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In so many ways... Ha ha

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1410543088' post='2550632'] Gasp, that was some Lesson 1. Pete had problems also. Hendrix did not like them for ripping off blues songs and not giving credit. Here's Pete: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTJywZoG_bw[/media] [/quote] Not this tired argument again...!

Oh really...?

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1410456074' post='2549672'] I may need to pop around for a cuppa some time soon... I'm getting itchy fingers! Oh and how very dare you dep with a rock band, that's my patch you are treading on; stick to your Knopfler et al gigs! [/quote] Any time! And yep, I'm probably going to have to play 30x more notes than I normally do, at seven times the volume. I'll need a lie down at half time. :-)

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/245000-ncd-tks-engineering-s212"]Well look what I got...[/url]

Here's more pics. I swear these things are works of art. The build quality is ridiculously good. I have a dep gig tomorrow with a proper ROCK BAND - it'll be a good test, even though the drivers won't really have opened up yet... I can't think of a situation where I'd ever need to use this, but it's an option...

Look what just arrived from [url="http://www.tks.se"]TKS Engineering[/url]! Here's the specs:[list] [*]Impedance: 4 Ω [*]Power handling (high average power test signal): 500W RMS [*]Recommended amplifier power: 100-600W RMS @ 4 Ω [*]Sensitivity[average]: 102 dB SPL @ 1 W/1 m [*]Sensitivity[100Hz]: 100 dB SPL @ 1 W/1 m [*]Sensitivity[max]: 105 dB SPL @ 2,3 kHz, 1 W/1 m [*]Frequency response (-10db): 42 Hz - 4,8 kHz [*]Displacement: 474 cm³ [*]Measurements (WxHxD): 52x76x40 cm [*]Weight: 21 kg [/list] More later...

Mind you, it might not look as good once you've taken sandpaper to the end of the headstock.

Apparently Bassgear have got a whole bunch of 'em in stock.

For some reason (cost cutting?) Fender have started putting out block-marked necks without binding. I don't like it...

[quote name='ratman' timestamp='1410261703' post='2547541'] I switched to flats a couple of years ago, and on my P they were a revelation. For gigs they rocked, I found the sound I'd been looking for, a nice deep tone. But for recording they were severely lacking in the mid frequencies. I then tried half wounds and found the mids I needed, but with all the character of the flats. No more rounds on the P for me! [/quote] I often find that engineers have a default 'roundwound' approach to EQing bass at source and in the mix, which kills the magic of flats.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1407616981' post='2522420'] A fine attitude displayed there in spite of how much it must sting. [/quote] It did sting - a lot. But I've just watched it and I the mighty Dave Bronze seems to have got the gig, so it hurts a little less. :-)

[quote name='eightbitraptor' timestamp='1410082109' post='2545858'] Citation please. [/quote] One of many from an SEO POV: https://www.highposition.com/blog/hyphenated-domains-google/ From a practical / brand perspective, heir use has been in decline for a long time now. IME.

re: 'sticky' flats - you have to play through that. The fun starts when they go smooth. FWIW, you can help the process along by rubbing them with an old cotton t-shirt.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1409729536' post='2542606'] Post 14 above: "less than a grand" Nice score! [/quote] Whooah... hi-five!

Have I missed the price somewhere? What was it?

Awesome - the spit and double of my #1, which is also a T. Chambers neck stamp. Enjoy it.

Probably not much help, but I have a Kia C'eed SW - the estate - and a Hiscox case fits easily in the cavernous boot. I LOVE that car.

This is HAWT.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1409516394' post='2540463'] Jazz does a pretty good Precision sound with neck pickup solo'd [/quote] Hmm.

A golden era. The pup in my '71 died, and the late great Jim Cairnes rewound it. I asked him to do it a little hotter than stock, and it's stunning.

Initial opinion - the rhythm section are a bit skittish. IMO.

One or two TKS112s come in at a very reasonable weight and price.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1409144816' post='2536778'] Yeah. Nothing wrong with playing a stripped down set or whatever...but it's not acoustic is it? [/quote] You could analyse it that way but - thanks to MTV in the 1990s - it's become a handy, generally recognised term for acoustic guitars and no drums.