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OK for me on a Macbook Pro running Chrome.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1491120901' post='3270559'] I tend to believe what Bill Fitzmaurice and Alex Claber have to say on the subject.. What you're probably hearing (if anything) is driver breakup and/or tonal "character" in the driver/enclosure.. [/quote] I'd agree with that. What does make me smile a little is back in the day when I said there was something about Neos that didn't connect with me, I was told it was the enclosure, or some other factor. A driver is a driver regardless of magnet, right? And now there's an acknowledgement... well, actually, there's a chance they do sound a bit different. :-)

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1491042376' post='3270042'] Eric Clapton is not looking to well. Nothing to do with the thread as such, but when I see people like him looking frail, I realise you gotta pack as much in too your life as you can [/quote] I looked terrible when I had bronchitis, and I'm in my mid-40s. He's 71 - he's entitled to look a bit worse :-D

The singer in one of my bands is in his late 60's. He's got tonnes of energy, and he teaches songwriting and performance to kids. He's got so much enthusiasm it's unreal. If I'm half as active as he is when I'm in my sixties, I'll be happy. I doubt it very much, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKycykSIVQ

We did this one fairly recently: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/297113-public-liability-insurance/

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1490974698' post='3269558'] Am I right in thinking that Adrian uses a reverse trussrodd or something? [/quote] The trusses on my Jakes are reversed.

This thread's gone of the rails a bit. Time to let it lie, I think.

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1490834114' post='3268449'] I hope you're right, i do spend a lot of time amongst people in their early 20s (I teach at a university) and there's less of them forming bands or playing instruments every year. [/quote] It moves in cycles. At some point, the next Oasis or Nirvana (whether we like them or not) will come crashing out of the blandness, and there'll be a bump in kids picking up guitars and basses.

I was chatting to Leszek today, and he mentioned he's added a new custom-order feature to the R-400 - an auto-switching mechanism to match the local power supply. That got me thinking - I've never seen this on a class AB head, only on Class D's. Is this a first..?

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Buy OBBM, buy once.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY21jdwM9CI

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1490711718' post='3267285'] Yeah, it's superb. Must be fun for you playing all those great bass parts on those wonderful old songs. [/quote] It certainly is!

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1490710663' post='3267272'] Would that be the fretless P tone of Rod Clements by any chance? [/quote] It sure is! And what a wonderful noise it is, too :-)

Fretted for me, but I have a lovely '71 fretless P, too. Truth be told I'd probably sell it, but one of the bands I'm in recreates an album with a very distinctive fretless P tone. So while we're doing that, I'll keep it.

[quote name='JohnR' timestamp='1490685380' post='3266933'] That worries me. Given that these are effectively custom instruments shipping them with a poor setup is hard to understand. [/quote] It would certainly make sense to give them a 'middle ground' setup. But FWIW, it's no reflection on the quality of the instruments.

Beautiful! And yes, being shipped with insanely low action seems to be the norm, for some reason!

..and then there's this, when you're the designated driver: You're all packed up and ready to go. So you turn towards whoever it is you're taking home, just in time to see them shout toward the bar '[i]Yeah, I'll have a pint of....[/i]' GAAAAAAH!

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1490203227' post='3263234'] I'm out in the sticks and have played in bands with people who don't drive. To perfectly honest, they are a pain in the arse having to be ferried around. The last thing I want to be doing is providing a taxi service at the end of a long gig, then drive home on your own knowing that your passenger is safely tucked up in bed. [/quote] This.

Amazed to read that's his regular rhythm section. They're as stiff as owt.

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1490225595' post='3263488'] I'm going to try a gigging going straight into my PA with new active subs via my Roland GR55 & Ashdown graphic DI , I'm very impressed with the sound but could do with a tiny combo I could plonk on top of the sub for a monitor ,any suggestions. [/quote] Ibanez Promethean.

[quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1490202994' post='3263231'] Adrian guitars would have been pretty good. [/quote] Hmm... I think Maruszczyk is preferable to that...!

[quote name='christhammer666' timestamp='1490096325' post='3262090'] But spending money paying for an album to sit on my shelf when I could have a week in the county with the mrs just aint for me [/quote] Understandable, and I doubt you're alone. I think that's a comment on the state of the industry as a whole.. but that's another topic :-)

Back in the day, I did two US tours with my band, one of them ran to about four or five weeks. Some gigs were great, many were furniture exhibitions, but it was all awesome. I was young and daft, and none of it mattered. Circumstances have changed, and I wouldn't / couldn't do it now unless there was real cash money involved. I'm glad I did it the first time.