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It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin' Trees flew by, me and Del were singin' Little Runaway I was flyin'

I've been asked once, so I bought some stickers off eBay. It's a joke.

I do them just often enough to remind myself why I don't do them more often. Long days, dress trousers, shiny shoes, Sex on Fire... it's not for me.

Steve bought a bass of mine recently. The transaction was friendly and straightforward - a pleasure!

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1456769605' post='2992087'] Saw an interview with Neil Sedaka on BBC4. He said that the moment the Beatles (and the Stones) arrived his career and many others like him (Connie Francis, Pat Boone etc) just stopped! Dead. From earning huge amounts of money (in those days) he ended up touring northern working mens clubs in England which were not for the weak minded. His experience was that the Beatles impact was enormous in the US and changed everything for ever! And he should know cos hes a pretty smart fella. [/quote] Same for the likes of Lonnie Donegan. Almost overnight, panto beckoned.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1456657056' post='2991030'] after being soundly thrashed for expressing the opinion that there wasn't much difference between a front pickup Jazz and a precision (a little impetuous on my part) at last nights gig I used my Squier Jazz for the first half and my MIA P for the second half, I asked the drummer if he could tell any difference to which he replied "the first one was a lot louder" I suppose he means it cut through better, which did piss me off a bit, the Squier Jazz cost £150 the MIA P £850 [/quote] Don't worry about it. He's a drummer, so his hearing is ruined.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1456651619' post='2990983'] What he's clearly doing right is that nobody notices him. He makes the "star" sound great and doesn't attract attention. [/quote] He stands out more than most. He's a charismatic, sparkly dude.

http://www.wsj.com/video/inside-bassist-nathan-east-california-castle/CD8D3F8A-FA1A-4D07-8C02-BB935A8729F8.html

[quote name='zvirus' timestamp='1456559680' post='2990220'] Hi Everyone, Had one of the Adrian`s Basses and It was LOVELY bass except this: And Just wonder Am I just bad luck guy or what? Around 90% of frets sticking out off the fretboard. Thanks, Tomas [/quote] Ouch. Did you speak to Adrian about it?

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1456510436' post='2989900'] Are they going to be at the LBGS? I might be joining this club soon but I'd like to try the Jake basses first if at all possible. Also - and this is a small point - I'm not a fan of the 'jake' name and the general graphic appearance of the headstock, do you guys think it would be naughty to ask for a plain headstock, or one that has my own artwork on it? [/quote] Yeah, the headstock logo does seem to be quite divisive. I don't mind it - the font is close enough to the TV logo to keep me happy.

I've just emailed Adrian to change my spec for the millionth time. He's sent a very patient and understanding reply, even though I know he's actually sticking needles in an effigy of me.

I think we should have sub-forums for different colours. I jest of course. It's fine as it is, given the limitations of the software.

That's really pretty. I placed my order a couple of days ago, and I'm fighting the urge to tweak the spec already...

Err.. slightly NSFW. Just sayin'.

There's too much info and chatter in the ad. Chop it down, and save the chatter and finer details for when you have a natter on the phone.

Guy Pratt posted on FB yesterday that he was the bass player all the way through rehearsals, as GAD couldn't make it until just before showtime. That must have been frustrating....!

[quote name='Rikki1984' timestamp='1456475393' post='2989314'] Why on Earth should he have to chase it up? He should only have had to ask Warwick once to correct their error. [/quote] I honestly don't think an incorrect colour pickguard is going to be top of the list for Warwick CS, and I'd expect to have to nudge them along for something like this.

There's the [url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157319877702238/"]North East Bass Bin[/url]. As you'd expect, it has a North-East focus, but everyone is welcome. BC is still where it's at, though.

Sorry to hear of your problems, but my point still stands - It would have been sorted quicker if you'd had the time to chase them up.

...but there was a two-month period where you didn't chase it up. Is that right? I'm not saying Warwick are blameless - clearly they're not - but maybe if you'd upped the urgency it might have got sorted earlier...?

What costs? The return postage for the duff guard? That's understandable. Mind, I'm not sure I get the four months thing... it looks like you ordered the original guard around the 14th of December, and by 21st Jan you had a correct guard. It's not great, but to be fair Christmas was in the middle of all that.

I'm a bit confused - you ordered a pickguard, and it was a bit wrong. they've sent you another, and now you're seeking compensation? Have i got this right?

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1456406515' post='2988639'] There's nothing inherently wrong with class D amps. Make a decent recording of an Ampeg/Trace Elliot/70's valve amp and play it back through a really good PA and if it had 'heft' then that will still be there, much louder if the engineer likes it that way. The PA will probably be operating on class D amps but they may be capable of 000's of watts. So it isn't class D per se, they certainly don't need to be gutless and they'll handle any amount of bass. Lack of 'heft' then isn't to do with class D. I don't like the term because it is meaningless but so many people perceive a lack of something. So what are they missing? Well it could be distortion as some people have said or it could be a non flat frequency response, but emulators should be able to get most of that back. The plugins used in recordings do a fairly good job nowadays, they may not exactly match an Ampeg stack but I'd venture that most of us are capable of being fooled once it is in the mix. So, if I'm right what we are talking about is the implementation of class D. Plus perhaps some placebo effect (if an amp is heavy enough it will have heft!!!). With class D the designer can offer you almost limitless power at low cost in the amplifier stages. The question is how much capacity to put into the power supply. You are probably only going to need it for peaks, too much power and you'll be blowing the speakers. Why put an expensive power supply in if you are only needing it for a few milliseconds now and again? For PA amps it is much simpler, distortion is the enemy, mainly they operate in a predictable environment so an amp that delivers 300W continuously but will peak at say 1000W makes good sense. I suspect a lot of the power output stages of the current crop of lightweight heads are borrowed from modules developed for PA with a bass orientated preamp/tonestack grafted on. It may well be that some or all of the top five brands of lightweight amp all suffer some restrictions in their abilities to deliver continuous power built into their power supplies or their protection circuits. I can't see how Class D amps are inherently worse than AB amps though. [/quote] My criticism of 'Class D' is exclusively aimed at the consumer-level modules used in the bass head market. Not the pro audio stuff.

I dunno. Surely the weight of the driver affects how it reacts? you'd think lighter = quicker = different character...?