Maude

Digging In The Dirt - Peter Gabriel

The Camera Never Lies - Bucks Fizz

No I hadn't actually bid. I meant I was about to press the 'confirm bid' button but I couldn't justify it. Glad I didn't now as I would've outbid you. Glad you've grabbed a bargain. 🙂👍

I had entered a bid I was comfortable with and was having that inner struggle whether to hit confirm. A mix of 'I don't need it', 'I've ordered a Jack Casady' and 'I think Reggaebass is after this' stopped me. Someone's got a bargain.

The 1024 on ebay has just ended at £304 with only two bids. I was hovering over the 'confirm bid' button but chickened out.

Age Of Consent - New Order

Don't Go - Yazoo

Can You Dig It - The Mock Turtles

Pit Crew or Bigamy For Beginners

I was tempted to buy a case in readiness but I've a nagging doubt I won't be seeing mine. I don't know why, and hopefully I'll be wrong.

I did, so I bought a Pelham Blue Jack Casady. I can't tell you what it's like as it's a special deal where you give them your money and they might send you one in around six months or so, or maybe not, who knows.

Deeper Underground - Jamie Rockway.

The Funeral Party - The Cure

Some Candy Talking - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Nightboat To Cairo - Madness Paaaarp paaaaaaarp. 😁

Yes, I don't think he listens to anything other than GD, and if you're seriously into them I don't think you'd ever need to given their, frankly huge, backcatalogue. I've given them a shot but it's not exactly my thing, and quite daunting to even know where to start.

Tunnel Of Love - Dire Straits

Hanging Around - The Stranglers

What sort of reasoned, common sense is this? It just won't do. 😉 😄

Cut Up - Neds Atomic Dustbin

Falling To Pieces - Faith No More

We Come 1 - Faithless

It's nice of you to put it so politely. 😘 Is density not related to hardness and stiffness? Surely it can be said the more dense the wood fibres are packed together, the stiffer and harder the wood becomes. Whatever way you want to pull apart statements, I meant that a harder/stiffer/denser(whatever) wood will absorb fewer frequencies. Sometimes I wonder if you're TimR in disguise.

Because the hollow body has substantially less density than a solid body so absorbs more frequencies as it resonates in sympathy with certain frequencies. Typically higher frequencies are the easiest to absorb so will dissappear the quickest resulting in the darker tone associated with hollow bodies. Think of it like trying to soundproof a room. The higher frequencies are the easiest to remove with the lower frequencies persisting.

Wood will have an effect on tone, but compared to other factors it's all but negligible. Rather than species I'd rather just go with density causing the effect. I reckon two basses made from two wood species with all but identical densities will sound closer to each other than two basses of the same species but one being made from a far less dense sample than the other. The denser the wood, the fewer frequencies it will absorb. But, I also feel we may as well start considering the merits of playing bass on days with low barometric air pressure as the less dense air will allow the strings to vibrate more freely with less damping effect. Rediculous? Maybe. But in a band mix in the real world only slightly less rediculous than worrying about wood species. I don't like the word 'Tonewood' as it implies some mystical wood for a better tone, where after research (yes I am that sad) it merely means any wood that is used to build a guitar. Yes plywood is a tonewood if it's used for guitar building, and it is, so it is.