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That decal doesn't look anything like the one it is replacing Just from a quick glance the "Serial Number" text is too big and doesn't have enough leading. The ® for both Fender and Precision Bass are the wrong typeface and wrongly positioned. The Precision Bass text doesn't look like the right typeface either.

Line 6 Bass Pod and Linn Adrenalinn.

Five in a row for big bass tuners just doesn't work IMO. The G-string tuner is already a big stretch for me on a Fender-style bass so adding another one is not going to make things any easier. I prefer 3+2 or 2+3 on headstock designed especially to fit a 5-string bass, and not something that's been cobbled together from the 4-string version.

Have a look at my thoughts on Sentric Music in the second half of [url=http://basschat.co.uk/topic/294501-publishing-and-song-copyright-good-places-to-go/page__view__findpost__p__3166544]this post[/url].

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1479124150' post='3174056'] Wouldn't tuning with temperature variations be a bit of a nightmare? [/quote] IME from owning an all steel Born To Rock Bass, the tuning is actually more stable because the body and the strings (made of similar materials) act more evenly to changes in temperature compared with a wooden bass.

If you ask for 2 effects why can't I select 2 effects in the Poll? Also why is Flanger paired with Phaser when they are are completely different effects, but Chorus which is a reduced functionality Flanger listed separately?

Does the world need yet another Fender clone?

Once you've adjusted the controls on your bass and your amp to get the right sound to complement the rest of the instruments in the band it doesn't matter what bass you are using apart from how it looks.

I would suggest that you go and sign up at the [url=http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/]Mosrite Forum[/url] where you'll definitely get expert advice about the feasibility and costs of doing a restoration, or if you decide it's not for you, then no doubt someone there will buy if off you.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1478801020' post='3171789'] I'm not even sure that the neck is on the guitar when they do it. [/quote] So how do they do set neck and through neck instruments?

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1478767542' post='3171422'] There are very few bands able to deconstruct a song and write their own arrangement. Those that can are refreshing to listen to. [/quote] Surely being able to do this is basic musical skill that should come shortly after figuring out how to pluck and fret a note. Otherwise it's just a question of "monkey see, monkey do" which isn't really music.

IIRC from the interview in International Musician, Mr Birch had some very strong views on bolt-on necks and none of them were favourable.

IME theory only gets you so far. If you want to be properly authentic then you need to listen to lots of music of the genre.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1478682405' post='3170803'] Band Membership 101 - Never join a band with a keyboard player unless he has lost his left arm in a tragic industrial accident. [/quote] I know that the quote is partly in jest, but there is nothing wrong with allowing the keyboards hold down the bottom end as it allows you to play something more interesting. Of course if you don't know what to do with that new-found freedom then I'm afraid that you only have yourself to blame.

Stereo is one of those things that sounds fantastic in headphones and much less so in situations where you can't control the listener position in relation to the sound sources. Live, unless the majority of your sound is coming through the PA, stereo is pretty much useless from an audience PoV, and even then only a small proportion of those in the middle of the room will get anything approaching the full effect. Also bear in mind that stereo effects or active panning in the bass end of the spectrum can make your recordings impossible to cut to vinyl, were you to want to release your music in this format.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1478602572' post='3170145'] Theres no money above the 5th fret! [/quote] What a pathetically horrible quote. Whoever came up with that idiotic saying doesn't deserve to call themselves a musician.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1478602753' post='3170146'] I've taken some Brexit posts out here. We've had the debate and it is over. Anymore and I'll lock the topic. [/quote] Without wanting to stir too much, if this is the Basschat consensus then you are probably going to have to lock and delete every new thread concerning price rises for gear made outside of the UK, as whether you like it or not it is entirely down to the B.. word situation.

I use all the frets on all the strings. It's what they are there for.

Don't forget that what a lot of players call "tension" is actually down to the compliance (or stiffness) of the string and has nothing to do with the actual tension but is affected by the materials and construction of the string which can be quantified (although AFAIK no manufacturer does) and factors on the actual bass itself such as the break angles over the saddles and nut as well as the amount of dead string between the nut and machine head post and the bridge saddle and the bridge anchor point.

IIRC from my physics lessons a long. long time ago, the pickup is simply a device that produces an electrical current in the coil in response to an iron-rich object moving through the magnetic field. All that happens as you "dig in" is that the current is larger and therefore the signal is louder, but the pickup itself can't clip or produce clipping. You won't get clipping until the signal reaches the first bit of active circuitry that doesn't sufficient headroom for the increased signal volume, whether that's a pre-amp in the bass, the input circuitry of your amp, or something in the signal chain in-between like an effect.

[quote name='ribbetingfrog' timestamp='1478465607' post='3169256'] It's definitely easier to get decent folk to learn to play better than it is to get talented idiots to become better people. [/quote] I'd agree with this, but as you've felt the need to ask the question here, then you are probably not really convinced that this is the band for you, so you might be better off looking elsewhere.

You don't even have to go to all that bother. Just use the "code" BB tags.

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1478260473' post='3167945'] Thanks for all the replies. I've updated my profile for location (Nottingham). I'm not too bothered about a heavy-ish head, it's more the thought of lugging big cabs up flights of stairs. I figured probably spending a few hundred on a head, use the cabs in the practice room for now (they are OK - definitely a big improvement on what I put up with in the late 80s) then get a cab as soon as I need it for gigging, probably early next year. I see a lot of those Mark Bass amps for sale but I have no idea about them and I've never heard one used in anger. I must admit that I'd never considered a 12" speaker - nobody used them for bass in the 80s, it was all 15 or 10. Again, I'd need to hear one at volume. [/quote] IMO the size of the speaker cone is largely irrelevant these days. I wouldn't even bother with it as specification when choosing a cab. Go instead for the sound and how portable you need it to be.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1478255113' post='3167872'] we're in desperate need of a Nirvana right now [/quote] [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1478255160' post='3167873'] I couldn't agree more... it's definitely time to get out the sweeping brush. [/quote] I would say that we need something more like Punk rather than Nirvana. By the time that Nirvana became popular the music scene was already far too fractured for them to have very much influence outside of the rock genre. It was still perfectly possible to be making new and popular music without it having anything to do with Nirvana and "grunge". For someone like myself, listening to and creating mostly dance music influence by the various variations on House Music, Nirvana were barely a blip on my radar.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1478221518' post='3167730'] Unless you're talking about the original Boroadcaster/Tele, Leo pinched it off Bigsby & just simplified it a bit [/quote] And Bigsby nicked the design off CF Martin who in turn had borrowed it from numerous German luthiers, most notably Johann Georg Stauffer who was building guitars in the early 1800s. It's hardly a new design.