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Thats a deliberate satin finish, which has itself aged and tarnished a little.  Cheaper than bright chrome as it doesn't  require the surface to be polished to the same standard.

On 02/10/2021 at 13:25, 4000 said:

🙄 Radiohead’s 2017 Glastonbury spot is, IMO, probably the best televised gig I’ve ever seen. 

Beaten only by Spinal Tap's 2009 Glasto appearance.

Daniella Westbrook's Septum.

Amstrad Army.

We Shot J.R.

Dying Harder.

Rendelsham Starship.

Limahl's Toupee.

Seagal's Ponytail.

The Green Shield Stamps.

Sons of Pacman.

The Action Heroes.

Arnie's Lovechild.

On 08/10/2021 at 12:32, Dom in Dorset said:

I wasn't sure where to post this so feel free to move if it's wrong:
Spotted on Facebook:
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I laughed , I winced, I thought "why?"
Other than "I couldn't afford a Stingray so I made one"  I am at a loss to explain why anyone would do this.
Any ideas?

I feel ill.

The Shell Suits.

The Walkmen.

The Break Dancing Morrismen of Bristol.

The Deely Boppers.

The Mullets.

The Old Romantics

The Yuppies.

Freddie and the Filofaxes.

Greed is Good.

We Told Sid.

The Spectrums.

Vic and the 20's.

Hairy Sinclair.

The Kickass isnt terribly expensive either.  I came across one at a seller, last one in stockm t 40 quid to clear. Looks lovely on my Ibanez, and doesnt domthe sound any harm either.

You Two.

James Bond Jovi.

Status Quorn (a vegetarian Quo tribute act).

Swinging Out Sister.

Tears for Beers.

Brexitrhythmics.

Culture Clubbed.

Soft Smell.

The Curd.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Park.

New Ordering.

Bananafarmer.

The Smiths Crisps.

Ultrapox.

Thompson Triplets.

Badness.

Haircut 1000.

Depressed Mode.

Sham! (A good one for a wha, tribute band)

A-hem.

The Mangles.

Kajagoogle.

Fair observarion, although im sure Behringer never anticipated anything other than a bass being connected to their bass DI pedal (BDI 21),  which is what I use.

PS, would love to see the thermain in action.

Indeed. Outside of America the words "Made in the U.S.A." are rarely associated with quality, so it does seem odd that they have hold much a view. 

American or German car? American or Japanese electronics? American or Italian coffee? German, Japanese and Italian for me please.

Anyway, Behringer user here. Always been happy enough for the outlay. DI box, tuner and overdrive, and despite people moaning about the plastic cases (thats why they are so inexpensive) they are extremely robust and surivive night after night of me doing the fandango on them, and im 19 1/2 stones. I recently gave them a clean with baby wipes and the came up like new.

I could spend 3 or 4 times as much on Boss gear, for little appreciable performance, sound or durability gains.

Some of those top flight Squiers are really going for the complacent soft underbelly of Fender.

On 15/04/2021 at 18:26, Ricky Rioli said:

I would like to hear a test where everything was the same....including the wood. Would they all sound the identical, or would there still be variation from one instrument to the next? 

I wouldn't just want to hear a test - I'd want to view the traces on an oscilloscope.

37 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Wonder why that is?

Because some of the biggest steel producers are in Texas, and were badly affected by last winters floods and blizzards, either directly indirectly via damage to the power grid.  Many of them still aren't producing anywhere jear xapscity.

Texas alone accounts for more steel production than all the EU countroes combined (EU countries account for about 7%) so this has hit the world market hard. Nucor alone produce 22 million tonnes a year and are only now starting to get back towards normal capacity.

Demand locally in the UK is massively up with stuff like HS2, and around the world with things like massive building projects in China and the rapod expansion of their navy .  As a result the people in the middle suffer shortages, and people who aren't buying steel in massive quantities and thus spending massive sums are having trouble obtaining it.

It has little, directly at least, to do with the B word.

Im down to my last 4 sets of long scale 🤫

Good question!  Almost always pick for me, as I dont have feeling in all the fingers of my right hand, which makes it a bit of a fate accompli.

That being the case I've thrown myself into developing my skills and various techniques, and its worked out very well - I can mimic the fingerstyle sound well enough now that it makes little difference.

What makes me cringe is the wsy some fingerstyle plyers hold their writpst at an acute angle to dangle their hand down the front of the instrument.  Thats an RSI waiting to happen.

Elbow up, a much shallower angle betwixt hand and forearm is both less likely to cause injury and allows greater control.

On 27/09/2021 at 21:11, BassAdder27 said:

The tone from fingers instead of a plectrum or pick is very different and near on impossible to mimic with a pick.

I spent some months applying myself to that problem and cracked it - its hard to describe, but one kind of needs to stroke the string with the oblique edge of the pick rather than twang or pluck it, and using flats helps.

After a little work I'm good enough that I can't tell on some recordings whether I used a pick or fingeroonies (although for physical reasons I tend to default to the pick these days).  

Since this not-so- revilutionary breakthrough I've found a few others in a similar position who can mimic fingers to the point where its diffocultmor impossible to tell. I believe our very own FinnDave is in a similar place with that.

So fingers don't hold court in a sacred place where the pick fears to tread, at least for fairly conventional fingering (fnaar!) they don't.

Cadillac 3 in December, Aerosmith in June.

Buskers who like to be the centre of attention?

10 hours ago, T-Bay said:

If you want to see the effect of rapid changes in temperature, put a scrap neck in a hot car for an hour and take a look. Our lead guitarist did it with his main guitar a couple of years back and it was frightening how much it moved in such a short time. It took a couple of weeks and a good tweaks for it to settle but is ok now thankfully. Changes in weather won’t cause such rapid changes but I bet they are quick enough to have significant effect.

Thats my why studio ismin a room with a fairly stable temperature and the door kept closed, and I don't leave them in hot cars, and why they travel between warm house and cool outdoors - and back - in hard cases.  As a result I never need to touch my truss rods after initial stringing and setup.

On 25/09/2021 at 13:57, BigRedX said:

 

Really?

 

Not my experience at all. No matter what I have ordered (so long as it is in stock) whether it be a bass guitar or a single set of strings or anything in-between it always arrives on the Wednesday of the week following the one when I placed my order (irrespective of the day on which the order was made). Actually it appears that the cut-off point is some time around mid-day on Friday, so anything ordered Friday morning will arrive the next Wednesday while anything ordered in the afternoon will arrive the Wednesday after that.

 

Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

Rock solid 5 days to a week in my experience, and I order a lot of gear from them.

22 hours ago, gafbass02 said:

My MiJ Geddy Lee needed tweaking every five minutes

My MIM Geddy Lee is rock solid, beyond initial set up never needed to touch it.  I was a bit concerned at first because of the slim neck, but my worries have proven unfounded.

Ditto my Ibanez PJ, Fender Precision, Squier Precision, Harley Benton's and Hofners.

9 hours ago, Jus Lukin said:

 

Glad I'm not the only one! Language is ever shifting, and the important thing is that we can all express ourselves and understand each other- but the term is 'plectrum'.

 

I use a plectrum when the sound and feel will suit the music- some bands just require fingers, some, particularly covers gigs, are a mix, and a few are plec all the way.

I have many plectra, but the 1mm Dunlop Max Grip is the one which lives in my back pocket for instant access.

I thought that with bass it was a pick, what with the electric bass being an American invention and all so the American name was the convention?  With guitar it should, of course, be plectrum.

Why recommend a used Squier?  The only Squiers that better the tupical HB are the Classic Vibes, and any CV as cheap as a HB will be a severely beaten up p.o.s.

The HB jazzes, precisions, etc, are easily as good as anything from the cooking Squier range, for invariably less money.  The run of the mill Squiers share the same shortcomings for rather more money, so why bother?

Until you've owned, lived with, and gigged a few Harley Bentons, they you can't really make such comparisons with any authority.  I have, and I do.

I like the fact that it looks great, is a proper tool thar plays well, is as capable as anything costing double or more, lends itself to cheap mods, and won't break my heart if something bad happened to it. 

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, or in this case the playing. It's now my main live bass, and sounds utterly convincing in that role.

What's not to like?