NancyJohnson

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1468691428' post='3092725'] Who said anything about a truss rod tweak and fret dress. [/quote] No one, but the inference was that my gut feeling was just preempting the 'have you adjusted the neck' style question. I'm back in the UK now, so am pursuing this.

I bloody loved minidisc. I suppose at the end of the day it was just a read/write disc system, but it just worked so well. I had a full sized Sony deck...lovely thing.

I've got three 1" Ampex reels of demos I did years ago. I think they're 16 track. Could be more. No idea what's on them, they never got finished. P

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1468687523' post='3092701'] Not knowing anything about DAT, why did you choose to use it instead of VHS. I assume from what I have read, it is video. Was it a much better quality, and was it rare to use? No reason for asking, other than I have never heard of it, and obviously, as it is tape, I will never have cause to use it. [/quote] Just to throw something else in (and to confuse things further!) ADAT recorders used S-VHS tapes for multitracking. Unsure of the specifics, but one ADAT machine could record 6 or 8 tracks, you just added more machines to add more tracks. The machines wrote some kind of time coding to the S-VHS cassette so you linked up the machines, popped your tapes in and hit the sync button and the audio lined up. Clever really.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1468659334' post='3092409'] John Entwistle's Frankenstein bass sold for ahem £62,400 when auctioned at Sotheby's, see http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/the-john-entwistle-collection-w03875/lot.168.html Change the placing of the thumbrest and it looks a lot like my £70 Slammer. See the whole lot at http://www.sothebys.com/en/search-results.html?keyword=entwistle+bass [/quote] I just had a quick scan down of the stuff that sold. Ok, granted it was a few years ago, but there does seem to be a few biggish ticket items selling for fairly reasonable prices.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1468326507' post='3090126'] Yup, Fender bought them to bolster their own range of bass amps, but SWR were lagging behind the curve at that point, so although they made great amps, the technology wasn't up to date enough. They absorbed all the tech and ended up shutting SWR down. [/quote] If the 'technology wasn't up to date' quote holds water, it's amazing as the core Fender business is based on around ten guitars, the designs of which are now 55-60 years old AND they're also producing instruments that look this age as part of their range.

I'd concur with the comments about the desire to own SWR gear, but for me it was always too expensive* And as for Fender subsuming the brand and ultimately killing it off, well that just hurts even more. They did the same with Hamer. *[Edit] Christ on a bike. I used to own a 4x10 Workingman...I'd completely forgotten about it. It weighed a ton.

Currently using a 4U rack with a Korg DTR tuner (1U), a Sansamp RBI (1U) and a Matrix GT1000FX stereo power amp (2U). I couldn't be any happier to be honest. It's a very flexible set up. Generally, I just run the poweramp in parallel (single input, parallel output - one or two channels mono), but it'll also run in bridged mono (1000w/one input, one output - generally daisychaining two cabinets to achieve 4ohms) and stereo/AB (twin channel input/output). Occasionally, I'll use a board which outputs to two channels (whumpy and dirty) and run this into separate channels/cabs. Just one other thing, the Matrix weighs a bit over 4KG, so it's a backsaver!

The frets are going up and down like speed bumps in some places - it's a 1978 model, so it's had a bit of a journey. I suspect it's a little past a simple truss rod tweak and a fret-dress. P

Anyone know anyone...based near Reading. It's my old Aria Primary. I guess it would probably be cheaper to buy a new neck.

I might have a look around and see whether there's any 0% deals about. I'd like/need to try one first.

I see that Mark Hoppus is using them now too.

I'd say from the outset that while I have basses made by a handful of manufacturers, I would qualify myself as [i]not [/i]being a fan of Fender basses; I had a Precision for way too long, a brief dalliance with a Geddy Lee jazz and still own a short scale Badtz Maru Bronco/Mustang thing, but in general, I'm not a fan. That said, last night I clapped eyes on an American Jaguar bass; I didn't actually touch the thing and it was just on a stand, but I'm kind of smitten. Dang it was lovely. I'm really not on the market for another bass and certainly not one with a £1.3K price tag, but oh, man, hubba bubba.

I have a board with a few drive pedals (Sansamp BDDI/VTBdi/GT2, plus a Boss ODB3). My marmite stuff: EHX Black Finger Compressor (distinctly underwhelmed, couldn't hear any difference whatever I did) EBS Octabass (didn't really track fast enough and wasn't happy with any of my five strings)

I'd concur about the font. Horrible! I'd also go with a darker background colour.

Jeepers...I had a listen. Really, really not for me. Best I can describe is you know when youre a bit stressed and you get a dull ache in your chest? Listening to it was a bit like that. I was just willing it to get going. It was actually making me feel anxious.

A guy I played with for a while bought a left-handed Crimson guitar (actual photo below). While the total price was unspecified, it was inferred that it cost a horrific amount of money...he mentioned he could have "bought two or three Les Pauls for the price", so go figure. There were issues with the build, Crimson liquidated mid-build and then restarted, eventually finishing and delivering the instrument. I jammed with the owner a few times and he used the guitar for a couple of songs, it certainly didn't have any wow factor. It disappeared and I never saw it again. I found out a while later that the guitar sold on eBay for about 20% what he paid for it. Yikes.

[quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1467221475' post='3082080'] Bought a used Limelight jazz for £700, spent a bit on a few things for it and sold for £550. I thought I got a good deal when I bought it (well I did!). The market can be very strange sometimes can't it! [/quote] I could see this happening a mile off with the Limelight stuff to be honest, not because I don't like what they're doing (because I think they look decent enough). It's difficult to quantify and I don't want to upset anyone; I'd love to believe that their basses are lovingly crafted with due care and attention (like the Bravewood stuff), but I just get the feeling that this isn't the case. If it's the latter, it's potentially a tremendous mark up for bolting together some instruments in a Dr Frankenstein manner.

I read about this in Bass Player...I keep forgetting to add them on Spotify. All done. That's my drive home sorted!

I think in 30-odd years of playing, while there's been much cooing over gear, I've had perhaps less than five comments about tone, ability etc; it doesn't particularly bother me as I'd doing this for myself more than anyone else. I don't really qualify myself as being an outstanding player or this fantastic showman - I do what I do, I'm well-rehearsed and know what's required. I don't really ache for recognition in any respect as a musician, although as I've always done the bulk of the songwriting in virtually every band I've played in, a little nod from someone saying, 'Oh, I really liked the song that goes...' is by far the better compliment. [b]Sorry, just editing here. [/b] A couple of weeks ago Bill Carter (Screaming Blue Messiahs) was at a gig we were doing. He did say I was a good player and asked if I lived close to him (for whatever that meant, but the answer was 'no'), which was nice.

Been giving some thought to upgrading my DAW; currently using the now unsupported Adobe Audition 3.0. It's been fine but I'm just getting to the point where I find it a bit limiting...stuff it won't do out of the box, although I've formulated the odd workaround to achieve what I want it to do. A little reluctant to go the free-DAW route, just wondered whether anyone is using FL Studio Producer Edition. It seems reasonably priced (£120-ish, with free lifetime updates). I'm generally recording on my own, sometimes with either the guitarist or singer. Preference for looped Beta Monkey .WAV live drums (no clue how to do MIDI drums!). PC is an old, but well specced Dell machine, Windows 10. Cheers