NancyJohnson

^^^ This.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1469537644' post='3099110'] They're great when they work, but I've had a couple of these fall to bits mid gig. I know you can in theory get them replaced under life time warranty but still not ideal. [/quote] I had one that just stopped working and Dave replaced the jack without issue, this was four or five years ago, since then no issues. Unless you enjoy the sound your amp makes when you plug it in with the volume up, these are the jacks!

I'll add one other thing, Neutrik make a silent jack (NP2RX-AU-SILENT) [url="http://www.neutrik.com/en/audio/plugs-and-jacks/silentplug/np2rx-au-silent"]http://www.neutrik.com/en/audio/plugs-and-jacks/silentplug/np2rx-au-silent[/url] - there's a silver sleeve over the plug that keeps these babies silent until they're fully engaged. No nasty cracks or noise when you plug in. The amp end of the cable can be whatever plug you want, just use one of these at the guitar end. They're brilliant. Dave/OBBM can make these up for you. P .

Maybe a bag of free lollipops as well?

We flew into Budapest mid-July and he was standing next to me at the baggage claim. I did actually say sorry to him as I was in his way. Embarrassed to say that I didn't have a clue who he was (still don't) and it was actually my mate who pointed him out. I will fire up the old red button this evening to see what I'm missing. Aah, holiday stories.

He would have been 58 today (24/7). My Facebook feed this morning is peppered with images of him. In all probability he's the reason I kept playing and I still listen to his output from various projects whenever I can. I still miss him. Sad face.

Don't actually see the point in this post, sorry! I'm 6'5" and favour Thunderbirds and I fit Dunlop Straploks to everything. Simply put, I just use black extra long Levy straps. Polypropylene strap, leather terminals. Cost less than a pizza, strap holes big enough for Dunlops. End of.

I think if they did a Diamond J with a rosewood block-inlay board, it woukd be perfection. It just sounded so damn good.

Swung by Andertons today to see what they had in stock...I was looking for a Flea Jazz to try, but no. Anyhow, tried a Schecter Diamond-J. Holy cow, it was amazingly good and sounded better than anything else they had in stock. Shocked to find it its on sale for £300. Blumming lovely.

I'm warming to one of these. Just a quick one to owners concerning the finish. Where the nitro has been removed/distressed, is it bare (new) wood or some kind of clearcoat underneath? I watched a couple of You Tube clips last night and the bare wood looked a bit shiny when the demonstrator was flipping the bass back and forth.

I've lifted the photo below from another thread here...this is what I was alluding to when I mentioned speed bumps. If there's enough meat here for a fret redress, then fine. P

While I have yet to watch this, I'm more than familiar with the format. You know, the big falling over point with any interview/presentation is that they're all about the now, without a single nod to the past. When I read an interview in (for instance) Bass Player, it's just self-promotioal fluff with little substance; you want to know a little about the journey, don't you? [Edit] John Taylor was the first person I saw playing a Kubicki and he used a lot of nice basses prior to his dallience with Peavey.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1468691428' post='3092725'] Who said anything about a truss rod tweak and fret dress. [/quote] No one, but the inference was that my gut feeling was just preempting the 'have you adjusted the neck' style question. I'm back in the UK now, so am pursuing this.

I bloody loved minidisc. I suppose at the end of the day it was just a read/write disc system, but it just worked so well. I had a full sized Sony deck...lovely thing.

I've got three 1" Ampex reels of demos I did years ago. I think they're 16 track. Could be more. No idea what's on them, they never got finished. P

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1468687523' post='3092701'] Not knowing anything about DAT, why did you choose to use it instead of VHS. I assume from what I have read, it is video. Was it a much better quality, and was it rare to use? No reason for asking, other than I have never heard of it, and obviously, as it is tape, I will never have cause to use it. [/quote] Just to throw something else in (and to confuse things further!) ADAT recorders used S-VHS tapes for multitracking. Unsure of the specifics, but one ADAT machine could record 6 or 8 tracks, you just added more machines to add more tracks. The machines wrote some kind of time coding to the S-VHS cassette so you linked up the machines, popped your tapes in and hit the sync button and the audio lined up. Clever really.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1468659334' post='3092409'] John Entwistle's Frankenstein bass sold for ahem £62,400 when auctioned at Sotheby's, see http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/the-john-entwistle-collection-w03875/lot.168.html Change the placing of the thumbrest and it looks a lot like my £70 Slammer. See the whole lot at http://www.sothebys.com/en/search-results.html?keyword=entwistle+bass [/quote] I just had a quick scan down of the stuff that sold. Ok, granted it was a few years ago, but there does seem to be a few biggish ticket items selling for fairly reasonable prices.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1468326507' post='3090126'] Yup, Fender bought them to bolster their own range of bass amps, but SWR were lagging behind the curve at that point, so although they made great amps, the technology wasn't up to date enough. They absorbed all the tech and ended up shutting SWR down. [/quote] If the 'technology wasn't up to date' quote holds water, it's amazing as the core Fender business is based on around ten guitars, the designs of which are now 55-60 years old AND they're also producing instruments that look this age as part of their range.

I'd concur with the comments about the desire to own SWR gear, but for me it was always too expensive* And as for Fender subsuming the brand and ultimately killing it off, well that just hurts even more. They did the same with Hamer. *[Edit] Christ on a bike. I used to own a 4x10 Workingman...I'd completely forgotten about it. It weighed a ton.

Currently using a 4U rack with a Korg DTR tuner (1U), a Sansamp RBI (1U) and a Matrix GT1000FX stereo power amp (2U). I couldn't be any happier to be honest. It's a very flexible set up. Generally, I just run the poweramp in parallel (single input, parallel output - one or two channels mono), but it'll also run in bridged mono (1000w/one input, one output - generally daisychaining two cabinets to achieve 4ohms) and stereo/AB (twin channel input/output). Occasionally, I'll use a board which outputs to two channels (whumpy and dirty) and run this into separate channels/cabs. Just one other thing, the Matrix weighs a bit over 4KG, so it's a backsaver!

The frets are going up and down like speed bumps in some places - it's a 1978 model, so it's had a bit of a journey. I suspect it's a little past a simple truss rod tweak and a fret-dress. P

Anyone know anyone...based near Reading. It's my old Aria Primary. I guess it would probably be cheaper to buy a new neck.

I might have a look around and see whether there's any 0% deals about. I'd like/need to try one first.