Zenitram

It's not even a very convincing argument.

You're thinking of nu-plinkyplonky polka party fusion jazz.

What type of music do you intend to play with it? As in, rock, metal, plinky plonky jazz, Motown, etc. Will you be playing on your own or forming a band? Will you be moving the amp around from your bedroom to the rehearsal place, then back home, then back out to the car again, etc.? Where in the world are you? I'm very much still a beginner, but I would suggest four rather than five strings, and buying second hand from here. There are some absolutely crazy good bargains. And you get gear with a bit of soul.

I'd buy it a drink first, a little small talk, compliment it on its looks and winning ways. Then hopefully on to dinner and who knows what else. But hey we all have different moves, you just gotta be yourself. You're a playa.

I bid earlier on something that I don't even want, and won. What a dick.

I'm not sure why Aussie has quoted my line there. I was just making a stupid pedantic point by stating the obvious.

Uncurl an 8 a bit and you get a swastika.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1355475746' post='1898754'] £600 and I got it......... not sure how that was confiusing.[/quote] It was because you didn't mention what bass it was, and a random leap from 150 to 600 quid seemed odd. Oh no hang on, I wasn't paying attention, as you did mention the bass, but not the make. Or is a "68 jazz bass" very clearly going to be a fabulously expensive Fender. I'm not very up on bass heritage. Sorry. I'm an idiot, either way. And I don't know what V and R is.

So, er, did you get it for £150, or for £600? Or did someone else get it. I don't understand.

What is crossover?

[quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1355333652' post='1897120'] +1 -One man's trash is another's bargain... beats the price of a brand new fender plate, Thomann list them at £30 -personally I'd live with the crack and keep the change [/quote] That's exactly what I'm thinking. For four quid, I fancy it.

Yes. We should, er, pop round for tea, or something.

It would be fine as it is, surely? It'll just show a thin crack. Is that really so bad?

From a drummer's point of view, they have (the good ones, anyway) round-robin sample playback, so each snare hit is actually a different recording of a stick hitting the batter. This prevents the effect known as machine gunning, of exactly the same sound being spat out each time, rat-a-tat. Beats sound more natural as a result. Given that there can be, oh I don't know, maybe ten different velocity level recordings, and maybe six round-robin samples for each, that's.... er... 60 samples being available and used for one snare drum. The rest is user interface, ease of use, etc. I have made those figures up but I don't think I'm very far off.

Yeah, I quite like the look of that.

Well, er, I need to set up my drum kit again and, umm... meet my deadline in ten days' time for a big job I'm doing, and, er, stuff, so it might be a while...

So yeah you should be fine really.

Well if anyone fancies it I'll give it a go, no obligation, just for fun, etc.

This makes me think about offering a service to people here to provide some live drumming to their tracks... a sort of long-distance collaboration. Or something. No doubt it's been done before.