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The tone print uploads a series of parameters into a memory in the amp and I'd say these corrupted. Might be worth getting the phone app do you can do a quick restore if it happens again.

Spotify free is the worst. Useful for checking out new music but when I dig out a CD the difference is immense.

Was really struck by a radio mix of the Kinks 'You really got me' that seemed to be all about the drums, particularly the cymbals. It's amazing what they can do but these tracks were meant to hit you as one big slab of sound.

If you check old threads in the bass guitars forum you'll find T-birds vary alot because Gibson are not consistent in the pickups they use. I tried Norris' T-bird at the last Midlands bass bash and it was one of the darkest, bassiest, least toppy basses I've ever played (not at all what you want for slapping) but some of the recent reissues are totally different. There's alot of bass makers out there and you could pickup a decent boutique brand like Roscoe or Mayones (particularly second hand) for the same or less than Gibson prices.

Hi Johnny, you may be assuming that Fender and Gibson are the two big names to check out. That may be true in the world of electric guitars but for bass Gibson are an under-achiever. Gibson have never had a model that bass players have whole heartedly embraced. That position probably goes to the Rickenbacker 4001/4003. For slap look modern style through neck basses with active electronics. Status comes to mind straight away.

Might be good for a Pulp tribute act!

Some nice basses on the website and the man himself pops up in a chat sidebar. Just watch out for the 'Used Alvarez World Bass' which is a very strange marriage of parts.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTZtnKbXAC0Card"]https://www.youtube....gTZtnKbXAC0Card[/url] Think this settles the whole debate Now where are those delivery boxes? I've got a build coming on...

We're playing the Poppy & Pint in Lady Bay. We weren't first choice but one of the band that couldn't do it mentioned it to me. Being a seven piece I was amazed that everyone could do it. Our lead singer lives down the road so he made our pitch to the pub and voila NYE gig. 😀

The vintage sound you are after dazed is pushed mids and rolled off treble and the BDI21 pedal will give you it. Modern amps usually have a very 'hifi' sound, and I use the Behringer unit to get a warmer, beefier sound. Some amps have that built in (Ashdown Evos comes to mind) but you can't clean it up. Tube amp fans are usually after the grind and gritty distortion of the old school for rock/metal.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1427584576' post='2732100'] There were loads of bass players in bands in the 90's with this 'oh really, is it a Fender I'm holding in front of this Ampeg stack' attitude. It was all about image and their bass techs were probably working their asses off. Noel Gallagher once said the Oasis bass player turned up with a 5-string and he told him to get rid of it. Listen to the first album and there's a detune on 'Up In The Sky'. Regardless, I like Alex's stuff and he seems a decent guy. [/quote] One of Oasis's secrets is that the bass parts are often played by Noel Gallagher in the studio. This is clearly so he can stamp the simplistic no-frills basslines he wants onto the recording leaving the Oasis bass player of the moment to follow on.

[quote name='JoeEvans' timestamp='1427663319' post='2732866'] A friend was at school with Alex James and told me that it's not actually his real name. I think he's called Dave really, but changed it because he felt uncomfortable having two Daves in the band. I wouldn't want to vouch for the truth of this in any way, I have to say, but there it is all the same. [/quote] Alex is his middle name, first name Steven not Dave.

Has a tribute band ever been mistaken for the original band? Surely this would make them the best...

DR Sunbeams, very warm, quickly lose their top end, but still have a lively beefy character.

Correction: the Korean Legend 4 series has the same NS curved body as the rest of the Spector range. Things are complicated because Spector has just repositioned it's range as Standard/Legend Neck-Thru/ Performer. However there are still lots of the previous Legend series around which were bolt-on. These are now retailing for around £580 so great value. I still have the Legend 4 Natural put on the For Sale section last year. PM me for details/pics.

So, simple ratios are good for metal 😄

It's not out character for Plato to have written his manuscripts according to a self imposed mathematical plan. This is the man who saw 'celestial spheres' overlaid across the globe and heavens. The giveaway would be Plato using filler words so that key concepts fell at the right point which would introduce a certain clumsiness to the texts. Alas I have not read Plato so cannot say if this is so.

I very much doubt you'll get a good match. If this really matters I'd get a refin on the body and then the headstock will be from the same batch.

Untighten! Love it 😆

Also custom builders like to build 'stunners', lush basses that seduce the eye. It's their secret weapon and mass producers only venture into this world for limited editions. However there's the well-loved-jumper, comfy-armchair aspect to mass produced instruments. Their workhorse, tool like aspect makes them right for noodling on a wet afternoon when a triple A quilt is just too bling-bling.

When I was playing acoustic guitars I noticed those who commissioned bespoke instruments suffered huge amounts of buyers regret. Essentially this was because when they picked a guitar off the shelf they made a choice based on what they could feel, touch and hear. With a commissioned build there's huge amounts of anticipation and the actual instrument may not match up to the sound in your head.

Surely part of the attraction of mass produced basses is the after sales parts market. Buying a Fender means you can make modifications that personalise the bass to the owner. There's also a 'knowability' about Fender. Huge online resources tell you every detail about it. Vast online communities debate aspects of your bass. This is reassuring.

Sometimes a marriage of different parts just works, sounds like you've got a good one. I'm reminded of Dan Patlansky's Strat, old and new paired in a great way. http://www.guitar-bass.net/interviews/interview-dan-patlansky-qa/

Spector GAS. Just rediscovered my Spector Legend 4, so now some part of my brain wants a more deluxe one. 😈

Are all the items 'reviewed' links to Amazon? The 'reviews' appear to be cut and pastes of manufacturers website claims. I'd say this is part of the growing 'fake web'. Sites designed to attract clicks in the hope of making money.