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[quote name='JJW' timestamp='1419865149' post='2643306']
Do you think it looks cool?

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I do not.

I am particularly irritated by the cynical manipulation of the Kiss fan base with this product.

I watched this the other day, it's just wonderful to listen to a guy who has passion about his subject. I particularly liked the part where he talks about archtops and the raison d'être behind his construction. This video, coupled with the one with RS and Michael Tobias, has been time thoroughly well spent and, amazingly, non GAS forming.

I would have thought that there would be some sort of effect of the atmosphere acting on them (unless vac packed), but probably now't that you'd notice. Dead skin, grease and sweat are the foremost killers of string brightness.

This has now gone, thanks for the many people who showed an interest and made enquiries; I wish I'd had more than one to sell as it all happened very quickly. Seller's remorse? Yes, but it's gone to home where it will get used more than at Ez Towers; farewell old friend.

Stoo just braved the post Christmas traffic to buy my defretted SUB. Great communication, no muss, no fuss. Top fella!

Another sweet Christmas bass, I'm feeling a little left out.

Nice Christmas present. I agree that the circuitry on those basses seem more like a juiced up passive rather than what we normally expect from active circuits.

From our last gig:

Set 1
Chain Gang
When Tomorrow Comes
The Way It Is
Walking On The Moon
Walk Like An Egyptian
China Girl
Hungry Like The Wolf
Died In Your Arms
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Alone
Every Little Thing SDI Magic
Hanging On The Telephone

Set 2
In the Air Tonight
We Built This City
Video Killed The Radio Star
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Pull Up To The Bumper
Road To Nowhere
Love Is A Battlefield
Holiday
Rio
Call Me
Sledgehammer
Don’t Stop Believin’
Go Your Own Way

Encore
Africa
Kids in America
I Can’t Go For That

Spares
Life on Mars
Black Velvet / Babooshka / Rhiannon
Shout / You’re The Voice
Thorn In My Side / Don’t Get Me Wrong

Contra flow

Lane Hog
Tail Gater


Or my perennial suggestion (not in any way transport connected) Post Burrito Depression - courtesy of Tony Levin's list of potential names.

I'm going to put this on hold as I've got BCers lining up now. All PMs replied to.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1419424957' post='2639823']


I know the guy who started the company, though he runs Isol-8 now.
And to be fair, there's much more of an argument for using a power conditioner than an uber-mains cable!
Some audio kit - usually because it hasn't got a robust enough power supply - is very susceptible to mains-borne noise, dc offsets and voltage fluctuation and reacts by either having humming transformers, or giving out low level white noise etc. Supply filtration or even re-generation in extreme cases can sort that out.
However, a re-generator needs a lot of headroom if you're going to play loud and expect loud bass - unless you've got flea-powered amps and enormously efficient speakers.
But as far as I'm concerned the power supply should be able to cope with any extreme of power supply that falls within the ESQR regs (electricity safety and quality) - my Bryston power amp specifically says don't bother with any mains foo as you'll restrict what the amp can do!
[/quote]Great post; right on the money.

Christmas Eve bump - go on, a pressie from you to you; you know you want it. Mwah, ha, ha (see what I did there)!

The time has come to part with the bass in my collection that I have owned the longest, my USA made SUB. I would keep it but I pretty much play 5 strings only these days and have 2 fretless fivers that receive all my attention. It is an original release US SUB that I had defretted by The Gallery some years back, including matching the front dots in rosewood, and a cracking job they did too! The painted neck became shiny and sticky so I stripped it back and sealed it with Danish Oil; super smooth. I did have flat mounted Dunlop strap locks on it but I fell out of love with those, so filled the holes with appropriately sized dowels and refitted the MM ones. As you can see there are a number of chips and scratches and I crudely touched up the strap button repair, but I feel that this is in keeping with the original rough and ready finish. As you can also see, the nasty original scratch plate has been replaced with a rather nice tort one and I also have a black and white Jack Daniel's one that will accompany it (very R&R). It has a Hipshot D Tuner fitted and I'm pretty sure that I have the original tucked away somewhere. Currently fitted with LaBella flatwounds and supplied with a well padded gigbag. £350 of your English pounds (not interested in trades I'm afraid; sorry) collected from Ez Towers, where you are also welcome to come and try it out too. I can post but prefer not to as, due to the many mods, this bass is not what you would normally expect from a SUB.

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[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1419199044' post='2637575']
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[/quote]Off topic, but just how lush is Al DiMeola's Les Paul tone on this? Makes me want to trade in my Tele for an LP.

What about the rest of us?

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1419099933' post='2636607']
Class D through lots of speakers sounds better than through a single speaker.
[/quote]I do love my 8x5 Phil Jones rig

Looks like Ibanez have been at the wood pile.

http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/u_eb_page14.php?year=2014&cat_id=2&series_id=51&data_id=315&color=CL01


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The double P with Tele scratch plate is nice, one of those in sea foam green; mmm.

[quote name='Rabbie' timestamp='1418937121' post='2635088']
Another good rule of thumb is to develop a facial expression which makes you look like you are listening to what the fiddler has to say, whilst in truth you are thinking about a sandwich....
[/quote]Sound advice for any type of bass player - guitar player is ripping it, your face says, "Yeah, go buddy," whilst your brain says, "Mmm, cheese and pickle."

Wowsers! If I hadn't recently bought a Rob Allen, I'd be all over this. GLTWS. Have a bump for a gorgeous bass.

I've done both bass and guitar deps that have required me to learn 2 sets worth of songs. The learning process, if not always fun if the songs are a bit meh, is a great way to keep your chops up. Also, a gig's a gig - X Factor (or whatever other dross is on on a Friday or Saturday night) versus getting paid for doing what I enjoy doing, no contest.

I'd played guitar from about 10/11 and I was OK, but just OK. In my early 20s I decided that the low end was where my real passion lay so went that way, knowing that I would surely get loads of work. Did I buggery! Nothing, in fact worse than nothing, I got asked to join a band to play guitar! So I went back to the 6 string, but not before I had already swapped out my first bass (a Yamaha BB300) for a Westone Thunder lll which I duly ripped the frets out of (thus beginning my love affair with fretless; I blame Pino). So I embraced treble again and got much better than before, I even did a Musician's Institute course, but I never ended up playing in bands where the kind of music that satisfied me (with the possible exception of a rockabilly outfit). So at the age of 40ish I decided to go back to the low end and it's been great. I got a gig quite quickly where I thought that I wasn't that good as I didn't appear to be able to lock with the drummer, no matter how hard I tried. This was rectified when the same band had a couple of deps in; ah, that was better! Then a succession of alright bands up until now where I'm super happy with my main band doing 80s covers with a bunch of great musicians (the drummer is awesome and one of the deps previously mentioned). I get to play fretless quite a lot, which I love, and many of the lines are quite challenging, plus I sing now too (a huge surprise to me).

Back OT, the actual technical side of things was made easier having had a good grounding on 6 string. Things I struggled with initially (other than the locking in situation) was muting and making sure I didn't overplay. Finding the right gear was difficult and expensive, but a lot of fun

Playing bass has been the best move I have made musically because, as the wife says, I'm a much better bass player than I am a guitarist and I just enjoy it way more.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1418737462' post='2632810']Who uses charts for Mustang Sally?

[/quote]I have a chart for MS; it leads to the Laurentian Abyss where it can be dropped off

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1418741100' post='2632851']
Let's think outside the box and do a Venn diagram.
[/quote]Aww! I like Carroll diagrams

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1418667575' post='2632165']
Anyway, which music stand is best for metal?
[/quote]Surely that should be, what metal is best for music stands