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[quote name='Beefyeggo' timestamp='1318153865' post='1398509'] And what will happen when we have guitars that have in-built automatic tuning, with small motors linked to an inbuilt digital tuner? [/quote] We already have them - Gibson make a range of guitars that do exactly that.

Wow - that's rather lovely! Always great to see something that a bit of thought has gone into, rather than just another poxy fender clone.

It's definitely a Hamer - you can tell by the "Boomerang" inlays. I've owned quite a few USA Hamer guitars but never a bass* - IMO they are the best guitars money can buy & are criminally underrated & ignored in this country. *Edited because I always forget I used to have a Hamer 12 string bass - doh!

That's lovely! Always fancied one of these but they're starting to get pretty pricey now.

What about some of the the Rob Wasserman stuff? I know he did the duets & trios albums, but he did some solo ones too.

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1317902653' post='1395951'] I have used someone in Splott before but can't remember the name or number..... [/quote] That would most probably have been Dave Dearnley.

I'm a HUGE fan of Gretsch guitars - I've owned a few & am a long time member of the Gretsch Discussion Pages forum. I'm actually thinking of selling one of my basses to help fund the purchase of another 6120 because they're so superb. Having said all that I think Gretsch basses are f***ing awful & I can't understand why anyone would play one. Just to recap: Gretsch guitars - Gretsch basses -

Looks a bit like Roger Newell.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1317497912' post='1391363'] Moved for you [/quote] Ta! [quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1317497912' post='1391363'] There never was a delete function for threads. [/quote] You are, of course, totally correct.

[quote name='Darkstrike' timestamp='1317491896' post='1391287'] Can't understand it then, should be great. Haven't got any of the sweetened tunings set on? [/quote] I've tried it both with & without - equally crap.

[quote name='Darkstrike' timestamp='1317489607' post='1391266'] Are you rolling the volume back when tuning? [/quote] I am indeed.

Mods - can you move this to "Miscellaneous Equipment & Accessories" (or where you feel is most appropriate) please? Tried to delete it but there doesn't appear to be a delete function anymore. Ta!

Any Peterson tuner users find their tuner doesn't accurately read their B string? I've recently bought a Stroboflip & whilst it's great for guitar I'm finding it no better at accurately tuning bass E strings than the ancient quartz tuner I was using before & the B string is WAY out - almost a semitone sharp when the display is stationary. I've tried using different settings & nothing makes any difference. Anybody got any ideas?

Luxuria - "Unanswerable Lust" & "Beastbox" (Haven't heard these for ages & they've just been reissued on Cherry Red - superb stuff!)

Just bought a rather brilliant Headrush pedal from Nick - great communication & fast delivery. Proper parcel as well with brown paper & string - none of that Jiffy Bag rubbish!

[quote name='Grant' timestamp='1317244868' post='1388707'] +1 for Nate Mendel and Robert DeLeo. Jeremy Toback (from a little known Seattle band called Brad featuring one Stone Gossard - check out their debut "Shame" and in particular the track "20th Century" - the world's most simple yet effective bass line.) [/quote] I'm a huge fan of Shawn Smith - got all his solo stuff but never managed to track down any of the Brad or Satchel stuff.

Tell him it will be impossible for him to play in the band once the singer takes out a restraining order against him.

Can't recall seeing Nick Lowe's bass playing mentioned on here. Martin McAloon (Prefab Sprout) is rarely if ever mentioned despite being a really good player. Laurence O'Keefe (Levitation/Dark Star). I've seen drummer Levitation/Dark Star drummer David Francolini mentioned more times on here than the bass player. I'm sure there are lots of others. [quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1317224566' post='1388351'] Marcus Cliffe (one of my heroes when he played with Brendan Croker and the Five o'clock Shadows) [/quote] Good call! I was going to mention Marcus Cliffe but I didn't know if anybody would know who he was. Brendan Croker & the Five o'clock Shadows were a great live band. Last thing I heard of Marcus Cliffe he was playing in bloody Emma Buntons backing band.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1317073012' post='1386516'] I dunno then [/quote] I'm waiting for an apology.

That Thunderbird is stunning. The rest of the list is pretty dull though IMO.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1317071613' post='1386485'] PayPal gift is only free if the money comes out of the payers bank account. If they fund their PayPal account from a credit card there will still be a fee. [/quote] That explains why I was hit with a fee then.

If you use the PayPal gift function the person sending gets clobbered with the fees instead of the receiver. As far as I know there's no way of using PayPal so nobody pays any fees.

The only thing I really regret selling is my Chapman Stick.

[quote name='dc2009' timestamp='1317043559' post='1385834'] How is that worth that much money, given so many luthiers could make it for so much less. [/quote] Apparently it's because of the name on the headstock. That little decal automatically transforms any piece of sh*t into the greatest basses/guitars in the cosmos. The Fender marketing people must just spend all day pissing themselves laughing at the stuff they can get people to buy.