warwickhunt

I've often been surprised when I've looked at the weight of various drivers. Some 'neo' drivers are/were heavier than non-neo units; added to which the actual weight saving between some better spec units is minimal in the gross weight of drivers + cab. I get that better spec drivers would be beneficial but if the weight isn't being shed, will that be an issue later on (the resale of a cab with good drivers in is rarely recouped).

Hadaway an shyte!

So you are 69 and asking about the nightlife... you'll not be frequenting the Bigg Market so you'll be safe enough! As for the cold... we are only a couple of 100 miles North of that there Landan Taan, so hardly the Arctic Circle. We sold our house to a couple who moved lock/stock from Portsmouth and they said they can't believe they didn't do it sooner, never regretted one minute of it by all accounts.

Cullerfornia if you are local.

Newcastle/North expensive... you're having a larf surely? If you want to live in certain areas around the outskirts/suburbs of Newcastle you can pay top dollar for property or head out to Darras Hall and join the millionaire football elite brigade (still several million cheaper than the South) but there are loads of nice areas with housing that is 100's of thousands cheaper than comparable homes elsewhere! Newcastle - 7 miles from the coast and 20 miles from areas of coastal outstanding beauty. 10 miles to 'open' countryside. 50 miles from the countries only dark skies location, Scottish borders, Cheviot hills... blah blah blah Just don't say you're a Mackem! @LukeFRC visited recently and he hated it... maybe.

Find a new tech! Most round here offer a free diagnosis (and they are good) but even the guy here who charges £30 to look, knocks that off the price if you go ahead with the job. The send return thing is not uncommon when it is never used.

Bodged Aria MAB... decimal point may be in the wrong place!

Things might be getting lost in translation. This whole thread is about the bass player from Cheap Trick who exclusively uses a 12 string bass which is tuned EADG only but has pairs of sympathetic strings tuned the same and it is considered a BASS because it is not an extended range instrument. You seem to be discussing with yourself an alternative instrument, strung and tuned very different.

You are talking about a different form of 12 string bass from the one being discussed and used by Tom Petersson. His bass is strung; Eee Aaa Ddd Ggg with the lower case letters/strings being the same gauge.

Is a 12 string guitar still just a guitar, all be it a bit jangly? 8 & 12 string basses are no different, it isn't like we are talking 8 & 12 string extended range instruments where every string is tuned to a 4th of the preceding string.

You'd struggle to justify the original £258.22 price tag!

A bit of extra mids or top end on your amp; bass through an octave pedal (ideally adding octaves up NOT down) and a chorus pedal... possibly a little bit of distortion from a pedal. You have the beginnings of a sound approximating Tom's tone. He uses all sorts of splitters and signals running through guitar and bass amps (Orange valve/tube amps) but you start to go down a special kind of rabbit hole if you chase that rabbit.

I'd not buy new again but I'd certainly push the boat out past £2k if it was something I really wanted... as of today the only bass that could be would be a 12 string bass!

Dear me, as easy as that! I thought it was some strange bitsa.

Watching the video again, I actually think the pup is a split jobbie rather than a J.

Cheap Trick performed at Reading in 79 and Tom played this bass but I wondered if anyone knew what model it was? It is vaguely J shaped, has a single pup and a J style bell plate but it is a puzzle. Sorry for that bad pic but it was the best capture from some live youtube footage.

...and that is a 'used' 2nd hand bass!

I have the album that ITM is on but the rest is hardly memorable. However back in the day, I did enjoy covering that track.

@12stringbassist will be along shortly. I've got more than a passing appreciation of him as I'm in a Cheap Trick tribute. http://www.cheattrick.co.uk/

Dear God that has made matters worse! a) they've been doing this for years and I've never seen/heard of it. b) not only would it mess with your mind which tuner to reach for but... c) the B string tuner would work in reverse (or is it geared in reverse... please tell me it is). LOL

Every day is a school day. Today I learned that Fodera are capable of making something simple and straightforward more complicated than it needs to be! Other opinions are available.

So you're not questioning if it is a genuine Fodera? Is it really just me then?

Help me out here folks my head is done in! I can't believe you'd chop back/forwards with the tuners like that, yet some of you are telling me it is genuine?

Ahhh but... That image is from the site that the seller has linked to and it is NOT the Fodera site! Use a search engine and you'll be directed to the Fodera site that is not hosted by 'SmugMug'!