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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. [/quote] 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. [/quote] 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!! [/quote] 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!! [/quote] 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? [/quote] 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... [/quote] 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. [/quote] 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 [/quote] 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. [/quote] Hey, each to their own. To me, maple that looks like anaemic rosewood at first glance is just plain wrong

Maple without protection goes browny-grey from the pushing down of strings. It eventually turns into this grotty halfwayhouse between maple and rosewood which looks like compressed fingernail dirt. While I'm sure the decision is purely aesthetic, a pristine new unlacquered maple board won't stay pristine for long. Eventually it'll look like this: Mmmm!

Instruments are to be played. My wife would ask me to sell any basses I don't play. Mind you, I agree with her so she wouldn't have to ask, it would just happen.

I've got it now, the red is an example of a date being scribbled in pencil on another bass. I'd want to see more than an 8 to convince me it's a 1958.

Why is it suddenly red in the picture with the supposed proof of age?

It's worse than you think - VAT is 20% at the moment... Dunno what to tell you - currency fluctuates, sometimes it's advantageous to buy from abroad (remember when the US$ was worth around 50p and VAT was only 17.5%?) and sometimes it's not.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1327612430' post='1514319'] I'd sell one of them and get a G&L L2000 Tribute. Great basses, and you have the best of both worlds, as you can go from active to passive at the flick of a switch. [url="http://www.glguitars.com/instruments/TributeSeries/basses/L-2000/index.asp"]http://www.glguitars...-2000/index.asp[/url] [/quote] Yes, but the active mode on an L-2000 is just a line boost, the tone controls are still cut only, just like a passive bass (they operate on the output from the pickups before it hits the preamp) and the treble boost setting sounds horrible to me. Don't get me wrong, I really like mine (I have mine in passive mode all the time, the MFD pickups are plenty hot without the help) but it's not the same as having an active EQ which can cut and boost frequencies.