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[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1415275211' post='2598621'] It was the bit where Mitch Benn was acknowledging that slap bass isn't everybody's cuppa -- so our 'mention' was one quote from an 'isn't-slap-terrible' thread somewhere on the site, opining that "the only things that should be slapped are politicians and newborn babies' arses". So now the Radio 4 audience knows that we are miserable negative gits too [/quote] lol well I enjoy a good slap myself. It's not in iPlayer yet so will have a listen again later.

[quote name='Jigster' timestamp='1415274504' post='2598599'] Yay! Basschat just got a mention!! [/quote] Did we? I missed that. What did they say, good things I hope?

[b] [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04n62k3/microsite"]Spank the Plank[/url][/b] [color=#999999][font=sans-serif][size=1] Mitch Benn investigates the history of slap bass and even tries to learn the technique.[/size][/font][/color]

Currently a chat with Mark King...

Looks like a great time was had by all and my thanks of course to everyone involved. I know how much time and effort it takes to organise one of these and I say it every year - meets like this really help bind together the community. Sorry I couldn't make it this year but if it's any consolation at all, I did have a haircut today. Cheers ped

I e always loved my original FX25 but as others have said it's a one trick pony. It also reacts very differently to different instruments so when I had several basses it sounded great with the active Vigier but quite thin and subtle on my Marleaux. The main reason I like it is that when the signal going into the pedal pushes the unit it makes a nice squelch rather than some filters like the Q-tron that tend to whistle. The resale on them is good so I'd say buy one and try it. If you don't like it you can sell it again. I'm on my mobile so can't see your full profile but if you're in or near York you're welcome to borrow mine. Cheers Edit: ah just noticed the dates

Excellent! I used to have a V4 and it was the best sounding amp I've ever had, I think. Certainly up there with the Mesa 400+ /1516BE cab. [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/pedullaman/media/P130208_174701.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/P130208_174701.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I had new valves in mine - it came with some Ruby KT88s so I phoned Watford Valves and I'm 99% sure I got a matched set of these: http://www.watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=1081 Looking forward to seeing how you get on! Cheers ped

Enter [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247569-scratch-it-competition-win-a-scratchplate-of-your-design/page__fromsearch__1"]this competition[/url] to win a custom scratchplate of your own design courtesy of our friend Tim at Scratch-it! Cheers ped

I can get our embroiderer to do hats, but it would take a minimum order to get the ball rolling. I'll speak to him and confirm prices etc - in the meantime, how about a show of hands of those who would like one? Cheers ped

P.S you're lucky - what a good reason to buy a custom bass!

[quote name='mcarp555' timestamp='1397582954' post='2425415'] No, I wouldn't say that about cars, since so much of the roadway is set up to accommodate one side or the other; so that's not a comparable analogy. My point is that even if more is involved in making LH instruments, [i]that's an inherent part of the business of making instruments.[/i] The last time I looked, it's not the "Gibson Right-handed Guitar Corp." or "Fender - We make guitars for 96% of the available market!" As I've stated, it should be easy enough to pad the cost of right-handed instruments by a small amount to more than make up the difference in production costs required to make LH instruments. It should be a no-brainer - "Hmm, I"m going to start my own guitar/bass company. That means I'll have to make right and left-handed instruments in some ratio. But if I want to [u]sell[/u] guitars, [b]that's what I have to do[/b]." The idea that they don't [i]have[/i] to make LH instruments is due more to inertia than anything else. "We never had to before, so we're not going to now". Once we didn't have to have handicapped ramps and parking spaces, or parental leave for men, or equal pay for women. Now we do. And guess what - that can be expensive. But the costs can be absorbed or made up in other ways. Why did those things change? Because it was discrimination, and it was fueled by inertia "We never had handicapped parking before". But that didn't make it right. Now I'm not comparing the needs of handicapped people or underpaid women, etc. in the same way as buying a bass. But the basic principles are exactly the same. We as left-handed players are discriminated against, not because of economic malarkey, but simply because we can be, and most of the people who make the instruments don't care and don't want to change. How many people bother to write to a guitar company and say, "Hey, just to let you know, I'm not buying any of your stuff because the two LH models you make are crap, and you can't be bothered to make more. So kiss my money goodbye!". What would happen if 1,000 people did that? 10,000? If enough people wanted it and made their feelings known, the 'economic' reasons would vanish like so much smoke and mirrors. So you'll forgive me if I don't go for the same old soap story. There are certainly more choices available to us today than in decades past. And in the future there will be even more. Not because Hofner & Gibson are 'nice guys', but because they finally woke up to the real economic reasons to do the correct thing. But we may have to complain until we're blue in the face, then complain some more. [/quote] My analogy is OK as you can drive a RH or LH car anywhere - and even if you couldn't, that's the same as a RH player not being able to play a LH bass, and vice versa. I'd love a RH drive DS, but most good examples are LH. I'm going to write a letter as soon as I'm done here! Your analogy RE handicapped parking is worse! Charging RH customers more to satisfy a minority of LH players wouldn't be a good strategy for a business. However cold that sounds - it's not economical. Or fair to RH players. I'm afraid you ARE being 'discriminated' against because of 'economic malarkey'. It's just that simple. Sorry. Like I said, however - plenty of more 'hands on' builders won't charge extra for LH models, because they don't need to re-tool to make them in anything like the volume or speed or mechanised way as some of the larger companies. Question - if you owned a company that made 100 basses a month which were sold to music chains and sales were pretty good, kicking along nicely, would you put six months profits into tooling up to make a LH bass, and sell five a month? I wouldn't. Although my numbers are made up, apparently the principle is the same for the big names.

It's true. You'd have to set up a lot of things differently to make a left handed bass in a production line that makes RH instruments. It's less difficult for a smaller volume maker as things aren't so automated. No BS about it - just a cost that for most, is dead money. If BC was a factory and we had to pay for each forum's activity, which I suppose we kind of do via bandwidth and so on, it wouldn't be economical to have a LH forum, for example, if it only ever contained about 1% of the total population but cost us 5% of the budget to run. However, some companies, like Warwick, believe it's worth the 'loss' to gain customers and a following. Companies like Hofner, Gibson etc - it's a nice idea to think they're in it for fun and because they love making instruments, but they're in it to make profit and that's it. Call it discrimination if you like, but you could say that about anything - LH or RH drive cars, for example. ped

Hi Stance The 'my content' list isn't always indexing properly at the moment (we're fixing it at the moment) but currently if you post a 'bump' on your thread it'll add your listing to your my content area after a few mins. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/233782-roland-jp-8080-virtual-analog-synthesizer-with-manual-and-original-box/page__p__2414760#entry2414760 The new version of the software gets rid of this problem, it's all to do with the search index.. In the meantime, sorry and good luck with the same! ped

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1394192635' post='2388933'] Grolsch bottle washers on all my basses. never had a problem. Like this bloke: And this one [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFgFFNXahcg[/media] [/quote] Both sponsored by Grolsch

These are my fave. They're more pleasing than the Schaller type and they feel safer, to me anyway. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dmi&field-keywords=marvel%20straplocks

I had a lovely day and was able to meet up with a bunch of friends and I also met a few new ones. Did anyone else notice nearly everyone had a Basschat lanyard on I also met Patrice Vigier... what a lovely man! I showed him a picture of my 80's bass and he seemed genuinely chuffed that I've looked after it so well. [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/pedullaman/media/IMG_5342_zps7f0fb0a3.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/IMG_5342_zps7f0fb0a3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I also think the vibe was really different this year. As Mark at Bass Direct agreed, it's 'matured' and the show felt really inviting and friendly. Here's to next year.. [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/pedullaman/media/IMG_5343_zps59514162.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/IMG_5343_zps59514162.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Yes we're installing the new version of the software next month so I think it'll fix some of these niggles. Then you can use your enter key as much as you like. Cheers ped

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1392660931' post='2371258'] Had the create a thread function checked for a subscription first, it would be preferable. This i think would be a better way of doing things otherwise it's just a mess as my thread is now in the ether which just makes the admin job harder. [/quote] It does. It identified that you haven't paid the £20 yearly fee so it asked you to pay, and gave you the option of a one off £7 payment instead if you prefer to list just one item. Cheers

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1392661011' post='2371260'] No thank you. I have the pictures, you can just delete the post. I cannot spare £7 to bet that I might get a sale. I also don't like uploading credit card details to websites (and i don't use paypal), so being invited to do so is not helpful to me. [/quote] Again, no problem. Cheers ped

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1392660201' post='2371245'] That's fine if you are a profesional seller where it might be profitable. It would even be fine to be charged on a succesful sale. I can't justify this to just list one item with no guaratnee at all of a sale. [/quote] No problem, ped

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1392655641' post='2371136'] I have tried listing something for sale and everytime I click to Post the message I just get directed to a page asking for donations. I don't want to make a donation, why is this happening? Are you saying that only people that pay you can advertise? If so why not make this clear before i take time creating and advert and uploading images? I can't even see if the advert has correctly uploaded because, again, i get this link. [/quote] I can recover the text and images from your previous posts to save you re-uploading them if you like, just Pm me. Cheers