prowla

I don't associate him with playing a Stingray.

3 hours ago, Homatron said:

How does anyone acquire so many old bits and incomplete instruments? And does anyone buy these things? A strat neck plate for £1000, for example. I'm no expert, but that's a lot of money for a tiny piece of steel with 4 holes in it. 

It's clickbait - the person posts junk to get folks attention.

1 hour ago, lemmywinks said:

 

Yeah our old German firewood peddler.

I could smell it a mile away! 🙂

6 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

Knew who the seller was before clicking on that!

Not even bothering to click - guessing it's Cologne?

What a shame - I missed it! 🙂

Some interesting clunkers there!

14 minutes ago, Jackroadkill said:

 

I'm running a 4ohm 2x15, so I think that should be sufficient!

Nah - you need a second one! 🙂

A bigger cab?

2 hours ago, AMV001 said:

Remasters don't affect the levels of the instruments or vocals of the original. You need a remix for that. Having said that, adjusting the EQ and compression levels, which is pretty much what a remaster is, can enhance some elements slightly which can have an affect on how they sit within the audio spectrum. Its very subtle though and very subjective and usually defined with very nebulous phrases i.e "a little more air around the cymbals" or "slightly more authority in the attack" or similar.

Check out the Steve Hoffman audio forums for further examples- and there are thousands- of audiophile nonsense.

Apologies - I previously conflated them as "remasters/remixes", but missed the 2nd part in my statement. 🙂

But yes, it would take a remix to, as you say.

I think remasters give an opportunity to use better equipment to create the final product, maybe with less effects & adjustments in the (ahem) mix to get in the way of what comes out of the speakers.

I've also picked up a few HD-audio tracks; they can be a (ahem) mixed bag too.

FYI, I'm just in the process of auditioning a cable to connect my pre-amp to my power-amp; it's quite interesting.

I'm not sure at what point someone changes from being an audiophile to being an audiophool, but if you can hear it then it doesn't matter whether someone else can't (or won't).

(I'm a member of the Steve Hoffman forums.)

I do wish the Black Sabbath remasters had taken Ozzy a bit back in the mix and brought Bill Ward up a bit; all the recordings I've heard have the mix a bit wrong.

7 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

 

IME this is the issue. The lack of control most bands would have had over how their first album sounded cannot be overstated. What the band intended and what the record company paid for are very different things. 

 

Well, some bands first/earlier recordings are their best, before the "engineers" and "producers" started dicking around.

Led Zep 1, Black Sabbath 1, Deep Purple (3rd).

I've got some good remasters & remixes and some not so good.

The Beatles Giles Martin ones are really good (though you can tell that Macca was involved and Ringo wasn't!).

Steve Wilson does some good stuff, but sometimes he's hampered by whether the originals are available to work from (a couple of albums are missing bits).

Rush ones can be variable - one of the albums was deliberately recorded to sound good on cheap radios and the information simply isn't there to get back.

I think some of the remixes/remasters were done by people who've lost the upper ranges of their hearing, because they can be like sandpaper on the ears.

It's all very much a mixed bag.

2 hours ago, Russ said:

Yep. They've been acquired by Ruf Guitars from Poland, but, from what I understand, they're going to keep manufacturing in the UK. 

 

Ruf might be a good candidate to get involved with Status too, since Ruf's thing is carbon fibre guitars. They currently don't have a bass range, so....¯\_(ツ)_/¯  

I thought they were moving the manufacturing?

31 minutes ago, eubassix said:

Reported to ebay (ages ago) but it's still there. Not sure how it differs from using 'Fender', 'Gibson' etc. incorrectly. Ironically it's now the first thing that comes up on a search for 'Pedulla Basses'. I was initially intrigued to discover how 'Kay' had made a copy of Mike P's MVP bass(es), apparently before he'd even produced them himself. But assume seller is just referring to the body/headstock design ... although they're not that similar really.

I've come to the conclusion that eBay don't give a monkeys about counterfeits and, after arguing with them, being told by their "AI" that there's nothing wrong with obvious fakes, escalating, speaking to people, and so-on, I've lost faith in their service.

The fact that they then started adding on a "buyer assurance" (or whatever they call their buyers fees) premium gives me no confidence that an issue with an item would be successfully resolved; either (a) their conclusions would be via the same system as their handling of counterfeit reports and yield the same results, or (b) they've downgraded that to deliberately create a premium "service".

I've pretty much stopped using eBay.

12 minutes ago, Freddi375 said:

I'm not rolling in it haha 😅. The wife has a car and I occasionally use that, but cannot use it frequent enough for gigs.

I've got a 4-door saloon (the back seats fold down, so I can fit quite a lot in there), a toy car (2 seater with enough space for an overnight bag but that's about it), and tend to have scruffy cheapo (a spare if needed, for jobs to the tip, etc.).

1 hour ago, Freddi375 said:

I did that for 30 years. 

 

But with age and wanting to enjoy driving, that comes in the form of a 2 seater soft top 😄. And certainly cheaper to find a speaker to fit the boot, than upgrade/upsize the car.

Why have only one car?

£822.72 or Best Offer

unlikely...

Casually dropping in the F-word.

These are a really good piece of kit.

1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Although technically I think you need one more to make two pairs!

They're two pairs with an intersection of one.

1 hour ago, police squad said:

is that an HW or real one?

They look good in this colour

It's a real one.

My Jetglo says hi.

Bunged a few quid - hope it works out!

37 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

A 15 year old Merc C350. The Saga quote would seem to be for an Aston though. About twice the next highest quote. 

It is turning into a bit of a saga.

31 minutes ago, jay bass said:

Does anyone know of a suitable hard case for this bass

i dont want to use a full size bass case, i have a decent gig bag but would prefer a hard case

thanks 

Regards

jay

A gun case might be suitable - there are some large plastic rectangular box with a handle type ones.