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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1384883898' post='2281864'] I warned you that this rhythm methodology didn't work very well... [/quote] Ah...so I'm pulling when I should be...pushing?

I would too. Why aren't they available?! They would be so cooooool (and warm). This is outrageous!!! Who THE HELL runs the merch-...oh...*cough*. We'll look into it. It's probably about time we had another round of orders.

Sandpaper is fine - start off with coarse stuff (say 100 grit or maybe 200 if you are using a power sander) but STOP when you hit wood (cough). Then continue with progressively finer grits 400 then 800 to take out any visible scratches in the wood. Tru-oil is very good and while it goes touch dry very quickly, it can take weeks to harden. I've used it on my kleinberger body. I've also used danish oil on my strat neck - that can take weeks to harden also. Both are reasonably durable once hardened.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1384828407' post='2281284'] Fie! And you a roister-doistering agrarian music specialist? A 'backlog' is the log you keep at the back of the fire, all ready to go, like. [/quote] It's also something discovered unexpectedly in reserve shortly after a Gentleman's morning ablutions have been completed...all ready to go, like.

OK well the news I was going to share is that we DID have a developer lined up and poised to sign a contract but he pulled out literally at the last minute. This is turning into a f***ing joke but, personally I've stopped laughing. We've got interest from two more however and we're waiting to hear back on a price. Part of the problem appears to be that there's not enough work for them to be seriously interested. So...in the meantime, we have talked about setting up a sub forum on here to at least get something kicked off. However, there is a caveat... One of the features we'll install with the next Invision upgrade is a single sign in to Basschat, Guitarchat and Drumchat. What we don't know yet is whether the administration behind the scenes is done from a single location or from a location for each of the websites. It would make it kind of simpler if it was one, which would also mean that when we do get the other sites up we could transfer threads between forums. BUT... ...we don't know that yet. So if we do set up a sub forum, there is a risk that we may not be able to transfer threads over to the other sites. That's no reason to not kick things off quietly though. [quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1384813641' post='2281160'] I'd quite like to hear about some plans to develop this forum, for example what you are hoping to do to make the blog work again, restore the wiki and take a look at the backlog. [/quote] Its enough of a struggle right now to get the thing set up...baby steps first, Pete! I plan on consulting with the core of interested members on what they would like to see once we've achieved lift off.

There's no real answer at the moment. I have a very early graphite necked bass from 1979 and it's still going strong. Issues with necks have typically been due to construction - either tensions built into the neck that have resulted in the fingerboard delaminating (Modulus basses), or a lack of stiffness in the phenolic fingerboard that has resulted in bowing of the neck under string tension (Modulus again after making necks for Musicman and some isolated examples of Status basses in the early 90's). I suspect they'll last much, much longer than wooden necks if they're well made.

Oish and there I was, ready to post an update on developments with the forum...maybe I should hold off for a while...

[quote name='jackotheclown' timestamp='1384362751' post='2275728'] Well they have set practices I guess some of the practitioners work with the cruise lines though, so I can't just go to my GP. But yeah £500, sucks.. [/quote] They don't need to be endorsed by the cruise lines to be competent. You only need to be assessed by a competent doctor. You might even have grounds for a professional complaint to the [url="http://www.gmc-uk.org/"]General Medical Council[/url] if you have reason to believe the doctors are profiteering.

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1384175429' post='2273510'] The Kubicki ply neck was good and I'm surprised more manufacturers didn't try it. It would maybe allow guitar builders to make more consistent instruments, but I think it's unlikely that a great sounding ply bass would ever sound have that "something special" about it like maybe a great vintage bass or a handbuilt mega pound bass. [/quote] My first bass had a ply body...and so did my second. So I upgraded to a Jaydee and never looked back because the ply bodies dampened a lot of the lows and didn't sustain anywhere near as well as the Jaydee. I've not tried the multi-hued ritter in RR's post above but generally I would take a solid body of super cheap meranti over "birch ply" any day. The Kubicki necks are laminated but the laminates are a lot thicker than those in ply wood. It's probably not doing the design any justice to call the neck plywood any more than calling it is to call a steinberger 'plastic'.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1384164085' post='2273298'] Plywood bodies tend to have a more 'layered' sound, kind of a 'multi-tiered' tone with alternating timbre directions ;-) [/quote] Vintage plywood even more so.

This lecture by Ned Steinberger on the future of musical instrument design is worth a look. He talks about the relationship between musicians and technology but ultimately doesn't know where its going to go. [url="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/40596134"]http://www.ustream.t...corded/40596134[/url]

Yes CTRL + 0 is what I do when my touch screen laptop resizes the zoom inadvertently.

One of these pedals might well be my Christmas present this year. The B3 was looking like a front runner due to the dual compressor patch and USB programmability but I realised they both offer synth patches with selectable waveforms. Unfortunately, the M5 manuals are a bit light on detail about the synthomatic patch waveforms, apart from saying 8 waveforms are available. Can anyone with the M5 confirm if the wave forms available in Synthomatic track the pitch of each note like the B3 does? Also, what waveforms are available? Square, triangle and saw in addition to sine?

Rob, Aaron Armstrong here in the UK MAKES Ken Smith's pickups. He could have supplied something similar for your needs for about 90-110 quid a unit. I've got one set that has been slightly tweaked for my self build and plan on ordering another.

We had a neck diving, japanese made copy of a Hofner 500/1 strung with flats that has pretty much defined ever since what I dislike in basses. (NB: The genuine article is quite nice to play by comparison.)

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1383847678' post='2269977'] Great point . As I have said on this site before, people ( including myself) really can get nostalgic for [i]anything[/i]. Don't get me wrong , there is nothing wrong with vintage amps and flats as a sound in itself and I can enjoy it and see its appropiateness occasionally , but as you allude to , people talk about that sound nowadays as if it were [u][i]the[/i][/u] sound , when in fact it was a product of the limitations of a bygone age. There was good reason why most bass players started to use roundwounds. [/quote] I try rigs and basses out now and I still can't figure out how people can hear what notes they're playing, using flats and an 8x10. But I guess it makes them feel good. After owning over 30 instruments in the last 10 years, I think how instruments feel is probably the most under-rated aspect of quality.

With versatile enormity, I would be more worried about playing it standing up.

[quote name='Wylie' timestamp='1372720392' post='2129239'] From the blurb: "... a special five-position rotary pickup selector switch that delivers enormous tonal versatility [/quote] It's not just versatility, it's enormous versatility. At least thats what she said.

Too bad they're not offering a plain vanilla Shuttle 6.0.

I don't understand how a US court can have jurisdiction over someone living overseas.

The perspective in this thread is so refreshing. <---This is not sarcasm.

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1383505371' post='2265226'] Fantastic, thanks for sharing. As a real Chic fan, this was right under the radar. [/quote] Mine too, great thread.

Ah, I take it back. Ped reminded me that Ben was doing some tidying up behind the scenes. We'd agreed this a month ago but it had been delayed a couple of weekends and I forgot that it was happening this weekend.

Noone has been asked to work on the site recently. Maybe it was just a temporary server glitch in the connection when downloading the graphics?.