BassTractor

Jaco was a great player in every meaning of the word, and also released some stinky poo. Gentle Giant were a great band who also released some stinky poo. Zappa was a great musician who also released some stinky poo. Etc. etc. I think you get my drift. I believe the story that Jaco changed the bass world, and at any rate he turned me towards jazzrock and jazz. Thanks, Jaco!

Your OP does not mention whether you've already visited a site called basschat.co.uk where there actually is a forum section for gear, in which a forum called "Bass Guitars" contains dozens or even hundreds of treads were all the info on the 4H is readily available. Other than that, it's reported to sound closer to a StingRay, and the H pup is indeed positioned in the StingRay spot. Somehow, the back of my mind seems to tell me the 4H does not have the 4-band EQ, but I'm sure someone will correct me if that is wrong.

Calling Discreet! Calling Discreet! Can Discreet come to the backdoor please?

The Kronos would easily drive even a 600 Ohm version, (like they have for the DTX 880) and if your other units have similar headphone outputs (most oftenly with 6 mm jacks), then the 250 Ohm one would be best as to impedance matching. However, extensive tests I read about all Beyerdynamic models in this range (770, 880 and 990 in all of their impedance guises) indicated that the story doesn't end there, and the different impedance versions have different types of sound they thrive most with - sometimes making an impedance mismatch a reasonable option. These tests are on the web, but I couldn't find my link right now. Personally, and broadly speaking, I'd only go for a low impedance one if a battery operated unit like a mobile phone has to drive it. Normally, headphones like that would already come with small jack plugs as standard - normally 3.5 mm, but once I had one with a 2.5 mm jack plug. I'll update if I find the link.

Great song, innit. I love it too - still now, 42 years later. It's one of those poppy pop songs that are actually well-crafted, but sadly it's one of only two songs that I know by this band that I do like. Its original Dutch version, called "Dinge-dong" seems slightly better to me in a musical sense, but the pronunciation of its Dutch lyrics is more than slightly cringeworthy to me. I guess Brits cringe at the English lyrics version. My own nadir-of-musical-career must be the large amount of Shadows songs that I had to play in a band - right until we stopped our guitarist. BTW, co-incidentally, The Shadows became runners-up to Teach-In in the 1975 Eurovision Contest. Whodathought!

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1509762039' post='3401519'] the youth today have no sense of history, they know nothing about the past. They think Beiber invented music. [/quote] No, Biber invented the one-man submarine. Get your historical facts straight, man! Obligatory disclaimer: No Biber invented any submarine to my knowledge. The "Biber" submarine got its name after the german word for "beaver". I guess It's a reasonable name for a narrow tube shaped object with space inside for only one man.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1507910942' post='3388779'] I love my windows phone (I know I am in a minority of one) but if you like apps it's almost useless. Basic stuff is good but for anything else the iPad comes out. [/quote] You obviously need to get [i][b]in[/b][/i] more and read BassChat, as several of us have spoken very highly of (their) Windows phones. But you're right of course. Microsoft either never believed in their own system, or made a grave mistake somewhere on the line, as almost every conceivable app comes either for IOS (music related apps!) only or for IOS and Android only. Gareth, as said by the others: IOS for music apps; there's no way around it. On IOS, the Korg iKaossilator loop synth app does have an XY-pad like a Kaoss, and IMHO is great. The Moog Animoog is a great synth and IIRC it too spawns an XY-pad. Many other great synths exist, like the Odyssei (sic!) and every other Korg app as well as the Sunrizer and others. As to effect pedals and amp modelling, I've used AmpKit+. They had these special offers all the time so you could buy bundles of pedals and amps cheaply. Dunno if a Kaoss Pad effects app is available for IOS.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1507244557' post='3384282'] If that's fat, I'm in trouble. [/quote] You [b]are[/b] in trouble, but not because of [b]that[/b], cos [b]that[/b] is Robbie Fripp and it's me who's fat and 61.

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1507236325' post='3384211'] We have a rule in our band, more of a law actually. No hats and no waistcoats. Nothing screams "Late middle aged rocker" more than those two items. And yes I am 65, and bald. [/quote] True dat. (61 and bald... and fat)

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1505966011' post='3375513'] He has headstocks. He has all the best headstocks. Personally I think it's a great design. It's great. Great. [/quote] I believe you! Edit to add that he's making headstocks great again.

Nice intro to the instruments (which is what the site really is about), and I learnt new stuff right away. Thanks for posting!

[quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1505286087' post='3370680'] How do your balls rest sideways? [/quote] Wot? Are you saying it's NOT the double-U in the Average White Band?

Best bass line ever? Hard to choose, as I think there's a place for all three types (braid, fluorocarbon and monofilament). Aw, c'mon! Somebody had to!

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1504910219' post='3368326'] Ford Taunus in the vid? [/quote] Yup! In this case probably the 20M RS coupé. Did some of them make it to the UK?

Hey! I now actually watched that vid, and it's all stills from Kapitein Zeppos - complete with the glorious Amphicar! Cool!

I love this stuff! ...even though my blue haired auntie loved it! One year after the "A Swingin' Safari" album, they released "Living it up!" and I think they'd upped their game considerably by then. Here's an example in the song "Living it up" (indeed without the exclamation mark). On my iPod, the Knack Bass is very loud and clear in the mix, but it's more subdued in this vid, which almost every elderly Dutch and Belgian listener and some British listeners will recognise as the Kapitein Zeppos theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IvlRc6nM1A

The thread has already been won of course, but still: I once bought a synth from Cesar Zuiderwijk of Golden Earring. Sadly he's not obscure enough, and also he's a drummer... ...but I sold it again, to bass player Alex Roelofs of The Nits, and since he used it for bass parts, I'm suddenly in the clear on all parameters, specially as Alex left this unknown band just as they gained some popularity - mostly in Holland.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1503921173' post='3361525'] You're just saying that to get a reaction. [/quote] Well, he doesn't get one from me. I'm part of the beaker.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1503419745' post='3358092'] Deleted (but not blocked) ... [/quote] On the top of my regular BC screen (Win 10 with Chrome), the Messenger's PM counter was reset. I saw the '1" on the envelope icon to the left of my login name had been removed. I then clicked the link in the e-mail from the server, and saw the PM as I normally would. This was unexpected to say the least. On the Messenger screen, under our Participant names, the last-read dates were not present, and instead there was a text stating: "Unavailable: Topic Deleted". Also, I could not reply, but just delete or report the PM. I'm totally with you as to the " " right now. Since I've never written forum software, I have no idea about where the intricacies lie, but without deling into the subject matter I could well imagine that different bits of code exist for different platforms and browsers - each with their own peculiarities and bugs . Someone else on BC probably knows whether this is so.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1503418417' post='3358080'] PM sent. [/quote] E-mail received. Just lemme know when you've deleted the PM. T-shirts ordered and paid for.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1503415237' post='3358048'] [/quote] Hehehe, but we could easily test that as well. Just send me a PM without deleting it. When I've received the e-mail from the server, I post here in the thread. Then you delete it, and when you've done so and reported that here, I then click on the link in the e-mail. Maybe I get the dreaded message then. I should, coz I've read it on the innerwebz!

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1503407746' post='3357963'] Hence, if I block you, then you get the 'banned' error? Yes? [/quote] Nope. I haven't seen that error message at all. First I used the Manage Ignore Prefs page to ignore you (and later discovered that the ignore part for PMs is called "Block"), after which I could still see your PM and also send you a reply to it. When you had blocked me, the PM thread disappeared totally from my PM pages. I then unblocked you, and the PM thread didn't reappear, but I got no form of warning about that a thread existed. My last bit of text was something I read on the net: that this exact error message sometimes occurs when people delete the PM they'd sent - before the recipient had clicked the e-mailed link to that same PM. (E-mail warnings about PMs and quotes can be switched on or off somewhere in your profile IMS.)

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1503395296' post='3357807'] Just cos you like, or indeed "Get", a quip or joke does not mean you have to indicate the fact. [/quote] Got it! Ah... C'mon! [i]Somebody[/i] had to! [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1503396387' post='3357821'] it does feel at times that some people do get annoyed for the sake of being annoyed [/quote] Aye. It's a lame and old-fashioned tool of manipulation, but seemingly still effective. Sometimes I tell them that being annoyed/offended/provoked is a right, but that it doesn't mean they [i]are[/i] right. ...but then I don't have a senze of humor.

Hi Dave, The whole PM thread had vanished. I then unignored you on the "Manage Ignore Prefs" page, and at that point saw that it does indeed use the word "Block" there. After this, the PM thread did not reappear right away, but who knows whether it might reappear after some hours. Right now I'm a bit confused. I'll have me a cup of coffee in some type of vain hope. You have any ideas? Edit: In the mean time, I read on ze innerwebz that sometimes-not-always this happens in the following scenario: ET sends a PM to BT, the server sends a notification mail with a link to BT, ET deletes the PM BT clicks on the mailed link but gets that error message #10275. Now where's my coffee? best, bert

HAAAAHaaaaahahahaha! The very second I clicked the Post button, I heard someone on my TV exclaim: "Ah! Lovely! A Boston Brownie!" Sadly this cannot be unheard and/or forgotten.