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Thanks for the replies - maybe it is lack of experience but I am finding much more difficult to detect whether my bass is in/out of tune that my acoustic guitar - which I can usually tell just by ear.

if it was not for the refuge of music I'd probably be an alcoholic/heroin addict - as it is I'm tee total and clean

Thanks - could anyone tell me what the 'standard' pitch calibration is in hz, at the moment it's on 440.

Yes - but do you know why the bass button reads at half a step lower?

Hi I've got a Snark tuner that has a special bass button. The bass tuner reads at half a step lower than the 'normal' guitar tuning, so A not the bass reads as A# on the six string acoustic. Could anyone tell me if this is correct?

Ok based on the reviews here and other places I got this new Bongo from gear4music. I am sure there are more sensible things I could have borrowed 2k for, given I am definitely not at pro level - but WTF. Anyway my First impressions are that it is very well weighted and comfortable but need to play it more to comment on the tonal qualities. If I was 14 I might like the sparkly blue, although personally would have preferred a more toned down colour - but the availability was not there.

Sorry to be the dissenting voice - but I have done a trade in with GG and they were really mean about the value - particularly given the trade in was bought from them about a year prior. Not had any issues about their product's quality tho - and customer attention is exemplary.

'The live version only does it the second time around and when it does finally get there (at 2:53), it's dumbed down. I thought it might be a mistake at first, but when I checked the other live versions from 2013 & 2014, they are the same.' It could be that Lynne decided that it was'nt worth the risk of trying to the complex version as a one off performance in a live stage in Glastonbury.

Welll as ong as long as sterling ball(and his fmaily) realiszes that each Indonesian workers committment is a direct imspct on his9thier e rpeutation then I guess it's oK to poy them them whatiever they see fit(in tehe context of the Indosian nationl average wage)

Going by the photo only, without having any background knowledge of the model/brand I think a lot of people might think it is worth £900.

It's not really Bass related but I am listening to the enclosed - Michal Fix plays Bach's Toccata on a 12 string acoustic(below). I may be dreaming but it's something to aspire to - if I could busk it, I suspect rich people who have actually heard of Bach would throw money at me. Watch the whole video - it gets more impressive. The challenge for Bass players is what would Bach sound like on a modern bass - would it be butchered or add a whole new dimension to the classics.

Re - Laptops I think you have got a very specific choice either you go cheap for a £500 consumer laptop and deal with the inevitable limited life span or you join the crew who need to use their laptops for their work and living 40 hours a week for years and will not accept unreliable or deliberately obsolesent component faults. At the level you are good at 2k plus for a Dell XPS or a good Lenovo Thinkpad - but if you don't abuse them they will last a mininum five years if not ten or more - remember they are designed for 40 hours a week hard use and often guaranteed for that use for 3-4 years

There's a boogie waiting - David Bowie

What I do when I buy an appliance is look at how much the retailer is charging for additional years cover. This I think tells me how durable the appliance is - the more expensive the additional cover is(relative to the appliances price) the dodgier the appliance. I don't know how you could apply this formula to bass guitars - maybe amps. I lead such an interesting life - really I should have my own TV show.

It's not just guitars - my 15 quid Kettle has lasted longer than all my other kitchen appliances - I don't even know what make it is(I am usually idiotically fixated on branding)

Lets say you get/want a bass whose colour you find.. er. somewhat irksome Like this for expampel.https://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-dept/bass-guitars/music-man-bongo-5-hh-in-fuschia-sparkle How do go about respraying it to your desired colour, or do you take it to a special guitar paint shop. NB: really I want my bass to feature a montage of photos of Sandra Bullock but I am not sure how doable this would be.

This gels with what I've been told - that despite the odds looks it's got more of a 'neutral' tone. Ok I can see the blue's classier but I still want that orange.

Totally not - if 2021 brings some strange/unpleasant economic times that means that people have to sell gear in desperation.

I think maybe the odd shape would persuade me that I need to try it out, for me being physically comfortable with the instrument is the bottom line - everything else comes afterwards. NB: I've got an musicman Silhouette which is ergonimically the best guitar I've ever played in terms of feel, position etc. And whatever you think about BMW's they are comfortable to drive.

No - being an ignoramus I am not in a position to infer anything. Just that you might expect more expensive materials to be used,, but as as others have pointed out Basswood is a proper wood and there also probably different grades of it. The responses so far have intrigued me about the Bongo, but confirmed there is no way I should buy one without trying it first - it is just too left field.

It sounds like a generic wood composite - not from an actual tree. My Sterling SB14 is made of Basswood - it's a decent bass but for a £2000 plus I might expect something like Alder.

Thanks for the replies so far. One thing that would put me off is that the body is made of 'basswood' - this is the same wood that my 300quid Sterling is made of. On the other hand that orange might tip me over the edge.

It certainly looks different. I am a big fan of Musicman products, but this bass is difficult to try out in the UK(as well as the £2k plus price tag meaning I might have to take leave of my senses) Has anyone got the experience as to whether this is worth hankering fo?. Any opinions gratefully received.

Bought an amp from David that was as described, and transaction effeciently handled.

The science of sound and pitch is very interesting(if only they could write in actual English), OTOH I believe(don't actually know) that intense low pitches are more likely to kill a person than intense high pitched ones. The human ear may be responsive to bass than treble but this can work both ways. For me listening to it now the bass line of God Save the Queen(or King) cues the crowd to sing-along - as such it works but it is not subtle.