Happy Jack

Can't they fit those reversing sensors that go "beep! beep! beep!" when you get too close?

Absolutely+1. Love the look and style of the bass, love the alignment of the body shape and the high register frets, but that headstock totally sucks (man) and the appalling tuners are the rancid icing on the cake. Opportunity missed. Which is actually a huge relief. With the right headstock, I would have had no choice but to buy it.

A month ago I nearly sold my van to a bandmate, but he decided it was too big. Three days later we had a sharp cold snap and the temperature dropped to minus three overnight. Next morning the brakes failed completely and without warning. Turned out the alloy brake lines were all corroded, but they worked fine until the cold made them brittle, then they all snapped the first time I braked. I dread to think how it would have looked if I had sold that van to a good friend, especially if he wasn't driving slowly when the brakes failed. With old vans (mine is 2005) this sort of sh*t goes with the territory, and unlucky coincidences do happen. Sell it for spares and walk away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35794208/two-injured-after-iron-maiden-plane-gets-damaged-in-chile

Get yourself to Acton and you can come with us.

Is that Peak or Continuous RMS?

Did Whitesnake use Barefaced cabs then?

Do the stripes contain Hexaclorophene?

[i]Apropos [/i]of nothing at all, I lost one of the feet from the base of my Compact last week, just before a gig. I don't like wobbly feet and I didn't have a spare handy, so I took off the other three. Worked just fine. Almost as if the feet are not actually essential. Now ... what were we talking about again?

Free band name, help yourself. You're welcome.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1457460444' post='2998831'] I'm 66 and 1/2 - what the heck does OFPFmean? [/quote] But 66 and 1/2 won't do. Oh no ... wait a minute ... http://youtu.be/yhX4liVtuCc

Apparently it's "[color=#6F6F6F][i]one of the most sought after of all vintage Japanese bass guitars[/i]."[/color] So who was soughting after it? Was it you Jon?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35752857

[quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1457431193' post='2998372'] ... and cannot hear you rubbing your fingers together next to his ears. [/quote] I hesitate to ask.

Buy him a copy of [i][b]Crash Course For Bass[/b][/i] by Stuart Clayton. It's all he'll need. Seriously.

No! No!! And thrice No!!! That is just horrible. Sorry Mike.

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Like the gloves? A pair of Scott Devine's finest ...

My T5 in 3TS is simply lush. From the day I bought it (roughly a year ago) it's been my first-choice bass, and that's against some stiff competition. Neck dive? Some. Far less than a Gibson or Epiphone but it is there. On the other hand I always use Comfort Strapps and the neoprene is fairly grippy. A more noticeable issue is tuning the D string where the tuner is a helluva stretch (the G is underneath). My T4 experience actually comes from my PT4 so it's Precision shaped, but the same pickups. And by God are they good. Build quality is superb. I simply can't find anything to whinge about on either bass.

[quote name='howdenspur' timestamp='1457215926' post='2996529'] Never was a thread more aptly named. [/quote] Nonsense! That bass is never Bleugh. It might be Eughrange, or maybe Greughn, but never Bleugh.

This is particularly good advice, especially regarding the Pyracantha and Berberis. Plants like this take years to become really fearsome so it's not a quick fix, but it IS a very cheap fix, it's organic and looks good, and with every passing year it becomes more of a deterrent. Not recommended with toddlers and young children, mind.

Yes, but a lighter bass has more lift.

After 10 years of obsessing about the weight of basses, I have established beyond any shadow of a doubt that heavy basses weigh more than light basses. Weight has nothing to do with quality and [[i]lights blue touchpaper[/i]] precious little to do with tone. It follows that it always makes sense to buy the lightest bass that also sounds good to your ears.