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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1465589930' post='3069573']...
Why people seem to think sustain is a desirable trait for a bass guitar has always baffled me, too. :)
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Doesn't some music require long notes..? :huh:

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[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1465590467' post='3069575']
Doesn't some music require long notes..? :huh:
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Yes and bass guitars are quite capable of producing them. But I've never played a bass where I've thought, 'Strike me pink guv'nor, this a handsome bass and no mistake, me old China. If only it 'ad a bit more sustain, it'd be perfick!'

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@Twincam

It's about 25-30 mile. Want me to see if he's still got it ?

I saw them advertised in Guitarist mag early 80 and labeled it a fad,like the Hipshot D-tuner & Badass bridge. It's OK I'm not a betting man :D
£20 back then rings a bell. Can't have taken off and patent must have expired cause Peavey have a similar thing on the new Milestones only
it's called "Powerplate"

Sod sustain,it's for guitar players when they hit the right note. :lol:

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[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1465600932' post='3069652']
@Twincam

It's about 25-30 mile. Want me to see if he's still got it ?

I saw them advertised in Guitarist mag early 80 and labeled it a fad,like the Hipshot D-tuner & Badass bridge. It's OK I'm not a betting man :D
£20 back then rings a bell. Can't have taken off and patent must have expired cause Peavey have a similar thing on the new Milestones only
it's called "Powerplate"

Sod sustain,it's for guitar players when they hit the right note. :lol:
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I thought about it very briefly lol. But as cool as it is in a throwback way I don't fancy adding the extra weight to the head.

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Vaguely remember these from the Olden Days, but several problems suggest themselves to me regardless of the (questionable) validity of the concept - primarily the numerous variations in Fender headstock shape and type/placement of tuners & screwholes. Plus given a bit of brass & a few tools you could knock one up yourself in an hour or two. If you really wanted to.

Also can't help wondering - what's in a name? D'you think Leo Quan's finest would still be with us now if he'd called it a FatAss? :D

Jon.

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