Sean

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1087336' date='Jan 12 2011, 10:27 PM']..but did you know that Cetera has a black one - again somebody will need to keep him talking... [/quote] Yes, it was he who enlightened me as to what they were. I drooled over that one for years until I found out what it was.

I think it's fantastic! A great advance and certainly doesn't look too complicated for gigging and I like simple stuff! I think this might well be the next bout of gas. It certainly looks more elegant than the Enfield super8 pickup system basses which tried to solve the multi bass problem by having various J, P and MM configs on one instrument but by having one huge ugly pickup and a very complicated array of controls - well from my experience of a quick fiddle. Also, having the ability to share pickup configuration files with other people is great; imagine forum posts of the future asking about how to get a certain bass tone, is it a P, is it a Stingray, you just email them a file and they upload it to their instrument, job done!

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1087092' date='Jan 12 2011, 07:27 PM']Always like these - a bit Japanese Metal, I know, but fell in love with them when I saw one at a Bass convention in the 80s..Built originally by Mick Jaggers brother I believe who went on to work for Lotus..I would love to own that Cocabola Alembic Mark King from the American Guitar Centre that's been advertised on eBay for ever (at £5300 in the current financial climate??)..and the spalted Wal in the Wal thread..ahhh..GAS overload!!![/quote] +1 You beat me to it! I always wanted one ever since I first saw the One Hit to the Body video with Bill Wyman playing one. There's a documentary about the filmshoot for that video where Jagger asks Wyman, "Is that one of the new ones?"

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=74284"]Here[/url] on Basschat there is The Major's Boot Camp - a great resource for anyone learning to read. Tons of it.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1083609' date='Jan 9 2011, 09:09 PM']I recommend a decent pair of headphones in the long run, too. I have a pair of Sennheiser HD 415 (mk1) which are excellent. I'd opt for a circumaural, closed-back design to improve isolation and leakage. Any of the good manufacturers should do something suitable..[/quote] +1

The Pandora PX5D has drum loops, tons of effects and can run off a usb cable from your computer. It can also be used as an audio interface. Runs on 2 x AA batteries which I found much better than the Pandora PX4 running off 4 x AAA, also runs off a mains adaptor. It doesn't store tracks but you can listen to tunes thru your computer with it as it effectively becomes the computers soundcard. I tried a Tascam for a while but didn't get on with it and can't remember why Pandora gets a good seeing to every day though

Try [url="http://www.thebassment.info/"]here[/url] And [url="http://thelibster.com/"]here[/url]

I use TI flats on a 5 and they seem great. The 135 gauge works well with the 34" scale too.

No brainer, Al. Go for it. Enjoy the Dingwall. I would take the advice on keeping a beater/workhorse bass (under the bed?), though in case you need it for a dep gig or a jam night or whatever. Few hundred quid on a Jap Fender or similar would cover you there. Whatever you decide make sure you enjoy

Sterling! Growlier.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1080246' date='Jan 6 2011, 06:40 PM']To me it looks like fender have shipped some MIM parts back to the USA to assemble, and added American hardware.[/quote] They did that before with the California Series Specials

[quote name='dlloyd' post='1079712' date='Jan 6 2011, 12:13 PM']Wow. The OP's posting history too... particularly posts made on Dec 20 and 28.[/quote] Unbelieveable! I suppose we all just got off the boat.

The KA196 power supply for the Korg Pandora and other 4.5V Korg gear is ridiculously expensive at £25 - £30 delivered from most places. Does anyone here use an alternative that is decent?

[quote name='mep' post='1078050' date='Jan 4 2011, 10:51 PM']To be fair I think it is pretty obvious from Alex's article that the horizontal axis is Hertz and the vertical axis is Decibels?[/quote] Yes, I agree. I raised this as a lad who works with me, who also has the magazine, asked me what the axes represented. Not everyone is savvy to this stuff and in an article that's meant to educate you can't be too clear. [quote name='alexclaber' post='1078576' date='Jan 5 2011, 02:13 PM']Just got this through the door - aaarghhhh!!! The badly cropped random photo appears to be a cropped enlargement of fig. 4 and thus the real fig. 1 which the article keeps referring to has been omitted. Brilliant. The first plot does say dB on the y-axis but I'd assumed the axes were obvious, so that's my mistake. Here are the correct illustrations before I hop off on the warpath...[/quote] Thanks for the graphs, Alex and an article that is practically useful for most gigging bassists.

[quote name='G-77' post='1078002' date='Jan 4 2011, 10:18 PM']Im in West London if that any help, I know one of our member over on Statii has a streamline 5 in Newport if thats any help. Happy Jack order a Streamline within 48hrs of having a go on mine!!![/quote] Newport?! Crackin'! That'd be tidy for me, more or less going home ;-) Who's that?

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='1077064' date='Jan 4 2011, 09:54 AM']Then again, a trip to the factory is always a great day out. Rob & Dawn are always very accommodating and it's not unlike visiting the best toyshop ever [/quote] It certainly sounds tempting, Rich but I haven't got time off until February. I'm now starting to think about having the extra string too. I'm pretty sold on a single MM though

Issue 62, page 70! Alex's column. There's a graph missing with a badly cropped random photo in its place and the graphs that are there don't have their axes labelled. Hopeless. Great column this month though and I'm definitely trying the guitar combo hint this Friday and I know it'll cost me that pint!

[quote name='Mlucas' post='1076153' date='Jan 3 2011, 11:38 AM']Nice, I think I'll have to pop down to my local dealer and try it out, from your description it seems like a definite contender, thanks for the suggestion![/quote] Where do you live? I have an orange BB415 that I've modded to make the B tighter - here's the review I did and the extra additions not noted here are new Hipshot string trees. You're welcome to try if you're close enough.

[quote name='martthebass' post='1076492' date='Jan 3 2011, 05:13 PM']You could have a go on mine Sean but I think I'm a bit too far for you (Sheffield). Regarding the balance - it's by far the best bass I've played in that respect, it just eats 2hour sets. The neck pretty much stays in the position you put it in - particularly so if you use both bottom strap pins. Soundwise - well it sounds like a Status, the reduced size doesn't seem to make any discerable difference to my ears anyway; however it doesn't have the clarity/glassiness of an S2 (Rich - OTPJ could wax lyrical here) due to the electronics which to me endears it because it's slightly less 'hi-fi'.[/quote] Thanks for the offer but you're right, Sheff's about the same distance give or take. Am I right in guessing that the electronics are much simpler? It certainly looks that way compared to the S2 which has a lot of switches. I'll probably order one anyway by the end of this month just going on reviews and reputation alone but I just wanted to check it out. I want to keep it simple anyway, just a single MM pup and two band EQ and a more trad sound would probably be preferable. Am I right in thinking that these can be "carry on" luggage in their gig bag? As "carry on" I mean flying Premium Economy or Business Class BA out of say T5 rather than my regular dreadful Ryan Air trips to Poitier overnight where I just wouldn't bother taking anything other than bare essential overnight kit.

[quote name='Chernobyl5000' post='1076439' date='Jan 3 2011, 04:32 PM']anyone had any experiences with the Sterling By Musicman SB14 Bass Guitar?? that's topping my list at the moment [/quote] A quick search of our own site brings this up [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=111905"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=111905[/url] And Ed Friedland does a pretty comprehensive review here

[quote name='icastle' post='1076390' date='Jan 3 2011, 03:50 PM']Could be. I thought Ibanez owned a manufacturing plant that other brands used but it could easily be the other way round (and knowing me, it probably is!) [/quote] Cort make a massive quantity of Ibanez branded stuff and I think Samick made or make some of them. I know that Ibanez have their own place in Japan for the high end instruments.