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Why has it got matching knobs? Actually I bought a Roberts DAB about 5 years ago. It was sh*te, poor reception, noisy cheap analog volume pot (most have digital pots). It went back.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1443798091' post='2877828'] Yes it's not exactly a shining accolade is it.... [/quote] There are many bloody good part time bands, much better than the beeb's usual output. I'll only watch if John Peel hosts it.

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1443796596' post='2877804'] ... and thought he was signing to EMI. [/quote] Electric and Musical Industries Ltd, as a TV repair man?

"...where one act will be crowned the UK’s Best Part-Time Band" Good enough reason not to tune in.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1443789102' post='2877705'] Rick Wakeman began his career playing at funeral parties. [/quote] Chris Squier gave up a career as a luthier and the rest, as they say, is history

[quote name='Supercollide' timestamp='1443735991' post='2877382'] just thinking about the links your folks have posted, surely a weblink searching fro 'deko' with in stock items only and Harley Benton as manufacturer would work on pc? [/quote] Search on 'Deko' doe not usually pull up all what's currently available. I guess the website search engine needs time to update its data.The main deko page and the mobile page are often different and both worth checking. These are also updated with some delay so many items listed as available are out of stock when you click the link. You need to be quick and lucky (or unlucky if your gas is a serious problem) to get a deko. Welcome to BC, btw.

VW have just negotiated with the estate of the late Nick Drake, to use one of his songs on a TV Ad for 'Decoration only, not driveable' VW 2.0 litre cars fitted with a EA189 diesel engine. The VW 2.0 DEKO

Go for a twelve... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svPE59mkDQI

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1443636637' post='2876528'] Muffin the Mule is probably illegal. [/quote] What, even in Switzerland?

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1443550475' post='2875763'] Princess Leica? [/quote] Not to be confused with 'Priceless Hasselblads' (twelve of them), left behind on the moon's surface.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1443524154' post='2875462'] ... if Leo had got this sound when he first invented the Electric Bass he would have stopped there.. [/quote] No Jazz bass? Suits me!

From yesterday's papers (who wants yesterday's papers?), those old die hards in Denmark Street: [url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/denmark-streets-rich-legacy/"]http://www.telegraph...ts-rich-legacy/[/url]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1443363926' post='2874112'] As does Roddy Frame [/quote] He developed a big following in Ilford, of all places.

The Crash Test Dummies don't own cars, due to the exorbitant motor insurance premiums.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1428058855' post='2737557'] Members of Bellowhead prefer to whisper when not on stage. [/quote] They also have a fine collection of antique cameras.

[quote name='pineweasel' timestamp='1443008487' post='2871350'] I've just received my PB-Shorty left-hander, and it plays really well straight out of the box. I've found one tiny dent on the back of the neck, and the scratchplate has a slight warp, but I can live with that. Now about to spend £30 on some flats for my £17 bass! [/quote] I put status hotwire flats on mine. Very thumpy, like it has foam under the bridge. Amazing thump for a shorty. These strings seem more rigid that other flats I've tried. Spent £60 upgrading my £36 Prog 4 (so far...)

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1443001638' post='2871254'] U2 fans are eagerly awaiting a reissue of the single Vertigo featuring the late Dizzy Gillespie!! [/quote] No doubt issued on the Vertigo label, I thought they only did prog rock, so their standards have gone down real bad by issuing U2 singles.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1442942346' post='2870831'] Years back we bought a new radio, sat around the kitchen table trying all the bits & ended up listening to our next door neighbour having a slanging match with her mother in law - on the 'phone we presumed - best entertainment ever [/quote] Cordless phones used to be in a low frequency band, there were loads on my short wave radio back in the 90s. They use much higher frequencies these days (and maybe digital?)

[quote name='dudi8' timestamp='1442938293' post='2870779'] a weird thing happened today, when my bass was on active mode i could hear a radio channel from the amp and after i put on passive mode it disappear.... happend to anyone?? [/quote] Did it only happen in a particular location? If it persists, have you checked the cavities are well screened? The amp has non-linear electronic components that will turn a radio frequency signal into audio - if it gets into the circuit. Back in the 70s, I'd be listening to something like 'Close To The Edge' and around 2am one of the communist stations would leak through (Radio Berlin or Radio Parague). Always at the same time. Must have been someting in the hifi wiring tuned to that station, I lived 2 miles from a 100kw radio station - no problem with that.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1442957307' post='2870997'] I'm guessing you were not originally from London Dad, as a "face", when I were a lad, was someone of dubious character and reputation that you usually avoided. [/quote] Ah, Don Arden that would be

[quote name='Dropzone' timestamp='1442934710' post='2870713'] Can anyone confirm if this will do a low A, and also sharps? [/quote] Think it was mentioned or confirmed it does low B. yes, for sharps, it displays a dot to the side of the note name, so fully chromatic. Edit: just checked the manual, Tuning range specification goes down to A (27.5Hz) Not sure anyone has tried it though!

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1442931817' post='2870669'] anyone else find its a little sketchy on the E string, all the others tune fine, just it seems to find it hard to lock in on the E, does it eventually mind [/quote] Sort of... on my Harley Benton Prog 4 Deko, it sometimes displays B when tuning the E string. I guess it is confusing with either B (fifth above) or B (fourth below). I'm assuming the neck is doing some sort of sympathetic resonance at this pitch, being perfect intervals. Other necks (Fender, Squier) seem OK at least I've not noticed the B problem. Looking at the signals a bass puts out, it's no surprise it does not handle poly mode. It's a pretty smart algorithm anyway to do what it does!

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1442905839' post='2870306'] Every time you type an address into your web browser, Slash gets a royalty payment of $0.01 [/quote] ......but Dot Cotton actually has more wealth than Macca.

Every time you type an address into your web browser, Slash gets a royalty payment of $0.01

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1442697613' post='2868896'] Muse were just a timid band from Devon originally called Mouse until one day a local publican misspelt their name. The rest, is as they say, history. [/quote] Similar thing happened to Splash.