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[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1336680088' post='1649528'] So they are Fender Squiers then. They are BY Fender making them Fender. Not Squiers by Well Hung m***e guitar company Ltd. They are even on Fenders own website. [/quote] Yep they're on Fenders website. Under "Squier by Fender". Strictly speaking I suppose it should be Squier by FMIC, the company that owns both the Fender and Squier brands. But that wouldn't be so catchy. Nowhere on the site (aside from posts in the forums) does it mention 'Fender Squires', only 'Squier by Fender'. It seems to me that FMIC do their best to distinguish between the brands, a distinction that's not lost on people who want to change the decal on Squiers.

Oddly enough, I do see one of those everyday. Well, almost. I bought an Egmond B2 off Dangerboy on here a while back, but always hankered after a B2V like the Rosetti in the ad (Egmond made the Rosetti Bass 9). Someone was parting out a B2V just before Xmas so I bought the body to match up with the neck from the B2. What the photos don't show is that the vinyl is embossed with fine lines, and it changes hue as you turn it. Very Spangley!

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1336640703' post='1648665'] #Even Fender call them Fender Squiers do they not. [/quote] Nope - they call them Squier by Fender. [quote]Squier is a "Fender" the same way Epiphone is "Gibson" Whereas Armani and Matalan have no connection.[/quote] An Epiphone isn't a Gibson, so a Squier isn't a Fender. By that line of thinking a DeArmond would also be a Fender, as would an SWR. Personally I think if someone wants to stick a Fender decal (or anything else) on a Squier they have their reasons, and despite whatever anyone else thinks about it fair play to them. Unless of course they end up trying to defraud someone - not something the Ebay seller is trying to do. Doubtless we'll be seeing some of these pop up on this forum at later dates though.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1336677882' post='1649470'] Another Q here. slightly off topic, but still TC related. See how the RH450 was measured putting out 236 watts at 4Ω, what wattage is it at 2.7Ω? [/quote] No idea, but given that TC reckon there's only 11w difference between 8 ohm and 4 ohm I'd chance an arm and suggest... not a lot! Even more curiously, the RH750 puts out the same 236w at 4 and 8 ohms.

The RH750 has a minimum load of 2.668 ohms, so connecting three speakers [i]shouldn't[/i] be a problem. I say 'shouldn't' because the 8 ohm figure is a nominal one, so it's just possible you'll run into problems. Edit: Beaten to it as well!

The JVs, SQs and later models weren't from the same production run as there were significant differences. The export JVs were quite closely based on sixties models, SQs more loosely on ones from the seventies and later models included various updates. As I'm sure you are aware, the 'E series' wasn't actually a series at all and included a wide variety of different models - including many that were produced for the domestic market and never exported from Japan. I've got to admit I'm a little sceptical of some of your information, as some of it flies in the face of known facts and other bits, as Luke has pointed out, resembles some of the rather dubious claims made for the JVs The 21frets site is really the go to place for info on the early Squires, and there's an associated forum. Might be worth posting there.

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1336499680' post='1646528'] Reply - "Buy more pedals". [/quote] This is always the correct answer.

[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1336404720' post='1645110'] I'm self employed, run my own place and have for years, rarely take breaks, so it doesnt really apply. But when I worked for firms, I avoided taking a Bass or Guitar case to work whenever possible. theres always some wag who has to call out 'Give us a tune then' or some other wiity line they think you never heard before. Just gets tiresome after a bit. [/quote] I had exactly this as well, along with "Do you mind if I have a go?". Although the latter comments dropped off as the novelty wore off, I still ended up teaching other people stuff more than practising myself. Which was fine in and of itself, but not really what I was taking the bass in for in the first place.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1336232970' post='1642913'] [b]Beck and Sheehan are monster players but they are pretty limited in their scope and their 'greatness' is of a 'big fish in small pond' nature.[/b] I don't want to take anything away from them because I like their work and Beck is undoubtedly one of the most expressive guitarists out there but I am talking about the big picture. They are like they are for all sorts of reasons and their dedication to their craft is unquestionable but I will never advocate a route that requires a player to be the 'fastest gun' rather than a rounded player because that way is the path of broken dreams. All the rock gods I used to play with when I was 17 gave up years ago. The ones who stick aroundtend to be the more rounded. Ref the comment about 'having no use for reading'. My point is that, once you have that skill, it is incredibly useful and not just for reading on gigs (which, like most people, I rarely have to do). [/quote] Big fish in a different pond, surely? I.e. a pond that doesn't require reading. I'm not sure being widely regarded as great players and having sold millions of albums qualifies as inhabiting a small pond. But yeah, +1 as regards to the rest of your post. Edit: I've just realised the pool you're talking about is the one for working musicians. So while a reader could go for both reading and non-reading gigs, someone who can't read can only go for the latter? Whilst you're completely correct, I'm not sure either of them are at the point in their career where the inability to read is a hindrance. Not the case for people just starting out as a pro musician of course.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1336247633' post='1643164'] I know the HB and RedSub heads are similar, but they have a different front end and I'd put money on the design of the cab and the quality of the speaker of the Promethean being quite a bit better. Eude [/quote] Good point about the speakers/cabs. It'd be interesting to find out what the drivers are compared to the Ibanez, and whether the cabs are MDF or chipboard (I'm assuming the Promethean is ply).

Humming and buzzing are just different artefacts of interference related to switching. The 50Hz hum we're so used to is a result of our mains frequency - dimmers and other sources of noise typically introduce buzz by adding distortion at the switching point or by cutting off part of the wave. Essentially hum and buzz are symptoms of the same problem.

Copper shielding is great for protecting the wiring and controls but of limited use for pickups, as you probably don't want to competely cover them with copper. Not such a problem if you're using humbuckers, but single coils are going to hum anyway, as effectively they act like the secondary coil in a transformer. Which probably begs the question of why don't manufacturers seem to offer metal cases for bass pickups?

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1336081422' post='1640774'] Why wouldn't you bid on something because it has a reserve on it?? [/quote] I have done in the past and probably will again in the future. It's just that if I see a reserve I think "It's not going to be a bargain" and move on. Unless there's something specific I'm looking for, I'm more of a casual browser on ebay. It's probably a psychological thing like Warwickhunt was talking about.

Ah, I stand corrected. Like Johnston says, it used to be that if you bid over the reserve price ebay would automatically take you bid up to the level of the reserve, but things have obviously changed. Like Johnston I don't bid on auctions with a reserve that often either.

If you bid £100 on something with a £100 reserve the price automatically goes to £100 to meet that reserve. The reason why the seller can't see the maximum bids is because that would just invite shill bidding!

10" speakers have always been used for bass - the Fender Bassman used a 4x10 configuration. It's not so much the speaker's diameter that matters as the overall design of the speakers and cab. Take a look at [url="http://barefacedbass.com/technical-information/speaker-size-frequency-response.htm"]this[/url] for a good explanation.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1335996536' post='1639425'] Your implying it pushes the price beyond its true value. Not true, never gonna happen. Call it a false bidding war, call it shilling, call it what you like, its just the seller using a method to reach his reserve. It generates more bids (False or not), more watchers (Because it normally starts at 99p), and more genuine bidders, who will all have a go. But the end result is it sells for its value, if that's a genuine bidder then great, if its his mate the shiller, then it doesn't sell, no-one dies. No-one pays over the odds, unless their dumb, in which case their bid was higher than its real value....not the sellers fault?? I have nothing more to add. [/quote] The problem here is assuming their is a 'true value'. That's not always the case. When you're dealing with, say, a '73 Precision in good condition you've got a fair idea of it's value - enough of them are sold for anyone diligent enough to estimate a ball park price. But something like an Egmond B2V? Not sought after, nor enough sold to guage the market. The true value is what someone is prepared to pay for it, at that moment [i]on that particular auction[/i]. If the seller has no idea of it's value he might start the bidding beyond what a limited market might want to pay for it, and it'll go unsold. Too low a start and he won't maximise his return. So he can test the market by incrementally lowering his starting price (a slow, time consuming strategy) or he can just shill the auction. The result isn't that it sells for it's value (at that precise time and place) but that the seller maximises his return on something he has little idea of the value of. If the value of goods are determined in the market place, shill bidding skews that market. You can argue that you only bid what you are prepared to pay, but that's not the reality of auctions - as many people will evidence in the cold light of day. If you're the only person in the market for something, it becomes a simple transaction between you and the seller. If the seller adds ringers into the equation, it loads the terms of the transaction in favour of the vendor.

While you're poking about in the back of the cab check for anything foreign stuck to the magnets or wedged between cone and basket, loose battens that may have become unstuck, make sure the speaker cables are no where near the cones and tighten the screws for the drivers. And probably some other stuff that I've forgotten.

Yep, it's a switching thing. Anything that is switched on and off rapidly can cause interference, which includes anything running off AC and particularly inductive loads. So lighting can be a real problem if you're using fluorescent lighting or dimmer switches (although newer dimmers are much better in this regard).

I just typed 'how to read' into google and the first result it suggested was this - http://guitar.about.com/od/tabchordslyrics/ss/read_guitar_tab.htm Seems a lot of people have the same question as you. Just ignore the top two strings as they're talking about guitars, but the principle is exactly the same. Now just get ready for the suggestions that you learn proper notation instead...

Is the White Horse still available? Can't seem to find any Promethean clones with that brand about, except for an out of stock listing on Amazon. Red Sub and White Horse are both Gear4music brands, so I'm guessing the White Horse version was replaced by the Red Sub???

Live, you shouldn't really have problem unless it's a really small stage and you're standing on top of you amp. A small amount of hum is fine and people tend to just dial it out. If you're in a situation where the noise is really objectionable and you can't move away from the source of it, turning to reduce the buzz is the only practical option. As the noise from the transformer is induced in your pickups, it will be going through the DI. Changing your pickups to noiseless ones is a solution but it's likely to change your tone. Most people just live with it - Strat and Tele players put up with the noise to get the tone they want.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1335654766' post='1634376'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1969-Fender-Precision-Bass-/120904692743?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c267b3407"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1c267b3407[/url] What's the deal with this one? - 99p starting bid! [/quote] The deal is that it's not a 1969 Fender.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1335644382' post='1634251'] Edit: A lot of the vids in the isolation thread don't seem to be available? [/quote] Yeah, the rights holders aren't always too happy about them being uploaded to Youtube.