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[quote name='molan' timestamp='1445783277' post='2894121'] The most common scale on Ritter 4's seems to be 33.3" - all three of mine are this scale. [/quote] All three of yours??? Do you run an international drug cartel or something?

I would pay good money to see[list] [*]Tum Jones [*]Fatwood Mac [*]The Grateful Fed [*]Bruce Springrolls [*]Tom Pudgy and the Heart Bypasses [*]Iron Weighed In [*]Double Cream [/list]

David Bowie's earliest stuff. The album with Rubber Band and Maid of Bond Street. Love it.

Fantastic. If I could still pull off the Lycra leggings and the long hair, I'd have that.

I'll say this very carefully as one of the people concerned is a member here. I have recently joined a great band. Good tunes, nice blokes, regular gigs, etc. However, the departing bass player is leaving in January and, as I was auditioned and up to speed promptly, he has said that he would play rhythm guitar so I could start sooner. Fine, very generous and thank you. We had a rehearsal this morning and neither guitarist was prepared to modify their sound so we had twice the guitar noise and the balance was way off, only my E and B string could be heard and the vocals were buried in the bottom of the mix. I have suggested that maybe I won't start until January after all. Guitarists.....grrr.

I understand that the book is, and I haven't read it, similar to Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" which argues (very persuasively) that no one ever makes it purely on their own. He says that innate talent is a very small part of success and circumstance surrounding birth, timing, family and opportunity are much more important. It is a cracking good read, too.

This problem took me a few goes to figure out. The instructions could be a little clearer.

Wham, "Make It Big." I have been widely ridiculed for this choice since I bought it in 1984, but I still love it and reckon that there isn't a duff track on the album. It sold about 10 million copies, so I can't be alone in owning it but I think everyone else denies it! I think they were unfairly dismissed as Pretty Boy Pop by the musical fraternity and they always had a pretty decent band with them. If nothing else, the (not on this album) Club Tropicana bass line is fearsome.

Most likely to be considered greatest in 20 years' time: Wolstenholme and Howard.

Hunt and Tony Sales.

I'm also disturbed by the word "distributer" [sic] as opposed to "distributor" and the curious way he drifts from the past to the present tense in the same sentence. As a rule, I don't buy things from people who mangle their English. The odd typo is okay, but this reads like a Nigerian phishing email.

You could buy two high spec second-hand Yamaha RBX basses for £311. Or you could buy one bastardised lump of crap.

There is nothing quite like having lots of headroom. While an Ampeg sounds great, I've gone a modern headroom route and have 2 Vanderkley 4x10s and a Vanderkley Aurora head. The sound is very modern and enormously powerful and responsive. It isn't smothered by guitarists and can be heard in all venues I play in. The cabs are nice and light - as is my wallet!

I think that it is an inherited behaviour. In pre amplification days, bands would hammer their instruments to get heard (trumpeters, notwithstanding) and then when amplification came in, it was a bit reedy sounding so everything was as loud as it could be. Then, when amplification got good enough for stadium bands, us lesser mortals started copying our heroes. I can't give you a reference for it, but I am sure that, in their early days, Dire Straits made a point of playing quietly enough so that people could still speak to each other and they got a LOT of bookings because of it. The pubs and clubs really appreciated it because more people came to see them as a result.

I owned one many years ago and, I confess, I found it very difficult to get on with. Mostly, I suspect, down to my inability to figure out the correct signal chains for what I needed. Good luck, though, as most people rate it highly.

I have a TC Electronics Flashback x4. It might be a bit OTT size-wise, but it will do everything that you want.

Can anyone be considered a poor player if they have been doing it professionally for decades? I remember whatshername from the Pixies saying that the hardest thing for a bassist to do is to consistently play root notes on the beat and not to put any runs or fills in or any big endings.

£311 is easily £250 more than it is worth.

Hi Tony, They do fold down to very thin and about a foot high. I used small stands at first and as soon as I got a "proper" bass, it toppled over because it was too unstable. Whatever you go for, make sure that it holds the neck and you'll be fine.

Merry Christmas Everybody is such a fun bass line.

Bought a line 6 unit from Chris. Swift delivery, beautifully wrapped and packaged. Item exactly as described. Very happy.

I would strongly recommend one of these: [size="2"]http://www.herculesstands.co.uk/p/auto-grab-guitar-stand-with-foldable-yoke?pp=24[/size] I've used one for years and all basses of shapes have been kept safe in it.

Godspell caused me lots of trouble. It was a long time ago so I don't really remember but I think that there were lots of odd timing changes.