Happy Jack

Photonic Quantum Packets ... that's the way forward ...

I never really understood the lyric "[i]put on your wig hat baby, cos we're going out tonight[/i]".

My frontline rig for the last two years has been a TH350 into either a Barefaced 610 or a Barefaced Compact+Midget. My volume & gain controls are routinely more-or-less straight up and supply with more than enough volume to sit alongside a pair of electric guitars and a drummer who can't even spell "restrained". From your description, I'd say you were borrowing a rig with some major issues.

I played briefly with an old-school drummer whose kit was bigger than the rest of the band put together, double kicks, two floor toms, five rack toms (seriously), more cymbals than an occult convention. After our second (and final) gig together I took a close look at his kit before he broke it down. Four of the toms had heads that had never been hit, and most of the cymbals were as new. Go figure. Well at least he didn't have a 48" gong hanging behind him. *********************** At a venue where I've gigged regularly for years there's another regular band who are good enough that I go and see them on my "evening off" if they're playing. Their drummer has a similarly large & complex kit but he actually uses every bit of it, and in a tasteful sort of way. I mention him because he always gets to the pub a full hour before the others, so that he can spend the extra time setting up his kit and then mic'ing it up as if he is playing Glastonbury ... kick drums, overheads, clip-ons for every tom, the whole works. In fairness he sounds fantastic, but it's an awful lot of extra faffing for - I would have thought - a pretty limited benefit.

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1507537422' post='3386057'] I'm surprised at the lack of love for slap. Not only do I love it but many of my fave players are well known exponents ... [/quote] Well there's your problem.

Sorry.

Yes.

Just so long as you can make it sound like a Precision ...

Good thing his music stand is out of shot ...

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1507485144' post='3385796'] It is very well done - the back in particular... [/quote] Which is a bit of a shame, given how completely pointless that is.

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1507403235' post='3385300'] Why loathe, if done well? [/quote] When done well, it's almost as good as a very limited drummer. I already know plenty of those.

Loathe it. If it's now dying out, I'll not be shedding any tears.

[attachment=255133:JD @ Ye Olde Swan (25).JPG] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1507326538' post='3384865'] Get a wig to wear when you're with the GF... [/quote] Bin there, dun that.

Great trailer ...

http://youtu.be/hRq7j-BS1JQ

As Fender themselves put it: [size=4][color=#545454][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]Few rock bassists are as closely identified with fretless bass as [/font][/color][color=#6A6A6A][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][b]Tony Franklin[/b][/font][/color][/size] Who would actually buy a Tony Franklin fretted bass?

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1507130729' post='3383528'] I'd much rather enquire as to whether Serek Basses would make a 5 string version of their Sacramento bass: [url="https://www.serekbasses.com/sacramento"]https://www.serekbasses.com/sacramento[/url] [/quote] Quite possibly the worst-played and most ill-chosen sound clips I've ever encountered. I wouldn't buy a second-hand Westfield based on those clips.

Y'know, I almost prefer the days when Eden manuals used to talk about the "magic smoke". It was easier to understand, and more consistent.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1507146592' post='3383641'] Someone who says they've got to check with their Mrs first, [s]should have checked with their Mrs first before calling you[/s]. is looking for a cheap excuse to back out of the deal. [/quote] Fixed.

Has it got fanny'd frets?

Damn! If that had more cutouts I'd be all over it. Too bland for my tastes ...

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1507051390' post='3383043'] Not without wasting power. [/quote] Luckily enough, modern bass amplification is simply [i][b]awash [/b][/i]with surplus power.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1507123466' post='3383466'] Hmm, sounds like an expensive accidental knock of a switch waiting to happen...hopefully that has been thought through! [/quote] No, to reach the switch first you have to pull off the handle.

Have you considered organising a BassBash Bake-Off? I'm up for this event anyway, but if I were havering then the presence of enormous amounts of sweetened wheat would probably swing it ...

[quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1507112113' post='3383336'] Have I missed something? There seems to be no indication from the prospective purchaser that he is intending to buy it. He has asked for the location, has asked for the best price, and has said he will need to check before he commits to buying it. Your friend has volunteered a lot of useful information that was not requested, in order it would seem to try and progress a sale. If he has someone else interested and they make a firm offer, it's sold to them. The first one, to me, seems like simply a casual enquiry. First come, with a firm offer and commitment to purchase, is first served. [/quote] Exactly this. No offer to buy was ever made - your friend had only a potential buyer who asked a couple of questions. If I asked for the exact weight of the bass you were selling, I wouldn't consider you to be under an obligation to keep the bass for me.