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What did they sound like after 20 years ?

I never even felt safe in Anaheim which is where Disneyland is .

[quote name='Josh' timestamp='1398285945' post='2432603'] Having been a fair few times over the last couple of years I can safely say L.A. is very overrated and quite a nasty place when you really look at it. It's cool to do the sunset strip once to have a look in all of the guitar shops but thats about it. There's one major downtown strip with the Hard Rock Cafe and where they film the Letterman show and that's about it. Be careful where you do wander off though, it really is a dangerous place. One place I highly recommend if you enjoy astronomy is the Griffith Observatory which is on the hills around L.A. It's absolutely stunning at night. San Diego is nicer but a bit scarce of things to do other than it's main strip of shops and restaurants. San Diego Zoo is pretty awesome though if you fancy it. If you can I'd say go to San Francisco, now that place is somewhere very worth going [/quote] I totally agree with San Francisco, I really loved that place. Monterey is great too, brilliant jazz festival every September which is what I was there for. There's a bass store in San Diego .

I was there for about 3 days 10 years ago, I didn't like it, found it very scary. Don't go east. The place is huge, something like 80 miles by 40 miles, downtown LA is about 20 miles inland.

No good for me, I'm scared of the dark and spiders.

I always thought it kind of rhymed with dinghy but with an 'e', so it's wengy.

Checkout the vintage tubes here. I don't usually like this sort of thing, but this blew me away. I liked the Markbass one, then Steve switches in the Darkglass vintage tubes, and the difference is amazing. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJe08UZP__g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJe08UZP__g [/url]

[quote name='Shedua511' timestamp='1398103034' post='2430518'] At the moment I'm not looking to sell, but I will keep it in mind. If I can offer some advice, I wouldn't worry about the lack of the metal bridge: unless you intend to tune it differently, you'll be fine. After all, 5ths/4ths tuning is the standard (pretty much all instructional material is in that tuning) and light gauge strings + Stickup are the Stick sound we all refer too. To be perfectly honest, I use medium gauge on my main Stick and I tune it one whole tone lower, but the Tony Levin/Bob Culbertson/Nick Beggs sound is light gauge, standard tuning, Stickup. What you really need is an adjustable truss rod, that would be a deal breaker for me. Very low action and straight neck are essential. It an be retrofit on old ironwood and polycarbonate Sticks, but hen you would have to ship it to Emmett and back... a modern Stick would probably cost about the same. Make sure you also check out the new Railboard, model: it's cheaper that wooden and graphite Sticks and is really nice. Emmett himself only plays a Railboard nowadays. If you need some advice on a specific instrument, feel free to PM me. [/quote] That's very kind, thanks .

[quote name='Shedua511' timestamp='1398086979' post='2430247'] Angel, I would love it if you could put some photos of the SIM mod up. I've been playing the Stick since 1990, though lately it isn't getting ugh playtime: hopefully that will change soon, with a new musical project on the horizon! In the years, I've put together quite a collection... I also have an old ironwood, but it was on holiday when I took the photo! Here they are for the Stick-o-philes Graphite 36" grand, shedua grand, purpleheart grand 1/4 fretless, bubinga 10, polycarbonate 10 and polycarbonate Grid (MIDI only) [/quote] Wow, what a great collection. Don't suppose you want to part with one ? I'm looking for one at the moment. How do the different models compare ? I've been offered 3 different ones so far, one is a very modern one, but slightly out of my price range. The other 2 are a lot older, and don't have the metal bridge arrangement.

I found the TC 2x12 I tried a few years ago sounded 'plasticy' for want of a better word.

Something being better than something else is totally a matter or perspective. I like MB because it's pretty much flat sounding.

My brother does car body work, he uses a sticky cloth to remove dust from things. [url="http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_758163_langId_-1_categoryId_165614"]http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_758163_langId_-1_categoryId_165614[/url] I know this because he sprayed a P bass body for me last year.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1397950105' post='2429014'] Hmm. What makes you assume that they didn't have the book or didn't actually post it to you? How about it getting lost in the post and they refunded you without question? I've had a few issues over the years with online purchases but have never had to argue to get a refund. My feeling is that online retailers jump through hoops to ensure customers feel safe to buy online, even at the occasional cost to them of 'bad' customers. A friend just bought a new Gibson six-string. He'd been wanting to for a while but couldn't get to try out his shortlisted models at the same time in one shop, so he bought all three from Thomann. They arrived the following day, he spent a few days playing with all of them, finally made his choice and sent the other two back. Because it was only a matter of days, his credit card was refunded before the monthly payment became due so he didn't even need to pay out more than the one he finally bought - and it was significantly cheaper than he'd seen in any of the local shops. Who could ask for more? Frankly, I don't know why anyone buys stuff in shops any more. It's a hassle to get into town, a hassle to park when you get there (and often expensive), the sales assistants can be surly and unhelpful (as so many here have recounted), you don't really get enough time to really get a feel for whatever you're hoping to buy and if you make a purchase mistake it's at the discretion of the shop whether to exchange the product or give a refund - which is generally only a credit note anyway. In contrast, buying online means no travel hassle, no parking costs, no grumpy assistants and a week or so to use the item in the comfort of your own home and be totally sure it's right for you - and if it's not then you are legally guaranteed a full refund. I realise this is tough news for the retail industry but what are we supposed to do, reverse progress? Times change - if they didn't, we wouldn't even be playing electric basses would we? [/quote] If they didn't have it why advertise it, and then email me to say it had been posted ? It just seemed odd that they'd refund me no questions asked, I merely enquired if it had definitely been sent, also you can tick on the ebay enquiry thing whether you still want it, I did and ticked yes.

It's just retailers nowadays. I ordered a book from a seller on ebay. I had an email saying they'd posted it, so I waited, and waited, and waited. Then I emailed them to ask where it was, only to receive an immediate refund from them. OK, so it was good they refunded me, but why advertise the book in the first place, and why email me to say they'd posted it, if they hadn't ?