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[quote name='merello' timestamp='1316937469' post='1384450'] Stolen? Who has it? [/quote] Rod would love to know...

[quote name='bigbottomend' timestamp='1316936967' post='1384446'] The overall design [/quote] That's not really very helpful. Text too small? Pages to bright? Confusing navigation? None of the above?

[quote name='bigbottomend' timestamp='1316936809' post='1384444'] Shame, well unless theres a theme option to view as it was then you lost me on a regular basis [/quote] Specifically what part(s) of the new design are you struggling with?

Ah, my specialist subject. Here's the lowdown on that bass, from Rod himself. [quote name='Rod Clements']The tone I was trying for never changed much, and the closest I got was on the old '61 Precision. It had serial no. 63325 and I bought it second-hand in London for about £80 in 1968. It would be worth thousands now. It was originally salmon pink, quite chipped & worn when I got it, and after I'd had it a few months I stripped the paint off back to the wood, as was in vogue at the time (inspired by John McVie of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers & later Fleetwood Mac) - solid guitars were not sold in natural finish then. Not long after, I saw Joe Cocker's Grease Band with Chris Stainton on bass (before he changed to piano) and was astounded to see him playing a bass much the same as mine - but with no frets! So I prised the frets out of mine with a screwdriver, filled up the slots with plastic wood and sanded and polished the fingerboard. This is definitely NOT recommended, but somehow it worked, and the fretless sound became a bit of a trademark for me. I also removed part of the scratchplate and stained the body in a dark oak colour. So that's how the bass was when I did those recordings and appeared with it on OGWT. However, it wasn't particularly easy to play and by this time I fancied something different, so I got a Rickenbacker and had it converted to fretless. Though I used it through Jack The Lad and for a short while after, it wasn't a great success and I was soon back to a Fender - an off-the-peg fretless Precision, In the meantime, I had left Jack The Lad and their new bass player asked if he could borrow my old '61, which I had had re-fretted. While they had it, it got stolen and I never saw it again. [/quote] Rod is a great, great underrated player, responsible for some of the best tones there ever has been, IMO.

..forgot to add - if you do, select 'Since my last visit' instead. That'll fix it.

Do you have 'Content I have not read' selected on the left-had menu on the New Content page?

Davy.... What kind of tone and EQ features etc. are you looking for?

I get the same thing - there's quite a few threads in there I've never seen in my life. I wonder if I've clicked somewhere to 'follow' them? I don't think I have....?

Another recommendation for the Zoom H2... love mine.

Cheers, Ped & co.!

Truth is, notifications is broken. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1316595150' post='1380006'] If it hasn't been requested already, I'd love a darker theme, it's a little bright in here [/quote]

Morning Ped Yep - it's definitely quicker today. I appreciate what you're saying about 'new content', but I'm still hoping IP get the notifications fixed ASAP, so it works like a forum is supposed to...!

Quick! Someone register www.basschatchat.co.uk!

Am I imagining it, or do the thread lists now have a subtle grey background that they didn't used to have? It's much easier on the eye.. thank you.

[quote name='krazy_olie' timestamp='1316545869' post='1379551'] Guessing you get on with yours? [/quote] Very much so! I'd be happy to use it for small gigs with a quiet drummer. It's got a hell of a lot of authority for such a small box.

The Promethean head (and cab, for that matter) are indeed top notch. The only thing to bear in mind with the Promethean combo is that it's small, and while it pushes the boundaries of the laws of physics, it doesn't actually break them. What kind of situations would you be using it in?

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1316529084' post='1379237'] Gilmour at his very best IMO. [/quote] That riff he plays at the end of Sheep is one of his finest moments, IMO.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1316522758' post='1379098'] Very slow for me as well but i understand why. [/quote] Me too. Adding a little message to the header at the top of the page ('The site is currently running slowly - please bear with us') would help spread the word and ease frustration, I think...

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1316518473' post='1379012'] The Final Cut is more or less all the crap that never made it onto the Wall. [/quote] Ouch I love that album. Yeah, it's Rog solo, but it's his best solo album... even if he does owe John Prine a few quid in royalties: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs[/url]

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1316470183' post='1378608'] It is, but unfortunately it's not something we can change. [/quote] Wow.... really? That's a heck of an omission by the developers..! (forum software, not BC.) Frustrating....

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1316469560' post='1378596'] A few updates: Speed - now really fast (or should be) Spiderman - should be dancing again soon (happyjack's avatar) Mobile interface - full site now working on mobiles, specific mobile skin app being worked on as an option at the moment. Calender should be on the way - on it Smaller issues raised by others RE browser issues/niggles - all being sorted bit by bit Thanks again for the patience and keep the faith, we're getting there! [/quote] Cheers, Ped - everyone's efforts are appreciated. The biggie for me (and I suspect a few others) is the multiple notifications issue. is that still on the 'to-do' list?

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1316460355' post='1378360'] Try not to make the basslines too complex, WoT [/quote] I think we both know that's not likely.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1316457811' post='1378281'] still the same amount of 'space' [/quote] ..and lots more of it white.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1316452998' post='1378204'] The last forum was just as white, so it's probably just adjusting to the new size of the boxes etc.. [/quote] I'm not sure there was so much white space..?