neepheid

I got a Gibson RD Artist (not in a hard case) delivered from the Netherlands for €40 back in September if that helps. While sussing that out I'm also a bit peeved to find out that the value of the Euro vs. £ has decreased since then and it would have cost me £100 less if I had bought it today. Damn it!

This of course relies upon people being able to put things in the right place. But fundamentally, as someone with zero interest in basses with more than 4 strings, I would also welcome it.

I tried D'Addario XL half rounds once - I really didn't like them. I found them sticky when sliding. Has probably put me off wasting any money on this avenue in the future, so the only way I'll do any further experimenting is if I play a bass which already has them fitted.

top tip - top == tip. It doesn't matter which way round the two earth connections are as long as they are between ring and sleeve. So the blue wire that goes to the socket should go to what looks like the shortest terminal on the socket. The other two can go on the remaining terminals in either order.

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1328790507' post='1532630']
Thanks Pete, I like the idea of the short scale Woody as well. I'm not sure whether this and the JC have been discontinued but I can't find either of them in stock anywhere. Be a shame if they have been dropped
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I don't think the JC has been discontinued - word around the campfire is that they're about to bring it out in silver burst:



Excuse the disgustingly large photo, but that's lifted off the Epiphone website.

[quote name='bkman42' timestamp='1328731115' post='1531914']
Hi, Thinking of getting one of these basses in vintage white ;-) Quick question.......Is the radius of the neck flat or curved? I'm more of a p-bass than a jazz neck person so just wondering if it's somewhere in between.
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Well, I can't comment on that exact model, but I have a BB614 and the neck does indeed feel like something between a P and a J. I also prefer a chunkier neck but I've found it very comfortable. The BB424X has a fingerboard radius of 10" according to Yamaha's website.

and little old me: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uHrZZFkF4c"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uHrZZFkF4c[/url]

Ok, done:

Rich and Ewan: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayxkgMdb2rI[/media]

Gary: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeQ57KOz2bw[/media]

I don't suppose a lot of this makes much sense as we're predominantly an originals band, with a few covers sprinkled in, but hey ho.

Neanderthal Blues
Economic Migrant Blues
North
All The Same
Day Dreamin'
Now That You're Gone
Boy Angus Is A Dreamer
A Credit To This World
The Lang Reel O' Collieston
The Fisherman Sings (Oh And He Sings)
Driven To Dance
Desert

Covers:

Bring Down The Birds - Herbie Hancock
Goo Goo Barabajagal - Donovan
I Feel Like A Child - Devendra Banhart
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker

We often like to end with Louie Louie, getting progressively faster until the drummer decides he's had enough

I have found a way to rip the video out of Google+, any objections to me reposting it up on YouTube?

To all the people who are complaining about the price of things: how happy would you be if I said - with no knowledge of what you do and what it entails - that I didn't think the work you do isn't worth the salary you receive? I'd wager you wouldn't be terribly happy with me.

[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1328622881' post='1530126']
Can I ask: 2 batteries better than one? I have a apir of SB basslines pickups powered by a 9V pp3, it has pasive controls (JB wiring). I'm taking the passive pots pout and adding a 3-band eq pre-amp, also 9v. Do i use a separate battery for pickups and pre-amp, single 9V to power both, or 18V in series to power both? Can't seem to find any recommendation in the literature about this.
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Unless it is documented that either of these components will take 18V then I don't think you should feed it to them. Also if you stick at 9V then I would just take the feed off one battery, otherwise when it stops working how will you know which battery is dead? It is unlikely that the pickups and the preamp drain power at exactly the same rate...

[quote name='kerley' timestamp='1328617613' post='1529981']
No, I am not trying to tell you where to buy your goods and buying from the west is clearly not racist.
What I am saying is that some people value a product on the country in which it is made rather than on quality/workmanship alone and seem to think it will be better made solely because it is made in the US for example. That is the racist aspect.

And yes, buying on price and quality does not equal capitalism. Quality takes more time so costs more in any way you look at it.
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I don't think it's as personally directed as racism.

For me, it is based upon historical evidence of quality. I remember when I was growing up that every silly toy that you found in a Christmas cracker had "Made in Hong Kong" stamped on it, along with poor plastic mouldings which had leaked at the edges and it generally was 1) not very good at what it was supposed to do (leaping frogs for example) and 2) fell apart by the end of Christmas Day. You carry those experiences with you, and it informs your opinion on things. It's got nothing to do with the people, or the place, just the perceived quality of the products which happen to bear the country name.

It's all nonsense now, the quality of products coming from the Far East now are vastly superior than they were and I'm open-minded enough to embrace that as an inevitability. Not everyone is, but I'm willing to bet that most of the time the negative opinion expressed of Far Eastern goods is based upon the historical experience of product quality, rather than someone objecting to it on grounds such as "some dirty, yellow skinned, slitty eyed, commie Chinese slimeball had his greasy, dirty, commie Chinese hands all over that bass so I won't touch it.". I'm not so naive that I think it doesn't happen, but I'll wager it's the minority.

I find that EADG so troublesome

Some (crappy) pics from Moffat 2012:

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/01_late_night_jammin.jpg[/IMG]
Rich getting ready for an evening of us playing A, D and E (AD Enfinitum? )

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/02_owain_yamaha.jpg[/IMG]
Owain asking if his bum looks small wearing a Yamaha BB

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/03_owain_homemade.jpg[/IMG]
Owain with a curious homemade box bass

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/04_basses.jpg[/IMG]
Why are we here, part one

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/05_gary_with_basses.jpg[/IMG]
Why are we here, part two

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/06_moar_basses.jpg[/IMG]
Why are we here, part three

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/07_the_stage.jpg[/IMG]
Stage, pre noise

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/08_rich_80.jpg[/IMG]
That's an expensive pickguard, Rich

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/09_dave_plus_band.jpg[/IMG]
Let the bassyokey commence!

[IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/moffat5/10_rich_minus_band.jpg[/IMG]
WE ARE THE SULTANS OF SWIIIIIING!

Hello again folks. I was feeling tired, but I'm fed and watered now and feeling a bit more alive. Therefore, have a video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOEDkMHQa_4

Please excuse the sound, I only hope I don't sound like a sea creature when I phone people!

Home safe and well. Thanks to everyone for making it another fantastic weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and already looking forward to the next one.

[quote name='munkonthehill' timestamp='1328367633' post='1526083']
Is anyone making it today? The weather could be an issue!!
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So how is the weather down Moffat way?

[quote name='munkonthehill' timestamp='1328367633' post='1526083']
Is anyone making it today? The weather could be an issue!!
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We're on our way, taking a bit longer than normal, just leaving Dundee

[quote name='munkonthehill' timestamp='1328348955' post='1525750']


dear god Matt,,,,how long are you staying for?
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Heh, it does look like I'm being kicked out of the house. Not all that is going - 6 basses and 1 bag of ironmongery is all.

[quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1328305935' post='1525426']
Oh FFS, This is why I never post anything here. Back to Finnbass...
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I'd have done exactly the same thing over there though...

(also I'm in a mischievous Moffat mood)

Right, that's me packed and ready for the road trip tomorrow:



See you the morn!

[quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1328284006' post='1524996']
Good stuff Geoff. One of these is high on my shpooing list now.
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You have a shampooing list? I just wash and go!

[quote name='goblin' timestamp='1328128809' post='1522440']
I've got a full system (2 single pots and 2 stacked)...it may not have mid for all I know. It's too damn complicated for my liking
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That sounds like a BQC System - volume, blend, bass/treble stack, mid/sweep stack.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1328097199' post='1521647']
That bottom picture actually has quite a lot of character.
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Hey, each to their own. To me, maple that looks like anaemic rosewood at first glance is just plain wrong