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[quote name='Conan' post='1277593' date='Jun 21 2011, 07:52 PM']I like to think that I have a reasonable taste in music. So if [i]I[/i] like something, chances are that someone else will.[/quote] That doesn't necessarily mean you've got reasonable taste - it could mean that someone else has got taste as bad as you.

[quote name='risingson' post='1277408' date='Jun 21 2011, 05:55 PM']Is music just about enjoying yourself, or is it about entertaining an audience?[/quote] Music SHOULD be about being true to yourself & playing what you want to play, regardless of whether anyone else wants to hear it or not. If pleasing an audience comes before that then you shouldn't be a musician IMO - become a clown or a f***ing juggler or one of those c**ts that pretends to be a statue or some other such "entertaining" bollocks.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1275730' date='Jun 20 2011, 11:36 AM']It is always difficult to offer a learning plan if you don't know the player. Mine would be different to yours because our learning goals would probably be very different.[/quote] Preferred learning styles would also probably be different too.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1274399' date='Jun 19 2011, 08:14 AM']Love em or loathe them; I would take my Bolin over virtually any other bass but I also love my Streamer, so I guess I have best of both worlds! [/quote] That Bolin is lovely! (The Sonus is pretty hot too.... )

One important thing to take into account is that if you buy from the States the pedal might not be covered by a warranty over here. If the price difference is minimal it's not worth taking the risk.

[quote name='Evil Undead' post='1274489' date='Jun 19 2011, 10:33 AM']Hmm... I would prefer to do this and not use a drill at all, but I thought that by just screwing them in I would risk cracking or splitting the wood. Is this not the case?[/quote] Not if you're careful. Having said that other people on here seem to think it's a bad idea so maybe you're better off fannying about with drills & stuff. Don't want you blaming me if you f*** it up. You'd have to be careful not to crack the poly finish, but that is the case with using a drill as well.

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='1273487' date='Jun 18 2011, 09:37 AM']Just noticed that this thread has consecutive members - Bloodaxe and Mike - posting. How coincidental is that?! Out of 20,000-odd BC-ers![/quote] No very, when you take into account approximately 19,000 of those members joined the forum joined purely to flog their gear & have never posted anywhere else.

I can't see why you're even bothering to use a drill for the bridge cover. Just use a bradawl (or something similar) to make the indentations where you want the screws to go then screw them in. Wood screws are self tapping so there's no need to drill a hole out first. A bit of soap on the screw threads will make them go in much easier. The only place where you might need a drill would be on the scratchplate, though I'd probably just use a bradawl again, heated up so it melts a little hole through the plastic.

That's a beautiful colour!

[quote name='mcnach' post='1273865' date='Jun 18 2011, 03:58 PM'].....a breath of fresh air against all that black.[/quote] I don't think "A breath of fresh air" is what most Death/Black Metal bands are really looking for.

Wasn't the original bass line played on a synthesiser?

If you use the forum search function you'll find quite a few threads on this topic.

[quote name='Jondeeman' post='1272824' date='Jun 17 2011, 03:16 PM']They're looking to employ someone with web experience... [url="http://www.bassguitarmagazine.com/"]BGM[/url][/quote] They should employ somebody with "Putting a decent magazine together" experience while they're at it.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1271050' date='Jun 16 2011, 09:36 AM']Even some of the bands seemed like they weren't that interested...e.g. Kings of Leon.[/quote] I can fully understand where they're coming from - I'm not that interested in them either.

Miles Davis - "Shhh/Peaceful".

Don't ignore Rolf! He lived in Cardiff when he was a kid!

I'd rather see the Wombles than 95% of the sh*t they have on at Glastonbury.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1267837' date='Jun 13 2011, 08:31 PM']He was rude and arrogant in places.[/quote] No more so than a lot of the other posters in the thread.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1267758' date='Jun 13 2011, 07:20 PM']* KS seemed entirely reasonable to me and I agreed with much of what he had to say.[/quote] That's good, I thought I was the only person who thought that. To be honest I also thought there was an element of humour in some of his posts, but people had already decided he was rude & arrogant so they chose to ignore it.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1267592' date='Jun 13 2011, 05:39 PM']Who wouldn't?[/quote] Me.

If the choice I had was having nice bass gear or somewhere to live the bass gear would be gone in a flash. It's a question of priorities & in the grand scheme of things basses are pretty unimportant.

[quote name='Ross' post='1267065' date='Jun 13 2011, 10:40 AM']The thing Ken can't seem to grasp, if people are spending £3k+ on a bass, it's not a big thing to expect the company to ship them a $10 pot and not extort $100 for their back pocket claiming it was for shipping. That is disgraceful customer service.[/quote] If you're going to mouth off at least get your facts right. As Skank has pointed out, The shipping fee was what UPS quoted, not some figure plucked from the air by Mr. Smith. Also, the OP did not spend $3000+ on a bass - he had an old secondhand bass.

[quote name='flyfisher' post='1266256' date='Jun 12 2011, 04:21 PM']Now, what sort of company would you prefer to deal with? [/quote] I'd prefer to deal with a company that concentrates on building a quality product, which is what I do. And if that means I've got to pay for a phone call or a spare part then so be it.

[quote name='flyfisher' post='1265986' date='Jun 12 2011, 12:48 PM']How much cheaper it would have been in the long run if the pot had been send out gratis?[/quote] But where then, as a businessman, do you draw the line? The OP gets his free pot, goes on all the bass forums & tells everyone he got it free & what a great guy Ken Smith is. This puts Ken in the position of having set a precedent of sending stuff out for free. The next person he charges for a replacement part then goes on all the forums & starts bitching about it not being fair because other people got their stuff free. You can't win in this situation. Let's remember that we're talking about an old secondhand bass the OP has here. All my basses are secondhand & made by small high end companies. I've sent emails to them about various things in the past, including buying merchandise. I've got replies to some, others have had none. I'm not about to go stamping my feet & saying what a bunch of bastards **** are for not treating me as a valued customer even though they've never actually seen a penny of my money. We're talking about small businesses here, not some multinational company who can afford to have a dedicated team of customer service advisers dealing with queries & complaints 24/7.