Muzz

That happened to me, too... 😕

I'm firmly in the 'it's about the song' rather than even 'it's about the band', and definitely not 'it's about the player'. Even my favourite players in my favourite bands have generated some duff old songs, which no amount of playing can save... There's bassists I like, but they don't dictate what I like to listen to, and I definitely don't gravitate to solo/virtuoso bass stuff, and definitely, definitely not the widdly/shreddy stuff. Most of those guys have got enough competition these days from 10-year olds on YouTube anyway...if you'll forgive a footballing analogy, it's like watching someone playing keepie-uppie rather than a good match... The only person I willingly listen to/watch playing solo is Bobby Vega, and that's mostly because of that little knee-bend shuffly boogie thing he does... 😀

Me too! 😀

I think, with the exception of the backwaters of jazz, that 'Standard' is a moveable feast: one man's Standard being another Man's WTF. In the world of general consumption, it's entirely understandable how these things move as popularity of music changes, and I'm sure any musical lessons about structure and theory can be learned from songs of a similar structure from any era. One startling illustration of how things move on is when our BL got some gigs doing his solo acoustic guitar/singing schtick in a number of old peoples homes. I'd imagined he'd have to learn some much older tunes, but he told me the things which went down best were Beatles and Stones/60s stuff... 😕 😀

I've just looked at these, as they look great for leaving around the place and noodling, but every demo I've seen they're fret-buzzing like mad... 😕

I'll second the Michael Kelly - I've had a Dragonfly for a good while. As Josie says, they've verrrry ornate, but I love the look of mine, it's just a nice thing to have around. It's very capable of gigging, too; the Fishman pickup/preamp is very nice. The revelation with mine was fitting flats - it improved the whole experience tenfold, I don't know why all acoustic basses don't come with them as standard. I'm not a flats player by any means, but they just work soooo well with acoustic basses.

I've been surprised at the easy ride Trickfish have had with regard to RMS/Peak power claims and the car crash that is their specs for the 1k and .5k amps, and the somewhat, erm, creative naming of them...

I'd already mentioned them (and Amstrad) in another thread...careful: if we say their name three times, they might come back... 😕🙂

Ohhh, that's just 'loud'. What about 'heft'? 😀

I don't think that if the manufacturer claims the lower of two possible figures (and in doing so uses the same rating method as 90% of the competitive market) on their webpage (unlike Behringer with the Veyron) then you can complain much about cynicism. Anyway, I'm glad you like the amp. I'm out.

Pfffft. The Mesa figures are RMS. If Behringer was marketing the Subway, it'd be with a much bigger number than 800 on it... I'd say cynicism lies (SWIDT?) in making your product look comparatively much more powerful than it actually is, not less.

I've worked with Marketing types, and I can confidently say that if there's a smidgen of a hope of an inkling of a possibility that they can pass off a bigger (i.e. better) number (or any other factor) using any sort of loophole which isn't legally prohibited (and even then I've known them take the chance) to make the product sound better to the Mug Punter (and let's not forget in this specific case even distributors and big retailers have been fooled), then they'll be all over it like a dog on a hot sausage. Edit: And if you think a company like Behringer isn't completely, cynically aware of the state of the market with regards to their competitors and their publishing the specs of their amps (i.e. 90% of them use RMS), then I've a really, really great investment opportunity I'd like to involve you in... 🙂

Ohhhh, 'music power'; I remember that one. High fives all round in the Marketing meeting, while the Engineering blokes put their heads in their hands... 🙂

That friend of mine is enjoying his...he wanted a Streamliner (after he'd heard the one I had) but when he saw the price of the Behringer he bought one, and it's worked for him. He did say "2000w my a*se", though... 🙂

I was interested to see the lack of witch hunt which the Trickfish engendered on TB, after the months of pitchfork-waving a few years ago which greeted the news that the TC amp power ratings were, let's say, optimised. Granted, TC's method was a little more convoluted, but even so... Interestingly, the Bullhead .5k is quoted at Continuous Power (although it mentions '1404w Peak'), where the 1k isn't. Presumably they didn't want their cheaper amp sounding more powerful than their premium offering. Putting the Tricky in Trickfish...caveat emptor, and all that 🙂

As I say, it's a common approach from the low-rent end of the market (see Tandy and Amstrad above).

It may well be 2000w peak, it's still a shameless Marketing tactic to quote the biggest number they can for the output in an attempt to, as has been observed above, fool newbies. As I say, it's a common approach from the low-rent end of the market (see Tandy and Amstrad above). A good friend of mine has one. It's a very capable 3-500w amp, he's had it a few months, and it hasn't broken down.

Blimey, I hadn't imagined music promotion was so risky... 😕

And a Nissan Micra will still do 138mph...if you can find a cliff high enough to drop one off...

"But this one goes up to eleven..."

A witch! She turned me into a newt! I got better... 🙂

I stick to the Holy Scripture, as outlined below: A Reading from the Book of Bass, Chapter 4, Verses 16 to 20: 'First enter thou the purveyors of the Holy Bass. Then thou must count the strings to four. Four shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be four. Five shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count three, excepting that thou then proceedeth to four. Six is right out.' 🙂