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[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1339094540' post='1683622'] ... Our drummer is a fairly firm hitter and says hitting softer affects technique ... [/quote] [quote name='D.I. Joe' timestamp='1339095146' post='1683646'] I find that the best drummers that I have played with have good dynamic feel and can hit as heavy or soft as need be. I don't know for sure, but hitting softer would probably encourage better technique rather than compromising it, or vice versa. [/quote] Yes, if you can't play softly then you can't do dynamics.

Our drummer is in control of his volume. This is in part by using a variety of sticks, beaters, brushes, hot rods, etc., but mostly by only hitting the drums and cymbals as hard as is needed for the song and the gig.

[quote name='Dread Bass' timestamp='1339093448' post='1683602'] i would love to here from 9 string players about techniques, possible songs and see more examples rather than "thats not a bass" "yes it is" I mean who cares what it is classified as. [/quote] The people who play one seem to care enough to want to classify it as a bass instrument.

If you read the specification it says the switch is for separate humbucker configuration (series, parallel, or single coil). The preamp is deactivated by push/pull on the volume/balance control.

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1339085238' post='1683436'] Agreed the pickups don't line up but considering the sound on the video, it doesn't seem to make a great deal of difference or should it? ... [/quote] The alignment problem is probably more aesthetic than sonic.

I have to agree the Delgada did look stylish.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1339072688' post='1683225'] ... there seem to be quite a few posts above with conflicting/contradicting posts on the same retailers so it might be safe to presume that either different shop staff were dealing or you caught them on an off day! [/quote] Yes, there are several retailers praised highly here who I have had very poor experiences with and vice versa.

[quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1339074971' post='1683263'] I saw one of these hanging on the wall in GAK in Brighton the other week. I thought it looked very nice indeed. Didnt have the time to give it a thrash, but might if it's still around this week end. [/quote] I saw that at the weekend. I thought the pickups looked too wide for the string spacing so the poles were way out of alignment with the strings.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1339072637' post='1683224'] The easiest way you are going to get a useful answer to this is the post a photo of the front of the bass labelling what the controls do and another clear and in focus photo of the inside of the control cavity. [/quote] BRX on the money as usual. Let's have some pics.

[quote name='lobematt' timestamp='1339071935' post='1683204'] I want the switch to be bypassed really. Is there a way that I can wire it to just have the bass set to passive, the blend still be a blend and both pickups on? [/quote] Isn't that already what happens when the switch is pulled?

It's good that we've got that cleared up.

OK, maybe I had the wrong wiring diagram, I really know nothing about Warwicks.

[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1339068643' post='1683128'] There is nothing wrong with having a like button per se but IIRC it came up on someones profile rather than on the post , so on the rare occasion anyone liked something I posted it I would look at my profile and see 1 more like. It would be much better if the likes were not linked to the profile but to the post a bit like in The Guardian comment is free - that I believe is the main argument for , to keep the threads tidy not as some public popluarity contest I 've got an awful feeling that I havent explained myself very well [/quote] I think when we briefly had the like button it did show on the profile (in a little green box) but also on the post. When we even more briefly had like and dislike buttons they were shown separately on the post but were totalled together on the profile. I'd prefer to have neither like nor dislike buttons but if we were to have them it ought not to be anonymous - if you like something then your name shows, and if you dislike something then your name shows and then you really ought to explain yourself, so making the dislike button redundant.

It's push/pull on the vol/bal control that leaves the vol/bal inline but takes out the preamp bass/mid/treble.

here's the wiring diagram to show it: [url="http://www.warwick.de/media/manuals/Electronics/60055%20rev2.pdf"]http://www.warwick.d...0055%20rev2.pdf[/url]

[quote name='simonc61' timestamp='1339064416' post='1683020'] Sorry but I wasn't sure where to post it initially. I wasn't able to post in site issues? [/quote] I'd say General Discussion is more appropriate than Off Topic.

Off Topic is full of music stuff that ought to be in General Discussion.

[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1339063756' post='1683005'] I was never that much of a fan of the like button as it did nothing to help my paranoia BTW why is this not in off topic ? [/quote] Is it because it should be in Site Issues?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1339061298' post='1682957'] While we're at it, can we have a "Friend" option, and maybe some way of showing your "Mood". And how about a "Wall" where we can all post useless, self-important nonsense. Then we can go public and float the site for megabucks on the NYSE. [/quote] We could call it Fasschat.

Here's where this was last discussed: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160616-vote-on-the-basschat-reputation-system"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160616-vote-on-the-basschat-reputation-system[/url]

Hmmm ... already booked up on Saturday or I'd be there too.

[quote name='Russ' timestamp='1339016013' post='1682596'] There's some basic differences, mostly to do with muting and adapting to closer string spacing, but other than that, I can't think of any ERB-specific techniques that I've ever seen. It's all the same old fingerstyle, slap, tap, pick, etc as most people use on a bass with fewer strings. Some people might use a more classical guitar-influenced style, some might use more tapping, but it's all the same techniques. [/quote] ... but it's all the same techniques as playing guitar not specifically bass guitar.

[quote name='Chris Horton' timestamp='1339005876' post='1682362'] That must weigh a bit. My back hurts just looking at it [/quote] That'll be why he's resting it on a chair.