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Wintergatan are a talented young nerdygeeky band from South-West Sweden. On their YT channel they have lots of vids about the design and construction of the machine. BTW, their introductory vid from 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBK2AF-NdVA

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1457087269' post='2995111'] No. [/quote]

Ball bearings, yes, but presented as marbles in the vid. those illitirite Swedes and Nowaygians Have you got the ball bearings though? Eh?

This Wintergatan vid may have been posted earlier, but just in case: ("So, what tone marbles are best for metal?") [url="https://www.facebook.com/Whoatastic/videos/506514559532059/"]https://www.facebook...06514559532059/[/url] Edit: long version with live playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1456796334' post='2992380'] What software could do something this [/quote] On Gearslutz, a recent thread mentioned Csound, PD and Paulstretch. Sadly, I know nothing about these, as my days were 40 years ago, but you could investigate those. Good luck!

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1456768660' post='2992065'] ( btw does anyone know if this was actually true or not? Depends on the definition of 'popular' I suppose?). [/quote] The way I remember it, he said it as an impromptu joke, but still based on factual numbers. Those numbers could be sales numbers, like Bible sales vs. Beatles sales, but I don't remember that detail. I'd guess it's exactly that though.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1456767387' post='2992051'] Doesn't do anything when I click on it now! [/quote] Ah! When I click DIRECT, it still says "Copied!" in the link box. I think you might just be the victim of the new rules that are being applied right now. Reportedly, PhotoBucket now wants you to pay before being allowed to link to your library from other sites. That possible?

I've always clicked the IMG link, and that has always worked. Here's an attempt at using the DIRECT link: [url="http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/Whats%20this%20again_zpswpswwyb2.png"]http://i1170.photobu...zpswpswwyb2.png[/url] Edit: that didn't work for me either. BTW, if anyone knows what that picture is, then please tell me. I wonder about that. I'm convinced it's not Modesty Blaise, but who knows.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1456702776' post='2991653'] Hmm... Y'know, some days, I have my doubts... [/quote] Hey! Treat Bill with some respect!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1456492488' post='2989579'] 'Actor' = unemployed. [/quote] This is exactly the kind of rubbish that's ruining BC these last few decades. Everybody knows that demimondaine street courtesans of the night are not unemployed!

Wow, this is still inspiring, awe-inspiring and frightening, and I love it. I'll have to go to Wiktionary now, and find out about "purfling", "routing", "binding" and "guitar". Thanks again for keeping us updated.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1456409641' post='2988713'] A Jazz Blues fix. [/quote]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1456396232' post='2988493'] You have come in twelve bars late. [/quote] You mean he's playing:[color=#ffffff] .. [/color]I - - - I - - - IV - - - I - - - V - IV - I - V - when he should've played:[color=#ffffff] ...[/color] I - - - I - - - IV - - - I - - - V - IV - I - V - ? [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1456396849' post='2988499'] Which would never had happened if you had been looking at YOUR music stand. [/quote]

Every single detail that is recognisable from the terrible pictures makes it seem real, and this also goes for the case. Not one fake I've seen has even looked close to this. They usually get it wrong on the shapes, materials and placement of bridge, pickguard, battery cover (if present at all), print on headstock, plus plus... ...and I've never seen a fake MM in a case that looked exactly like an MM case. If this is fake, then it's fake in the way that some parts have been exchanged, but my personal eye does not spot any such part. Maybe another eye is better. You could always ask some BC person from Liverpool to go with you. Personally, I'd be more wary of who this is and where he wants to meet you than of the Ray itself. Just another reason to take someone with you. What I'd start doing was asking seller for the serial number and ask about that number on the EBMM forum. Membership and log-in first, or ask me to do it for you. There's also a chance you can just find that number in that thread, as someone else may have asked about it earlier. The thread's here: [url="http://forums.ernieball.com/ernie-ball-music-man-basses/1254-music-man-serial-number-database.html"]http://forums.ernieb...r-database.html[/url] Good luck!

It looks sped up to me. That does not mean the drummer is trying to fool anyone. There's a plethora of perfectly alright possible explanations that keep him in the clear. BTW, I know they can play this fast, have no reason to distrust them, and just thought the uploader was a fanboi or someone trying to pull some legs.

...but ....but... that first vid [b]is[/b] sped up! Now, I know that I might be wrong about this, but I'm still convinced it really is. Just look at the movements in their garments, as well as some unnatural movements in their arms and fingers. I realise it might be my connection or certain YT artefacts, but I'm not aware having seen the same in other vids. Combining this notion with the IMHO strange sound ideals in the production, leads me to think that it might sound a lot better at slightly slower speed.

"Better hang up your bass. Bass is simply not for you. You're too much of an intelligent, well-educated, calm, friendly and modest guy. You'd be better off in a central, but still serving role, supporting the song and letting others shine..."

This is the lesbian porn of music. Two for the price of one, and you're spared from having to watch singers and guitards. I love it.

I concur with xgsjx's report on HP laptops. We had three expensive ones, and as far as laptops go, they all were the biggest letdowns we've owned. Strangely though, my mom's ultra cheap Compaq (which is an HP) just works beautifully, is silent. IME, the laptops that have given most and demanded the least have been Asus ones. They also had and have a smart cooling system that tends to not clog and is silent. However, my newest £750 Asus (w.2.7 GHz i5, which may be too low for DAW, Idunno) is more noisy and has an annoying pitch. I'll have to open it and go through its innards. One aspect I feel may be important to the OP is how often and how long the laptop must work off the battery. I'm told that fast processors that also use little energy are budgetbreakingly expensive. This may be corrected by someone else, but I found it worth mentioning. Apart from RAM amount and a fast processor, I've found that using SSD instead of an harddisk has had a major impact on perceived speed, but I do not know whether it would have any impact in a typical use of a DAW. The DAW might be able to keep everything in RAM without swapping. Worth investigating though, I think.

You're Manbass, imposter!

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1455901610' post='2983520'] And the man above is an imposter and shouldn't be trusted - with a bass or a tractor [/quote] Bah! Just give me a few months, and I'll have a [b]fantastic[/b] comeback to this. You shall tremble! Disregards, Chris

Agreed. One can simply not remember it all, and one can feel a certain closeness to certain songs, and erroneously think the closeness is from having played on it. I don't believe at all that she does this deliberately. Me, I'm on probably 4 to 6 songs on a certain recording, and [b]nobody[/b] knows who played exactly what. Even listening carefully to style, we could not find it out at all. Again and again it was a case of: "this could be A or B, but thinking about it, C also plays like this sometimes".

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1455895009' post='2983412'] Our drummer is always latency! [/quote] Best sig I've read in a long time, right up there with the "derogatory first" one.

You're welcome, Wiggy. Don't mention it. Slightly embarrassed, Chris

Several years after having had many sales ads (both private and for my firm) on a Norse website, I still get contacted about them. IME, there's a clear division as to who the prospective buyers are: - Some didn't have the money for one certain item at the time, and they desperately started saving, praying to the gods the item would't get sold in the mean time. Some of them offer a higher price if I'm willing to set it aside for them and wait. - Some are only interested in buying extremely cheap stuff from desperate people, and they always start contacting you two weeks after the ad was removed, only asking if there's any stuff left that has not been sold - not asking about one specific product from that ad. After that, they'll follow up with ultra short e-mails once every few months - sometimes for years. To me this only means one has to decide on the course of action beforehand, and stick to that plan. Know your market and its dynamics, and be reasonable in your expectations. This takes time. But yeah, I too have had offers twice the asking price after I'd already made a deal with someone else. They'd go "Can't you just phone him saying the deal is off? Or that you found a fingerprint? I'll pay you twice that! I'll be there in fifteen minutes!". The deal however is sacred. They should've phoned earlier.