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[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1473280356' post='3128720'] Here you go, post #21 to download the bass manual [/quote] Thanks, MacDaddy! That thread was a lot younger than the ones I was searching in. At any rate this confirms that the one I downloaded from the Behringer site is correct. Solved! Another job well done.

Thanks for responding, Dave! I can't really remember what was wrong with it. Also, I can't really compare the PDF with my own, as my own appeared to be in Chinese, and lacks the settings examples. That said, the word "guitar" seems to reverberate in my brain. Maybe the text or part of it was about a guitar version - if such a thing exists.

[quote name='Mattpt85' timestamp='1473241651' post='3128207'] I'm thinking it could be a stingray neck on a sterling body. [/quote] Nah. It's a Stingray body alright. A Sterling is slanted in its design, and has more of a slab approach. I think it's just someone bought an S.U.B. and wanted it to give the impression it was one from California, but failed at that. Might be the seller, or might be a previous owner.

Seller/trickster states the serial number is "sterling 8038536". I'll check on the Ernie Ball forum for you, as I suppose you're on the Warwick forum.

To my eyes it looks exactly like a Sterling by Music Man S.U.B. Ray5-BK/M. However, I haven't looked at Chinese knockoffs ([i]Dasyatis sinensis[/i]) lately, so it might be a newer one of those as well. A any rate, someone is trying to fool someone else, even if it's only with "careful" wording and bad English. The term "S.U.B." is never used in the ad, and the word "Sterling" only in the title. Mucho piscarado! I'm sure he bought it straight from the Ernie Ball factory in San Luis Obispo, FLORIDA.

As a bassist who couldn't play bass, I think I had an audience of 100 - 120. As a world famous classical organist, my largest audience probably was 6 or so. Nah, 3 more likely.

It was often written on these pages that the BDi21 manual that comes with the unit was wrong. Would the file called BDI21_P0294_M_EN.pdf downloaded from https://www.music-group.com/brand/c/Behringer/downloads?active=Downloads also be wrong, or would that be the correct version? How can one tell? Yes, I tried the search function. I know it was mentioned often, but I still couldn't find it. Thanks!

Bass trombone with valves? Wattage? Brand? Congrats

I see a bad new thread idea here: who now despises the music they loved when they were 16 years old. I reckon it would be a short thread.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1472746451' post='3123885'] I doubt it matters what answers you gave, the results are probably just random. They just want your clicks on their pages. [/quote] My guess as well.

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' timestamp='1472720707' post='3123570'] [b]For this reason, I find your survey greatly flawed, and wonder whether it can really be considered scientifically rigorous.[/b] [/quote]

Thanks, guys! [quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1471852842' post='3116273'] Are you in the Rickenfakers facebook group? [/quote] I am now! Karl too had sent me there, and I'm trying to find out how fb groups work before asking my questions there. [quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1471978615' post='3117448'] Have a look at [url="http://www.retrovibe.co.uk/parts/pickups.html"]http://www.retrovibe...ts/pickups.html[/url] [/quote] Thanks, Skybone! That seems like incredible value. The Seymour Duncans are 150 quid a piece in Norway - slightly over budget I might add. :-) [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1472710909' post='3123434'] I had the selector switch issue with my Rockinbetter 4003s tribute. Replaced it with Switchcraft. Also jack socket replaced with Switchcraft. Personally, I find the "s" version of tributes and the real thing much easier to play fingerstyle. The Rockinbetter has a much more functional bridge than the real thing though! The contoured top is so much more forgiving on the wrist, than the binding, sharp slab top. The real 4004C11 is even easier for fingerstyle . [/quote] Thanks again, Karl! So I'll start with the switch then. Are these standard, or must I measure my own to get the right dimensions? You also taught me something else. I had no idea S versions even existed in Rockinbetter guise. Yeah, that binding is quite unforgiving, innit. Of the 16 basses I've owned, this one is the worst in that respect. Then again, you just don't go on stage and play "Siberian Khatru" on a cricket bat whilst being short and fat and bald... . Wait!

My bass was expensive. It cost me my marriage.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1472628949' post='3122665'] Lots to choose from but for me nothing beats the tones of the classic Precision, Jazz and Stingray. The ATK isn't far off the Stingray, so I would look out for used Squier Classic Vibe P and/or J basses. [/quote] There's my answer right there. This Dannybuoy boy is one helluva resourceful guy! Seriously: I've just sold 14 basses including Bongos and StingRays, and the ones the buyers were most flabbergasted with were the Classic Vibe Ps and Js as well as a Hohner B2B. I'll repeat the wise words from some others on BC: if you go for a Squier Vintage Modified, then do so after trying it out only. Some variation is reported to exist, and I have experienced it myself as well. The CV is reported to be risk free, and that's why I went for those when ordering from abroad. I'm happy I did. Awesome things.

I got Guy Pratt - probably because after just three questions I got annoyed with the quiz and left it.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1472549393' post='3121948'] I'd buy it just for the little oscilloscope. :-) [/quote] Aye. People keep reporting they expected a gimmick, but received a great tool.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1472472964' post='3121345'] I still really fancy one of these, and a Minilogue. If I manage to sell my Gretsch I might treat myself. [/quote] Good plan! The ML's a steal, don'cha think? For me it's on hold now, as I need to have the money ready for a white Odyssey desktop - should they release those. That, and I'm hoping for a Maxilogue, which would fit my use better (4 or 5 octaves and 8 voices at the very least).

[quote name='Captain Rumble' timestamp='1472500697' post='3121654'] the reassurance i was expecting to find from this thread is sadly lacking [/quote] Hm. Some people who are not you like Mark. Some people who are not you dislike Mark. Some people who are not you like Mark's employees. Some people who are not you dislike Mark's employees. It's all in this thread - both the positive and the negative - so why not just try them? There is nothing lethal going on there. All you might experience is an opinionated owner or a disinterested employee, or you might go from there with a big happy grin on your face. Also: you have a mouth.

It even has patch morphing: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_Dhzpjhbg[/media]

Korg USA published a picture on Instagram, and it contains two different desktop versions, so there probably are three. Yay! Saves me from sawing off the keyboard of mine. [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Karp%20desktops%203%20and%201_zpsjhnpjhs2.png.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/Karp%20desktops%203%20and%201_zpsjhnpjhs2.png[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='AussieBassman' timestamp='1472431131' post='3121098'] Rory! [/quote] You got no Taste! Just last week, I mentioned my love for Rory to a musically well-versed (or so I thought) guy in his late fifties, and got corrected: "You mean Noel? Or...?" Kids these days! [url="http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Rory%20stamp%200.38E_zpskkljyzdx.jpg.html"][/url] [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Noel%20Gallagher%20stamp_zpsladaydsg.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/Noel%20Gallagher%20stamp_zpsladaydsg.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Well... even more good things have come from this, you know! These days I often see young families with kids, and the parents are solely occupied with the game. Their kids then play freely on the town square and in the traffic - undisturbed by parents who'd normally spend their time beating them up!

Hehehe. Great minds not only think alike, but also simultaneously.

Yes

Also a modest, kind, unassuming and humoristic guy - - a through and through luvverly bloke. R.I.P.