Lfalex v1.1

45,65,80,100 and then either a 125/tw or 130 depending what works best on the bass in question. Requires experimentation, though..

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1356431266' post='1910125'] Add the Nissan X-Trail to your list (the post 08 cars have a bigger boot with the seats still upright). I can get all of my gear and some of the PA in the boot without dropping seats and 'if' you are unfortunate enough to get caught out in snow/mud etc. you have the selectable 4x4. 40mpg and nice to drive... what's not to like? [/quote] The ride in the back is vomit- inducingly choppy. So is the Qashqai's. Think the engineers forgot they weren't working on GTRs. Back on topic, do you need to carry more than just one other person besides yourself when carrying 3 cased bases and said combo? As others have said, you can get that in anything more commodious than a Caterham if you're prepared to fold your rear seats down. I've got a bass, head, 2x10, drummer and decent-sized kit in a mk1 Punto. It only becomes an issue if you've got other band members/gear and PA/lights to regularly transport. Then it's time to look at crew-cabbed "band vans" SUVs and Utes will only unnecessarily hammer your fuel economy, and will only be of benefit if the conditions are evil AND you have appropriate tyres fitted. Then you'll be wanting a Land Rover with a snorkel kit and a decent winch and land-anchor. Luxury vehicles are fine, but they are just that. If you want one, that's fine, too, but they're no better for gear lugging than other options (see jacqueslemac's excellent Berlingo photos!)

Feedback? Yeah. Change the name Dean! Sounds like a brand of contraceptives!

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1356434730' post='1910174'] waitrose shopping bag [/quote] Thank god I'm not the only one who uses a carrier bag....

Perhaps not. Maybe they're designed that way to reduce the field drag on less massive strings? Or perhaps to compensate for the fact that the human ear is more sensitive to higher frequencies? How did you come to the conclusion that the magnets are weaker / with what did you measure the field strength? Just curious...

A supercalifragilisticexpialidocious bass. They don't exist, either. (Don't tell the kids...)

Yes. Father-in- law bought me a Fender Jazz poster. It's SO big that there's nowhere to put it. It's A0, perhaps bigger. Wife not amused.

Quadruple post! Is that a record!? WTF?

Got the time - Joe Jackson (Graham Maby) Wait for History - Deconstruction (Eric Avery) Jump into the Fire - Harry Nillson (Don't know if it was Herbie Flowers or Klaus Voorman!) This is the picture (excellent birds) - Peter Gabriel (Larry Fast?) As said by others, it'll be all change tomorrow!

Got the time - Joe Jackson (Graham Maby) Wait for History - Deconstruction (Eric Avery) Jump into the Fire - Harry Nillson (Don't know if it was Herbie Flowers or Klaus Voorman!) This is the picture (excellent birds) - Peter Gabriel (Larry Fast?) As said by others, it'll be all change tomorrow!

I guess I'm lucky, then. I have a (good) selection of both active and passive basses, some expensive, and some not. Don't forget that the "Active" epithet covers a multitude of sins, such as: Active pick-ups Low impedance outputs/ buffer circuits And 1,2,3,4 band EQ circuits, quasi/semi/fully parametric and filter systems, with or without active/passive switching, extra passive tone controls and so on and so forth, running 9,18,27 or even 36 volts. And that's before you turn the fretboard LEDs on ( ) It's too simplistic to dismiss a bass depending on whether it uses batteries or not. If it sounds good, It IS good. My favourites? The all-out immediacy and attack of my (passive) Yamaha Attitude, and the amazing, singing tone of my (active) Vigier. And in the middle? My (Active) Warwick Fortress MM5 with its excessive EQs (yes, 2x2 band) and mildly compressed tone due to lack of headroom from the 9v system when you "give it some".

Mec twinjazz. Covered blade polepieces, so no alignment issues. Essentially two j pickups in one housing. Worked fine in the Warwick fortress masterman basses...

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1352683024' post='1866192'] That sounds wrong to me - sure the dealer isn't just tryin to flog you a new case (whilst also selling the original Fender case to someone else)? [/quote] I got my MIA s1 for £650 (yeah, a while back) by picking it up in one of my old Hiscox. Not a bad idea IMO.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1356109201' post='1907042'] In: None Out: None [/quote] Yup. Me too.

[quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1356077503' post='1906433'] I've heard our guitarists play bass.... I'd prefer the end of the world! [/quote] This.

Very funny. I did try it out. And, although it still works, I doubt I'd buy another Status. Things have not gone well with that bass, and I have neither the time, fuel money, inclination or funds to undo them. That, and it's missing a string. Though I doubt it'd do well as a fiver, seeing as the 4 seems to lack bottom end clout. Most expensive bass I buy? On paper the best. In reality, sitting in a cupboard. Unloved and unsaleable/untradable. Even I f*** up sometimes.

Any and ALL Christmas songs are either a cynical attempt to cash-in, or a cynical attempt to raise the profile of the contributing artist (in the case of charity singles) If the artists were that convinced of their songs' validity, they'd put them on their mainstream albums. Consider also that whilst they MAY have been written during the Christmas period, I bet they're not recorded at Christmas... I can just see a load of disingenuous muso types trying to be festive in a sweaty studio in the middle of summer...

^ The strap or the single-cut? (or both?)

Every Body's Stupid [sic]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1355766402' post='1902467'] The problem I have found with zero frets is that they very quickly developed serious wear , with grooves rapidly developing in the zero fret where it is under constant pressure... [/quote] My Vigier is 17 years old, and its zero fret shows no real signs of wear at all. Perhaps because they use [i]hardened[/i] zero frets? (As do some other manufacturers)

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1355751351' post='1902142'] I have never cared about this stuff. Whatever benefits there are of a nut made of unicorn horn will be completely eliminated if the drummer leaves his snare on (which he invariably does) or anyone in the venue speaks (which they invariably do). [/quote] So a brass nut [i]might[/i] be of use on a bass in a recording studio, then?

This has never happened to me. Because I knew before I bought any given bass that it was good. Because I tried it before I bought it. You wouldn't buy a car without test driving it. Don't buy a bass without playing it first. BTW, the Kingbass doesn't hang right on me, no matter what I do. Even Dawn agreed. I bought a Streamline instead. And it rarely gets played because i) it has one string too few, and ii) no matter how good it is, it's just bland-sounding.

[quote name='tonybassplayer' timestamp='1355157671' post='1894761'] Very disappointed !! Thought it was going to be a thread about drills !! [/quote] Yeah, me too. It doesn't auger well, does it.... Ow! Who threw that?

And now I think about it, I'd rather bore them with bass than bore Bass Chat with my day job!

Not another one! RIP Sir Patrick