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3 hours ago, ClassicVibes said:

If people think it's okay to drop £100 on a cable then I think their life priorities need sorting out!

You could say the same about guitars and pedals, but you usually get a better product if you pay more for it.

Reaper has very frequent updates of new stuff, which I like! It also has a great forum and tuition section if you get stuck., and a youtube Channel

Maybe that is the same case with the other DAW's which I have used but only for brief periods.

You can try Reaper which is very easy to use for free, or you can pay for it for £60.00 which is great value for money for a great and popular DAW.

http://reaper.fm/download.php

I use Mogami Gold Cables,they are a bit pricey but boy are they worth it.

19 hours ago, spectoremg said:

Is Dee Dee Ramone in it?

No it's the top 100!

Lovely.......I would put both bridge and pup covers on that 50's style Precision,oh and more importantly a set of Thomastik Infeld Flatwounds!

Brilliant......Looks like a nice Bass!

Lets put this into perspective, The EU are always  going to consider it more important losing British fishing waters over losing artistic talent from the UK. 

This issue only affects a small minority of UK citizens,although it will cost them there is nothing really anyone can do to change it. Some you win ,some you lose!

I use the MXR Isobrick which has never let me down. It's a bit pricey though!

29 minutes ago, ambient said:

You’re missing the point. It’s not just the monetary side. Art itself has intrinsic value, which is fostered by collaboration with people. That’s why travel is vital for academic artistic practice.

I would say the majority would be doing it for the money over academic artistic practice.

3 minutes ago, ambient said:

It’s not just musicians, it’s every part of the artistic and creative industry. It’s also preventing us from going there. I’ve played over there as a solo experimental artist several times, I’ve also done academic work there through my PhD, that too will be affected.

But it also goes to protect home grown musicians and bands.If they don't come then that means more work and more money in your back pocket for local bands. I don't understand why everyone is getting so worried, the vast majority of musicians and bands make the majority of their dough over here and not in Europe. I just wish something similar could be done with football players from Europe, as I am all for promoting local talent above anything else.

6 minutes ago, ambient said:

The music business....sorry I mean the whole creative industry has moved on since the early 1970s. You’ve performed or worked there in a creative capacity how many times?

If you discourage them then they won't come. Obviously this will give more opportunities to local musicians to perform and be rewarded. It sounds good to me!

2 hours ago, DoubleOhStephan said:

The EU is going to collapse, just look at the state of their economies. Without the UK, Germany and France can't afford to run it, so their economies will tank, which in turn tanks the remaining EU countries left in the bloc. End of EU. 

Meanwhile, the UK will have already set up trading agreements with the three biggest economies on the planet. 

Scotland won't leave because they'll have nowhere to go, but also there is no way they would they give up access to these markets. 

I hope that happens,then we can all return to pre 1975 where bands toured Europe without any problems..........Happy Days ahead Peeps!

I use my Spectracomp at the beginning before any other effect, and my MXR-87 Compressor at the end as a transparent limiter.

I too have the natural but with a Rosewood fretboard and it is one versatile Bass. Leo Fender once described it as the best Bass he ever made.

Nice Bass!........I am a bit late with this one, but welcome from a fellow Sint Helenser!

I purchased a Rickenbacker but the strings didn't lie fully in the nut slot, so I just used the string as a file........Perfect fit all round!

9 minutes ago, tom1946 said:

I think once I've got over it I'll probably forgive them. I had pneumonia at the time...

That is what I did then I got stung by them again. I would never buy a Bass from them ever again!

Andertons yet again showing their slack customer service, something that I have experienced more than once.

9 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Really? If the frets were flush with the fretboard that would render them ineffective surely?

Well I don't know, but go and take a look at their website and have it out with Alembic!

On 27/12/2019 at 20:23, Cosmo Valdemar said:

John often said he liked the action so low that the strings were on the other side of the frets but I've never heard anything about fret filling.

Having had the pleasure of playing the Status Buzzard belonging to @Wolverinebass , I can confirm they can handle a RIDICULOUSLY low action.

On the Alembic website it mentions that John's frets where flush with the fretboard enabling him to get his action super low. I read this about fifteen years ago but I cannot remember the source but I know it was not from the Alembic site.

Classic Rock can only be contributed to bands that originated in the 60's. The majority of you don't know the difference between Classic Rock, Heavy Rock and Heavy Metal!

4 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

The headstock shape is an option available to whoever commissions the bass from Alembic. Other options are the colour of the LED’s, whether to have front, front/side or presumably no LED’s, whether to have continuous wood back plates and to choose the number of strings. Most are four, but I believe there is at least one 8 and even a fretless, although quite why you wouldn’t want frets on one of these is beyond me.

Didn't John file his frets down to the board on his Spyder so that he could get super low action, or was that his Buzzard?. Anyway if you are looking to sell it any time soon let me know, though I think that would be another long shot!

Argh well, I think I will just have to wait for a used one to turn up somewhere, though that is a long shot. I do prefer the pointed headstock compared to the V headstock, or is the V headstock a different model and not a Spyder?