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[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='352879' date='Dec 12 2008, 04:34 PM']I've solved the problem. I replaced all the dimmer switches in the house with standard on/off light switches. The first clue was when I noticed that my other basses were developing ground loops too. And all my amps. And it didn't make a difference which wall socket I plugged them into. I thought that this was a bit fishy. S.P.[/quote] 1. no hum 2. replace battery connector 3. hum 4. replace light switches 5. no hum again. Logic dictates that you did not fix the actual fault. If you use the bass on stage where there's loads of stray electrical noise you might be disappointed. Just saying

[quote name='Adrian' post='359936' date='Dec 20 2008, 10:30 PM']Hi I have a Yamaha RBX800 bass that im planning on doing up! Ive got all the parts except for the pickups! Does anyone know where i can pick up a pair of the original yamaha pickups for this bass? or HAS ANYONE GOT ANY? cheers. Adrian[/quote] I used to have the fretless version of that. Quite nice.... apart from the weird, intelligence test bridge possibly.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='357411' date='Dec 17 2008, 11:03 PM']I have different preconceptions - Precision says to me Motown/Stax. [/quote] On reflection I guess so.... Duck Dunn et al

There's no useful answer. They're so different. I quite like Ps and I hate the neck on a J and even more the utter stupidity of 2 volume controls. Having said that, what do I know, everybody seems to play a J Playing a Precision, in particular, says something about you - punk/rock.

[quote name='YouMa' post='355570' date='Dec 16 2008, 02:22 AM']It dependzz but i think it wont be to long befor macs are obsolete.Bill won just admit it.Even if vista is sh*t.[/quote] See.... See??? That was typed on a 3 week old PC laptop, the screen is broken and the E and Z keys are sticking or have fallen off completely already.

[quote name='Tengu' post='355376' date='Dec 15 2008, 09:21 PM']This is incorrect. There are still no Mac OS X viruses and running AV software will gain you nothing other than lost CPU cycles. There have been a few trojans spotted in the wild but they still require the user to download them manually and then give an Administrator password to install. If you download warez or other stuff from suspicious sites and then authorise its installation then you deserve to lose your data, or worse, and that has nothing to do with the security of the OS. A little common sense is all you need to keep yourself safe. Macs still run with all ports closed, by default, so you don't really need a firewall unless you are activating services such as web sharing. Just to add my recommendation to the Mac crowd, my machine is ten years old and still going strong. None of my PC using friends have machines more than a couple of years old and I still get loads more done than they do. I have to add that most of them are just glorified games consoles anyway.[/quote] Just a +1. For all reasonable purposes Macs are virus free. Most of the virus software that runs on Macs actually only detects PC viruses "passing through". The architecture and permissions structure is fundamentally safer. It's much more difficult to get at stuff that really matters as you never run with admin rights anyway. Most of the stupid stuff you can click on is for PCs and will do nothing. Anyway, at the end of the day you can only do so much to protect stupid people. By the way everybody here has just won a £5M prize on the Ugandan lottery - just send me £100 for me to process the paperwork.......

[quote name='YouMa' post='354703' date='Dec 14 2008, 11:47 PM']Yeah good idea lets all have apples stamped on our heads,ok go get a mac there great! hope you are a graphic designer and the company pays for the computer and the software. Get a mac and once you have got bored of the limited expensive software and you have decided to learn a bit more about real computers but cant on one of these machines, blame these guys.(bloody hairdressers computers,lovely pastel shades though.)[/quote] Mmm.... in case you didn't know, it sits on top of what is effectively Unix and you can't get much more proper than that. Just bring up the terminal window and you've got all that geeky command line goodness You've even got things like DarwinPorts and X11 so you can run all those millions of free Unix/Linux programs. Start with the Gimp... just as good as Photoshop and totally free!

[quote name='barks' post='354516' date='Dec 14 2008, 08:08 PM']I am thinking of buying a lap top computer (maybe a Mac) to use just for music ie. iTunes and hopefully to use for some recording. I'm not very technical when it comes to IT issues so could anyone give me an idea of the kind of spec I should be looking for ? Neil[/quote] Get a Mac. It will cost you LOADS of money but you won't look like a sado with a Packard Bell. Everything just works, the keyboard is nice to type on and you'll still be able to use it in 5 years time when all your mates' PCs are long in the bin. It also comes with most of the software you need - the only thing you need to do is to download Open Office (or steal MS Office if you have to). Everything looks nicer, works properly and is a pleasurable experience. Trying to use Vista is just grim in comparison. And... if you *must* you can still run Windoze on it by various means.

I find that I'm a lot more fussy about 5s than 4s. I can pick up and play any old four string (more or less), but most fives feel awfull. I'm playing a G&L Tribute L2500 at the moment which is great and suits the band I'm playing in. My 4 string StingRay is gathering a bit of dust at the moment but I'll probably be back to it if/when circumstances change. I wouldn't want to be stuck on one option. The anchoring/muting thing needs a bit of discipline to keep moving your thumb about, but I've learned harder techniques than that.

I've been trying to get this up to speed literally for years. When I finally get it, my band is playing it whether they like it or not It's one of the best bass lines ever!!