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A personal explanation of why green basses are the best and have the best tone

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1414165171' post='2586652']
Erm, I don't know if you're being ironic here or if you've missed the point.
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He's just being accurate. Green things look green because they absorb all the other colours but reflect the green light .... back into our eyes so we perceive them as green. Look back at what you wrote originally. :)

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[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1414169567' post='2586716']
He's just being accurate. Green things look green because they absorb all the other colours but reflect the green light .... back into our eyes so we perceive them as green. Look back at what you wrote originally. :)

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Erm, he's responding to a satire of audio woo which was deliberately as wrong as possible in as many ways as possible. Was this not obvious when it was a post pretending to sell green tape that you stick on your bass saying that it would make your bass sound better? It's looking to me as there has been a severe case of *whoosh* here. That the tape absolutely does not work, and could not work in the way described was the entire point.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1414176604' post='2586819']
Erm, he's responding to a satire of audio woo which was deliberately as wrong as possible in as many ways as possible. Was this not obvious when it was a post pretending to sell green tape that you stick on your bass saying that it would make your bass sound better? It's looking to me as there has been a severe case of *whoosh* here. That the tape absolutely does not work, and could not work in the way described was the entire point.
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Don't be ridiculous. It's green tape, of course it works :ph34r: :lol:

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1414176604' post='2586819']
Erm, he's responding to a satire of audio woo which was deliberately as wrong as possible in as many ways as possible. Was this not obvious when it was a post pretending to sell green tape that you stick on your bass saying that it would make your bass sound better? It's looking to me as there has been a severe case of *whoosh* here. That the tape absolutely does not work, and could not work in the way described was the entire point.
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I'm pretty sure he understood that, as I did. He just noticed the statement about the objects looking the way they do [1] -and the chlorophyll thing- being wrong, as I did...
It didn't look to me a deliberate mistake, as the amusing point of the green tape was a separate issue. I was this far (thumb and index very close together) to point it out as well, but couldn't be bothered :lol:

I'm sure it was not meant to embarrass, but to point out something that maybe was just misunderstood by you (and/or others).

Not worth getting upset about :)

[1] i.e: the colour you see is the light reflected, not the light absorbed.

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[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1414177565' post='2586841']
I'm pretty sure he understood that, as I did. He just noticed the statement about the objects looking the way they do -and the chlorophyll thing- being wrong, as I did...
It didn't look to me a deliberate mistake, as the amusing point of the green tape was a separate issue. I was this far (thumb and index very close together) to point it out as well, but couldn't be bothered :lol:

I'm sure it was not meant to embarrass, but to point out something that maybe was just misunderstood by you (and/or others).

Not worth getting upset about :)
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I'm not getting upset about it, nor am I embarrassed. I'm just clarifying what I was showing in my original post, for people who have missed the point.

In pseudoscience of all sorts, actual real science is often claimed to support the pseudoscientific claims. E.g. Deepak Chopra and other 'quantum mystics' clearly doesn't understand quantum physics, but use its terminology and crude misunderstandings of quantum physics theory to support their claims. E.g. see this: [url="http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2010/03/deepak-chopra-challenged-by-quantum-physicist.html"]http://hinessight.bl...-physicist.html[/url]

The original post is frantically wrong in all points, particularly in its chronic mis-use of science to try to justify selling small bits of tape for nigh on £80. That's nothing I'm embarrassed about because it was deliberate, done to satirise woo merchants who try to sell BS things for large amounts of money often using clearly misunderstood science to support their claims.

I'm just disappointed that a number of people failed to see the point I was making. And I thought I'd clarify what I was doing. As while it's just a satiric post in a satiric thread, I do believe that the mis-use of science in the way that I satirised is a serious problem in our society.

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[URL=http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/72arodney/media/frontfull_zps3beb0793.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y451/72arodney/frontfull_zps3beb0793.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/72arodney/media/98SherwoodGreen_zps0dc488ce.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y451/72arodney/98SherwoodGreen_zps0dc488ce.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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[quote name='rodney72a' timestamp='1414207761' post='2587119']
[url="http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/72arodney/media/frontfull_zps3beb0793.jpg.html"][/url]
[url="http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/72arodney/media/98SherwoodGreen_zps0dc488ce.jpg.html"][/url]
[url="http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/72arodney/media/2000MetalFlakeGreen_zps8e420b63.jpg.html"][/url]

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Guh..guh...guh... :gas: :gas: :gas:

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[quote name='Guinness21' timestamp='1414153461' post='2586473']


If you're talking about this bass then I heartily agree, but if you're talking about any other green bass then i have to tell you you're mistaken. I hate all other green basses, and the irony is the time I find one I do the finish is no longer available.
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That, sir, is boner-inducing.

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[quote name='rodney72a' timestamp='1414207761' post='2587119']


[url="http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/72arodney/media/2000MetalFlakeGreen_zps8e420b63.jpg.html"][/url]

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Is that an original finish? I've never seen one in that shade of green before.

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[quote name='rodney72a' timestamp='1415323816' post='2599308']
Yes, the finish is original. It's called Metal Flake Green and they only made it for a short time around 1999/2000. I read somewhere that it wasn't very popular... I love it!
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I like it too :)

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If you're talking about this bass then I heartily agree, but if you're talking about any other green bass then i have to tell you you're mistaken. I hate all other green basses, and the irony is the time I find one I do the finish is no longer available.
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Woof! Woof! :gas: I don't like green basses either - except for this one.

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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1417432913' post='2620189']
That looks fantastic...
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Thanks!

If anyone is interested in the 'before and after process' by the way, [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/246859-thunder-jet-yesanother-westone/"]the full refurb thread is here[/url]

Andy

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