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its 16.5mm - they all are. and not adjustable outwards. The only one with 14mm is the GVB36

A large part of it is fitted with that. It makes sense, I never really saw a preamp as a big sales difference, it costs a couple of quid at most to make one for a manufacturer.

That is the way of quite a lot of those large shops that have been profitable for decades, a vulture firm comes in, buys the business with a future debt based on the profitability of the business, runs the shop but having to service the debt of buying it, and takes the rest out of profit making themselves a lot, then winds it up owing millions and the people who always worked there get nothing. See BHS etc.

Well, if its rates were £15M a year, and it had sales of £280M a year, taking out £30M in 3 years (ie, £10M a year), doesn't sound that excessive, it is less than the rates. Obviously don't know what the full story is there but on the surface it doesn't seem excessive compared to a lot of those sort of businesses.

Literally that is because the pros aren't popular. The pros are that a lot of people will die, which might make the damage to the planet lessen over time, and maybe give another species a try. We are overpopulated and technically it is fair to say that maybe a lot of people dying out could be a good thing. Its just people don't want to be those people dying. Although as you said it is a side track, if it was that simple, ie, things getting warmer, then it would not be so bad, but its not, injecting heat doesn't just make it warmer, it makes it more energetic, ie, more major storms more often, stronger winds, changes of sea and air currents, melting of ice, rising of sea levels etc. The UK certainly wouldn't do well out of it as we are warmer then our latitude would normally permit because of sea and air currents, which will change, so it could end up much colder in winter and much hotter in summer. And also we are not far out of the sea. As for sizes, if it gets hotter in India, all of a sudden 1.4 billion people don't have access to food. Likewise a few billion in China and a lot of central US, where all their food is grown. How do you think that is going to work out for the people who do have food?

Yeh, thats why I don't worry about stabbing people in the street here. Compared to the amount of people murdered in China and the US, its just a drop in the ocean.

That is on a Mac you can combine N hardware devices to make an aggregate device. It doesn't have to be just two. However, you can also use them as individual devices if you want, if they did different things.

I had one of those too, I didn't really like the quirky looks. It was comfortable to hold but the neck was too big for me. The sound however was perfect in the mix, I got compliments on the sound (actually the same as i get from the thunderbird) but sadly I really couldn't get on with the neck so it had to go. Also like you, I got more than I paid so it was about the only bass that has paid me back!

There was a Ric on bass players market round the corner from me for £850 the other day, but it had really been beaten up a lot. I briefly thought about it, decided against it.

I assume some do. Hard to know really. Yes, but if there were no cheaper ones would anyone make the jump? They seem to be doing alright compared to some, so I guess they know. And I assume there aren't people writing to them asking for a P/J or they would probably make one. Certainly not something I would be bothered about (and I have a P/J Maruszczyk).

I only buy CDs, but I rip them as soon as I get them and put the CD in a box, for when then next thing is out.

It is a shame really as a lot of the tracks I like on favourite albums would not be the instantly accessible ones, they would be the ones that grew on you after listening to the album, the ones that you only really listened to because they were there and you were playing them in order. Although I now listen to my entire collection on shuffle so I do hear some of the odd tracks, I do occasionally listen to an album from start to finish.

The advantage that gives to someone like Yamaha, ibanez etc is that you can “join the party” cheaply. Then when you want to spend more you know what you want. My most expensive ibanez is the same price as ric, but I was already in the club, I know what I was getting, just more of the same

In a way I think HMV and the like dying impacts on music. Most of the ‘different’ groups I got when younger were ones near stuff I was getting with interesting album covers. I suppose that is broken now in that I can just go and listen to it, in a way I couldn’t before and put myself off easier.

The strange thing to me is that rics are most iconic with punk (the basses, not the guitars, they are much more jangly hippy 60s stuff), whereas cost wise, they are the least punk thing going. Obviously Mr Hall prices them however he wants, and although he is a complete c*ck, I do sort of admire the idea of a company that is sustainable, that doesn't want to grow like fender and gibson, and just to maintain the same size and 'high quality' <cough> <cough>, but I do think though that the people who are buying them now, for whom the Ric bass is an icon were influenced by the groups of their youth playing rics. If they are too expensive for the young groups now to be playing, in 20-30 years time, why would you pick one up?

Well, they are worth something at the moment, the stores are still open, I went in one today. I will be sad to see them go, it is another one of the big shops in our town that will become a vacant lot

Of course it can. But the point is that two of those people in that list are people who are normally connected to another bass brand.

Had a great Christmas eve gig - was an afternoon gig for £300, but got given £400 in the end as it went so well. New years we are at the same place in the afternoon, that bit will go well but the evening is a place that we havent' really ever had much luck with, I hope it goes ok! But no, the only cancellation was one from just before christmas because the pub closed down so it is hard to be that annoyed about that, compared to the people who worked there losing their jobs. But as said up there, if I wan't gigging on new years there is no way I would be outside on new years, its full of drunk idiots and that isn't anything like my idea of fun.

As I mentioned earlier that most people known for playing them are known more for playing other things, so lemmy, yes, but Macca? Hofner. Phil Lynot? Mirror pick-guard P Bass.

Agreed. But I only really play 5 strings, and even if I did play a 4, they have gone into a price bracket that is way out of what I could justify for a bass like that. If those weren't true, I would have one.

Are there? If I look at people I know from playing Rics, with the exception of Chris Squire, who mostly played the same ric and wasn't that complimentary about the others, and Lemmy, who just had the one sound, most of them also played other basses as well.

A few years ago there were not many bassists around, and if you looked on JMB there were loads of people looking for bass. However, now it seems the other way and there seem a shortage of guitarists. I have no idea why, there were always about 10 guitarists to every bass player.

Oh its one I bought on here a few months ago that noone seemed to know the model of, possibly a Q5 Pro 5 string. I like the sound and the look but the string spacing is not right for me in a way I am not sure why.

You need timing to go widdly-widdly-widdly-wheee AT THE RIGHT TIME!