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I have a Rolls MP80, yours for £35 + shipping. [url="http://www.rolls.com/pdf/M_MP80.pdf"]http://www.rolls.com/pdf/M_MP80.pdf[/url] I never got round to using it with the Superfly or the Superduperfly. Can't remember whether the Superfly will phantom-power it - if not, IIRC it uses a typical 9V effects pedal power supply.

You haven't got a lead plugged into the effects return, have you? Or got the mute switch pressed in?

I emailed KMC a bit earlier - emailing Genz Benz just goes to Fender who then say that they've flogged it and to get in touch with Chris Cretella at KMC (see post #1). His reply: Hello, There is currently no plan for Genz Benz to go back into production. Best, Chris So that's it then. A sad end to Genz Benz. Looks like there's a few companies who could use "F$cked by Fender" as their slogan...

Ashbory put through a reverb to give it a very short-term extra resonance.

I've got a QTX PB-1 and the guitarist has a couple of floor-standing LED PAR cans, which we control via DMX (guitarist has programmed that up).

Looks as if KMC have all the non-core brands like Takamine now. Fender concentrating on their core business and letting everything else sink or swim under a holding company?

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1425985572' post='2712997'] I know what you mean - I was at Uni 1976-1979, always had enough money to supplement the god-awful food supplied at the hall of residence I lived in (Commonwealth Hall in Russell Square - any other former inmates?). Those were the days - studying in candlelight during the 'winter of discontent'! [/quote] Ah, you were round the corner from me - I was in International Hall, but that was 1975-76, and that was where I joined my first rock band and took up bass.

[quote name='Jenny_Innie' timestamp='1425932155' post='2712498'] Two things I would say. Firstly, I'll need to do something with the strap to push the body to the right a bit. I see the Synapse model does this with a strap button extension thing. I can probably get one of those and fit it to this somehow. [/quote] I've seen a Hohner B2 modified to sort this out - they'd just moved the strap peg from the back of the neck to the bit of body just above the neck. Ah, here it is: [url="http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses/hohnerb2aprov.htm"]http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses/hohnerb2aprov.htm[/url] Shall have to do that to my B2AV too.

Just to chuck another one into the mix, there's the Peavey Grind. Also worth having a look at a Mazeti 5-string if you should happen to see one (which TBH isn't that likely).

The Status forum [url="http://statii.com"]http://statii.com[/url] is probably your best bet for finding out what it is. Having had a look around with Google, it looks like Series 1 can be either graphite or wooden necked, and yours does look like the Series 1s pictured. And that birdseye maple facing is lovely, I'm amazed that anyone would paint over it.

There is no absolute answer to this question, it is always "one more".

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1426968385' post='2724302'] Who knew West Ham had so many fans? [/quote] Or that Fender would build so few basses?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1427160500' post='2726672'] Who apart from Robert Fripp plays sitting down? [/quote] Steve Lawson.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1427137143' post='2726308'] I like to cut the scone in half, then spread jam before cream on one half and cream before jam on the other, people just can't cope with that. [/quote] Ah. You actually live in the Tamar, don't you?

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1427126760' post='2726095'] I almost did this last night. [/quote] So it wasn't just me then?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1427099874' post='2725639'] Interesting point about rehearsing in a circle. Anyone find it difficult to subsequently play in a line at a gig? Anyone rehearse in a line, or as you would at a gig? [/quote] You gig in a line? Dammit, I thought we were supposed to go in a circle. I don't have any problems going in a line, and, for that matter, I'm side-agnostic so I'm not bothered which side the guitarist and I go. As he's the same, we can decide where to go based on pragmatic reasons, like where it'll be best to put the mixer etc (which he controls, which is nice) and who'd got the headless instrument (that's always me).

Would there have been holes for ashtrays by the bridge in a 69ish Jazz?

I use expanding toggles if there's a gap behind plasterboard. There's a handy page at [url="http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/inffastener/infanchor/infanchor.html"]http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/inffastener/infanchor/infanchor.html[/url] which tells you pretty much all you need to know.

[quote name='hairychris' timestamp='1427109195' post='2725764'] Also I'm not sure that the OP knows what "ad hominem" means, it's really quite specific: You're English/an idiot/less than 5 ft in height THEREFORE you're wrong = ad hominem You're wrong, THEREFORE you're an idiot = not ad hom You're an idiot (without reference to argument) = not ad hom [/quote] Although an [i]ad hominem[/i] is a logical fallacy, it doesn't mean that it's wrong.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1427068294' post='2725517'] I had some time out. When I came back I excluded Off Topic. I should have done that years ago. [/quote] Although I didn't take time out, I gave up on Off Topic (apart from the F1 thread) a couple of years ago. There's still too much for me to read.

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1427016248' post='2724615'] Mustang Sally would do a great job of showing off nothing but half a dozen notes on the E A and D string. Come on..... That's not a demo...it's showing you can play the most kicked to death, sing a long song of all time. You need to go past the 5th fret to show a bass off. I think we both have a completely different concept of what demonstrating the potential, and capabilities of a bass guitar are... [/quote] The way I play Mustang Sally is at the 8th fret on a 5-string and uses all 5 strings. Dance the Night Away has potential, whenever I play that I get so bored that I progress up and down from playing the B as the open B on the bottom string to playing it on the 21st fret of the D string. Plenty of movement up and down the fretboard, although anyone listening to it will probably fall asleep.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1426953008' post='2723944'] can you girls/guys play music that your not really into..? put it this way i would rather play covers all night of chic than play the original music that this band has. [/quote] I can play music I'm not really into, and even look as if I'm enjoying the experience (there is a video somewhere of me playing on "Red Red F*cking Whine" that illustrates this perfectly). However, these days I only do that when I'm depping with my old club band for money - partly because of the money and partly because we all became friends through the band. I wouldn't like to join a band where I wasn't enthusiastic about the majority of the music that they played, be it covers or original. Not unless there were vast financial rewards (so I could happily play Chic covers all night for £1k or so).

[quote name='Thump' timestamp='1427057783' post='2725285'] Have been warned off firefox for security reasons by friends who work in governmental IT based shenanigans. [/quote] Funny, one of the reasons I use Firefox and not IE is for security. Most of the other reasons are because as one who does a modicum of web development, I know just how broken IE is.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1427017459' post='2724637'] Dammit I started to read it! Fortunately I pulled out at the end of page one. [/quote] I did that with the Kama Sutra.

[quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1427029247' post='2724816'] Borders? Let's not get elitist. Remember not everyone wants or can afford the high end gear, and there are plenty of more affordable and good quality biscuits that would be perfectly palatable and satisfying for newbies just starting out on their journey. [/quote] And broken biscuits can be obtained even more cheaply. Apparently some high-end biscuits actually break themselves, although it's something of a lottery as to whether they do that before or after being sold.