SpondonBassed

If it's going to be a cut and paste from someone else's website I'm out.

I'm quite interested in splitting the humbuckers on my Pit Bull. I'll enjoy the benefit of seeing how you get on first with a bit of luck.

I'd have preferred LEDs myself if mother of pearl wasn't available and I don't normally like front facing LEDs. I think you made the better choice.

I've been meaning to ask about the camphor laurel; does it have a particular odour on sanding? My mate had something called amazeeky (phonetic spelling) on one of his uke kits' tops which stank summat rotten. The smell of sanding dust was a bit like vomit! It was worth the unpleasantness because the red and green streaks that were a feature of the grain came out really well under a yacht varnish gloss coat. I'm hoping camphor laurel is a bit sweeter smelling. May I ask what material you do your swift inlays with please? My latest bass purchase has something called abalone for the fret markers. I've always liked a well presented inlay. It's something I might have a lickle go at for myself.

Have you set a deadline for entries to the poll yet? I actually agree with you on the gasoline pump idea but I have one obvious reservation. We need more ideas folks.

I purchased a used Ibanez SR605 from Hector this week. I am happy to recommend anyone who is considering making a purchase from him to go ahead. He was helpful and forward thinking throughout. He dealt with my questions concisely. The bass arrived securely double bubble wrapped with a robustly taped up cardboard shell that was two layers thick! I've had the first play on it and am now looking forward to a proper practice now that I have my own choice of strings on. It's in very good condition throughout. Cheers H

@BigRedX That would not surprise me at all.

I want to have the sort of wealth that makes it possible to buy a new bass every time I want a change of strings. They used to joke about the boy racers who changed their wagons every time the ash tray got full.

I would not call wanting to be accurate 'picky'. Your accuracy is what makes the shapes your designs fly. If you were wanting to be picky; I'd recommend using proportionately accurate thicknesses of strings appropriate to the position, E, A, D or G and preliminarily gauge the nut slots. I'm liking it. I even checked your bridge screw heads for signs of poor tooling but, assuming they have actually been tightened down, they're fine. Heeheehee - inspection passed with flying colours.

Nice. The pictures speak for themselves. I love watching the burl emerge more and more as the top is contoured.

Refined and correctly sized;

Would that have been before or after you showed her your teddy bear's cotton wool balls?

As promised... 150x150px

A petrol pump? Oh right... transatlanticly sourced petrol. Hmmm, artistic licence would allow you that I suppose. I found a lustful smiley on an image search and then found it costs $5 to plagiarise it. I'll come back to you with summat later.

I love a harpsichord on disco. I have just started thinking about how I might get a similar sound out of my plank. What sort of effects would you need to do it on the cheap? I suppose a filter and fully-featured compressor would be a start... On reflection, I think that might be how slap got to be overly popular. Sorry I spoke, carry on.

She inspires me to lethargy. Someone get her a strong coffee please because her voice would sound so good if she didn't sound so slack.

I'm glad I am not the only one to feel like that. Going around and around a genre that didn't even originate here is a bit stale in my humble-bumblings too. Trouble is... the 12BB is like the common denominator in the wide world of western styled music. It's obligatory to know it if you want a half-decent tool kit to bring to the jam. It's easy though, right? That has been said of so many seemingly simple things in life. More often than not, the simple things are harder to get away with with style and confidence whilst not making yourself look like a tourist.

Someone from the Secret Headstock Appreciation Team have sent one of the boys around with a mime of their latest design.

I have the 50th anniversary box set of Sgt Pepper and that opening on Strawberry Fields sounds wonderful on the 5.1 Blu-ray mix. The flute sounds coming from the Mellotron are used to great effect. As a child that one intro captivated me more than anything else that I could name. I suppose it's why we have sampling now.

I've got my fingers in my ears and inwardly I'm going NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA...

Welcome Alex. It's good when members unlurk. Open Mics and Jams are the way forward my friend. The bedroom is way too comfortable. It's usually agreed that it's best to get into a band situation as soon as you possibly can.

I love the legal term - 'totally knicked (sic)'. Much easier to say down the pub than publisher's copyright infringement. Heeheehee. Don't mind me taking the wee wee. I was once arrested for half-inching a metre rule. The judge let me off on a technicality because he couldn't decide which was worse... half-inching property or twelve and a half millimetering it.

That's an important point. Thanks for bringing it up. I assumed the publishers but I really don't know.

They are suing after they rejected LDR's offer of 40 percent of the proceeds. The back to back comparison on 6music this morning certainly demonstrated that the two songs sound like two parts of the same piece almost to the point of being the same. The whole vibe of Creep was there and when Creep was faded in, there was little doubt as to the similarities. I reckon someone's pulling a fast one. That or everyone around this artist lives in a Radiohead-free bubble. I don't think it is a deliberate rip-off but I don't think the offer of a 40 percent share of the LDR royalties is adequate either. If the offer is less than fifty percent towards Creep's publishers, it makes it look like she's taking the wee wee.

Like the TR808 cowbell. I hated that sound after Whitney Houston sat on the charts with I Wanna Dance with Somebody for an unacceptably long period of time in the eighties. Thankfully hipsters have not tried to replicate the sound of the eighties by putting that damned *DINK* noise in every rhythm track on the popular charts. It was flogged to death back then. Retro can go and get stuffed if they ever bring it back! It's definitely a sound sample for the techno age. I wouldn't miss it if I never heard it again.