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[quote name='peteb' post='1270815' date='Jun 15 2011, 11:09 PM']He's from New York - Whadaya gonna do about it??[/quote]

[quote name='ficelles' post='1269496' date='Jun 15 2011, 12:26 AM']I reckon he's just taking the mick out of every slappin' and poppin' bass [i]branleur[/i] in da house by doing it 10 times better and 100m times faster...

ficelles[/quote]
Faster yes, but [i]better[/i]? Err, no.

[quote name='RhysP' post='1269050' date='Jun 14 2011, 07:12 PM']I'd rather see the Wombles than 95% of the sh*t they have on at Glastonbury.[/quote]
Plus about a million.

[quote name='ZMech' post='1269605' date='Jun 15 2011, 07:37 AM']Has anyone else ever wondered what would happy if barefaced and BFM teamed together to make a range of uber-cabs?[/quote]
I think we'd all have to start looking out for low-flying pigs.

I like a bit of slap, and I'm sure Nigel's a lovely bloke and all that, but oh dear this really is grooveless nonsense.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1267857' date='Jun 13 2011, 08:45 PM']Why bring Ashdown into this? [/quote][quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1267863' date='Jun 13 2011, 08:47 PM']Because of their impeccable customer service.[/quote]
Well, they weren't exactly overwhelmingly helpful when I contacted them about the Freebass wireless I (very briefly) had. I contacted them about some weird noises it was making, said I'd replaced all the leads and even the power supply and still no good, and I was told (twice) that the problem was "either in the receiver or the transmitter". God, really? Pretty much all the help I was offered. Although they were very quick in replying to my emails.

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[quote name='mcnach' post='1266215' date='Jun 12 2011, 03:49 PM']I voted hardcase, bt it really depends.[/quote]
This.

Wrong again actually, the answer is one of the following:
[list=1]
[*]Ulaan Bator.
[*]One sixth of a gill.
[*]Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the candlestick.
[*]Yes.
[*]1951.
[*]Tim.
[*]"Tea break's over, back on yer heads."
[*]No.
[*]The third dalek from the left.
[*]Marmoset.
[/list]

If you like the sound of some Hartke amps, why not take a punt on one? I've got an old Hartke 3500 head and it's completely brilliant in every way. And like you say, they're cheap. Advantage

Anything with Yamaha on the headstock.

You know what I'd do? Stick the pot in a jiffy bag as has been suggested, and send it off FOC using the USPS $2.50 service that someone found.
If it arrives in one piece, all is well and goodwill is restored. Good PR, minimal outlay.
If it arrives busted up in transit, then it's reasonable to say "well I tried, but I did warn you it might happen"... but at least the attempt was made. Goodwill is restored, as the right thing is seen to have been attempted. More good PR, minimal outlay.
That's what [i]I'd[/i] do. But then I'm a skint signalling designer from Bristol, not an NYC luthier.

[quote name='Ken Smith' post='1265704' date='Jun 12 2011, 03:35 AM']But then again, your guys are English and drive on the Wrong side of the road, right?.. lol[/quote]
Not at all. You guys drive on the right... we drive on the [i]correct[/i]

I'd have thought we had enough members of the BC Bristol Massive to hold our own Bash here

Is it a Modulus thing? I saw my mate's band a while back, the bassist had a Modulus Quantum 5 and a Status S2 5-string and alternated between the two. The Status was thundering, but the Modulus was all click and no balls. Not what I was expecting at all.

Can we just accept that some people like them and some don't?

$100 for shipping a small electronic component is remarkable when you consider that UPS only charged a guy $10 to ship me a stomp box from the States.
If I recall correctly, CK has also been on the receiving end of Mr Smith's idea of customer service too.

What is the pot rating/type?

One of my F/book friends has gone 4/4 and is regretting it. The sound is brilliant but the thing is a real arse to transport and I think he's finding the playing quite a challenge.

Godammit, will people please stop selling things I want when I've got no money?

I've got a defretted RBX765A and can confirm that they make great fretless basses. This looks like a bargain

I must be a really, really lucky man... all the drummers I've ever played with have been rock-solid metronomic groovemeisters. I honestly don't think i could play with a sloppy timekeeper, it'd drive me batsh!t.

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1250872' date='May 30 2011, 10:21 PM']That would actually work. Let's open up a store! [/quote]
Yes, you could call it The Root-Five Emporium

[quote name='lojo' post='1251813' date='May 31 2011, 05:47 PM']So many peoples experiences differ, but if you only attend one church and get turned off (or even on) its like going to a random concert and then judging all forms of music by it[/quote]
I get the feeling that I may have given the impression I turned my back on religion purely because of the lacklustre services. Not so. My abandonment of the church goes an awful lot deeper than just getting fed up with sitting through antiquated hymns. Having said that, it is sad that the Shinfield Free congregation didn't realise the damage they were doing by refusing to move even slightly with the times.

Back when I was a wee nipper -- before religion and I pretty much gave up on each other -- I used to attend the local Free Church with my parents. The congregation was shall we say fairly advanced in years, and pretty much any attempt to work in anything even remotely up-tempo resulted in lots of grumbling about 'Top Of The Pops' and other such superannuated whinges. They were quite happy with their thees and thou-wouldsts and anything even remotely cheerful sounding was not acceptable. Oh, I hated it. So much for making a joyful noise. As some of the older people passed away, their places were not taken, and by the time I stopped going it was dying on its arse, literally.
A decent band and some major key songs would have changed all that.

Sennheiser HD280 pro. Love 'em. Mine are 64Ω.

My band gets fairly well paid for gigs but once we've covered rehearsal costs and split the balance 13 ways it's never going to pay for my kit. I guess it just about covers my strings and goes a little way towards fuel and that's enough for me. I'm just thankful to be able to play at all, and to have such a great bunch of people to do it with.