Kiwi

[quote name='Toasted' post='345440' date='Dec 4 2008, 02:19 PM']Did you enjoy the vid, CK? I found it V interesting.[/quote] Yes, I found Rogers comments on the selection of body wood particularly interesting and the chambering is something I think we may see more of in the future from other makers.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=198"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=198[/url] Is this helpful?

yeah I think thats a great idea. I wonder what he might make of a card signed "on behalf of the four and a half thousand members of Basschat"...? We might have to be respectful of his privacy too though. Is there any way of knowing if something like this would be welcomed by him?

[quote name='SteveK' post='345360' date='Dec 4 2008, 01:29 PM']Even after many Tequilas and Jagermeisters Luke didn't say much more than I posted above - he was quite obviously very sad and upset about MP's plight.[/quote] I hope its not a permanent condition but if he's isolating himself it sounds like he's maybe dealing with depression too. I hope it doesn't last too long for him, I'm sure there would be loads of support out there for him in the industry when he feels ready.

Jeez, thats one hell of a test for the tightness of a neck pocket!!

Oh this sounds tragic, can any one fill us in on whats happened? Mike comes across as such a genuine and lovely guy in interviews.

Are you running off a fresh beryllium sphere?

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='345101' date='Dec 4 2008, 09:22 AM']I never doubted it, CK. I just think people should know what they are doing with their forum![/quote] Absolutely! Thanks for posting it too, (always better for that kind of info to come from someone other than Ped or I!)

I had an SWR Triad cab which had that arrangement with a passive crossover but I sold it because I couldn't hear it properly. I don't think it sounded punchy or aggressive enough for what I needed.

LOL Bilbo you're not telling Ped and I anything we weren't already aware of. This forum is used as much as a networking/socialising site as it is as a place to talk about bass. That was what prompted my last 'consultation' thread to include the social networking development option. Offtopic is the place where people tend to sound each other out about things beyond basses.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='343740' date='Dec 3 2008, 02:15 AM']You seem to assume that these 'competitive urges' are innate in human nature; so you seem to be claiming a particular view of human nature which, as I suggest above, is exactly what is in dispute here... ...This kind of theory has been commonly known as [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism"]Social Darwinism[/url]. The theory doesn't actually go back to Darwin and in fact predates him historically, owing more to Herbert Spencer who coined the phrase [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_of_the_fittest"]'survival of the fittest'[/url].[/quote] But doesn't cooperation allow a group of individuals to be more competitive?

[quote name='foal30' post='343574' date='Dec 2 2008, 09:56 PM']er, possibly I think the idea is to make it competitive to share that's evolution I can bear.[/quote] So what you mean is a society that values altruistic acts above its own collective survival? [quote name='foal30' post='343574' date='Dec 2 2008, 09:56 PM']If society's purpose is acquisition and it has designated enemies then a level of forwardness is required.[/quote] There is a big assumption under pinning that statement! [quote name='foal30' post='343574' date='Dec 2 2008, 09:56 PM']what you've described shows the history of free-market capitalism well.[/quote] If you look at the bigger picture, its how the whole biosphere has essentially functioned since life evolved. [quote name='foal30' post='343574' date='Dec 2 2008, 09:56 PM']Do we need evolution if this is the outcome?[/quote] Aren't you assuming that there's a choice? In the context of a society that represses economic activity as its basis, to quote that geeky bloke in Jurassic Park, "nature finds a way"...? [quote name='Musky' post='343667' date='Dec 2 2008, 11:23 PM']I think you've rather mistaken the left's antipathy to competition Kiwi. It's not competition per se that most groups are against, but competition as the basis for economic activity.[/quote] Ah ok. So what I can't understand is why a society that represses competition as the basis for economic activity believes that this is a sustainable practice if competition in other aspects is what we and pretty much every other living species on the planet owes its survival too...? Lets not forget there's not only competition between people, but also competition between species. Anyone who has dealt with a pest infestation of some kind will have experienced this first hand, I'm sure. Seems to me there's a fundamental conflict/incompatibility between moral ideals and economic realities maybe?

A stingray and a valve amp is a fantastic combination. Welcome to basschat Jim. Pics of your gear are always welcome!

[quote name='foal30' post='343512' date='Dec 2 2008, 09:09 PM']No, I think not. and if "competitiveness" is going to be the acknowledged driver of Society, by Society then those advocating such a system need to be at the forefront of leveling out the current inequalities. Not likely?[/quote] Competitiveness wouldn't exist without inequality. Without inequality, species wouldn't adapt and we wouldn't have evolution. Therefore a non-competitive society wouldn't survive for very long (and by that I don't mean the society would die, but its state of non-competitiveness wouldn't perpetuate.)

Many socialist political theories avoid or repress the issue of competitiveness. Isn't that what it all boils down to at the end of the day? Is it possible for a society to repress its collective, competitive urges?

[quote name='alexclaber' post='342989' date='Dec 2 2008, 01:33 PM']I didn't think you played double bass...[/quote] I don't really mate, nearly bought one of those NS Wav's a couple of years ago but it was going to take me 6 months to get comfortable on it and I didn't really have the time or motivation. I was more interested in knowing whether you still had plans for the angled cabs we discussed once.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='342919' date='Dec 2 2008, 12:31 PM']No, it'll be like The Compact in shape but smaller, and will have dual midrange drivers with different crossover points and unusual placement to give near omnidirectional output just like an unamplified double bass. Target weight of 20lbs and price of £350.[/quote] I'm disappointed

[quote name='alexclaber' post='342876' date='Dec 2 2008, 11:52 AM']I'm also working on a very small and light design for upright bassists as there's a lot of lightweight amps out there but not a lot of choice when it comes to reasonably priced cabs with the kind of polar response an upright needs. Initial investigations are proving promising![/quote] Is it going to be wedge shaped?

Oh wow! A short scale, piccolo 6 string bass!