Conan

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368711389' post='2080504'] Wrong mate [/quote] Wrong how? I thought that was a pretty accurate evaluation of the Scott Thunes situation? What else do you know?

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1368691105' post='2080135'] This is usually caused by me taking a swig between numbers and the band starting the next song before I,m ready!! [/quote] Oh yeah. Been there myself...

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1368655767' post='2079998'] The guy who traded with me put it up for sale a couple of weeks later, and I asked if I could buy it back, even pleaded with him but he refused - I have absolutely no idea why - I was devastated. What a total git. [/quote] Weird! Was that someone on here?

I'm interested in this too, so I await the replies eagerly!

I much prefer to use the terms 'deep' and 'shallow' rather than 'thick' and 'thin' to describe the distance from front to back on a neck. Makes much more sense to me anyway! Consequently, my Status has a wide but shallow neck.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1368693447' post='2080167'] That's my point. I've never actually heard of a truly transparent pickup. [/quote] Some are more 'transparent' than others, but I agree. Then again I am no expert!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1368526152' post='2077936'] what's the difference in a single coil and soapbar though? [/quote] They are the same thing, electronically - but the housings are different shapes. Imagine what a Les Paul would look like with two Strat-style SC pickups? It's just what people are used to seeing. Its a bit like putting the same engine into two different cars, maybe. Does the same thing, but looks different. Personally, I prefer the look of soapbars - but in guitars that have always had SCs in single casings, they look wrong IMO. A Jazz bass with soapbars? Yuk.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1368691386' post='2080140'] But what is a transparent pickup? It seems like a pretty illusive thing. [/quote] A pickup that does not introduce its own character to the sound. Although I would have thought that most pickups do this, as the acoustic sound is very different to the transduced and amplified sound. To test this, try holding a microphone up to a vibrating bass string. Is that really the sound that you would want?

I'd say £100 a gig was pretty good - especially as you haven't had to pay into the PA, rehearsals or any other costs. But it depends on the band of course. If you hate the material and only do it for the dosh, then a ton might not cover your umbrage. If you like the band and the material, I'd just keep schtum and take the cash.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbJ0Ga8hFc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbJ0Ga8hFc[/url] That 'Wick sounds more like a Rick than most Ricks I've heard!! Nailed the tone totally man!

[quote name='Jack Cahalane' timestamp='1368577172' post='2078868'] Basically what I'm asking is is it safe to use these together, and will I be getting the most out of the head putting it through that cab? [/quote] Safe? Definitely. Sound-wise? Surely only your ears can decide that. All the technical information in the world only helps some of the people some of the time. If your ears tell you that it sounds good, then, for you, it probably does. Of course, if you understand the tech stuff, you might actually see the truth in it and decide to take notice of it. Not everyone does of course, but it had certainly helped me refine my tone from what it was a few years ago when all I cared about was if i could hear myself...

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368618333' post='2079198'] Then you must hate music and have no personality or musicality mate. Are you dead from the neck up, or down? Or both? [/quote] Ah. You've seen me play then...?

Nope, not really. A quick wipe down with a moist E-cloth when changing strings is about it for me.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368618040' post='2079187']Rush are crap, dead down and up, no surprises, totally predicatable, no musicality or personality.[/quote] I knew there had to be a reason why I have loved them these last 35 years!! My kind of band!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1368616678' post='2079166'] You can watch 30 mins of the show and know every move they would make..and there would be no musical surprises. [/quote] I would be interested to know how you personally would be playing [i]your own [/i]songs 30-40 years after you had written them? After having played them live [i]thousands[/i] of times over the years in front of millions of fans who all expect you to be note-perfect? Horses for courses, naturally - but Rush fans are generally extremely demanding in terms of how they expect the band's songs to be played. Is there an element of jealousy here?

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1368569720' post='2078795'] I think youre mistaking me for someone who give a monkeys toss what you think about them. [/quote] Classic! I wish I'd written that!! If I say it know, it would be a cover version - so I'd have to put my own personality into it or it would just be "saying by numbers" (whatever the f*** [i]that[/i] means!?)

Would now be the appropriate time to mention the Barefaced Super 12?

[quote name='AntWPF' timestamp='1368531585' post='2078012']my website is now up: www.soyouthinkyoucanplaybass.com Thank you all for your feedback, I look forward to hearing from you. [/quote] I agree with what others have said - that is not a good name for a teaching or instructional resource. Far too confrontational, and likely to put potential visitors off IMO. But hey - it's your project man!

[quote name='Platypus' timestamp='1368468269' post='2077465']I've personally lost count of the times I've had to complain about being denied the opportunity to pay some more tax, when importing strings from US[/quote]