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Interesting read: https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/barefaced-audio-rocking-the-speaker-world-with-innovation/

It's about Queen, so I'm guessing if they bought out 12 films, you might find 5 minutes in each one that might be OK; a little like their albums .

Hi all, just a quick hello. Been on the books since the bassworld days but not of late due to loosing my job and getting divorced, then becoming homeless within the space of a week. Back to playing and on the lookout for a very cheap lefty bass, as I had to sell my collection to be able to eat. Glad to be back here, feeling human.

Simply awesome @Andyjr1515

Well discussed... sambucadan Members 0 17 posts Report post Posted October 11, 2011 Just to set the record completely straight 😉 The Streamer models are similar to Stuart Spector NS basses in terms of body shape, original one piece bridge (now a two piece) and headstock design, which caused a legal conflict when the Streamer was first introduced. Spector eventually sued Warwick for copying the body shape, but the jury decided not to fine Warwick[citation needed] It was well documented that the first versions of the Streamer were exact copies of the NS-Bass™. The SPECTOR® NS-Bass™ was designed by Ned Steinberger for Stuart Spector in 1977; 5-years before Warwick was formed. At the annual NAMM Show in 1985 Stuart Spector became aware that a new German-based company was producing exact copies of his now famous SPECTOR® NS-Bass™. Spector, along with Ned Steinberger, confronted Hans Wilfer and he agreed to pay a licensing fee to both SPECTOR® Guitars and Ned Steinberger in return for being able to continue to produce the Streamer without legal action.[2] Shortly after this agreement was reached, SPECTOR® sold to Kramer Guitars. The new owners had no interest in pursuing Warwick to enforce the licensing agreement and Warwick continued to make the Streamer without any consequence. It is also noted from several sources that Warwick never paid any of the agreed fees. In 1990 Kramer became insolvent and filed for bankruptcy. In the wake of their financial failure Stuart Spector formed Stuart Spector Design, LTD. in 1993. In 1997 after a lengthy court battle, Stuart Spector bought back the trademark and copyrights to SPECTOR® and threatened to sue Warwick to enforce the 1985 license agreement.[3] Facing new legal action from SPECTOR®, Warwick changed many design elements of the Streamer body to make it less like the NS-Bass™. The pending litigation was eventually dropped because the new Streamer design was no longer an exact copy of the NS-Bass™

Okay, can we all stop this now please? This is about the JH Warwick bass, not another Spector vs Warwick and certainly not does a Thumb neck dive yes or no thread. Come on guys.....

I was going to say that I had you down as a bit of a Viz fan, but then I realised you were using the word and not talking about the magazine!

It might be pretty good, then. Back in the day when people read reviews in Time Out before going anywhere in London, you could be sure of a good time if you exclusively went to things that the Time Out journos didn't like... but generally if the public like something, then I won't. Viz: Strictly, BGT, EastEnders, any currently-successful pop act, pizza, burgers, painted-on eyebrows, the Ford Mondeo, artificially-enhanced buttocks, and on and on. Actually, the Mondeo is a good car. But you get my drift.

Hi all. New to this forum and been reading up on the Steinberg Spirit strap mod thingy, having bought an XT25 this week. In agony after using it for a 4-hour rehearsal, I just moved the strap button from the end of the guitar to about 4 inches from the end, and about an inch down from the top (fitted it on back of body) - magic! At least now I can see the lower frets with my failing eyesight, and I'm not playing 2 frets higher than I think I am. Time will tell if it's a comfortable fix, but I'm hoping so!

So, if Kramer Guitars have no issue about it, why do some folk here have to continually beach about it? All the rest is old, been chewed over dozens of times. I like Warwick basses. The legal wrangle isn't my fault and has nothing to do with me. I also don't like the look of the Spector, slightly longer look. It isn't as well proportioned, IMHO. That is just my opinion. If some here don't like Warwick basses, then go and find another thread and keep off the few Warwick ones we have. /rant Phew. I feel better now.

I'm a firm believer in planting a seed first. ... Maybe it's a phrase, maybe just a word. But plant that first in your brain and forget about it. ... If it's good it'll come back again and again. ... Try not to get fixated in rhymes. ... The moon/june/swoon tune. You can always do that later when you're cleaning it up. ... Editing is a big part of writing. ... I wrote a book and the editing was the most painful part. ... Bob Dylan was asked where his early songs came from, Watchtower, Highway 61, etc, and he had no idea and said he could never write like that again. ... I like to write story songs so they have a beginning, a middle and an end. Then you know it's over. ... Study songs you like and try to figure out why they appeal to you. ... Writing is a commitment. Work at it and you'll be good. ...

Quick and dirty pic of my BB434 from Wed night. It acquitted itself well at band practice. Very happy with the sound, the ergonomics and the fit/finish. Would probably put beefier strings on it, the stock ones seem a little thin for my tastes but that's not the bass's fault. A lot of bass for £299, that's for sure.

Yeah, Hans Peter Pilfer has lots of those....... *cough* Spector royalties *cough* 😂

Heh, Country's easy. Here's a starter kit: DO-IT-YOURSELF COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG KIT I met her [1] [2]. I can still recall [3] she wore. 1. 2. 3. on the highway in September that purple dress in Sheboygan at McDonald's that little hat outside Fresno ridin' shotgun that burlap bra at a truck stop wrestlin' gators those training pants on probation all hunched over the stolen goods in a jail cell poppin' uppers that plastic nose in a nightmare sort of pregnant the Stassin pin incognito with joggers the neon sign in the Stone Age stoned on oatmeal that creepy smile in a treehouse with Merv Griffin the hearing aid in a gay bar dead all over the boxer shorts She was [4] [5]. 4. 5 sobbin' at the toll booth in the twilight drinkin' Dr. Pepper but I loved her weighted down with Twinkies by the off-ramp breakin' out with acne near Poughkeepsie crawlin' through the prairie with her cobra smellin' kind of funny when she shot me crashin' through the guardrail on her elbows chewin' on a hangnail with Led-Zeppelin talkin' in Swahili with Miss Piggy drownin' in the quicksand with a wetback slurpin' up linguini in her muu-muu and I knew [6]; [7] I'd [8] forever; 6. 7. 8. no guy would ever love her more I promised her stay with her that she would be an easy score I knew deep down warp her mind she'd bought her dentures in a store She asked me if swear off booze that she would be a crashing bore I told her shrink change my sex I'd never rate her more than "4" The judge declared punch her out they'd hate her guts in Baltimore My Pooh Bear said live off her it was a raven, nothing more I shrieked in pain have my rash we really lost the last World War The painters knew stay a dwarf I'd have to scrape her off the floor A Klingon said hate her dog what strong deodorants were for My hamster thought pick my nose that she was rotten to the core The blood test showed play "Go Fish" that I would upchuck on the floor Her rabbi said salivate She said to me [9]; But who'd have thought she'd [10] [11]; 9. 10. 11. our love would never die run off with my best friend there was no other guy wind up in my Edsel man wasn't meant to fly boogie on a surfboard that Nixon didn't lie yodel on "The Gong Show" her basset hound was shy sky dive with her dentist that Rolaids made her high turn green on her "WorkMate" she'd have a swiss on rye freak out with a robot she loved my one blue eye blast off with no clothes on her brother's name was Hy make it at her health club she liked "Spy vs. Spy" black out in a Maytag that birthdays made her cry bobsled with her guru she couldn't stand my tie grovel while in labour [12] goodbye. 12. You'd think at least that she'd have said I never had the chance to say She told her fat friend Grace to say I now can kiss my credit cards I guess I was too smashed to say I watched her melt away and sobbed She fell beneath the wheels and cried She sent a hired thug to say She freaked out on the lawn and screamed I pushed her off the bridge and waved But that's the way that pygmies say She sealed me in the vault and smirked

My current set up. Traynor YBA200-2 paired with A Traynor TC410 NEO cab. Bass's 1978 Music man stingray and Fender Jag.

An unsolicited photo of my BB 😍

Nowt special in France, that I know of...

So I wasn’t going to do this ‘cos, well since the little one came along I’ve not been playing much... so I had a lovely very nice JD Thumb bass, sounded amazing, massive bottom end, piano like tone, played lovely my dream bass since I started playing as a teenager... except after 4 years I still didn’t click with it... something about my playing style and right hand technique meant I couldn’t gell with it - and I tried. So the first basschat bass deal I ever did about ten years back was when I convinced @warwickhunt to sell me a streamer stage one ... we’ve bought sold and traded a few things from each other over the years and this time a conversation turned into a drive an exchange of cases... so the little one has been cutting back on my practice time, and normally the way I can tell I’ve not got the strength with my little finger on the left hand... I just picked up the bass and played something and wasn’t thinking but was using my out of practice left hand ... the neck just fits my hand and the bass just plays itself - bloomin amazing instrument need to get practicing now obligatory photo, new bass on left

Some nice features....I like the way the strings go under the "nut".. More detailed info: https://www.halflightguitars.com/new-page-1/

Nordstrand NJ4 70's for the fast response and 60's for the pronounced mid range. That said, it depends if you like single coil sound or humbucker sound or stacked humbucker sound or in-line humbucker sound or side-by-side humbucker sound. Check this as you have a short description of lots of Jazz Bass pickups : https://www.bestbassgear.com/bass-pickups/shopby/jazz_bass/4_string.htm?dir=asc&limit=all&order=price

I was going to edit to say 'cant wait to download this one', but i felt it better to come clean and admit i didn't read every post 🙂

I watched them film one of the American street scenes in Hatton Garden (where i work) last Nov. Amazing transformation. Not seen the film yet.

My understanding is that the P Specials with the Standard logo were built with USA pickups.

People who note deficiencies in the way that people use their mother tongue....were they not once called "Teachers" and treated with much respect?

Gratuitous pic of my SRs including my 1206 If you really want to impinge on the guitarists sonic space(!) then what I've done (really just for home solo use so far) is to re-tune the 6 string E to E and compliment that with a Digitech Mosai. That gives me a rich 12 string guitar sound and octave down from a traditional 12 string guitar. Mrs Krow loves it! So much so that I used it as an excuse to get an 8-string bass

The differences between the older BB425 and BB1025 (both of which I have) are as follows: The BB1024/5 has: 1. A nickel silver rather than a plastic nut to deliver something akin to a "zero fret" 2. A better quality neck pup. Although the pup on the 424/5 is a beast and in some ways the 1024/5 is a more civilised version, so I'd say the end result is "different" rather than necessarily better! 3. 3 piece body and spline joint in the 1024/5 delivers greater strength 4. better quality bridge piece in the 1024/5 5. No Yamaha gig bag with the 424/5!

@StringNavigator you sound perfect for the band I play in, although the commute looks a little long.

the photo has been offered to the Skolmeister , we can await his publication

Unfortunately, it is a big advantage to be able to drive and have a car if you want to gig regularly. I know some people in London manage on the tube and you may find a band who keep gear centrally and have a van at their disposal, but for many gigging bands everyone having a car is a necessity.

Sound advice. Also, try free writing - you just write and write. Doesn't have to rhyme, look like lyrics or even make sense. It can be doggerel, obscenities, anything you like, but if you try to keep a theme or idea in your head while you're doing it, things can pop out of nowhere. It might be something alliterative or onomatopoeic or a play on words - anything. But even a short sentence can be enough to get you going. I'm working on a TV series at the moment, and free writing is a godsend when I hit a wall. I just put my characters into mundane situations and type away. Most of it goes into the bit bucket, but I've come up with some gems that I'm very pleased with. You do have to be ruthless and self-critical to a fault, though. It's quite normal to write ten thousand words and chuck almost everything away; and what's left may need a lot of changes before it works. But when it does work, it's immensely rewarding.

I have an update, with photo and list. BC Rich Zombie NT Kay KJP-1B (I think!) 1969 Stagg semi-acoustic guitar Washburn RB-2002 Hammerhead Hohner B-bass IV Allen Eden Jazz Fender MIJ Jazz Bass Special 1985 Ibanez P bass 1972/73ish Tenson Jumbo electro-acoustic Vintage V940 Active Bubinga fretless Retrovibe Zygote Peavey International Series P bass eBay special bitsa Yamaha RBX765A (the only bass I really need!) Vintage Les Paul guitar Encore Strat copy Johnson Strat copy Washburn ABT B10/B20 hybrid Washburn ABT B20 Unknown P/J thing that weighs as much as the moon! Spector Q5 Pro SGC Nanyo Bass Collection fretless Harley Benton Progressive 5 fretless Hohner B2AV I make that 20 bass and 4 electric guitars. Marco Elwray's Infinga 4 and a mate's Hohner B2A are also in shot, but aren't mine.

wonder how many remixes we'll get of the Beatles back catalogue? Reminds of an Ozzy Osbourne quote after yet another Black Sabbath greatest hits, "it's like they're digging up a dead prostitute for one last fu*k". Back to the White Album, according to George Martin it would have made a great single album, can't really argue.

I have gone too far...

Congrats on your new bass. I think Ibanez basses are generally amazing value for money - brand new and even more so 2nd hand - as unfortunately they don't hold their value at all. I love short scale bases too - more comfortable with having small mitts and T-rex arms!

If you are reading this (yes, you) and thinking "I will get earplugs when I am older" then do yourself a favour and get them now. Hearing damage happens over time. When you notice it, then it is too late. Take it from ALL of us who did not do it right.

I don't use them so don't know but wouldn't in ear monitors sort this problem? Just have them as loud as needed, and if ambient sound missing is a problem then set up a spare microphone somewhere and blend it into your mix.

No point you saying that, he says he can't hear ambient sounds. 🙂