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Do my eyes deceive me here?

Just saw Chas & Dave in Brighton. It's been said on here before as I remember, but Dave Peacock is a fantastic player. Beautiful lines & effortless execution. That is all.

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We’ve never had a single issue in over 10 years. There will be no policy change. Thank you for playing ped

Perhaps the Christmas break has impaired your recollection of events during the course of this year. For indeed, you have form for jumping into sales threads to point out logo transgressions: Prior to the 'triggering' incident of a week or two ago, you commented in a sales thread in October: Ped replied to you saying: On June 18th you replied to an ad for a bitsa Jazz saying: Then on Jan 17th you expatiated in a more general sense on logos: THAT! There are so many fake/counterfeit "Fender"s around, selling with a "Fender" logo is dishonest, just waiting for some poor mug to buy one thinking they've got the real thing. (I also think Fender have muddied the waters a bit by branding Squiers as "Squier by Fender", so that people can advertise them as Fenders. Funnily enough, only three days before you had described taking delivery of a Rickenfaker with a fake Ric logo. Fair play for removing it as you did. But surely in buying it you were party to a transaction where intellectual copyright was infringed. So basically, you want to stop people selling basses with fake logos but it's OK for you to buy one? I put it to you that your unhappiness with fake logos in sales ads is nothing new. You have repeatedly broken forum rules by posting in sales threads where you should have PM'd. You have already had a discussion about fake logos with one of the forum's owners who has made his position clear. I suggest that far from being a spontaneous expression of concern you started this thread in an attempt to change forum policy. You want to stop people selling items with fake logos but you're happy to buy them. Shall I go on?

I found some yellow LEDs lying around in my toolbox and was a bit bored this afternoon so.....

Yes! Let's hope 1967 is a good one!

LSD in the punch.

Limelight 62-ish Jazz. Bought from someone who knew it wasn't a real Fender, sold to me who knew it wasn't a real Fender, then sold it on to someone who kew it wasn't a real Fender. Such a trail of destruction.. so many suffering kittens and puppies. I'm going to hell.

How about something like a Sandberg VM? I can cover a lot of ground with this one. A pre-loved one would be within your budget.

But not good for jazz. I’ve only recently been forgiven for wearing a red jacket.

Must be some new meaning of the word 'microscopic' I wasn't aware of. Mods are busy enough as it is. One item per day? Is that the number of 'misdemeanours' you're expecting? How did you arrive at this number? There is no significant gain in not providing a platform for the sale of illegal goods, because no illegal goods are sold here. I have a great idea about how to make 'this' a better place to be, but forum rules preclude my posting it.

How am I supposed to look at my fretting hand and a music stand at the same time?

And it's finished...holy fecking crap!

I sold this because I don't 'do' relic'd basses. Big mistake. A Fender? No.

I think i'll message him, worth a punt......Japanese workmanship is pretty spot on. Manchester is only an hour from me.

Fender USA 1957 reissue neck. All solid nickel hardware and USA alder body and Bill Lawrence p46 pups.

Hey I was shopping this week for a shortscale, but instead of splurging on something classier I decided on a Jackson Minion... It’s awesome.

Much as Cameronj says. With mine I find the best setting for me involves me using the last third of the voice control in order to keep the large amount of low end I use. Im a p bass guy as well, and once I found the sound in my rig ( Marshall DBS 7400 and 2 cabs ) it has stayed around 😉😉

The new ones I’ve ordered have a remote with settings like this on!

Stolen from elsewhere, made me laugh....could easily sub Basschat and some bass related topic I fear! How many Facebook group members does it take to change a spark plug? 1 to change the spark plug and to post that spark plug has been changed. 14 to share similar experiences of changing spark plugs and how the spark plug could have been changed differently. 7 to caution about the dangers of changing spark plugs. 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing spark plugs. 15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "spark plug" is an electrical device threaded into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine to ignite the fuel mixture by producing timed sparks between electrodes. 2 to post that this group is not about spark plugs and to please take this discussion to a spark plug group. 27 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use spark plugs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group. 16 to debate which method of changing spark plugs is superior, where to buy the best spark plugs, what brand of spark plugs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty. 2 to post URL's where one can see examples of different spark plugs. 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the spark plug controversy. 4 to suggest that posters request the spark plugs FAQ. 16 to post "F". 44 to ask what is a "F"? 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?" 3 to say "do a Google search on spark plugs before posting questions about spark plugs". 14 to post photos of spark plugs they own. 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

Glow in the dark dot markers!! I guess helpful if you play bass with shades on? 😄

I'm with SteveK in principle. But if I were a jazz guy I'd use a stand, if only to let the audience know that what I'm playing isn't just a load of random old crap I'm making up as I go along.

Spent an hour mulling over various things and just bought two sets of strings, including the tapewounds I've always wanted to try but couldn't justify the cost. Not too exciting. My guitarist got over excited, bought a pedal from the US and saved his 20%. He then has to pay VAT at 20% when it gets here, plus import duty, plus handling fee. Hard not to laugh.

Thanks John!

I have the same issue myself. Currently looking into upgrading my old 2010 iMac sometime this year (which will mean Thunderbolt 3 ports)... but want to keep using my equally old analog/digital mixer, which uses a FireWire 400 port. I’ve contacted Apple, the mixing desk manufacturer and various user groups. Consensus is that I my options would be to either: 1) Chain together a Thunderbolt 3 > Thunderbolt 2 > Thunderbolt 2/FireWire 800 adapter > FireWire 800/400 cable. It won’t look pretty but it will work for the interface I’m using. 2) Buy an OWC dock which will do the same thing in one box. BUT... there currently aren’t any reliable software drivers for the interface that are compatible with the latest Mac OS (High Sierra). So that’s the stumbling block for me. And that’s also partly why I’m now considering shifting everything from my mixing desk onwards over to analog, which isn’t plagued by the persistent need to keep pace with changing interface ports, software patches/drivers to anywhere near the same extent. But that’s another story

@thegummyon sweetwater in the US they are retailing at about $1100. I haven’t found any info on their proprietary pick ups yet

They are 'allegedly' passive with active EQ but if you have a dead battery out you should find they don't work at all hence they are active (needing power for the preamp in them). I don't think MEC had the silver logo models back in 91 so they will defo be the gold as fitted to the top of the range basses at the time. My bass is stock and doesn't have a push/pull pot as the Pro I basses have.

Someone sent lurky a 3 year old for Christmas ?

A photo taken on Boxing Day, of course..?

For immediate release: The Logo Police are pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Larly Crudgington as Commissioner for Fake Logos with special responsibility for the letter F. Mrs Crudgington will commence her duties on Jan 2nd and will immediately address the issue of counterfeit FMIC (Fender) logos in the private sales sector. Addressing a gathering of her fellow Commisioners, Mrs Crudgington said: "I am deeply concerned at the rising incidence of fake Fender logos. There are literally thousands of recorded instances of death and serious injury associated with Squier Affinity instruments being sold as the kosher item. Knock knock, who's there? It's Larly C, so felons beware".

I think that banning the selling of "fakes" would actually aggrevate the issue. Instead of being forthcoming and saying it's a fake they'll try to hide that it's a fake and hope it will slip under the radar

My recently acquired Westone Thunder 1A. Just the job for an occasional fretless noodler like me.

Allen and Heath PA12 has a mono sub out. They often turn up used. Decent eq and onboard fx.

Jaco only needed a Diesel.

Fixed

You'd have to address your query to Morrisons' customer services department; they would be best placed to resolve the issue. I'd check myself but I've got a batch of 1959 Les Pauls to 'age' before the end of the week. These things don't relic themselves, you know.

Play it with anything you like, no rules. Just add tone knob to taste

Imho, a Stage1 sounds more iroquai and somewhat looser in the low end. The thumb is all about tightness and sounds somewhat colder. If you miss your Streamer hard, I'd look for another Streamer of the same type. Both are awesome basses.

My Custom shop Streamer Stage 1, had a few good years with her, but now for sale at the Bass Gallery in Camden! :-)

My current er... pedal.. Not tried it yet as I'm still waiting for new bass to arrive... I dread to think what will happen when I plug this thing in...

I think you`ve made a sound decision there, Andy, sometimes things can just not develop the way we want, and walking away isn`t failure, it`s progress - progression to what`s new. All the best with both your new musical venture, and with your soon to be arriving daughter.

Did anybody ever ordered a 70's jazz bass with maple board and blocks and bindings from Mark? Just wondering as I haven't seen one yet.