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[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1448979226' post='2919744'] Mike Wilsh was seen playing other Burns basses, so I think you're right with that, though the headstock is more like this example [url="https://reverb.com/item/1032760-baldwin-vibraslim"]https://reverb.com/i...ldwin-vibraslim[/url] [/quote] [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1448929809' post='2919409'] Burns baldwin Vibraslim? [/quote] Mike Wilsh was seen playing other Burns basses, so I think you're right with that, though the headstock is more like this example [url="https://reverb.com/item/1032760-baldwin-vibraslim"]https://reverb.com/i...ldwin-vibraslim[/url]

Ive been spending the last few days' commutes listening to Joni Mitchell's mid 70s albums, and each of the first three LPs by Steely Dan, The Stranglers and Japan respectively.

I became familiar with Roger Scruton from his championing of Quinlan Terry and other neo-classicist architects in the 1980s. Let's just say I have fundamental problems with his positions on aesthetics and politics in general.

Chromes are usually my first choice for flats, though I have just been experimenting with Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinky flats and I'm rather liking them.

I wonder if that will work with Marshall as well. I had constant problems with the knobs coming off my old 200W head.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1446551747' post='2900197'] Depends on where you're starting from, I guess. If you were considering signing up to the Market specifically to sell a £150 bass, then the flat fee for both you and Foderas Are Us seems out of kilter. But if you're already signed up with that flat fee paid, it hardly makes a difference whether you list a £5k Fodera that probably won't sell anyway, or you list 10 cheap basses that people might actually buy. Marginal cost, old boy, marginal cost. [/quote] Maybe there are people who sell 10 cheap basses a year. I'm not one of them. I certainly don't buy that many just out of curiosity to see what they play like before selling them on, nor do I operate as a small business flipping cheap basses. Quite recently I sold a VM Jazz for £180. At my current average turnover of selling one bass every 17 years and at that price point, it certainly wasn't worth my while paying a flat fee to advertise on the forum, so I put it on Gumtree. TBH, from the standpoint of basic economics, a rise in higher value basses and a dearth of cheaper instruments is exactly what I'd expect after the sellers' fee was introduced.

I'll join in if I may My 1967 Verithin, which I bought in 1988. It was the first bass I ever owned and I doubt I'll ever part with it, since it's exactly as old as I am. [attachment=204201:20151101_0020-Edit.jpg] [attachment=204202:20151101_0011.jpg] [attachment=204203:20151101_0017.jpg]

Probably that, but take your pick from the responses here, which leads to it being mostly in his fingers http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230553-the-chicbernard-edwards-sound/

From another current thread, it seems the Edifier H850s are the same headphones http://basschat.co.uk/topic/272288-phil-jones-h-850-headphones-and-edifier-h850-the-same/page__pid__2898740#entry2898740 The H10 is their 1.2m replacement cable, which might give you another option https://m.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/28p2tj/the_removable_audio_p2_cables_from_edifier_h850/

Interesting It's actually mentioned in the review of the Edifiers on Head-Fi http://www.head-fi.org/products/edifier-h850/reviews/10633 [quote]The H850 is tuned by Phil Jones of Phil Jones Pure Sound and founder of Acoustic Energy (plus a few other well-known speaker companies too). In fact, Phil Jones has been working with Edifier on several speaker products so far and even offered H850 rebadged and sold as part of Pure Sound’s line-up for bass guitarist. [/quote]

Tidy job and much improved

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1445351707' post='2890808']I discovered the difference that cables make circa 1966, when high capacitance coiled cords (telephone handset type wire) came along and very nearly took over the market. At the time I knew nothing about capacitance, or why it could cause high frequency roll-off bordering on extreme with passive pickups, but the difference in tone was obvious and undeniable. With straight cords capacitance tends to be less of an issue, but high capacitance tone killing straight cords do exist, the Monster Bass being one example.[/quote] Here's some actual testing data, that suggests there is no practical difference in the frequency response between Monster or any other cables (whatever claims they may make) [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/articles/cables.shtml"]http://www.ovnilab.c...es/cables.shtml[/url]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1445268665' post='2890083'] The list of Muppet/Seasame Street appearances is legendary[/quote] As it happens, Cleo Laine has been a guest on both the Muppets and Zingzillas (with her husband John Dankworth in his last TV appearance before he died in 2010).

Sorry to bring the thread back on-topic, but I think the guys at Wunjo bass on Denmark Street must be reading it - as I was on my way home last night I noticed that one of these basses has appeared in their shop window yesterday

I've tried them in the past and nearly bought one on several occasions (the Trib was very impressive for the money) - it's a bit like Leo's next version of my '79 MM Sabre, which I love. I suspect its biggest drawback is that it doesn't also make tea

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/246214-ibanez-sr-kaoss/

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444930819' post='2887477'] Surely this affects tuning?.... [/quote] I'd think it would make it difficult to get right

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1444925330' post='2887429'] Can't see a string groove holding at that tension. As previously suggested it looks like it's been wrapped around. [/quote] I agree

[quote name='Macker5' timestamp='1444667196' post='2884925'] Although........that serial number on the headstock does not appear in the Fender link in post #2! Is that a serial number on the back of the neck? [/quote] I'm no expert, but having trawled a few Fender serial number sites, S plus 7 digits doesn't appear to match [i]any[/i] Fender factory's serial number format. S plus 6 digits was in use in Japan 1994 to 1995 and 2004 to 2005, but that's about as close as it gets.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1444768601' post='2885905'] They did a lot of LDS in the 60s [/quote] Part of the free speech movement at Berkeley, no doubt.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1444490416' post='2883653']I use one of the neutric switching jacks, that way you just don't have to think about it, it is automatically muted.[/quote] I'd not heard of those before. Neat, but Neutrik say they don't work with active instruments, which would rule them out for most of my basses.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1444407318' post='2883065'] I use a volume pedal on the B3, its much easier to use when playing than the volume on the bass [/quote] Ditto. Makes for some nice fades on quiet passages of songs where you may want to lose the percussive attack phase of plucking a note and just roll it in smoothly. [quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1444463299' post='2883374']I used to use the Fender volume pedal in conjunction with delays and reverbs to create some awesome swell effects but that's all I used it for. For muting between songs I just used the control on the bass.[/quote] A separate volume pedal is also handy to eliminate cable plugging noises if you're switching basses between songs. Saves a trip to the mute button on my amp.

[quote name='LemonCello' timestamp='1444229496' post='2881364'] Fenders are Think Fender and think Strat/Tele and Precision/Jazz. Think Gibson and think Les Paul.............??? you get my point. Someone above will cane me for that but it's true[/quote] Well, if we are talking about guitars, there is the small matter of the SG, 330 and 335 that Gibson also make. Michael J Fox wasn't playing a Strat or a Les Paul in BTTF. I reckon the Flying V must be pretty high up there in the iconicity chart, too.

A. Only one, but before he does, he will replace the stock filament, glass and bayonet connector to achieve a better tone of light. A. Five to argue over which kind of lightbulb keeps glowing longest after you switch it off.