself) really can get nostalgic for [i]anything[/i]. Don't get me wrong , there is nothing wrong with vintage amps and flats as a sound in itself and I can enjoy it and see its appropiateness occasionally , but as you allude to , people talk about that sound nowadays as if it were [u][i]the[/i][/u] sound , when in fact it was a product of the limitations of a bygone age. There was good reason why most bass players started to use roundwounds. [/quote] I try rigs and basses out now and I still can't figure out how people can hear what notes they're playing, using flats and an 8x10. But I guess it makes them feel good. After owning over 30 instruments in the last 10 years, I think how instruments feel is probably the most under-rated aspect of quality.

With versatile enormity, I would be more worried about playing it standing up.

[quote name='Wylie' timestamp='1372720392' post='2129239'] From the blurb: "... a special five-position rotary pickup selector switch that delivers enormous tonal versatility [/quote] It's not just versatility, it's enormous versatility. At least thats what she said.

Too bad they're not offering a plain vanilla Shuttle 6.0.

I don't understand how a US court can have jurisdiction over someone living overseas.

The perspective in this thread is so refreshing. <---This is not sarcasm.

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1383505371' post='2265226'] Fantastic, thanks for sharing. As a real Chic fan, this was right under the radar. [/quote] Mine too, great thread.

Ah, I take it back. Ped reminded me that Ben was doing some tidying up behind the scenes. We'd agreed this a month ago but it had been delayed a couple of weekends and I forgot that it was happening this weekend.

Noone has been asked to work on the site recently. Maybe it was just a temporary server glitch in the connection when downloading the graphics?.

I've asked myself the same. In an idealogical world I'd only own 4's for recording classic bass tones. But reality double hits in that I don't record very much AND I have three other basses (Alembic, Steinberger XL25A, Pangborn) that are collected and have no real role to play in a working bass arsenal anyway. So there's no room for ideology really, only the satisfaction of ownership...and I LIKE being able to play different basses as the mood takes me. So what the hell. I'll probably keep all the fours until I've both made my perfect bass (not too far off) and I find something non-bass related that is more satisfying to own (like a classic car).

I remember admiring his taste in basses when he was with Paul Simon - Alembics and Sadowskys.

An Alembic Series II graphite 5 string like Jimmy Johnsons. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2gMAf13Gs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2gMAf13Gs[/url]

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1382948145' post='2258162'] I'm sure any number of people could stand there and play the notes but that's not the point. [/quote] I respect your perspective Dave but will also point out that it was good enough for Toto (Mike Pocaro), Journey (hip replacement for Steve Perry), AC/DC (post mortem), Rolling Stones (post mortem), Metallica (post mortem) and The Who (post mortem x2) amongst others. I suggest there's no black and white position based on precedent.

Lee Sklar or Pino could always stand in...but lets hope he has a speed recovery.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1382893652' post='2257656'] I agree. I've dealt with John; he's a nice guy and I don't think he deserves this sort of sniping. [/quote] [i]Admin hat/off[/i] It seems very unfair to me. [i]Admin hat/on[/i]

I love how tight they are although they're so tight with the stabs at times its bordering on OCD. I think they will gain more respect doing their own material than rehashing other songs because not all the songs they've played fit into their playing style. I wish the bass was fatter in the mix because the keyboards and drums seem to dominate everything which is a shame because Henrik is doing some interesting stuff..