Woodinblack

You would need an early night to get up early for the hair

True, I guess they are trying not to reduce the oportunities for the SY1000, which does (as well as the GR stuff)

A link to any of that would be good, I have never heard him play anything that to me sounding like anything I would consider musical. Not a question of who is better. I have heard several things by him and to me I hear nothing musical. That is obviously (due to the amount of people who do like him) what is musical to him (or you) is not the same to me. There are certainly lots of things I don't like which I can accept as musical, so I am not sure it is a taste thing. I have only really heard that and his stuff with david sylvian (although I don't listen to most of those tracks). I fully agree with Dads response there. Clearly not. If that is his most accessible stuff, then there isn't a condition I could get into where I will view any what he produces musical. Obviously, doesn't mean he isn't, or that it is invalid, or someone else can't like it but it is just not something I can actually listen to.

Or as it is known, Derek Bailey at his best.

Amazing what drugs you can get isn't it?

I am literally not a Core customer because of that reason. Anything with fewer buttons than is not really that useful.

Honestly I only had to adjust a truss rod once before I was on here. The only bass i ever had to adjust more than once was a Jazz.

Why? What advantage would they have? I mean, certainly the modern digial ones, but noone likes anything that wasn't made before the 90s, so that doesn't help. The circuit of all those effects is well known, copies of them are commonly available, I can't see any advantage boss would have in emulating those circuits over Line-6.

Not sure what you mean there? Boss's effects that everyone grew up with are analogue circuits, so there is no reason that Boss would be able to emulate them any better than Line 6 would. I don't think the issue is whether the system is better or not, I think it comes down to what is there. There are a lot of HX Stomps out there, so a lot of people get used to them. Something doesn't win because it is a bit better, unless it is a leap better than what was there. Momentum is an important thing. As is cost.

Not if you play by the bridge and the bolts dig into your hand when you are playing.

I always viewed yes lyrics as just another instrument, like a series of vocalisations. Yep. Heard a french busker singing Zombie in a subway in montreal once, it was fascinating. She obviously didn't speak english or even have any idea what the words were, but she had reduced the song to basically a series of sylabels, so she was doing the chorus as 'ee-or-ed'. Worked fine, I still sing it like that. Not a Yes album though, just a solo album. And I am not convinced there were actually goblins, although there probably should have been!

Interesting thing if you are a stomp user, but as an HXFX user, it doesn't have enough buttons! And obviously 'blocks' is a totally arbitrary thing, just a proprietary way of dividing your processing time up. Especially when it comes to DSP, a lot of guitar effects are increadably simple.

I prefer laminates just from the look, but I thought that the idea was strength, stability (different woods expand at different rates) and sustain (or lack of dead spots, a composite wood doesn't have one fixed frequency like a single piece of wood does). I would say as a 'not about tonewoods' sort of person, my theories about that were blown out of the water by the SR2605 compared to the SR1605. Same layout, same pickups, same electronics, completely different sound. The only thing that is different between them (if you ignore that the 2605 is heavy laquer and the 1605 is matte), is that their neck composition is very different. the 2605 certainly has a lot more sustain than the 1605. Maybe its down to the OMFG number of laminations?

I no longer have mine, because turns out I am no good with fretless, but it was a fantastic bass, really nicely made and solid with a great versatile sound. I agree about the comments of the colours, it is a good colour and nicely finished but options are always good.

I prefer Geddy Lees lines, although I find CSs lines much easier to play and have probably played them more. Probably because playing CS stuff is more 'obvious' as he plays what I would play anyway, so it seems more natural, where GL doesn't. Maybe because I have played them more/younger.

I did before posting but only because I did a search of the internet. I didn't realise before that there was a use of C64 that wasn't related to 80s home computer. I wasn't aware of it, even though I guess I must have briefly played one (that Chris Squire had just played). To be fair, you have to be very specific with google and put in 'c64 rickenbacker' to get to it, certainly not C64, not even C64 bass!

No, its certainly a Ric. However, I am not sure why having a commodore 64 is going to help with the listening experience?

I had an epi explorer, great guitar. Never broke a string on it, but mine was nicely set up. And I got decent strings. The guitarist is always saying how expensive strings are and how it is ok for me as basses don't ever have to change strings. I swear I change strings more often then him

I don't mean unknown (although obviously they are), I mean of the people that know them I suspect that more people dislike them than like them.

I always thought that the multiple laminate neck was there specifically to eliminate resonances and temperature effects, whereas the P neck being a solid chunk of tree had one pure resonance. I have never noticed a dead spot on a P, but only really had one I played (which had a stripe on the back). However, I have always seen reports of dead spots on certain areas, so it seems unlikely it is nothing (whether you get it or notice it yourself). I would also assume the 'never change my strings and have half a pound of cheese under the block' brigade would never notice it anyway.

I wouldn't have thought so. In fact I would think that is the default position. When it comes down to it I would imagine the majority of people don't like Yes. Certainly when I was at school and just after when I really liked them, most people I knew didn't.

I have changed bridges in basses and guitars before but if there was a sound difference it was because the bridge was broken in the first place! i have always changed one for ease of use, adjustment, better comfort, aesthetics etc, never sound

There is a thing with certain modern prog groups where there will be key or time changes for no apparent reason and it feels like they are just "trying to be prog". You never get that with the earlier groups as they weren't trying to be anything

Oh this is a 4 piece drums/bass/guitar/sax. 3 Vocals and sax primarily go through the PA, with guitar (although that is often dwarfed by the directional amp the guitarist uses, and as he doesn't use an IEM and points the amp at his feet he is always complaining it is too quiet). Me/drummer use IEM. singer is getting into the hang of iem, so often starts with it, but normally loses it at some point and needs the audience interaction. Sometimes the bass drum in some places. I don't put the bass through the PA, mainly because the PA wouldn't handle it. This is pubs / small clubs / occasional outdoor.

I think there is enough out there to listen to that it is pointless trying to like something. I love old prog, yes, Genesis, always loved rush. And modern prog. And Taylor Swift.