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Plenty of choice [url="http://www.stringbusters.com/"]here[/url] And you can also phone them for advice.

It looks in excellent condition. I had the same model in 1979 bought new in '77 for £450, which is probably about 3k in today's money.

I got this from PRS today - Dear Member Google/YouTube update Over the last few days, there has been a great deal of press coverage surrounding Google's decision to block access to 'premium' video content on YouTube. The press coverage is proving helpful in raising public awareness of the importance of royalties to the songwriter/composer community. Thank you for the many supportive comments you've been sending us on the issue. Help us to help you - give us your opinions NOW We're running an online PRS for Music member poll that is now live on our website. We are asking four questions that require four straight answers - yes, or no. It will take you less than a minute to complete. Simply follow the link below, log-in to the site as usual and answer our questions. We'll use the results in our future media campaigning. Answer our online poll And remember the other ways you can help are: 1. Contribute to the numerous internet blogs (Google, Facebook, Guardian, BBC etc) that are hosting discussions on songwriter royalties, to put the composer and songwriter point of view forward. 2. Provide us with a quote we can publish on our website or in the media. 3. Give your time, where needed, to talk to or write to the media in support of PRS for Music on behalf of the songwriter / composer community Your words of encouragement continue to be appreciated and we will, of course, keep you updated with developments. With best wishes Steve Porter Chief Executive, PRS for Music I answered the poll as follows: Do you earn enough from the use of your music online? [color="#00BFFF"]yes[/color] I would be happy not to earn royalties from online sites like YouTube, because they promote my music so that I earn more from other uses eg live performance, paid downloads/CDs. Do you agree with this statement? [color="#00BFFF"]yes[/color] Would you be upset if your work was not showcased on YouTube? [color="#00BFFF"]yes[/color] Is it fair that the creative community should subsidise online music services until they can find a way to be profitable? [color="#00BFFF"]no[/color]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='435602' date='Mar 15 2009, 10:15 PM']There is no consensus, use the strings you like, try lots, clean them with meths, pass them on. In fact, we should have a strings test/trade program going, you use a set for a week, and post it on, one person who likes new, one who likes old, one who with clean them.[/quote] That's a good idea - I would appreciate any old flatwounds short or long scale, the more worn in the better. I have various newish roundwound sets that I'm willing to swap.

I got a cherry red EB O for Christmas and I'm also very impressed with the build quality. It plays and sounds great, loud and punchy with power and growl galore. I've decided to sell it though, because I don't use it enough. It's in near perfect condition, never been out of the house, hardly played with the original box and packaging. I'm looking for £100 including UK delivery. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=43857&st=0#entry434618"]And here it is.[/url]

I got this email from PRS today - Dear Member You may have read the news stories this week about Google blocking access to 'premium' video content on YouTube in the UK as a result of their not agreeing a new licence with PRS for Music. Premium content appears to refer to music videos that are traditionally uploaded by record companies. You may also have read that Google took this decision unilaterally, without any request from us to do so. Their licence with us had expired at the end of December 2008 and we were negotiating their new one. We do not usually ask anyone to remove content as long as good faith negotiations are taking place. Immediately we heard news of Google's decision to pull content from YouTube, and that they were talking to the press about it, we issued our own press statement. We expressed our outrage, shock and disappointment on behalf of UK consumers and on behalf of you, our members that Google should take this action. Google's decision must be seen as an attempt to influence commercial negotiation and the focus on 'premium' content as an attempt to cause disruption within the music industry again. This content may account for about 1% of YouTube music streams. At the heart of Google's precipitous action is the going rate for music. This is the rate set by the UK Copyright Tribunal in 2007. The Tribunal is the ultimate and independent arbiter of copyright dispute. Digital service providers pay a fraction of a penny per stream to the creator of the music. Most of the major digital service providers are licensed by PRS for Music. And just recently we have signed deals with Amazon, Beatport, Nokia Comes With Music and Qtrax. YouTube has signed-up to licences in very few countries around the world - we were one of the few. They have never before taken down content unless they have been forced to do so by copyright holders. Meanwhile, in the UK, consumer streams of YouTube 'premium' content have risen by almost 300% in the last year alone (up from 75m streams a quarter to nearly 300m streams a quarter). In total, Google want to pay 50% less than they paid before for that usage. Google think they paid too much last time. But their music usage, charged at the going rate, suggests they were significantly underpaying. A further delay to our negotiation has been that Google is, at present, not giving us the data we need to calculate correct royalty payments to you. We ask them to make returns on their music use in the same way that every other major licensee does in order that we can properly analyse it, charge the right fee and then pay the copyright owners we represent. If there's a stream of a track we don't control, Google won't pay us for that stream. Google would like to see our database in order to match it against theirs so they can calculate how much they owe us. We look forward to continuing our negotiations with Google where we will be looking for them to pay an appropriate amount for the volume of music they use and the contribution that songwriters make to the success of their service. In the meantime, please help us to help you. There are numerous Internet blogs hosting discussions on songwriter royalties. All too often, the voice of the composer and songwriter is lost in the midst of issues relating to the freedom of the Internet. Many blog posters misunderstand how royalties work and how you get paid. We should not forget that more than 90% of PRS for Music members receive less than £5,000 per year in royalties. Wherever possible, please contribute fully to this online debate, putting the composer and songwriter point of view. Additionally, if you feel you could give your time, where needed, to talk or write to the media in support of PRS for Music and of the composer/songwriter community, please email us. With best wishes Steve Porter, Chief Executive, PRS for Music

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='431051' date='Mar 10 2009, 10:03 PM']??????????????????????????????????[/quote] Alex's compact speaker is a single 15. [quote name='bass_ferret' post='431051' date='Mar 10 2009, 10:03 PM']No feathers ruffled. I just dont think I should not say anything, be gagged if you like, if somebody wants to do something I dont think is right.[/quote] Point taken - I don't know what got into me, must be the full moon Anyway everyone knows ferrets have fur, not feathers.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='431033' date='Mar 10 2009, 09:40 PM']OK so the next time somebody asks what 15 to get I'll just say none with no explanation. Is that OK with you?[/quote] Fine by me.......... You should answer Alex's enquiries. PS: Sorry if I ruffled your feathers ferret.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='430947' date='Mar 10 2009, 08:22 PM']Post #5 It what I would recommend. I would not bother with a 1x15.[/quote] So what! Some people (like Alex) recommend a single 15 and you would not bother with one, which is fine and everyone is free to decide for themselves. This guy decided he wanted a single 15 and he simply asked for advice on which one he should buy, not whether he should buy one at all.

You people kill me! The guy asked a simple question - which 15" cab would you recommend to use on it's own or with his 4x10. Hardly anybody has given him a straight answer, just a load of ego driven point scoring which is of no interest to anyone but the pathetic 'experts' trying to promote themselves. If the OP is still bothering to read this post, I'll make it really simple for you - Buy an Ashdown mag115, (used if possible) or buy the unloaded 115 on sale on this very forum and fit an Eminence 3015. I have used both and either way I don't think you will be disappointed, it is a great value single cab solution that isn't too heavy and should do the job nicely.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='430608' date='Mar 10 2009, 03:35 PM']The point of this overblown exercise has been that adding any 1x15 willy nilly will as likely work no better than adding a 2x10, and the 2x10 will give a better modular rig. Fifteen inch drivers that actually work better in the low end than his current 4x10 do exist, the trick lies in finding out if one of those drivers is what's contained within a particular cab.[/quote] OK - so which specific cab/driver combination would you recommend?

Stevie is a top geezer, he has a lot of experience and knowledge which he is happy to share expecting nothing in return and he is not always trying to sell home made products, unlike some of the 'experts' on this forum. He has helped me a lot with technical problems, sending photos and detailed explanations and he even sent me a couple of speakon connectors free of charge. Thanks again Stevie - I don't forget favours and you have my respect.

Jamerson started playing jazz in 1954 and played on many jazz sessions before he joined Motown. His early influences were jazz players like Percy Heath, Ray Brown, and Paul Chambers. This qoute from an interview in 1979 says it all - 'Bass players call from all over, wanting to know what type of equipment I use, what type of bass, what kind of strings-- things like that. I'll tell them, but that's not what's important; it's the feel. The strings don't make the sound, it's the feel. It's all in here, in the heart'. I wonder what he'd make of basschat !

Owen is dead cool. I bought a bergantino cab from him and decided it wasn't right for me after a few days. He took it back and gave me a full refund with no hard feelings. Deal with him in confidence.