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[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1414342534' post='2588431'] What are the handles like? Maybe it's those that people hate ;-) [/quote]

For me it comes down to: - Do you feel the need to tell people their stuff is inferior? - Do you look down on people for liking music that you deem inferior? - Do you try to like stuff you do not really like - just because you think it has higher status and can be used as a self image booster even before you try to spread the notion to other people? - RhysP's point about portraying an image about yourself. Those things are what make snobbery for me. Knowing about superior or inferior music is not. Some stuff simply is inferior. Worded seemingly more positively: some stuff simply is better than some other stuff. IMO there is no way that a reality can exist where this is not true. The question is just how we relate to this truth, and right away it becomes a question in the realm of social psychology - not a question of formal discourse.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1414281830' post='2587923'] [/quote] OK, so YOU noticed. Well done!

Without understanding exactly what a "snob" is in this thread: I was the worst snob on planet Earth. Unsurpassed. Unequaled. In '63 i tried to explain the grown-ups exactly how and why they should really not listen to "She Loves You", and should rather concentrate on Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Later I would annoy my parents with my new classical, electronic music (f.ex. André Boucourechliev - who has even heard about the poor guy?) playing on the living room stereo. Not that it was all bad, mind! This annoyance rather soonishly landed me a nice stereo set of my own AS WELL AS a set of headphones! However, by '68 I started to stealthily and guiltily listen to other music. Then The Nice happened, as well as Love Sculpture and Ekseption, all of them covering classical themes mind, and there was no return. I had this rule: the best music is the music you can hear most often without getting bored or annoyed with it. Bach was good. These days, there are no rules, and there is no musical style I know of that I don't have in my collection, and like a lot. I even love Southern Mercan C&W fer cryin' out loud! Some examples: J-pop, especially Kanjani8, the Spice Girls, the first Postman Pat album... I think I made my point.

RIP Jack. I'm gutted.

I don't know the answer, and am a noob, but FWIW I found the VU in my MAG300 head to work perfectly like expected, whilst the VU in my Little Bastard is all over the place and seems like a gimmick to me.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1414161967' post='2586605'] played a solo with Todd Rundgren, misheard what he said when I asked what the key was [/quote] You Brits are just way too polite, and I'm gutted to see that even Todd thinks the first note is the key. I'd have thought better of him. Kudos to you for not reverting to physical violence.

Developing a terrible cramp in my right arm once, I had to finish Ravel's piano concerto in D without using it. I'm not even sure anybody noticed.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1414068015' post='2585427'] I'm afraid you've got your science a bit wrong here AT, things that look green absorb strongly in the blue and red, and hardly at all in the green [/quote] You infidel! Coming here with Real World Science! Bow before Thread Science or we will stone you! [i][size=3](Max. 14 stones per attendee. BC staff and their families are excluded from participation. Women not admitted.)[/size][/i]

[quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1413986050' post='2584424'] making the effort to look a bit like a 'rock star' and playing that part when I'm performing is all part and parcel of my role as an entertainer. [/quote] Yup, and if the snapshot doesn't lie, you do this very well indeed. BTW, I'm all for it, and try to think along the same lines - given the right band and the right type of music.

[quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1413931534' post='2583883'] Where do I send the cheque? [/quote] Huh? ...but I received your cheque already weeks ago, as soon as I was done with the last batch of persons I had to make look bad!?!? I even PM'ed you to confirm! Confused, Bert Seriously though, your pic hopefully is just a snapshot of one moment in which you looked good and the rest not so good. But taken at face value, for me it illustrates well what we're talking about here. I think that how the band "looks" (not necessarily in their clothing) is indeed important, as it's part of the total package the audience presumably pays for - directly or indirectly. Now I personally dislike corporate thinking in this, as well as band uniforms, but I do like respect for the audience. In this, attitude and personality are probably more important than the exact style of clothing. For example, musicians being preoccupied with how in the world to play that next chord are maybe more detrimental to the audience's experience of the performance, than a combination of bad t-shirt with denim and basketball shoes.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1413806382' post='2582059'] Not any more - now edited for little '63J [/quote]

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1413799006' post='2581901'] Duplicate [/quote] Duplicate? Nah. Just a cheap clone.

Finally a thread where one doesn't shy away from scientific data as a base for developing real insight. Here we go again then (as they have been shown earlier): [url="http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/mm-bongo-hh-dargie-delight-_zpsa7e53372.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Marina20121224Bongo_zpsa09d14d5.jpg.html"][/url] Note that these are different basses, and that the woman showing the classical way of doing things is not me.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1413743234' post='2581479'] Horrid American Rubbish That Keeps Exploding. I find this highly amusing as it is quite the opposite of the truth IMO/IME. [/quote] Highly amusing indeed, and quite the opposite of the truth IMO. It explodes only once. (Couldn't resist, but am [b]just[/b] kidding.)

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1413719352' post='2581135'] Mrs Anthony is rather hoping that I hang onto the Orange for a while [/quote] Hehe. Similarly, my daughter gives me Hull for having sold my Terror Bass, and commands me to never sell the Micro Terror.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1413667530' post='2580827'] My OBC410 is one that looks cooler [/quote] That looks mighty cool indeed, especially together with that orange Ray. (The coolest of course is the Micro Terror stack with two 8" cabs, but that's a detail.)

Assuming you're on a budget, a cheaper Novation, Arturio or Korg will do you well. I personally love the Waldorf Blofeld which can be had as a desktop model without keyboard, and which is easier to program than the few knobs might seem to indicate. Be aware you must update the OS to version 1.22 or it will be buggy. Fantastic synth though. If you are after an overview over the history of synth sounds, the Alesis Micron (especially in its Akai Miniak version) will do even better than the Blofeld. Probably best to come back with questions once you have established a liking for one or a few within your budget. I know others are better updated than I am.

OK then, here's a Brazilian Shorthair after having received mentioned Close Shave. Dunno why you need pics of it, but there you are. [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Brazilianshorthairaftercloseshave_zpsaff680b6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/Brazilianshorthairaftercloseshave_zpsaff680b6.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I liked that a lot, but it will never become a fave despite the rather lovely accompaniment, due to the conservative melody and Bowie showing litte sign of being able to pull this off. He totally lacks authority in my ears, and seems a follower of the band, not a soloist. Still like it.

Seeing as October 10th marks the day in 1969 that both "Hot Rats" and "In the Court of the Crimson King" were released, I've been playing them: [media]http://youtu.be/qKWNVXwlAk4[/media] and [url="http://youtu.be/-q85kN7m1eo?list=PLRQKT-Cu2_2TlvATF-RUhKMHxt2Sz5h-9"]http://youtu.be/-q85...RUhKMHxt2Sz5h-9[/url] Good day.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1412928134' post='2573299'] Wasn't there a westone that came with two necks back in the late 80s ? [/quote] Yes, indeed there was. Thanks for reminding me. It came (or could come, Idunno) with a case that had a neat space for the extra neck. I think this must have been no later than 1986, probably before, as it was in a mag I subscribed to until '85/'86. Must still have that mag somewhere.

SmallDawg, the trick with AmpKit is to wait for their special offers. IMS these amps can often be had for one fourth of the price or so.

[quote name='rk7' timestamp='1412763011' post='2571676'] How did you know about the quattro, although I do like the XC70. [/quote] Ask Roland Rock himself! I only knew about the Tritto.

[quote name='rk7' timestamp='1412762090' post='2571660'] and it is red! [/quote] Sigh. Took you quite some time to get down to the essence! That CVD sounds like genius. The damping factor is sooo important. Thanks for the heads up, and best wishes for the operation!