FinnDave

I remain unconvinced. Applying arguments applicable to acoustic instruments when discussing instruments whose sound is produced by purely electronic amplifiction (as opposed to micing up an acoustic instrument) is a red herring. This is, of course, my personal opinion, based on 40 years of playing (almost exclusively Fender or Fender copy) electric basses. I know plenty of other experienced musicians who hold the same opinion, but in the end, if we are happy with the sound we get, what does it matter? Good wood often looks nice, and that influences our playing as well.

I used Trace gear happily back in the early 80s, but yesterday we were second on as part of a local festival and was expected to used a TE head and cab which had sounded so weak during the first set, I was glad I had bought my own rig...which was then in use by the next lot on as well.

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1401088964' post='2459811'] I guess my play on the word "hit" was lost then The thread title said something completely different to me. [/quote] Some of us were in the same key as you, most didn't spot the change though.

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1401061888' post='2459740'] You say it varies geographically, but I think you have generalised there a tad. [/quote] Ah, a perfect example of grabbing the wrong end of the stick and proceeding to beat about the bush with it!

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1401056793' post='2459702'] I believe the cost of a hit varies with the geographical location and the intended target. As low as £100 in South America perhaps, but into tens of thousands for a European capital dweller. [/quote] I suspect the influx of suitably skilled eastern Europeans is driving down the cost in Europe

All the wood has to do is remain stable and keeps the important parts in the right places. I don't believe it makes any difference to the sound at all, Strings, pick ups, bridge and technique do, though.

Ashdown have a very quick turnaround n servicing, I'd get them to check it over. My evo II has no hiss, valve drive in or out.

IF they make bass guitars, then surely the only possible way of pronouncing it is 'Fen-Der'.

I agree about the lost hour, but as we were getting the time in compensation for work done by a band member, it is difficult to argue the point. We got the tracks done we had planned to do, plus one more, so not complaining, just thought it worth a mention. Having used the studio's gear before, I had expected it work as well as it had last time.

Came across an interesting little problem yesterday. I was with my band recording a few songs to update our demo material and for some reason it took a long time to get a bass sound the engineer was happy with. I started out with the Fender Bassman valve head and 412 cab that I used at the same studio last year, but despite using the same Fender Jazz I had with me last time, the sound was weak, muffled and slightly distorted. I had my own gear in the car, so we changed the battered 412 for my Barefaced Super Twin, The sound improved, but there was still some unwanted distortion. Next we brought in my Ashdown ABM 500 and (reluctantly) replaced the Bassman. Very little improvement. I changed the Jazz for my Precision. Still distorting, and some odd clicking sounds as the notes decayed. Same clicking sounds when we swapped back to the Bassman, and with both amps when i used the Jazz again. By now, we had used up an hour or more of precious studio time just getting the bass right. Finally we simply decided to use my amp, my cab and my speaker lead, and suddenly the sound was fine. Quick check revealed that the culprit was the studio's speaker lead. The final bass sound was a mix of miked up Ashdown/Barefaced and DI from the amp to desk. We still managed to record five songs without overrunning!

We played our northernmost gig so far last night, Cropredy just north of Banbury. Great crowd including a bunch of my mates from the Harley Riders Club. Our first gig since dropping the slide guitarist recently, made for a much clearer sound and allowed Jenny to used her voice to better effect rather than just struggling to be heard.

I still having trouble getting my head around this. If you paid £100 incl postage, then you really paid, say, £80 plus postage, so when you move it on at £100 incl postage, you are simply paying the postage you saved in the first place. You're going to have to pay one of the costs of postage unless you do collect only. Personally, I've bought and sold a few things through BC and the only thing I had posted was a strap, everything else has been collected. When I collect I am out of pocket for the petrol when people collect from me, they are. That's life.

I must be missing something here. If you paid £100 including postage, then you didn't pay postage on top of the price, so what's the problem with re-advertising at £100 incl. postage? Sure the new buyer pays the postage then, as you did when you bought it.

Surely if you bought the item for £100 plus postage, there is no problem in re-advertising it at £100 plus postage?

If someone persistently misses rehearsals, I'd throw them out and find someone able to commit the time required.

I'm right handed and play a right handed bass, and am sure that my right hand has to do more work than my left does.

Swapped a Jazz for a Precision in the car park of a service station somewhere on the M6, didn't take the bass out of the car until that evening's gig in Swindon, tuned it and played two sets on it. I did take my other Jazz to the gig 'just in case'.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1398698238' post='2436687'] Five years in Banbury convinced me (perhaps erroneously) that there was a musical desert stretching along the M40 corridor from London to Birmingham. [/quote] Probably explains why we were offered a gig in Cropredy next Saturday unheard and unseen. Thought they must be desperate!

My Super Twin is #001, I am told they used the dimensions supplied by the owner of #002 to make my cover, but the handles were in the wrong place. They told me that they had updated the cutting files from the dimensions I supplied to get mine corrected. All very strange, but my cover has been fine since I got it and they were very quick to correct the mistake.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1398249993' post='2432012'] Mapp-leh, surely? [/quote] You may well be right, I prefer rosewood anyway (that's pronounced rose-ay, like the wine)

Our new sofas have wenge feet. I kept correcting the sales woman who called then 'when-gee' feet as it should obviously rhyme with stonehenge (or at least the second syllable of stonehenge). In the end she agreed, after all, the customer is always right I expect there is someone out there who has a bass with a 'mapple' neck, though!

We only play for free if it is a legitimate charity gig, otherwise you are just undermining other musicians.

I thought all their stuff was cut from computer files...I wonder if you got one that had been sent back and the marks are related to that...I sent one back, it had a placeholder strap as well, and the side handle cutouts were an inch too low.

In which case they definitely have the right dimensions for a super twin, the cover on mine downstairs is proof of that!

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1396868238' post='2418076'] Plus you really want the handle to be directly above the centre of gravity, which is not necessarily the same as the physical centre. [/quote] True, I often carry the cab by one side handle (as it is so light) and it balances fine