BassTractor

Year started "playing": 10 (yup! 1980 was that good; the playing not so, though) Number of basses: 2 (down from 16, but up from 0) Music theory: 10 (but some of my teachers have 100) Technique: 0 Groove: 0

As to takes, also the Guitar Hero III version of "Cult of Personality" is different than the album version.

Can't offer direct advice, sorry, but: Whatever you do: do not jump on the chance of getting a second hand Yamaha U1 or similar without thorough investigation. There's a whole industry out there, sending semi-rotten pianos to Poland or China for new veneer, or importing newly-veneered same from Asia, and the buyer is the victim. Other than that, our own tiny upright came extremely cheap from the local Salvation Army's second-hand shop, and I can honestly say that it has given me more joy than the Steinway and Bösendorfer grands I used to play before. Maybe an idea. One has to keep in mind that second-hand pianos can be had for peanuts, and not all of them are bad. Look at the seller: if the piano comes from your typical "classical" family, it's probably one that has been well taken care of. Your choice whether you want to buy in a shop and get it delivered and placed, or wish to organise the move through a specialised piano moving company. BTW, in addition to our upright, for the money we saved we bought a digital one, and would sometimes even play together on two instruments. Also handy for the divorce! One each! 😂 (My wife wanted the SA one; I got to keep the Roland.)

Thanks for posting! I've loved them since hearing "Type" on the radio in 1990, and a "Stain Tour" gig I went to still ranks among the best I've attended across all genres.

I think I may have sounded way more disparaging than I imagined, and can only apologise. In fact it is on my shortlist, but I stupidly didn't wanna write that as I don't have money for a synth right now. Its keybed is said to be very good - one of the important factors for me - though of course that's personal.

No personal experience with this one, sorry, but it does come highly regarded especially with the latest firmware upgrade. Modal have had their share of quirkiness and bugs, but I get the feeling this one is among their best in those respects. Are you only looking at wavetable synths, or is this more a matter of price point and similar? From the corporate mumbo jumbo, I can't make out whether it lets you make your own waveforms. If it doesn't, it's just a "synth with wavetables" as a competitor honestly called its machine. To me personally, it'd be on my shortlist even if it appears to be just a "synth with wavetables", as it sounds luvverly and highly usable. Do make sure you can get the latest firmware though; Modal have a long history of financial problems, and I'd not trust the website to be there "forever".

Externalisation. The company board of directors thinks of the shareholders first and foremost, and the costs of the board's choices, as much as possible, are to be taken by society. They call this "sound thinking". In this, they trust the workers of other companies - companies that are less good at externalisation as they are themselves - will earn enough to buy these good and services. The larger the company, the worse of an externalisation machine it is. IMHO it's lame thinking, incongruous as you say, but that's the world of the myopic bean counting investors and decision makers.

Good one. Twas '76.

@Burns-bass was probably in part responding to my "I have no words", as all of the nine previous comments about the thread title were milder. It's what I decided on after noticing the OP had been online just before my comment, but had not responded in the slightest to the earlier comments on a thread title that effectively said: "Guys! Stuart Zender is dead!" It's quite possible I should've been able to find better words, but I didn't at the time. As to the idea of sending a PM: not everyone is prone to writing PMs on an online forum, and not everyone even looks at PMs. There's also the aspect of a whisper-in-yer-ear PM possibly making too huge a point of it all. When we're sitting around a pub table in a cold winter, and someone comes in and leaves the door open, someone else will shout "Close that door!" and two minutes later it's all forgotten. Whispering in his ear instead (while the door is still open) might well have unsoughtafter effects. I also notice with interest that Burns-bass opted to not write a nice PM to me before his "world gone mad". Dunno what that tells about him or me.

Indeed: please change the click bait thread title, @Sean It's not funny, and even if this was not on purpose, I have no words ...

Now I don't know the Kurzweils specifically, but it probably has a type of hammer and a sensitive pad underneath (I don't know the right terminology here). This pad then probably is knackered - - not necessarily after impact: tmight be dirt or corrosion or whatnot - - and in case needs a repair or replacement. You could try opening it. As said, I don't know the specifics of these. Me, I'd open the piano and, if all of the pads are identical, I'd simply use the pad for a non-used key on the dusty end, moving it to the position in question. You might also be able to get a new pad from the importer. However, I tried similar for my Roland, without success for half a year, so this might be trickier done than said. Best of luck whatever way you choose! bert

Huge problem. To compare: Andy Partridge wrote just one song about his terrible ex-wife, but XTC felt the need to write a whole album about the thread subject ... I already have my coat on ...

Aye, and this reminds me of the gig of so-called avant-garde electronic music I once went to, where a reel-to-reel tape recorder, an amp and two speakers were the only things on the stage, and some guy walked on - - to a grand-but-ironic applause, to which he sniggeringly bowed - - and proceeded to said recorder and turned the lever to PLAY. I tried to protest: "Playback!", but got the big "SHUSH!".

Of course, but you weren't there, and you probably also do not know @kwmlondon. There are probably several possible explanations, of which playback is only one; another one is the one kwmlondon offered: that the player in question had chosen the material with care. BTW, I'm an unfan, and I'm much biased too. I like to believe this rat is also committing many other acts of low quality.

Dunno if this is helpful, but we did have a thread last year: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/498002-fanny/#comment-5285120