Kiwi

I saw them live last year when they were touring NZ. A very, very slick act. They had no problems filling out a 10,000 seater indoor stadium, as you can see.

Its the cab in my head. Hasn't been built yet. Superlight wedge 1x15 with lots of internal bracing.

Duplicate accounts...tsk.

Sounds like John Entwhistle's bass. Somehow can't imagine him playing it, even if he was still around.

[size=4][sup]I'm not into Fenders in a big way so haven't seen anything yet that I'd buy...I did feel weak at the Wal 5 with shedua facings recently though and mulled over getting another Mesa Boogie Bass400+. However, I have GAS fair and square for the Industrial Radio MIDI bass that Big Red mentioned recently. First time I've had GAS since I bought the Spector NS5 6 years ago. However that bass would effectively make the MIDI pre on my Shuker redundant.[/sup] [sup]BTW, I believe the recession will officially end this year too, I'm picking up all sorts of clues in the UK at the moment. Local authority workloads are creeping up in my sector of the market along more business development and graduate jobs advertised in the private sector too.[/sup][/size]

recipe for disaster...anyone who claims they play better as a result of it either has issues or is a crap musican.

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1358591036' post='1941732'] How could you possibly play a five string without the floating thumb? You would need hoor of a long fingers [/quote] I'm 1.94m tall.

Her floating thumb technique is pretty impressive. Something I could never get comfortable with, myself.

I want to have her babies.

"Classic bass amp sound"? Spongy low end?! WTF is he talking about? I've never enountered a Class D amp design that sounds like that. Why would he presume to know we "need" (rather than aspire to) a 1000w amp?! His sale technique is full of weasel words too. What are honest watts when the power delivery varies across the frequency spectrum in all amps? Does he mean RMS in contrast to PMPO figures? PMPO has been discredited for a long time. Or are they suggesting they've used the same super headroom technology from the Hellborg line in this amp perhaps but not mentioning it directly in case it undermines sales of that amp? But I like the twin channels and Genz Benz should have been offering this instead of their single input, dual preamp designs. I could use that. Shame it's not going to fit in a gig bag pocket though and shame the mic keeps distorting the low end in this clip too.

Funky birdie song.

Y'got me. I just look like this so I'm down with the kids...y'know?

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1358505210' post='1940319'] It is getting a bit chilly out here on the doorstep today with all this snow around but my lads, Charles & Yolanda are huddling up to me for warmth [/quote]LOL Too bad we don't have a like function for posts any more!

I'd expect Fender vintage geeks to be camping outside her door with microscopes, UV lights and threatening to name their first born sons after her if it was the real thing.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1358469279' post='1940006'] I must admit I was quite impressed to discover that the usually intelligent, erudite and eminently sensible Yolanda Charles owns the only example of a Fender Jazz that was built before Leo himself even thought about making it. " I also play a Fender Jazz 55, which is is lovely but I don't use it so much these days" . . [/quote] A Fender Jazz 55 is also known as a Fender Jazz Super 55?

Welcome - do a search on here for opinions on Mark bass cabs, you'll find a variety. Sounds like you might need a 5 string made with a lot of maple or a stiff neck.

Not you again. I thought you had been banned for posting lovingly hand developed pictures of your watches, your Clitroen and your dog in a thinly disguised attempt to solicit popularity?

LOL Even using a radiussed block that is matched to the radius of your fingerboard is a bad idea. The radius will be out by the height of the frets. To achieve a consistently level frets, a radiussed block isn't going to deliver the results any better than a sanding beam and...I agree with letts, it potentially makes things a lot worse if uneven and inconsistent pressure is applied or the angle of the block changes slightly as its pushed up and down the neck. The longer the sanding beam, the better the results are going to be. I like the idea behind the Advanced Fret Levelling System too. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TECHNOFRET-Advanced-Fret-Leveling-System-/180677811948"]http://www.ebay.co.u...m-/180677811948[/url]? Having said all that, if someone likes medium to high action, they're not going to notice a lot of difference between a good and a bad fret job because the string height introduces a much greater degree of tolerance.

I would agree with that to a point but SWR, Warwick and Eden have all produced amps that were designed to make the most popular bass (a jazz bass) sound good. I know that because they make the one bass that was even more mid scooped than a jazz, a Ken Smith BSR, sound so scooped that I couldn't tell what note I was playing on stage. The RnB players out there pairing Smiths with Edens...I really don't understand how they monitor accurately.

In my experience, these are nice warm but clear sounding combinations: Musicman Stingray - Mesa Boogie Bass 400+, Burman Pro4000, Warwick CL/CCL combo Brittle sounding bass (hard fingerboard and super rigid through body neck, or bolt on graphite neck and ash body) - SWR SM400 Smith BSR/Fender Jazz - any Class D amp

Ped and I are not keen on a rant sub forum. Ranty threads get out of hand too easily and, in the heat of emotion, are subject to poor judgement. Besides which, there are loads of websites that cater for ranting and if that isn't tempting, there is always the option of your own personal blog. Stick a link to your signature if you like. I did a quick review of defamation legislation this morning (my time - 6:15am), this is what common wisdom suggests about defamation and the internet: [url="http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/A_quick_guide_to_libel_laws_in_England_and_Wales.pdf"]http://www.senseabou...d_and_Wales.pdf[/url] [i]"[size=3]The internet has irreversibly changed the way we access and publish information, but with parliament last modifying our libel laws in 1996 and our current definition of a publication dating from 1848, development of the libel laws has not kept up. It may be clear to us that an investigative report in a newspaper and anonymous comments on a blog are very different in nature, but under current libel laws, both are held to the same conditions. Website hosts and internet service providers are forced to assume editorial responsibilities in the same manner as traditional outlets such as newspapers and magazines. [/size]"[/i] So I hope you appreciate why defamation is a sensitive matter online. Having said that, there is a private members bill going through Parliament which will change the level of liability for website owners in respect of posts by third parties. [url="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/defamation.html"]http://services.parl...defamation.html[/url]