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[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1369838604' post='2093320'] Dusting has never been simpler [/quote] Is that because now you can afford a cleaner?

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1369836181' post='2093260'] Admit it Dave, you were once the bass player for the Wombles [/quote] No that wasn't me it was Madame Cholet.

I'm not sure I am in favour of this admission of previous faults.

[quote name='jared21' timestamp='1369830979' post='2093170'] something about them getting a shipment in anyway as they ordered it in before [/quote] Ah, fingers crossed then.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1369825511' post='2093072'] Shame about Roy Estrada. I liked him a lot. [/quote] Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that.

Here's that 1972 line-up but with only Roy Estrada on bass and Mark Boston playing a third guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBxt9jbNjS0

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1369820458' post='2092997'] I've never noticed the bass in Beefheart - only the guitars and drums. [/quote] My memory may be playing tricks but when I saw Beefheart in about 1972 he had two bassists [Orejon (Roy Estrada) and Rockette Morton (Mark Boston)] as well as two guitarists [Winged Eel Fingerling (Elliot Ingber) and Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad)].

No.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1369818903' post='2092977'] Band members are just like any other people you work with. Some of them you want to see outside of work, some of them you don't. [/quote] Yes exactly that. I'd just add that you have to look for and work at two things when you work with people - what you have in common and how you complement each other.

[quote name='jared21' timestamp='1369040044' post='2084073'] went to pmt last week and tried to buy a pawnshop bass vi, turns out i can only get the candy apple red one, they rang fender for me and they said id be lucky to get a sunburst one by november. :( [/quote] [quote name='jared21' timestamp='1369236350' post='2086724'] GAK have said i can preorder one to get it for july will be doing this as soon as im home from work [/quote] Good luck with this but I don't quite get how Fender can't supply PMT until November but they can do GAK in July.

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1369712907' post='2091844'] It's not just the string excursion. It's the mechanical impedance of the neck. I have a Gibson J45 which I really enjoy. When I first got it, I was very careful to set it up properly. As I tightened the truss rod to a point of proper relief, it felt really, really good, and it appeared that it could go just a little bit straighter to make the action even better. But that last 1/4 turn of the truss rod damped down the vibration of the entire instrument too much, and the entire instrument lost its resonance. I backed the truss rod back off that 1/4 turn, and all the tone and resonance came back. I left it there, even though the action could, in an abstract sense, be even lower. [/quote] This issue seems to matter even on solid bodies but on semis and full acoustics it is crucial.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1369561629' post='2090376'] Strings go off within weeks...so 18 months is way overdue to getting to the thump stage. The easiest option to look at strings but I'd be thinking it is an EQ/wiring issue on the bass or amp..?? [/quote] I find strings go off within years. Actually, that's not true, it's longer than that.

I would definitely put the new strings on and leave it a while to settle before doing anything else.

[b]Interview with poet John Cooper Clarke[/b] [quote] [b]What's the best advice anyone ever gave you?[/b] 'Find a poet whose style you like, emulate that style, then deal with things that you know about – [u][i][b]don't waste your time looking for your own style[/b][/i][/u].' I wish I could remember who told me that, because I'd like to congraulate him. I've emulated all the old guys – Tennyson, Alexander Pope.[/quote] [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/21/john-cooper-clarke-poet-portrait?"]http://www.guardian....-poet-portrait?[/url]

[quote name='sblueplanet' timestamp='1369609662' post='2090924'] What gauge would help lower the action? A light 45-100 or medium 55-105 gauge? [/quote] What strings though? Gauge on its own tells very little. But if you're meaning the same make/model of strings in each case then the heavier gauge will have more tension and the action will perhaps be a little higher with no truss rod tweak. Bear in mind that, especially on acoustic instruments, higher action might be associated with more volume and improved tonal performance.

Excellent

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1369303474' post='2087436'] I can still see it! [/quote] Yep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A846kA0yg48

[quote name='paulpirie8' timestamp='1369042995' post='2084101'] The Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris kind of makes fun of this idea. It's more focused towards writers & artists but the same mentality applies. People often wish they were born in an age they believe to be better but the truth is that very little would be different. It's quite a fun film. Paul [/quote] Yes, good film.

Another Pretty Things fan here. Good luck.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1369038394' post='2084055'] That was me trying to be sarcastic, as we all know P-basses are used in all types of music, a roll of the tone will do a fair bit... abit like the Rick.. which was the point I was trying to make. [/quote] Oh apologies, I didn't quite get it.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1369027360' post='2083986'] I agree, there is a fair bit you can do with them, the newer models even have a vintage/modern circuit on then them, 2 pups, 2 tones controls, stereo feed if you want it, that's just for starters. Just like a good old P and one trick pony.. great sound no matter what you do imo, The only thing the Rick can miss is a bit of clout compared to a P in the very lowend, but the Rick has a lot of sweet mid sounds that you won't get on any other bass. That's how I hear them. [/quote] I don't understand one trick claim in relation to the Precision bass either. It can do lots of diferent things.

[quote] Who do you think is the better drummer, John Bonham or Carter Beauford? [/quote] How do people manage to come up with such clever questions? It's beyond me.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1368958849' post='2083333'] Cannot answer your query unfortunately - however I owned 2 4001's back in the day.....one trick ponies, but what a trick! Love Ricks. [/quote] I know very little about Rickenbacker basses but I've heard McCartney and I've heard Squire and I don't get how you can say 'one trick'.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1368986573' post='2083718'] So if i did want a short scale or longer scale bass with the same sound as a standard scale musicman bass with single pickup, how much furter or closer to the bridge will the pickup have to be? [/quote] [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1368986831' post='2083725'] The pickup would need to be in the same position relative to the bridge . The scale length is in effect irrelevant . [/quote] That sounds correct. For example: a 30" version of a MusicMan can be approximated by tuning your 34" to DGCA and putting a capo at fret two. That is in effect a 30.3" scale length. But the pickup stays in the same place.