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Dad3353

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  1. From Steve Russell's Hofner site ... '... For the first year or so, the guitar was finished in "russet-mahogany", but this then changed to the brighter "Cherry Red" finish that is synonymous with the Verithin. Some of the very last guitars were finished in brown/yellow sunburst...'
  2. 'sept mine are red. ...
  3. Take your pills, HJ; take your pills. ...
  4. If 'friends' includes 'family', it's been 5400 with our lot since formation. There have been a few changes in membership over the decades, but the formula has always been this way. Just lucky, I guess, or we're all easy-going, maybe. Band politics..? Nah, life's (far...) too short.
  5. Not at all, it concerns those that 'upgrade' cheap guitars, making 'em cheaper still, but more expensive, that's all. ... Oh, and no bagpipes, neither.
  6. Our bass amp is a Hiwatt DR205 (200w PA amp; 4 x KT88...). It is not a one-hand lift..! The original Hiwatts were (and still are...) very heavy indeed, largely because of those massive Partridge trannies. The Mywatts have solved that problem, whilst retaining the essential 'heft' of the Hiwatts. A class product.
  7. And the winner is... SH73..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2019_01.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...
  8. Modern toroïdal transformers, much, much lighter than the original Partridge iron. These have other advantages, too, aside from the weight (or lack of...), such as zero chance of having laminations loosen. If only they'd been around 'back then'..! This a very serious bit of kit; good luck with the sale.
  9. Probablement..? Que nenni; certainement, je crains..!
  10. Offers and trade propositions posted in 'For Sale' ads are systematically deleted. They are to be made by Private Message (PM...) only. Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
  11. Nicely put, and, in my view, exact. Someone playing a load of notes that happen to fall into such-and-such a pattern may have simply played a load of notes. Playing those same notes with intent is, to me, quite different. The ear wouldn't hear the difference in a one-off context, but seeing those same players would, over time, reveal which was playing 'randomly' and which had intent. Just my take on things, of course; others may well have differing opinions.
  12. OK, you win. Here's the links... 50 Greatest Bass Players ... 50 Best Drummers ... That same source has (I didn't count...) dozens and dozens of lists of all sorts, if you've a fortnight or so to spare, without eating. 'Fill yer boots' is, I think, the modern idiomatic expression..?
  13. For the purposes of this topic, it matters very little, and I didn't take the trouble of remembering 'em. No ladies in there, though. There could have been, but just weren't. Sorry, can't help any further.
  14. I made the mistake of leaving the sound on. She got less than a minute and a half of my attention, despite her 'attributes', but then again, I'm old.
  15. Yes, it is, but there are other 'types', or uses, of modes in general, depending on the underlying context. Personally, I'd agree that, with what the OP describes, I'd call that Dorian, as a bass line. It's all a bit hazy, really, and there's no one, definitive, interpretation in these instances. I'd say it boils down to the intentions of the bass player; was he (or she...) 'thinking' Dorian, or simply playing diatonicaly from the Second..? Dunno, really. Does it matter..? Not very much.
  16. Good evening, LeEb5, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. We'd write 'needs perfecting'..? And 'English' takes a capital 'E'. Hope this helps.
  17. Hmm... Not too bad; I think it's reparable. Did you leave it next to a microwave or something..? Should be more careful in future. Good luck with the refin.
  18. I had a pizza that looked like that, once. I sent it back; it was mouldy.
  19. I don't think that what the OP was describing was 'clipping'. It's more likely, if there's a speaker load mis-match with the amp, to be thermal protection cutting off the amp before 'magic smoke' is produced. Once cooled off, the protection releases the amp's output again, until the next overload. It would happen if a 4 Ohm cab was plugged into a combo that has an 8 ohm speaker, thus loading the amp with less than the 4 ohms it can handle. The solution is to only use 8 Ohm cabs with such a combo.
  20. You can measure the DC resistance with a common-or-garden ohmmeter, which will tell you, indirectly, the impedance. A typical 4 Ohm cab will measure something like 2.5 Ohm with a meter. An 8 Ohm cab would be around 5-6 Ohms. A 16 Ohm cab (yes, they do exist...) would measure around 10-12 Ohms. Hope this helps.
  21. Received from Amazon a few moments ago ... " Lee, Geddy "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass" Estimated arrival date: February 22 2019 - March 25 2019 " I think I'll just cancel it and buy a few 'plane parts with the money instead. ... and done. I'm not a Rush fan, anyway.
  22. We charge nothing for a similar formation and/or event, but that may spoil your averages.
  23. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. A great video; special mention for the drums, which sound as if he's backed by a percu player, but he's alone pumping that stuff out...! Joyous music, very fitting in the context of your post.
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