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[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1456017722' post='2984617'] Why not a Mac? [/quote] That's a whole new thread right there. The OP said 'not Mac'. Anyway, I want to know which laptop for recording, too - not Mac. I'm not a big Apple fan, if you want to know.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1456015399' post='2984602'] Well for these situations I know I would have to remember to switch the fan on again. [/quote] That's the thing, isn't it? I wouldn't trust myself to remember. You're neurons may be in better condition than mine.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1455985745' post='2984312'] I've bought basses on the net, and in the time it took for it to be delivered, lost all interest in said bass and simultaneously developed GAS for something else. [/quote] I have given up alcohol and weed for 14 months now since I realised that I don't actually like being drunk or stoned. What I liked most was [i]getting [/i]drunk and stoned, which is completely different. It was the process that I was into. When I smoked tobacco, I would often get a cig out of the packet and light it when I already had one lit. In the end I realised that smoking and drinking were merely habits, nothing more. When you stop doing something it's not a habit any more. That realisation was all I needed to stop doing those things. Not that I'm taking anything for granted, but I'm doing OK so far.

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1455984444' post='2984289'] When I am playing in a band, I may think that I want a dirtier sound and then go after an overdrive pedal to boost the valve preamp I have...this is not GAS. When I am not playing in a band, I may imagine playing with other people and think that I want a dirtier sound and then go after an overdrive pedal to boost the valve preamp I have. This is GAS. [/quote] A good example of the difference between GAS and NOT GAS.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1455982947' post='2984262'] Should we just send you the links to nice P basses and save you some time [/quote] If you like, but I already have two nice P basses so the effects will be minimal. Edit: I do currently have [i]slight [/i]GAS for a small but powerful combo from either Phil Jones or Markbass, but both are beyond my means at the moment and in any case I already have a perfectly good small but powerful combo, so can resist.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1455981952' post='2984240'] See Skanks post #10 here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/279433-the-clay-dot-myth-they-were-lino/page__pid__2984238#entry2984238"]http://basschat.co.u...38#entry2984238[/url] [/quote] Are you saying this thread is dogshit?

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1455981841' post='2984239'] I was under the impression that regulations regarding dog food used to be very lax, which led to certain pet food manufacturers using all sorts of material as filler to bulk out the content, much the same way that butchers use breadcrumbs/cereal in sausages. I may well be wrong about this, but there used to be a very cheap dogmeat that was rumoured to use incinerator ashes to pad out the mechanically reclaimed meat - the phenomenon of white dogshit disappeared quite suddenly where I live, so it's given much stronger credence to the petfood filler theory than having anything to do with butchers and bones (in my mind anyhoo). [/quote] Also plausible and fits well in this thread, where there seem to be few facts! But this sounds likely to me.

Good luck!

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[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1455978134' post='2984183'] But also, I wonder if it's about: Plugging a hole in your life... [/quote] If we spent more time plugging holes we wouldn't have as much time for GAS... [quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1455978134' post='2984183'] I'm happy to have fun with GAS if I'm not going to lose money, nothing to lose that way. [/quote] Nothing wrong with that - like any other activity, discretion and moderation are the bywords...

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1455976042' post='2984144'] Skank raises a very important point here: What has happened to white dog sh1t? [/quote] Again, this may or may not be true, but I read somewhere that it's because of the decline of the high-street butcher and the fact that most people buy their meat from supermarkets and therefore no longer ask for bones to give to their dogs. It was the ingestion of calcium that made the dogshit white in the past and because dogs effectively no longer eat bones that there's far less white dogshit...

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1455977206' post='2984164'] GAS is bad for you, just say "NO!" [/quote] Ha, ha! I've tried that, but it's simply not having as much time to pursue it that's worked for me. I suppose a psychologist would call it a 'displacement activity' or some such?

[b]The Psychology Of GAS[/b] Quite a few threads recently about GAS and the justification of it... but just what [i]is[/i] it that makes you want something you don't really need? If you didn't know about the item or items in question and never saw them, would you still want it/them? As has been said in another thread, as a bass player in the real world, (remember that?) you could most probably get by with a halfway-decent mid-range bass and a reasonably good combo amp. But few of us do. So you see a bass you like the look of. Can you admire it for what it is and move on, or do you imagine yourself owning and playing it regardless of whether you need it or not? If so, do you then go ahead and buy it if you can afford it? Or do you buy it anyway, even though you can't afford it and get yourself into debt, or do without something else that you (or your family) actually need? If this is the case, do you see it as a problem or do you blithely carry on and not think about it too much? Do you really [i]need [/i]more than one decent, versatile rig? Do you have multiple rigs for possible different scenarios without ever actually being IN those scenarios? Do you have a small rig for pub gigs, a slightly bigger set-up for clubs and bigger rooms and a huge pro rig for stadia and festivals (even though you rarely, if ever, play stadia and festivals)? Do you have a P bass because it's the industry standard, it's the done thing and everyone's got one? A five string, 'just in case' an imaginary music director asks you to bring one to a fictional session that never happens? Do you have a Jazz-style bass for the same reason, or because you might one day need 'that Jazz sound', even though you don't particularly like that sound, don't get on with Jazz basses and hardly ever play them? Is it because you have way too much spare time on your hands and spend quite a lot of it fantasising about the things you see, both here and elsewhere, then coming up with plausible (or otherwise) reasons for acquiring them? Now I'm not being judgemental and I'm not asking you to justify your purchases, I'm merely curious. Personally [i]I think it's all about having the time available to look at shiny things on the interwebz[/i]. This has been brought home to me recently because I have joined a band who are (by my standards at least) very busy. They rehearse a lot and they gig a lot. I have a gig this evening and should be preparing myself for it right now... so... The bottom line is, since I've had far less time to look at gear and generate GAS, I've had far less GAS. Logical, no? So though I still briefly see things I like, I don't want to buy them and much more importantly, don't automatically start generating plausible reasons for 'needing' them. Because I've got about sixty-odd numbers I need to learn for the band's repertoire. So that's good, isn't it..? Isn't it...? It's probably blindingly obvious to everyone reading this, but doesn't it make a lot more sense to buy good, basic gear and actually spend your time thinking about and improving your playing rather than looking to upgrade all the time? How many people of this parish are actually better players than the gear they already have and need better/more expensive gear? Anyway, I must get on...

Just my 2p, but I wouldn't fit a switch... it would drastically increase the possibility of your amp being in a thermal stress situation, which I assume would lead to shutdown. Which could be embarrassing at a gig. For example...

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1455921705' post='2983767'] It'll be a sad day if it ever disappears for good [/quote] I think I'd probably get over it pretty quickly.

[quote name='AlpherMako5' timestamp='1455915681' post='2983695'] Did it [/quote] Very good! Looks amazing. I wouldn't like to have to pick it up, though. Not with my, er... fissure.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1455914710' post='2983679'] I regret that neither account is correct... [/quote] Brilliant, Skank...

[quote name='AlpherMako5' timestamp='1455912834' post='2983662'] Oh, God, I don't know how to do that!! [/quote] Upload pic to Photobucket or similar, copy the 'direct' link, then click on the green 'image' button in the post editor and paste the link into the box.

[quote name='AlpherMako5' timestamp='1455911279' post='2983637'] I completed my new (but second-hand) rig today. It blows my lightweight and class d rig out of the water. Pure AWESOMENESS [/quote] We'll be the judge of that. You have NO rig until we've seen photographic evidence! Them's the rules here!

[quote name='BluRay' timestamp='1455611372' post='2980576'] Yep, gotta love straddling too... [/quote] That's a very fine straddle. [quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1455642526' post='2981038'] Oh look! It's time for my meds! [/quote] Thanks, you've reminded me that it's time for mine.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1455909905' post='2983623'] I read recently that the Lino story is the untrue myth it may even be on the fender site or some fender facts thing and that there actually a type of wood filler of the time that was already in use somewhere in the factory this saved money and was already in stock Leo liked the efficiency of this. [/quote] This from fenderbassplayer.com: [b]"Clay Dots[/b] One of the most interesting Fender myths is the clay dots or position markers used on rosewood fingerboards from 1959 to 1964. For years collectors have coveted the fact that Fender basses from this period had tan or brown tinted position markers as opposed to the white or faux pearl dots. The stories of what type of material Fender used for these markers had been disputed for years. Probably the biggest myth is that Fender used old floor tile material to create the so called clay dots. The story goes that Leo Fender needed to change the floor in the Fender factory and decided that in order to save money they could use the old tiles to cut out the position markers for the new rosewood fingerboards. It's also usually added that the tiles contained dangerous asbestos, making things a little more dramatic. Other stories have Fender using actually clay material for the dots, hence their name. The truth is that Fender used a type of filler compound that was popular for furniture work back in the day. The material would dry hard and was actually stark white in color when new. Over time the combination of the oil from the rosewood board and the general sweat and dirt from years of playing would turn the dots that clay color." So there you go! Also today I mixed up some butter with some I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, so now I don't know what the f*** to believe.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1455909364' post='2983617'] Lino dots? Yep, when I look along my fretboard I see a [b]line o' dots [/b] [/quote]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1455909199' post='2983615'] Vulcanised fibre board is the stuff they made pickup flatwork and amplifier eyelet boards from, so it makes sense that they'd use it elsewhere. [/quote] Yes, and I think the very early 1951 bridge saddles were made of it too, as were the first pickup bobbins. I believe this was due to a lack of resources owing to the Korean war.

Below is an interesting piece I found on the interwebz. Apparently clay dots weren't made of clay, they were pressed fibreboard and in some cases, lino..! Sounds plausible to me. Just the sort of thing Leo would do... [b]The 'Clay Dot Myth'[/b] "Pre-CBS dots in rosewood fingerboards, which have become known as 'clay' dots over the last 25 years - were not made of clay or any type of paste. The claim that the dots were made of a mythical paste called 'Ivorine' is just that - a myth - that has been embellished by people who swallowed that theory without testing it. Bill Carson stated that the white dots in rosewood boards from 1959 to 1964 were installed the same way as the black dots prior to 1959 and that the material was fibreboard. Carson left professional music in 1957 to work full-time at Fender, first in guitar construction and then as guitar foreman, supervisor and plant manager. At a luthier's seminar, Yasuhiko Iwanade (President of Gibson, Japan and ex-Fender employee) said that Leo Fender told him that the clay dots were white vulcanized fiberboard. Some pre-CBS guitars with original white dots appear to have dots made from lino, so it appears Fender used at least two different types of material, but both were discs pre-cut or punched and then pressed into the holes and NOT a paste scraped into the hole. Fender had been using black discs for 9 years before this, so there was no logical reason to completely change their process to one that was slower and more expensive - and then change back again when they started to use Pearloid dots in 1965. Many original guitars lost their 'clay' dots during their first re-fret, because the dots were very thin... I have had them fall out when I sanded boards 25 years ago and I then made a paste to replace them - and the owner didn't notice! That has been going on since the late 60s when the guitars needed re-fretting or the player wanted a flatter fingerboard radius - it was common to lose the twelfth fret dots - so a guitar that had its dots replaced by paste 30-40 years ago might well lead someone to think the dots were the originals if they saw the guitar today without knowing its history. We had an original dot from a 1962 guitar analysed in a laboratory. The result - 'This material has a high content of zinc-hydrochloride and cellulose.' Zinc-hydrochloride is used to produce vulcanized fibre and the base for vulcanised fibre is cellulose." So there it is. I have it on good authority the very best replica builders use genuine 60s lino!