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Welcome, Jason! So... what's a Man United? Like Women's Lib but for one single Man? Enjoy this weird place! bert

+1 on Roundabout, as I think it's the first song that made me aware of the Rick at all. That and that it's a great track. Dunno whether it's a Rick or a faker, but I like the sound on Bold as Brass by Split Enz: http://youtu.be/lAoiZL7dHkY

Welcome, Rebo! bert

The Bongo 4-HHHHH solves this beautifully, methinks. Other than that, it can't be hard to semi-glue a support list alongside the pickups, I reckon - before ever having tried, mind.

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1394098902' post='2387828'] this is all new and shiny (well all new and matte black!) [/quote] Congrats with your new Bongo! I love'em, but have no clue. That should've warned you, but alas it's too late now. And congrats with the setting up as well. We won't tell ya we told ya so Were these those four YouTube vids on the Elixir Strings channel?

To me it comes across as playfulness, and as not taking themselves too seriously. I like it.

Yup! It's just me.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1394363268' post='2390606'] Chrome is king [/quote] Not always. Sometimes, gold hardware does have its ... Oh, wait!

My parents brought me up with Bach, Beethoven and Brahms forst and foremost. They despised pop and rock music, and I had to find those myself, which I didn't do before say '68, at age 12 or so. I'm grateful though, as it must have given me a set of good ears.

Welcome, whypeb! You can ask in the Gear section. I'm sure people there can help you. bert

Well technically I am not welcoming you per se. Welcome to the surface then! Enjoy! Bert

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1394020018' post='2386932'] They're a reminder that you can become rich without being smart. There's hope for us all yet [/quote] Thanks for that, and thanks for that. There's no need for me to restate good points that have already been made, but to add to those points: When I worked in Hi-Fi, we organised A/B-testing in a concert hall, with the equipment hidden from view. We only did it once. The enormous, partly aggressive, debate about what we'd actually heard came as a total surprise to us. Seemingly, not only do people have very different ears, but also have different willingnesses to accept their own ears as the only ears that are worth anything. As to the room in which the set has to operate: Great point! I personally gave up Hi-Fi when we moved to our present house. All the sound quality we'd enjoyed in our old living room suddenly was not present anymore - no matter how we placed the speakers in the room. Analysing what we had to do to make it sound good again, we found we were not willing to do that, and sold the expensive system. That said, good Hi-Fi equipment does exist. Happily though, before becoming a Hi-Fi nut, I was forewarned by a shop owner who told about the other nuts who'd only listen to a very select few recordings with great sound quality rather than listening to music. From that day on I've always reminded myself that for me it's about the music.

That was not appropriate! Welcome, Christian! Enjoy the banter and the occasional exchange of info. Bert

Nice one! Thanks for doing this. I can send you the measurements for the Rockinbetter if you don't have those.

I'm laughing my lungs out here! £350,000 worth of kit when everyone knows it's mostly placebo, and all you [b]really[/b] need is a few metal discs to put the speaker cables on so they won't have to be on the floor.... Seriously though, must have been quite the Hi-Fi set. Sorry you couldn't enjoy it more, and of course, as you know as well as I do, this system is not 1,000 times better. It's probably noticeably better than a £35,000 system, which again is noticeably better than a £3,500 system.

Welcome to the surface, Connor! ...and breathe! bert

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1393799456' post='2384546'] Pretty please, I will feed my cats (Stanley and Snoop Catt) extra tuna if you vote for us [/quote] Not gonna work, you amateur! Now if you could describe in detail the torture that you will not let your cats endure, I think more of us would be willing to vote!

According to what an EBMM guy told me, the contract that the US dealers have with EBMM does have a paragraph about that dealers also are allowed to sell new items abroad after two years. IOW if this bass is old enough, you could still purchase it. You'd probably have to remind them of that paragraph though.

Welcome, Andy! bert

Cool! Congrats with this, man!

Sorry, Pete. I misunderstood the naming conventions established in this thread. Debs

Welcome, Mark! Stevedavemarkbert

Hey SuperVee, Welcome! I'm sure you'll fit right in. [quote name='93supervee' timestamp='1393698939' post='2383543'] pleased to see a great, active forum free of d***heads. [/quote] Dunno about that. We sometimes have heating discussions, and then some people soon start insulting: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/231065-help-with-reducing-damp-in-workshopstudio/"]http://basschat.co.u...workshopstudio/[/url] Anyway, enjoy! bert

Jenny Fabian?

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1393574920' post='2381962'] 'sorry, but in the meantime I bought this one.' [/quote] Well done!