EssentialTension

It is funny enough for several threads.

At least three threads on this now.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1413564250' post='2579692'] ... that is akin to saying that we should translate everything on basschat into Latin to make us better linguists! Or that we should type all our responses in 1s and 0s to make us better computer scientists! [/quote] It's more akin to saying people should learn to read and write instead of merely speaking and perhaps using some kind of shorthand that is quite limited in what it can reproduce about the words spoken.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1413628281' post='2580268'] ... I can't believe the brand will ever disappear ... [/quote] It would seem unlikely. The brand name is itself a valuable asset that could be sold.

[quote name='TheSiberian' timestamp='1413626125' post='2580242'] Let's stay cool and criticise basses not people or their opinions ":0) Best [/quote] I'm cool, but I disagreed with you, that's all ... and you disagreed with me ... which as far as I am concerned, you should feel totally free to do. I'm all for opinions being criticised; otherwise there's no point in saying anything at all.

[quote name='TheSiberian' timestamp='1413624779' post='2580221'] This is the reason I am upset of all this trouble with regular Fender basses... Becsuse I like Fender as I like Harleys and Ampeg. But they shifted from doing honest basses to a fast food style brand. I know there is an army of Fender die hard fans overthere that are ready to get extatic on a chinese made Jazz Bass but it's just not me. If you don't want to hear critics... Than play some Custom Shop Fenders and maybe you'll feel the difference and you'll become more critic in the same time. Best [/quote] I'm quite happy to hear criticism of Fender - if you read what I wrote you'll see I criticised them too - but I didn't agree with your claim that they have consistently got worse since the 1970s and that's why I criticised your claim. But perhaps you don't want to hear critics.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1413623048' post='2580201'] Mercedes builds Mercs in China. So why not manufacture Fenders there as well. Becoming a boutique guitar builder , based in California, is not what Fender is all about. Fender's were created to be the Ford model T of the guitar world, affordable by Joe Public everywhere. [/quote] While I agree with the point you are making, in the 1970s a new Fender Precision bass cost the equivalent of several weeks wages for most people. It was a big outlay to buy a Fender. Which is why there were so many cheaper copies being sold.

It's funny enough for twice.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/202983-playing-with-gloves-on"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/202983-playing-with-gloves-on[/url]

Also annoying: 'It's in A.' 'No, it's in A minor.'

[quote name='TheSiberian' timestamp='1413619451' post='2580132'] The only Fender basses who deserve the Fender logo are the Custom Shop ones. It was in 1978 when I had my first Fender Jazz Bass new and since then, year by year the overall quality wend down drived by money related decisions and greed. The only plus was the Custom Shop opening ( but at what price...) Best [/quote] I had a 1976 in 1976 it was extremely poor. I have a 2008 that is great. I also have had a 2006 which was great and a 2008 Fretless that was excellent. None of them custom shop. But maybe you just don't like Fenders.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247406-classic-p-bass-ad-got-me-chuckling/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247406-classic-p-bass-ad-got-me-chuckling/[/url]

There's a reason an acoustic upright bass is the size it is.

[quote name='DrBike' timestamp='1413551789' post='2579454'] I had a medium scale neck bass a while ago (Gibson EB3) and cos I sing and play and don't get to look at the fretboard much I'd find that I was "missing" notes from time to time. If you're used to long scale and you're not one who looks at the fretboard all the time it might take some getting used to. However if you have small arms/hands it might be just thing [/quote] But moving between long and short scale bass is easier than between bass and guitar or double bass and electric bass.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1413476671' post='2578672'] I was going to get a short scale Hagstom Viking. Are short scales useless? [/quote] Short scales are no more or less useless than any other scale. However, some people don't like them.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1413322110' post='2577227'] To be clear, my post is not about anything being passed around to customers, more or less putting them on the spot. I'm only referring to a tip jar being placed somewhere off to the side of the stage or floor where the band is playing. The passing a tip jar around the room is another discussion. Blue [/quote] In the UK, in my experience, the hat or jar or bucket, if used at all, is either passed around or taken round. I've never seen it left at the side of stage.

[quote name='Wonky2' timestamp='1413019851' post='2574174'] What about castors ? [/quote] [url="http://mesa.stores.yahoo.net/cst-quickdetach.html"]http://mesa.stores.yahoo.net/cst-quickdetach.html[/url]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1413022937' post='2574213'] ... Lenovo ... [/quote] ... and don't Lenovo own IBM now? EDIT: Just checked that and the answer is no but 'In September 2014, it was announced that IBM would sell its x86 server division to Lenovo for a fee of $2.1 billion.'

The EQ does take a bit of getting used to but as the whole thing sounds great anyway it hardly matters.

There are a couple of pubs in Brighton where, on top of the landlord's payment, the bucket goes round. On a very good night it can double the pay.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1412967119' post='2573793'] Just going back to my post from page 1, do remember that iPhones, iPads and MacBook Pros are all made in China yet most people consider these to be premium high quality products. People with pro-quality Apple-based home studios can often (and I'm speaking anecdotally here and not referring to anything mentioned in this thread) really slag off and completely discount instruments made in China just because they're made in China. [/quote] It always makes me laugh around World Cup time to see all those foreign made cars with China made St George's cross England flags hanging on them. Ha ha.

I have had two instruments that were made in China. Both were fine instruments.

Obligatos have a different colour for each string at the peghead but I don't now recall what the colours are.

I don't myself see the point of removing a neck unless you are trying to reduce dimensions of the package but I'd expect to setup a bass that's just arrived from Germany even if the neck hadn't been removed. Or at least to give it a once over to see if I was happy with the relief, action, intonation etc. You can certainly screw the neck back on, in fact you must screw the neck back on.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1412713051' post='2571328'] It's being released as the Children in Need single for this year. [/quote] Ah, OK. Well not OK, but thanks