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"[size="4"][font=Arial]Guitar body fits a grunge style in my opinion[/font][/size]" [quizzical-tone]Okaaaayyy...[/quizzical-tone]

You're only supposed to do that to Flying Vs.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1503435290' post='3358295'] I was going to email him that question but figured that he'd have some stock answers to smart arse comments. [/quote] Well, it might bring down the tone.

On the plus side, it comes with its own packaging!

"Wooden bass guitar" - really went to town on the description there...

Those angled frets - can't say I'm a fan...

My 1st bass, in 1976, was a Columbus Jazz bass; I bought it from a household electricals shop in the Four Seasons Centre in Mansfield, using money I'd earned filling shelves in Tesco. My recollection is that it was a decent bass, but quite heavy. it was usurped by a Ric a year or so later (I've still got the Ric). I'm happy to leave it in the past. I'd say a current Squier is probably a superior instrument.

Here's a pic. This is how it was (oops!); I've been looking for a neck to put on it, but the other option is to let the body go. The back has some dings.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1502706062' post='3352942'] Is it an old clip? I know he's done others video's on Ric's, but that was only posted on 31/7/17! Perhaps it's the sentiment that's getting old for you? In answer to the question posed by the OP of this thread, my answer would be don't avoid it, just buy one. [/quote] Hmmm, first time I saw it when it was doing the rounds recently, I was pretty sure I'd seen it before. Maybe there's another one of a half-sozzled grumpy old git moaning about how fixing Rics has ruined his life...

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1502268027' post='3350282'] +1 - just 'cos I always want to say this when a defret is suggested :-) [/quote] +2 - every time I see a de-fretted bass for sale, I think "That'll cost extra to put the frets back on!".

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[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1502732062' post='3353188'] There is a bit more going on in the guitar bit between the E and B IIRC. Since John Hackett stopped touring with Steve the keyboard player's covered that part. [/quote] Yes, I'm sure there is - maybe some octaves; I'll have to work that bit out too... someday...

[quote name='markoire' timestamp='1502314206' post='3350673'] I've had a hiscox case for my 4001 for a long time. It was the only one I could find big enough [/quote] Ah yes, when I said Hiscox, I was referring to the Lite Flite ones.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1502717158' post='3353050'] Aye. The being a prat thing is really the worst part of being a classical organist, hence why I sometimes overplay my jazz side, which makes me cool again - to some limited degree of course. I'm happy you associate pedals with feet, as this is from Latin. Finally I'm more than overjoyed you mentioned the cow nose, as I now see I forgot an important keyboard type when hastily writing my three lines. So, without mentioning a few less important types of keyboard, we have three types, all derived from Latin: keyboard for hand(s): [i][b]manual[/b][/i] (from Latin "[i]manus[/i]") keyboard for foot/feet: [b][i]pedals[/i][/b] (from Latin "[i]pes[/i]") keyboard for cow's nose / cows' noses: [b]Bos[/b]([b]s[/b])[b] Taurus [i]Nasus[/i][/b] [/quote] Hence the Taurus bass pedals!

FYI, RAM is typically in GB (gigabytes), not Gb (gigabits - that's usually network speeds) and definitely not gb (there's no such thing as a gram-bit!) E8400 machines tend to support 8 GB, but if it's a small form-factor (SFF) PC, it may only have two slots and 4 GB PC2-6400 SIMMs are quite hard to get hold of. The SFF PCs may also be limited on the card slots; they may have one half-height one, so check that before buying an i/o card.

Sure - I also mentioned this thread to him.

Clocks is just the Taurus preset sound. On my PK-5A pedals, I set the "Mono" to the lower octave and the "Poly" to the higher one; then it's just a matter of playing the notes like they do in the video ("Poly", 1st two notes, "Mono", next three notes, "Poly", first two notes of the next phrase, and so-on); I only figured the main riff and not the backing to the guitar bit (I think it's just an "E", but am not sure).

I was going to post a link to it here, but then remembered the rules!

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1502637699' post='3352589'] Hah! Just spotted this thread / YouTube clip over on the General Discussion forum, which I suspect a number of you have seen already. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/309576-rickenbacker-bass-gets-outed-for-what-it-is/"]http://basschat.co.u...for-what-it-is/[/url] What an entertaining little video and I guess I'm glad I got distracted by an Ibanez SR1800 with Nordstrand pups... [/quote] That old clip is vaguely amusing, but who cares if a grumpy old guitar tech hasn't got the right tool immediately to hand for the once every few years a Ric needs its truss rods adjusting? There's another one of him doing up an Ibby and the belligerent git calls the customer up and proceeds to rant at him and talk over the top of him.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1502658254' post='3352769'] I don't really want to get involved in your pedantry competition here, but keyboards have intrinsically nothing to do with hands. They are any boards with a key or keys on them regardless whether it is designed for a hand, a foot or a cows nose. I have made many keyboards in various devices to be pressed in many circumstances. I would associate pedals with feet though. I wouldn't use the term bass pedals myself but if someone said it I would understand what they were talking about, in the way that if someone said they were hoovering, I would understand they meant they were using a vaccum cleaner. I don't use bass pedals live, I use a 12 step which plays chords (which are higher than the notes I am playing on bass). The 12 step is great for that, it wouldn't be as good for bass as say the pedals on an organ, so I would never describe it as that. But you are right, they do call it a bass pedal in the title, and a foot driven keyboard in the body text (and in the manual). Interestingly, and I know this from when I was looking originally for the pedals from an organ to butcher and make into a midi controller (and pedals on an organ were bass pedals as they just played the bass), if you search for 'bass pedal' on either eBay or google, you just find pedals (ie, effects pedals) for basses, no keyboard beds at all. I would also point out that the reason a bass guitar is called a bass guitar is because it is tuned an octave below a guitar. However high (including harmonics) a bass guitar gets, it is still an octave below a guitar, and an analogue to the double bass. [/quote] Welcome to the discussion! The 12-step manual does refer to it as a pedal "[i]This section covers information that will help get started with the 12 Step. We will introduce the 12 Step hardware, the MIDI Expander hardware, how to connect 12 Step to the world, and basic operation of the pedal.[/i]". I don't see the 12-step being referred to as a keyboard in the online manual ([url="https://files.keithmcmillen.com/downloads/12step/12_Step_Manual_V2.0.pdf"]https://files.keithmcmillen.com/downloads/12step/12_Step_Manual_V2.0.pdf[/url]); it does mention using a computer keyboard and a GUI tool with a "graphical representation of a keyboard". However, it does refer to the pressed notes as "keys". I've previously had a Ketron set of bass pedals too: [url="https://www.thomann.de/gb/solton_k8_bass_pedal.htm"]https://www.thomann.de/gb/solton_k8_bass_pedal.htm[/url] and I've also got a set of pedals I'm butchering to make a standalone MIDI controller, using the [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Basyn-MIDI-Adapter-for-One-Octave-Bass-Pedals-Midipeds-Free-Shipping-/322624409165?"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Basyn-MIDI-Adapter-for-One-Octave-Bass-Pedals-Midipeds-Free-Shipping-/322624409165?[/url] kit. I have to say that I had never registered the term "foot operated keyboard" until this thread and had taken it as someone trying to describe a concept (eg. "like a keyboard but you play it with your feet", such as in this wiki page: [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_keyboard"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_keyboard[/url]) rather than being the formal name of the unit. And that is how I interpreted the OP. So, I'm going to drop off the discussion now; I'll continue to refer to them as [b]MIDI bass pedals[/b], but I accept that others may refer to foot keyboards and suchlike. And finally, back to the OP: I'd still be checking out the KMI 12-Step. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXMy2irFUl4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXMy2irFUl4[/url]

There's someone on another forum selling a sub 5-string for under £200.