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[quote name='XB26354' post='470740' date='Apr 23 2009, 02:08 PM']Fender bass V - tuned EADGC. The 5-string as we know it today has a low B and [b]Fender had nothing to do with it[/b].[/quote] Apart from producing a 5 string bass (tuned EADGC). [quote name='XB26354' post='470740' date='Apr 23 2009, 02:08 PM']The Bass 6 was tuned an octave lower than a guitar to cater for Nashville Tic Tac - not intended to play bass at all. Again the standard 6-string as it is today is tuned BEADGC and was an initial idea between Carl Thompson and Anthony Jackson. [b]These have nothing whatsoever to do with what was developed later [/b](and were both resounding flops). Just for accuracy...[/quote] Sure - no possibility whatsoever that a six string Bass VI might have any had any influence at all on the idea of a six string bass. And of course, nobody played bass lines on a Bass VI. Oh, apart from those damned annoying tic-tac basslines. [i]Edit for:[/i] Oh, he's gone. As regards the OP, I'm all up for a Dallas Tuxedo bass.

Sorry mate never heard of them...try Bassassin. He is the font of all things Jap. (Assume these are Jap?)

[quote name='XB26354' post='470192' date='Apr 22 2009, 11:25 PM']Fender didn't make a 5 (used by plenty of pros all over the world) until years after other manufacturers had thought of it, designed it and perfected it. .....This year Fender unveils their first ever 6-string - the Steve Bailey - perhaps one of the ugliest Fenders ever made.[/quote] Sorry, but just in the pursuit of accuracy... Fender Bass V - introduced 1965 Fender Bass VI - introduced 1961 Perhaps the ugliest Fenders ever made, particularly the 5, which looks like a CBS parts-bin special. But at least they were still innovating.

[quote name='Musky' post='470426' date='Apr 23 2009, 09:59 AM']Audacity will work with mp3s. I've not come across any other way of isolating the bass other than using EQ, but if anybody knows of one I'd like to hear about it as well. [/quote] Me too. Whoo - MP3's made out of stem mixes - now there's an idea...

Hey, Max, are [i]you[/i] Emily? Is it a ..er... weekend thing? Y'know, stillettos, fishnets? Good luck with the sale - nice gear, nice opening prices.

[quote name='OldGit' post='470132' date='Apr 22 2009, 10:28 PM']Brilliant idea to shift his broken bass. Attention getting or what?.[/quote] +1 I bet he's a BC-er. Has that sort of wily, bonkers cunning...

Has the world gone mad? PeteB's shifting a Big Ben for £50, and now this for BIN £55.00? Just for once, you almost feel like telling the guy to pull it and re-list. Almost.

Letchy guitard bigot morons whacked today- Ask Me How!

[quote name='steve-soar' post='468153' date='Apr 21 2009, 10:05 AM']From his telephone number, I can see that he only lives in Wallasey, which is quite close to me. I have a slight SUSPICion who this no Moscow no is. Don't mention the war. [/quote] Is it Lavrenti Beria? Olga Korbut? Leon Trotsky? I'm sorry, it's all too cryptic for me. I can't even do a junior crossword...

[quote name='AM1' post='468845' date='Apr 21 2009, 05:48 PM']Skank, am trying to PM you but it says you can't receive. Sort it out before the cake gets finished! [/quote] It's a commitment issues thing. But I don't know why I can't 'receive' messages. Probably the voices in my head...

[quote name='The Funk' post='468809' date='Apr 21 2009, 05:25 PM']I went on about experience for a reason. I didn't bring it up and only pointed it out to explain why there's such a bad reaction to some of AM's posts. When someone says something along the lines of "in my experience such and such is the case" and then to someone with much more experience "you are wrong" or "you don't know what you are talking about", they're bringing personal experience into the discussion. What would be helpful to the person with the actual query, ie. the guy who created this thread in the first place, is a little explanation of what that experience includes. How else are any of these opinions useful? chris_b, who probably has the most experience in this thread, was massively pro-Ampeg.[/quote] Sorry, absolutely not aimed specifically at you, more at the general turn of events and sense of witch-hunt. Huge respect for your posts and what you have to say.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='468781' date='Apr 21 2009, 05:01 PM']I was tempted by this but your "for sale" thread looks suspiciously like an auction to me, which I believe is frowned upon on this site?[/quote] [i](Clearly, the hypnosis failed). [/i] Absolutely not an auction, sorry if it seemed that way. First one to make an offer over £150 gets it held pending payment. Sorry, OP, Mods, will take this to PM's / sale thread if it carries on.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='468764' date='Apr 21 2009, 04:48 PM']I have a Masters Degree in Hearing and am working towards a Phd in Loud Noises.[/quote] Can you hear this? [size=1][i]Your eyes are tired. Very, very tired. You're falling asleep, a deep, deep sleep. Now, think about that lovely Vantage that Skank's selling over in Basses for sale. You'd like to buy it, wouldn't you? Now, I'm going to count to three and when you wake up, you're going to PM him an offer. 1,2,3![/i][/size]

I bow to no man in my admiration for the sound of a monstrous Behringer stack at full, eyeball-popping crank. Blows yer Ampegs, Sunns, Mesas (Burmans ) into the weeds. Not an opinion. Fact. Rooted in spiritual truth at the deepest levels of the cosmos. And I've been playing (without cease or even a toilet break) for 35 years straight, so I should know. [i](Edit for Burman abuse)[/i]

[quote name='alexclaber' post='468707' date='Apr 21 2009, 04:19 PM']1. My opinion on how to play jazz is far less weighty than Bilbo's. My opinion on how to play punk is less weighty than that of waynepunkdude's. My opinion on how to play funk is more weighty than either's but less weighty than some others. 2. At what point does an opinion become a statement of fact? And thus become true or false? 3. For a better cheap shot, check out AM1's other thread on ampage. Amazing what a guru she's become in a month.[/quote] In my opinion, opinions carry some, but not much, weight, because they're opinions. For a definitive opinion on 'facts', check out AM1's fine, and indeed, [i]weighty[/i] post on the subject elsewhere, which I can't be arsed to find. Some people are born 'Gurus' - time's not a factor in the equation.

BTW, while this thread's still pulling high ratings - check out my Matsumoku Vantage in Basses for Sale. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47088"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47088[/url] Now, back to WWF!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='468680' date='Apr 21 2009, 03:59 PM']I'm sorry but I totally disagree. If you're still at the point of asking basic tone related questions how can you justify presenting such strong opinions and arguing them to death? If I gave you advice on how to wire your house and then you found I was posting a question elsewhere like "what's the difference between radial and ring main wiring?" wouldn't you feel that my advice was unqualified?[/quote] I think AM1 has covered this. Entirely sensible and no bearing on her opinion re: Mfr signature tone [quote name='alexclaber' post='468680' date='Apr 21 2009, 03:59 PM']That isn't the case at all. It's a case of providing some perspective and weight behind all the opinions on here. Everyone's entitled to state their opinion but everyone should be open to their opinion being proved inaccurate and needing reconsideration. Despite what some may think my opinions are not fixed but those grounded in deeper understanding are less likely to change![/quote] 1. Your opinion is no more or less 'weighty' than anyone else's, however deep you may perceive your understanding to be. However I value your views on cabs and agree re variations between Ampeg Models. 2. An opinion is an opinion and cannot be proved 'inaccurate'. 3. Still a cheap shot. That's my opinion, which while not fixed, is less likely to change.

Me and AM1 in agreement. Who'd a thought it. Enjoy it while it lasts, peoples Waiting for the lock!

Dirty pool, Alex. Using someone's genuine query on another thread to diss 'em. AM1 and I have had our moments, too, and she can sometimes be ...err..."high maintenance" - but that's just uncalled for. Also - those of you who feel that posting an opinion about a [i]sound[/i] requires years of experience, that 'less experienced' posters should gracefully roll over when challenged by self-appointed experts and that moonlighting as a semi-pro cab builder entitles you to sneer at a genuine query - you know what you can do and where you can do it.