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[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='846389' date='May 24 2010, 11:53 AM'].......But most people don't like paying extra if they can't notice the difference.[/quote] I don't think cost is really an issue anymore. OK, most basses with carbon fibre necks tend to be pretty expensive, but if you look at the cost of, for example, Status, Zon & Modulus basses people are willing to pay just as much and a lot more for basses with wooden necks.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='846325' date='May 24 2010, 10:42 AM']Nothing to do with being conservative, it's just that - like you said - for 99% of bassists there's no point in using exotic composites.[/quote] That is absolutely NOT what I said. All I said was I pretty sure 99% of bassists wouldn't notice any difference in FEEL if they weren't told it was a carbon fibre neck. I also clearly stated why I think carbon fibre is superior to wooden necks.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='846276' date='May 24 2010, 09:56 AM']Which is probably why they've never caught on. Wood's been doing a sterling job on guitar necks for centuries.[/quote] They haven't "caught on" mainly because of the conservative nature of the majority of bassists & guitarists - if Leo bloody Fender had started using them everybody would think they were f***ing awesome.

I love carbon fibre necks for the even response and the stability they give. Having owned wooden necked basses with serious neck stability problems carbon fibre necks are an absolute bloody joy. I'd never own another wooden necked bass. I honestly can't say I notice much difference in feel between the necks on my Zons & the wooden necked basses I've owned. People that have played my Zons but don't know they have carbon fibre necks have never commented on the neck feeling stiffer or different to any other bass. To be honest I think if you gave 99% of players a carbon fibre necked bass & told them it was a painted wooden neck they wouldn't be any the wiser.

Space Ritual era Lemmy was a huge influence on me when I started playing - my first band when I was in school used to play "Lord of Light". I liked Paul Rudolph & Harvey Bainbridge's playing too. Alan Davey never really did it for me though - he was just a 3rd division Lemmy clone as far as I was concerned.

They play in the UK pretty regularly, though usually only in London. I've seen them loads of times over the years, they're one of the best live bands I've ever seen.

I misread your title & thought you were selling 6 Miley Cyrus CDs.............

That's a beauty - 1980s Japanese ESP guitars & basses are superb bits of kit.

I've been looking for a watch & I think I've found it.

Questa è bella! That's a really lovely piece of music. Beautiful tone from your Stick too - what tuning are you using on it? (I wish I'd never sold my stick - biggest regret ever).

Hamer 12 string bass. That's all you need.

I'm the one on the right:

There's no excuse for doing this - if he wants more for the amp he should put a reserve price on it or start the bid at the lowest amount he's happy to accept. Tell him you're not interested, leave negative feedback & report him to Ebay.

[quote name='flyfisher' post='833381' date='May 10 2010, 06:23 PM']I wonder if anyone has ever bothered to wire each string pick-up separately, which would allow different effects to be applied to each string. Not sure I could get my head around all the options and possibilities that would allow. Mind you, I don't use any effects anyway so a single pedal would probably confuse me. [/quote] Hamer did this with the quadraphonic version of their 12 string bass in the late 70s.

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='826964' date='May 3 2010, 11:13 PM']Spoons? Big in the Manchester Metal Scene right now.[/quote] Surely spoons would more likely be Sheffield metal?

Just what you want if you go for a nice day at the beach - a bunch of f***ing hippies having a jam..........

Steve Harris (pretty much all the Iron Maiden stuff is written by him). Geddy Lee. Ross Valory.

[quote name='OldGit' post='826873' date='May 3 2010, 09:58 PM']Lots of life is like that as you get older .... [/quote] Don't I just know it.........

If that dust had been glued on by a Fender "Master Builder" plenty of people would pay thousands for it.......

[quote name='Conan' post='826272' date='May 3 2010, 10:50 AM']I believe they are no longer made. But I could be wrong! They were called "superwounds" weren't they? The windings stopped an inch or so before the ball ending so that only the string's core rested on the bridge saddle. Fine if they were the only strings you used, but meant that you had to do a major set-up every time you switched to other strings...[/quote] You can't get them anymore, though LaBella "Supersteps" strings are the same design with the exposed core at the bridge. I was another Mark King obsessive, to the extent I ordered a custom JD, used Trace Elliot amps & learned to play pretty much all the Level 42 stuff. Up until I heard Level 42 I was purely a Rock/Metal/Prog player. After hearing them I did nothing but slap for years & got pretty good at it, then I just grew sick of the sound of it & decided never to do it again. Or so I thought........... Last October I joined a prog type band & the drummer turned out to be a closet Level 42 fan, which I'm afraid has let the old thumb genie out of the bottle again. I'm nowhere near as good at it as I used to be but I'm enjoying doing it again, though in moderation this time.

[quote name='cetera' post='825193' date='May 1 2010, 10:02 PM']Excellent stuff! We prebooked for later this year (December?) so good to know it'll go ahead! [/quote] Great news! I'll be there!