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Had a go of one of these in Dolphin Music the other day, really cool bass! Absolutely killer for the price it's going for, very marmite though I can imagine. Interesting that you mentioned the knobs on it because two of them actually pulled off when I turned them! Seems like such a silly problem to have when the rest of the bass is top quality. I actually put the deposit down on it only for Dolphin to go and balls the whole thing up, but that's probably a whole thread in itself.....

I'd very much like a GT-4, have been looking for one but to no avail.

[quote name='urb' post='1201535' date='Apr 16 2011, 09:10 AM']New Piano Bass!!! It may look like a grand piano and have 88 'keys' but don't be fooled this is the must have ERB. Featuring extraordinary playability via its unique finger tapping facility this instrument will allow you hit that double low F# while still playing that Bach Étude with your right hand five octaves above! Warning! Do not attempt to play this 'bass' with a strap - please use the stool provided... [/quote] Also comes in a handy ebonised birch carry case, complete with wheels

*something about roasted maple*

Only bothering to look at the date on the neck is seriously amateur stuff, I find it frankly unbelieveable that a shop like this didn't check the provenance of a 'vintage' peice of kit before buying/selling it.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1197085' date='Apr 12 2011, 05:41 PM']i can bet it was the room and maybe the way you were eq ing the rig for that room..[/quote] Or the sound just wasn't to his taste.

[quote name='Lorne' post='1196983' date='Apr 12 2011, 04:22 PM']See, told you I wasn't a fan, I couldn't even spell his name I still knew he never played one and[b] Alembic SHOULD be going mental over this[/b][/quote] You'd imagine that a large company like Dean will have taken the appropriate advice over the designs

I have a pair of Tapco S5 monitors plus the matching 10-inch sub if you're interested at all? Will put up a proper for sale ad soon

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='1196213' date='Apr 11 2011, 09:06 PM']Spotted these the other week. I don't get it. Boo.[/quote] Nothing compares to this monstrosity: The GIBSON Jimi Hendrix signature model It seems his family will put his name on anything. There's a Jimi Hendrix vodka brand for gods sake!

Blergh.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1194137' date='Apr 9 2011, 11:03 PM']Flea's another that pops into my head for example. The guy used a 'ray into GK for a long time and that was his trademark sound, then he seemed to get bored and start swapping about basses on whims. It must be incredibly frustrating for a company like Modulus to make a bass that they even name after an endorsee, then they jump ship soon after.[/quote] Don't think that's a fair comparison really, the only signature model that he's had was his modulus and he was with them for ages. And he only ended up with them after Musicman wouldn't give him his own one. I doubt modulus would complain really, they'll have shifted so many basses due to his name attached. I singled out Mark King becuase he's had signature basses from Alembic, Status, Fender and Jaydee plus Ashdown amps. Just seems excessive!

[quote name='garethfriend' post='1186667' date='Apr 3 2011, 12:52 PM']and this is why all this talk of renewable energy and electric cars is wishful thinking at the moment, someone did a calculation to work out how much neodymium there currently is that is recoverable and how much would be needed to create enough generators and motors to support current levels of industry and civilization. The answer was "no where near enough" and it's all in china, one of the most heavily militarised counntries in the world. you'd think I'd be more bothered about this than the price of a cab wouldn't you?[/quote] I'm glad you've said this. I'm sick of having to explain this to ignorant eco-types, it's really not just a simple case of building wind farms and job done. Also see lanthanum and your toyota prius battery. And then there's the radioactive waste generated during the extraction of the lanthanides, funny how no-one ever mentions that!

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1193904' date='Apr 9 2011, 05:02 PM']They are definitely basing this product at the yoof market.[/quote] Looks very tacky if you ask me. Does the 'yoof' at the moment have the sort of dosh burning holes in their pockets to get one of these?