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Cheers MoJoke, it'll be good to get a feel for the size and weight of the 15" (I've seen a 12" one). I'm a little concerned that they're still the same price, yet cheaply made in Indonesia and are heavier now apparently. That kinda puts me off (see the MarkBass made in Indonesia thread). Hopefully you have some good news I'll be bringing my Yamaha TRBX 504 - you all need to try one of these beauties! I'll also be bringing my Rockbass Corvette and Dean Hillsboro Single and Zoom B9 for sale. (I paid my donation to sell on here.)

I call bullshit. Take Overwater as an example. Base price for a British made Jazz: from £2245 RRP for a Chinese made-by-Tanglewood Classic J: £399 Quality difference? From the 3-4 people I've chatted to who have owned both, not much. Certainly not the best part of two grand's worth. That's the difference between manufacturing in Europe and manufacturing in the far east - the end price. I'm in the process of selling some bases and my Ashdown rig so that I can buy a MarkBass CMD 121P but not if I'm getting screwed over with a cheaply-made far eastern one, no matter how many times they have to retest them. If they're making them cheaper, I want them cheaper. I'm happy to pay a few hundred quid for a Tanglewater. I'd be most upset of Overwater started charging £2000 for one of those. As would most people.

[quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1392052909' post='2364109'] I hope someone does. Stadium Arcadium is one of my favorite albums in recent(erm actually maybe not, it's 8 years old now... scary) years, but the CD/MP3 mastering is awful, just plain awful. There are some really beautiful dynamics on there and it's all lost under a metric tonne of compression. [/quote] I'm With You and the Foo Fighters' Wasting Light, whilst being great albums in my opinion, were a perfect guide on what not to do with a compressor. He sucked the living soul from both albums.

I bought a Planet Waves American Stage cable and could actually hear a difference in clarity over my old Klotz cable. But OBBM comes highly recommended and I'll be getting my next cable from him

That's very pretty.

Fret less?

Someone had better tell Rick Rubin.

If I'm practising to a song I sometimes route my PCs sound through my audio interface, fire up an amp sim, plug a bass into the interface and put my headphones on (or I can go out through my monitors if needed).

It has to be my bass hero Billy Gould of Faith No More for me. It was Billy, Geddy Lee, Gene Simmons and Flea that made me want to play the bass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPycFXn0Tv8

Hey Evil Undead, did you settle on a new combo or amp/cab in the end? I'm currently selling some gear to fund a MarkBass CMD 121P but I'm open to other suggestions too so was curious as to what you did in the end.

I know someone who hasn't taken the same bass to a band practice since he joined them... (not me by the way!)

That looks lovely! Hope it serves you well. Good luck with your lessons and always pop back on here for advice on anything.

I asked Yamaha themselves on their Facebook page when they posted the video and they said yep, it was a 305 not a 504 as they had posted originally.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1391557404' post='2358677'] [url="http://www.techhive.com/article/196595/how_to_install_android_on_your_iphone.html"]http://www.techhive....our_iphone.html[/url] [url="http://lifehacker.com/5693309/how-to-install-android-on-an-iphone-in-six-easy-steps"]http://lifehacker.co...-six-easy-steps[/url] [/quote] Oooh! Mind you, I'm so used to the lovely larger screen on my Galaxy S2 now. [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1391559432' post='2358705'] I think some people are more suited to windows and android based things, and others are more in tune with Apple based things. I can never work windows PC's, or android phones, they just don't seem 'right' to my mind. Apple stuff though just seems intuitive to me. My one brother is totally the opposite and hates Mac's and iPhones. [/quote] I've grown up with PCs (despite studying design) so I use one at home but my office is Mac based and I use a MacBook Pro at work. OSX frustrates the hell out of me as I'm so used to Windows (I much prefer Windows 7 over OSX, it just works for me). The MBP is a lovely bit of hardware though. Going strong after 4 years of heavy use. So yeah, I totally agree, Win/Android suits some and iOS/OSX suits others. Neither is a bad choice if it's the one that suits you. I find the usability of OSX quite lacking, others think it's the best OS out there. Switching between them constantly doesn't help though! iTunes however, on any platform, is the work of Satan.

If you could get the Android OS on an iPhone the world would be a happy place

iTunes pissed me off so much that I backed up my iPhone, formatted it, took it into town to CEX, sold it and bought an Android phone. Lovely phone, godawful software.

[quote name='MoJoKe' timestamp='1391003378' post='2352126'] I have raised that particular thread with them. Its not my place to comment as also just a consumer, but I believe a proper answer may be forthcoming soon... [/quote] Worth holding off on buying a CMD 121P?

I'll be bringing this for sale - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/228770-sgc-nanyo-bass-collection-sb320-fretless-for-sale/ - might even chuck in a small discount for anyone at bash who wants it (If it hasn't sold by then!)