Black Coffee

Hold out for what you want. It's like an itch that needs scratched. I had a thumb BO four string and it was a bargain of a lifetime. Liquidation sale £800 brand new. Didn't like the playing position and felt I was always reaching awkwardly for the F on the e string too much and didn't get on with it. Lovely and sounds great just not for me. Play one before you shell out on one. I didn't make money on it, I just got rid of it real quick on the sticky tree to fund another opportunity on a stingray HSS fiver.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1403132533' post='2480199'] OK well for starters Java is not Javascript. Java runs as compiled code and can be used to develop semi-standalone applications (you still need a Java Virtual Machine [JVM] to run it, although JVMs are now commonplace), whereas Javascript is a scripting language which requires an interpreter (an interpreter is a much simpler bit of kit). Traditionally only web browsers have contained Javascript interpreters although it's now being used server-side using technologies such as Node.js That probably made no sense. In short: For example Minecraft is a Java application and can run on any platform that has a Java Virtual Machine (Linux, Windows, Mac OS, even Lego potentially), Java is touted as a 'write once, run anywhere' programming language, although it's known in the trade as 'write once, crash everywhere'. Javascript is, traditionally, what makes magic happen in your web browser, although these days it's so common it's not thought of as magic any more. When you submit a form and it highlights a field you haven't filled in correctly, that's Javascript. When you do anything at all in GMail in your browser, when you click 'Like' on a Facebook post, when you upload something to Soundcloud, when you ask for 'More stories' on Google News, when you click any of the text formatting buttons when writing a forum post on Basschat, and indeed when you click the 'Post' button, Javascript does that for you. Basically if you click something on a web page and something happens without the entire page reloading, that's thanks to Javascript. HTTP is a stateless protocol, and web pages cannot do anything once they have rendered. They rely on Javascript to do anything that needs to happen in between page requests. You'll have noticed that lots of stuff tends to happen these days that doesn't involve loading a whole new web page. Chrome is much faster at doing that than Firefox is. And while I recognise that, I won't hear a bad word said about Firefox, because it led the charge in taking the web back from Microsoft. Internet Explorer was always every developer's worst nightmare, and every time a user switched from IE to Firefox was a huge victory for the future of the web. They might be lagging behind now, but Chrome and Safari owe a lot to Firefox. [/quote] Thanks. Makes a bit more sense now. So Java is literally the enabler for faster web action.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1403129276' post='2480168'] Looks like I'm still here, and I haven't even had a message from the mods. *mops brow* So... Browsers: I'm a software developer currently working on a web-based client for a catalogue management system, and I can say with some authority that Chrome is now a much better browser than Firefox. Firefox is still a very good browser, but Webkit-based browsers are faster and have better Javascript engines (much more important now than it used to be). Firefox still has great levels of standards-compliance so it's thankfully easy to develop for, but it's being left behind in performance to Chrome and Safari. As for Internet Exploder, it's a lot quicker than it used to be but even supporting IE8 (the last version available in XP) is painful, it's such a bad browser. The sooner every rational person stops using IE, the better, for everybody. (c) 1982 Sinclair Research Ltd. [/quote] Pardon my ignorance but could you explain the bit about WebKit based browsers and java in laypersons terms so that the uneducated IT morons like me can understand. Pity me, I owned a ZX spectrum 1982 Sinclair research etc.... Cheers

Do the Mike Lull headstocks not all look too small for the basses they are attached to....?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1402675708' post='2475917'] I feared as much! So if I'm to add a fiver to my arsenal it's going to have to be a Dingwall. Ah well, so long as I know... enjoy your new baby! [/quote] Careful . . . Once you pop you cant stop. One is not enough.

Dingwall is a beautiful beast. enjoy. I loved the three I had.

Do I remember correctly that he used a Musicman stingray to record another one bites the dust ? Not that it matters that much, it's just that he is remembered usually more as a P player.

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1402586029' post='2475051'] When I used to manage guitar shops I offered worried customers a 'fake' reciept to show the wife (along with the proper one). The fake one would state that the guitar only cost whatever the customer asked me to state. Worked well with international customs too [/quote] That's a good plan but still carries risk of a black eye. The best way is a brass neck and tell her the truth, it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. After the buy event obviously.

Do the people who get upset actually realise that folk are actually entitled to a different opinion ? I'm sure nobody actually intends to cause offence to anybody. Let's be honest, I'm a bald, middle aged guy who has certain views on certain things. I am entitled to have my opinion on subjects, I'm also interested in other peoples opinions. In the middle of it all it's an opportunity to learn as I see it, as you may hear something you didn't know before. Can't resist winding though once someone starts to bite, it's my nature.

Can't even have a conversation with anyone, never mind sing. I find I can drum and have a short chat, but not with bass. Total respect to these who can.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1402307836' post='2471827'] [size=4][/size] So do you guys think it is funny like I do or do you think it should be all regimented and serious would love to hear your views on this [/quote] Internet forums and text communication in thread posts and emails are vastly different to face to face and even telephone communication. IMHO. Facial expression and even tone of voice can add words and meaning to language and communication that text alone can't do. I spend a lot of my working day communicating by email and it was a steep learning curve because some people didnt understand that "ok" as a reply from me to a request to do something actually meant " yes no problem I will do it quick as I can". Some think I'm being short or disrespectful and that I should have said "yes, no problem, with cherries and fresh cream on top". This is a simple example but when you have people who are just toooooo serious with themselves or are just simply constantly looking for something to be offended by, the laws instituted by govt encourages them to complain. The stupid country I live in for example I am discouraged from even having photos of my kids on my desk in work for example in case I offend someone who can't have kids. Roars my head but that's life. Mods on here do a good job, sadly it's needed.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1402176563' post='2470819'] How well you know yourself! [/quote] Sad isn't it...slave to bass materialism.

I've downsize plans to one custom order from ACG which will be here soon. Can't be annoyed anymore with GAS and associated spiralling costs of frivolous bass hopping. It's the way to go for me, order what I like about basses in the finish and woods I like and be done with it. Get so familiar with one bass that you can play it in your sleep, and enjoy it. I've never been needing to be very capable at fretless although I can play it so I don't that extra fretless. I don't wana have another just in case bass as that will lead to secondary GAS symptoms. I also know this is a lot of rubbish, my resolve will weaken and I will likely cave in and feel bad about it.

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1401890853' post='2467908'] Well now I wonder which came first, was it distressed finish jeans or distressed basses? I'll have that Fender P in a stonewash please... [/quote] Or distressed bassists , at the rising costs of a new Warwick it'll be mortgage needed for one soon.