chris_b

If you are in the DR business, short of being hit by a comet, there are no excuses or reasons why something didn't work! Especially when what happened was predictable. Assuming we are hearing accurate reports, bad design/procedures/human error are the same in the Talkbass incident. The water sprinkler system activated? What? In a computer room???

You answered your own question. . . . you have a great rig, but you're bored.

They probably are (that's why I'd expect the second release of instruments to be OK) but maybe selling the basses with the problem wasn't the smartest move.

They built a wall to protect the plant because earthquakes and tsunamis have occurred before. It wasn't an unusual problem, so being "fair" doesn't come into it. Someone did their job very badly. The incompetent decision to site the backup generators in the path of the disaster they were supposed to be protecting from, caused deaths which will be going forwards many years, the poisoning of a lot of land around the plant and now contaminated water is draining into the sea. All because of a culture that can't say "no" to management!!

I'm not so sure about that. He's batting all Talkbass posts and comments back to Warwick. They are the company making these basses now and Roger Sadowsky doesn't have an involvement. Warwick seem to have lost control of their Chinese manufacturing process. This is 100% their problem, but they are still putting these basses on the market. Doesn't say much for their support of the reputation of the brand.

That's the trolley I have. It was about £40 when I bought it, about 8 years ago. It's very well designed and solidly made. There's a bar that slots between the wheels so they cant point in different directions. I'd buy another, but I don't expect to have to.

Like the Fukushima nuclear power station fiasco. They needed a backup power supply in case their power was taken out by a tsunami, so they put the backup generators at ground level, exactly where the tsunami would get them!!!

+1 His lines are always melodic and musical. No matter how busy he gets, like Jamerson, he's always supporting the song.

I ran disaster recovery or business continuance for several large firms. We had to be restored to the last backup point and back up and running within 12 hours of any data centre failure. That service probably cost many times more than TB's budget. I wonder why the "servers suffered from water damage"? Why was the fire service spraying water into a computer room? CO2 is always the only fire retardant allowed in data centres!

So far I've found Talkbass to be a very helpful and civil place.

They have been reviewed on Talkbass, and apparently there a issues. Such as noisy pickups. I'd wait for future batches and see if the problems have been rectified. It's a shame. Roger Sadowsky's name was a byword for outstanding quality. Warwick don't seem too bothered about that. Which is a puzzle!

Doesn't sound like a very well designed data centre!

My cat's not bothered. I consider myself lucky if the drummer wants to chat to me.

IMO if anyone is wearing holes in their frets they're gripping too hard.

I wish I could have written several songs that was as popular.

Let the band decide that.

It seems these days, live music is not a form of entertainment that most kids (below 30) have an interest in. Our audiences are usually long term music fans. . . . . so probably 50 plus.

I'll set everything up at sound-check and have a quick double check during the first number. After that I rarely touch the controls on the bass. I might crank up the amp if the guitarist screws around with his volume and skews the balance of the band, but normally I don't change my sound once it's set. Differences in volume are controlled by me and how I play.

It was unexpected when we moved to our current house and found that Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell lived up the road at No 10. We occasionally get to chat a little about the weather and stuff. Nice guy, mad as a hatter, a ray of sunshine in a grey street.

I saw Nathan East at a bass clinic at GAK a few years ago. He said he ran through Get Lucky a few times and gave them 3 or 4 bass lines and left them to chose which one they wanted to use. So the finished song could be one take or a mash up of those versions. Whichever it is, it's just another fantastic Nathan East bass line.

How can we say if we don't know what bass and amp you are using. I used DR Hi Beams or Lo-Rider rounds on my 5 string basses for years and now have a set of D'Addario NYXL's on my Jazz bass. No muddiness there.

I had Pete Stevens explain the Wal controls to me, twice, and I still never got it!! when I got home I had to sit down with the bass and fiddle until I got the sound I wanted. I never knew what I'd done, but it sounded pretty good.

I did know a guy who bought a brand new TVR Griffith 500. It was his pride and joy and he'd only drive it if he wasn't going to park it. So definitely no car parks. After about 6 months he was out for a drive, hit some ice on a country road, flew through a hedge and rolled over in a ploughed field! He was OK, but (cruel, I know) oh how we laughed at work!!

And don't forget Tanglefoot. I bought that 45! Great record.