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[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1360262047' post='1967746'] I never figured out how to pronounce silddx. I'm doubly confused now. [/quote] It can be pronounced it 'Nigel'.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1360261652' post='1967736'] Personally I think this is one of the most expressive recordings I've ever heard: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzSinO6l1Go[/media] Hope you like it Steve. [/quote] I love that one. Exquisite tone.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1360261403' post='1967726'] Alice Coltrane? I suppose she might! [/quote] Robbie Coltrane might know too.

Is xilddx pronounced the same as silddx?

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1360257980' post='1967621'] is that from art or entertainment? [/quote] 'Go ask Alice, I think she'll know.'

[quote name='Antiloco' timestamp='1360220659' post='1966780'] ...You need to learn the real meaning of words... [/quote] "I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' " Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't—till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!' " "But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected. "When [i]I[/i] use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you [i]can[/i] make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master[s] [/s]that's all."

[quote name='Antiloco' timestamp='1360256925' post='1967578'] You clearly don't know the meaning of the word "shallow". But I guess you folks are willing to do anything in order to show politeness, even misunderstanding simple words. [/quote] Shallow, in this context, means lacking in any depth of understanding. That's exactly what I meant. You appear not to know the meaning of words like 'music', 'art', and 'entertainment'.

[quote name='Antiloco' timestamp='1360217997' post='1966768'] That's a pretty shallow statement but hey, whatever makes you happy. [/quote] You are extremely shallow and I was extremely entertained by Coltrane.

1x12" 2x5"

[quote]Inti, on 06 January 2013 - 04:54 PM, said: Last time I checked people danced to technotronic and jenifer lopez, while listened to Bach, Holdsworth and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. [/quote] Wow, I've been getting that wrong. I've been dancing to Bach and Mahavishnu for decades while I've never danced to Lopez and I don't even know what technotronic is

BBOT works for me, never been short of sustain, but if you like the look and think you're going to hear some supposed advantage in sound and you've got £100 or however much it is then go ahead and get something else. I'd see it as a waste of money and aesthetically displeasing.

I use sometimes a Mesa Walkabout 12 and sometimes a Phil Jones Bass Briefcase. Both work fine for me.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1360187838' post='1966531'] Should be Spinyl as in vinyl. That would get more attention. Although telling people your web adress would be tortuous... [/quote] I recommend 'Spinyl Vinyl'.

[quote name='Green Alsatian' timestamp='1359804996' post='1960476'] Does anybody know when instrument companies stopped supplying basses with flatwounds fitted as standard? I remember a thread about flats on Talkbass a couple of years ago and think somebody mentioned that it was the early 70s for Rickenbacker and Fender. [/quote] I bought a new Fender Precision in 1976. It was factory fitted with Fender flats (no alliteration intended).

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1359657588' post='1958427'] It's probably made in the same factory as the Epi JC is or has been in the past. Anyone with a JC with a serial number beginning with P or R? [/quote] Have all the Casadys been made by Peerless or just the early ones?

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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1359295887' post='1952583'] I too get the impression that there is less exciting new gear this year . The only explanation I can think of is the recession . People are beginning to realise that it's going to be a[i] very [/i]long haul to get back to anything like normal . I think these will get a few people excited, though : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESz0DAVYh9I[/media] [/quote] So, the 58 comes with the mutes under the bridge cover. Did I hear that correctly at 1.28?

[quote name='ash' timestamp='1359394863' post='1954112'] You could get a Hayman 40/40 basically a Marathon with two split Precision pickups - they are becoming quite rare though so be prepared to pay £400+++ Like the Shergolds they have great necks - Shergolds were initially made up from old Hayman stock by the way. [/quote] I had a 4040 in the mid seventies, heavy as I recall but a good sounding bass.

Surely the 'sweet spot' moves everytime you fret a note.

The difference between short scale and long scale is small compared to the difference between long scale and upright. Just get used to it.

Fender 7250 are black both ends.

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[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1359157085' post='1951080'] I'd rather just get some small self-adhesive glow in the dark stickers, or, even better, just learn my way round the neck properly (its not *that* hard). Unless you're playing a very unusual/futuristic bass LEDs just look silly, IMO. [/quote] I wouldn't have LEDs myself but I don't see how they're any sillier than having side dots at all. I played with a guitarist who had glow-in-the-dark Tippex on his side dots.