Kiwi

Truly happy with their gear? Hell yes although I have way too much, but when I rationalise it out, I can still justify it although based on what I might need in the future rather than what I need right now. It's taken so long to find the right gear at reasonable prices, that I couldn't face having to do it all over again. Next step would be making my own instruments...

I've yet to find a lipstick for my other half that actually works...

[url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/90s-Kawai-RB-115-SOLID-2-piece-KOA-body-GOLD-SCHALLER-hardware-GRAPHITE-NECK-/270836712172?pt=Guitar&hash=item3f0f2042ec#ht_500wt_969"]http://www.ebay.com/itm/90s-Kawai-RB-115-SOLID-2-piece-KOA-body-GOLD-SCHALLER-hardware-GRAPHITE-NECK-/270836712172?pt=Guitar&hash=item3f0f2042ec#ht_500wt_969[/url] Don't see many of these pop up. Shame he doesn't ship outside of the US.

Seems like a keyboard composed bass line to me, don't think its a pino original.

Looks like about 18,000 quids worth of secondhand Wals on the wall, including a very exclusive white double neck. And then there's all the other basses he's got including a 64 p-bass and probably some collectable stingrays. I'd speculate that the Dad's not short of a quid or two. [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/sk8erboy1414#p/u/39/PSxhCrDJMQ4"]http://www.youtube.c.../39/PSxhCrDJMQ4[/url]

[quote name='McBass' timestamp='1318765132' post='1405865'] If the live version of Ball of confusion is off Bands and Crashes, it's Graham Edwards that's playing bass. [/quote] Thanks for that

Yes he was drafted in and seemed to really gel in the band. BTW, I have a live track of Go West doing Ball of Confusion and Pino just kills on that number. In fact the bass lines on a lot of Go West songs are highly highly under rated IMO. Just try playing along to We Close Our Eyes... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjEyOc6B3g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjEyOc6B3g[/url]

Racks in my case. See sig below...

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1318598181' post='1404160'] Indeed, it's quite obvious from your experiment that wood has nothing to do with it, otherwise they'd sound the same. [/quote] It might be that it appears that way to you. My experience was different.

Whatever way you do it, just sap some dB's from around 100Hz. You'll be OK.

I have no problem with your opinion. My experience is different.

Just looked them up on the Ashton site, looks like they're not made any more...?

Thanks to everyone so far for helping to try and isolate WTF is going on.

Tru dat...meaning (once again for the sake of clear context) something obvious that should be clear to everyone...but if it isn't, I'm not losing sleep over it. EDIT: And, given the George Carlin quote in your signature, I'm not desperate for people to care about my not losing sleep over it either. Its just an opinion...that's all...

Well lets put the opinion in a clearly defined context for your benefit. If someone is curious about what the wood sounds like and wants to remove the influence of preamp and pickups...yes it is.

Interesting budget valve amp tip off!

welcome aboard

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1318542670' post='1403675'] Or maybe [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/scrap-lumber-bass-vs-alder-bass-can-you-tell-difference-743932/"]this is everything you need to know about wood[/url]. [/quote] All that test proves to me is that I would never buy a bass that sounded like any of those clips. As far as the debate goes, I own instruments that are made from different woods and they feel and sound consistently different from one another. Ironically my stingray and j-bass are supposed to sound identical to one another when played acoustically given they are made from a maple neck and ash body...and they don't. It's a no-brainer for me.

lol FWIW the mods are all having inconsistent results too...

Hi Chris probably little you can do about the work computer if it hasn't been updated. However if you have windows 7 installed at home you can download a driver update utility here: [url="http://driver-pro.com/related/english/windows-7-updates/?a=7"]http://driver-pro.com/related/english/windows-7-updates/?a=7[/url]

OK there appears to be a common theme to many of the issues being reported. Some people are ok, others aren't and yet some have noticed different results on different machines running different levels of updated software. Could I suggest that everyone who have experienced browsing issues checks that all their web browsing software and windows updates are current? At minimum that would include macromedia, flash, java, windows updates and the latest versions of their browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera etc.). Log here if you have do that [u]and[/u] notice an improvement after a particular update, it might help us identify which one is causing issues.

Basschat - one big happy self congratulatory family. We've never had it so good.

Some of us on facebook tried to persuade Mark to call it 'Fat Bastard'. lol