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I was about to say 'Don't do it, you'll devalue it' - until I looked at the pix. That's the most extreme crazing I've ever seen on a poly finish Fender - might be that it's already been repainted, 'cos I ain't seen one like that before! Don't think a refin would hurt. As for 100% orig - unsure whether the vol, vol, tone knobs are original...others such as muskie or wateroftyne would be among your best guides on this

By strange coincidence, that just happened to me last night. Apparently "we can't have [i]two[/i] leaders in the band - it will only end in trouble". What part of "It's your band, you choose the material, arrangements, keys and musical direction. Image, gigging frequency - over to you. Want to borrow an amp; no worries. I'm here to support you as the bandleader" didn't they understand? Ah well, onward and upward.... (Starts searching websites) - good luck, yaself!

:wub: Universal happiness :wub:

Now that's interesting

[quote name='bluesparky' post='499776' date='May 28 2009, 12:44 PM']If anyone is interested / actually cares, i may post more about it all towards the end of / at the end of the tour[/quote] Please do...Have a good one!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='499558' date='May 28 2009, 07:07 AM']FWIW, I read your initial post way back before you edited it, and I didn't think it was misleading. Just sayin'.[/quote] Agreed. Storm > Teacup. But it's a no-win. If he actually [i]was[/i] playing bass for Take That, he'd probably have experienced a 'musical integrity' derailment Good luck with the tour!

BadAss bass bridges? I wouldn't know fer sure, but I played Deaver's Fender that had a bad-ass and it definitely sounded a bit more 'modern' and tight. But here's a tale... For years guitarists cheerfully replaced lightweight Gibson wraparound combo bridge / tailpieces with badass guitar bridges to enhance intonation-ability. And the extra mass was perceived as a benefit, for it 'increased sustain' Then one day the cry went out to the assembled multitudes - "There's [i]too much [/i]mass in a bad-ass. And they're over-engineered. And that robs tone. You need lightweight, low mass bridges in order to transfer maximum string resonance to the body". So lots of guitarists swapped out their zinc bad-asses for lightweight aluminium 'Pigtail' bridges. And lo, they were happy, for their tone was now good. Or so they believed.

First thing to do is get away from the idea of head + cab. A small 1x12 30-50w valve combo should do the job - loads around. Mesas , as mentioned above, are fantastic - Fenders can be a little shrill without some tweaking. And a Rivera R55 is b*stard loud and delivers fender clean to modern filth. £300-ish secondhand? And you just about can take it on the bus. Open backed 1x12's can be a bit directional and lose punch off-axis. To help, ensure its placed about 1 - 2 feet from a wall and it should disperse nicely. A weber beam-blocker also helps with dispersal, I'm told.

[quote name='rslaing' post='496938' date='May 24 2009, 11:43 PM']No need, I told you, I accept your opinion. But I don't agree with you.[/quote] There - all sorted. Everybody's happy.

[quote name='rslaing' post='496914' date='May 24 2009, 11:14 PM']Sorry ........no. There are no misunderstandings. You made your point very clearly.[/quote] I know I made my point clearly. Which was that I wasn't going to take any nonsense from you. I'd prefer to do this by PM, but you've shut that option down. To reiterate my PM's closing observation, I value some of your views and you make some worthwhile points, but getting into rows with members because they advance an alternative point of view is going to limit your enjoyment of the forum. It is [i]just not on [/i]to close down a contrary opinion or parallel discussion by deeming it 'off topic'. And slapping people for disagreeing and quoting wadges of manufacturer's manual in support of your contentions isn't going to help any of us. FFS, I agree with you that the Peterson's a fine tuner. [i]I agree with your opinion[/i]. Please accept that for what it's worth. But I'm not going to sit still while you wander round this forum telling people that their opinion is bollocks and if, as with my PM, you want to threaten to report me to the mods for posting this sentiment, go right ahead.

[quote name='rslaing' post='496907' date='May 24 2009, 11:01 PM']I got a couple of emails from "supporters" asking me not to concede to the dickheads on here. Which I thought was good advice.[/quote] Since you've changed your mind about posting on this thread, any chance of taking me off your PM block list so we can sort out any misunderstandings?

[quote name='Hamster' post='496714' date='May 24 2009, 05:40 PM']Thinking about the way in which some cabinet manufacturers make questionable claims about their cabs sensitivity, unless anyone here has subjected all these tuners to independent bench testing, are we being sucked just a little bit into the manufacturers hype about their own products?[/quote] The still, small voice of reason.

The Peterson Strobe (in all its glorious forms) is probably the best affordable tuner out there and, in conjuction with the Buzz Feiten Tuning System, affords much more 'pleasing' intonation. In virtually every instance better than a cheap ref tuner. That said, similar, but less effective, benefits can be achieved by manually offsetting the intonation by a few cents either way.

Reaper (free unlimited trial / cheap to buy) + a USB audio interface (£50-150 new). Some free plug ins and maybe use your audacity to master. Spend the rest of your budget on beer.

Hi and welcome Good luck with the band. There's a strong Scots contingent on here - you'll soon spot them!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='496628' date='May 24 2009, 03:02 PM']What's wrong with good old fashioned guess work?[/quote] That just ends in Jazz. Y'see, it's all "ha-ha, fun and games" till the monkey bites you in the eye.

Not much use for gigs, but great for set-ups and studio. Lots of features, it's free to trial (in perpetuity ) and you can scale the screen as large as you like. [url="http://www.aptuner.com"]http://www.aptuner.com[/url] Tried a strobostomp. It was OK, I s'pose.

Def sticky-worthy. This man's a Prince.

After I bought my first guitar, this kid from school said "You won't be any good at that. Your fingers are too fat". My immediate urge was to prove him wrong. I did, but it took a few years.

As a matter of interest, what sort of music do you play, how loud is your band and what sort of head will you be putting through the cab? Do tell - this might seriously influence your choice of cab.

Here's an interesting article about online sales and how the idea of the internet as a great leveller is a myth: [url="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/13/long_tail_p2p/"]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/13/long_tail_p2p/[/url]