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[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1393453275' post='2380620'] What band? Have you got any links? [/quote] It's a 'back in that London' band mate, in Aber I wouldn't be so worried! [quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1393453488' post='2380623'] Aesthetic? I thought that was some kind of artificial limb. Listen to your inner wisdom! [/quote] Inner wisdom says keep the Yammie and buy the C64,. Inner accountant says 'no', although I'm working on it

so, a month in and I'm in something of a quandary with this bass. Specifically, I love it's playability and I love its sound, but I'm also playing in a band in which the aesthetic doesn't fit at all, but in which the aesthetic of what I consider to be the only real alternative to this bass in tone terms, a Ric C64, does. So, I'm hoping to be able to get a C64 into the studio in the next few weeks to A/B both that and the Yammie side by side through both my Ampeg and PJB rigs, ideally with the band (the Yammie really does the job tonally so I'd need to make sure that my recollections of the C64 are not flawed). I currently have the option of a C64 at a reasonable cash price, but if anyone out there has a C64 they might want to trade for the Yammie, please let me know. Of course, I'm tempted to buy the C64 outright and keep the Yammie, but that's a cash heavy approach. I suspect that the wisest move in the long term is to keep the Yammie and forget the Ric and aesthetics. Wisdom has however never been one of my strong points.

[quote name='NightGoat' timestamp='1392471950' post='2369129'] So there seems to be some kind of connection with Chushin Gakki. [url="http://hubpages.com/hub/Japanese-Manufacturers-of-Made-In-Japan-Badged-Guitars-from-1950-to-1980"]http://hubpages.com/...om-1950-to-1980[/url] I am thinking the Guitar is maybe a ¨Maya¨ or ¨El Maya¨ 4001s model bass made between 1974 and 1978 in the Chushin factory and not in the Maya Factory. I am in no way sure. unless other/unknown info is bubbling up from somewhere it probably stays that way. [/quote] I'm looking for a bass like that

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1393448851' post='2380548'] It's the retailers responsibility to ensure that the item purchased is fit for purpose and if not exchange it if it has gone wrong in under a year. In fact, as far as Uk consumers are concerned, if it can be proved that the item was faulty from purchase a return to the retailer can be made up to six years (unless that has changed recently) So, IF the itme was purchased in the Uk then Korg Uk will help in providing the hardware BUT it is the retailer who should be bending over backwards to ensure they are compliant with consumer rights. Now, I expect that people may think I am biased, but frankly, Hartke Uk have been great considering really, manufacturers need not get involved with retailer gurantee and returns. I mean, if my TV goes wrong, i return it to the shop, not Samsung and I expect the shop to deal with it. [/quote] Dood, what I meant was that he doesn't need a 'workable relationship' with the shop to get his rights, that's just crap. Yes, everything I hear about Hartke is good also.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1393439706' post='2380378'] I need to have a workable relationship with them in order to achieve my aim - to have a fully functional hartke kilo on top of my cab. [/quote] No, that's now Korg's responsibility. I'd get them to send it directly back to you.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1393441558' post='2380413'] Seems to me that the retailer should be named and shamed now. They should also be forwarded the correspondence from LHartke. Also, they should be forwarded this thread. The op is still too patient/ lenient with them at this stage. Maybe between hartke and the retailer, they could send him something special to aplologise. This is a recession we are in after all. [/quote] Agree re N&S, I get quite annoyed by members who report a complaint about a retailer then refuse to name them, meaning that the rest of us are still at the mercy of their crap service and no pressure is applied on them to improve. Also, at the very least the OP's courier costs should be covered by the retailer given the situation described.

Good response Gareth, I've no doubt the situation will be resolved quickly now

I wonder if I should buy it for my mandolin Jack?

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1393428537' post='2380184'] I think you've misread the situation. [/quote] 'Enigmatic post of the year award' contender perhaps? Not sure what you mean really?

[quote name='vsmith1' timestamp='1393423431' post='2380041'] I mean who knows who are the "Weatherman" as mentioned by Bob Dylan. [/quote] Yes, important questions are raised. Why was that town not big enough for both of Sparks?

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1393421802' post='2380002'] Time to confront retailer I think. [/quote] No, that has long past, time to name the retailer publicly so that we don't have to put up with the same crap. I can deal with slowness and crapness from a retailer - it's human nature and it happens - but not with lies about from that same retailer about their slowness and crapness (by that I mean telling you the'd sent it when in fact they hadn't). N&S

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1393420678' post='2379979'] I never understood George Formby..... [/quote] He was never the same after the Rumble in the Jungle

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1393414016' post='2379859'] I'm always considered mad when I say that the Beatles do nothing for me - any era - just leaves me cold. Glad I'm not alone! Springsteen I've always found a little bombastic - quite like his first two albums [/quote] +1, plus 'Ghost of Tom Joad' and 'Nebraska'. The rest is stadium rock.

The more I read about the history of popular music the more I'm convinced that in this context 'right time right place (right song)' is as much a factor as talent C

No need to learn, we like some things, we don't like others. Simples

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1393325348' post='2378640'] No wish to de-rail your thread, Diablo, but you'll probably a find a better selection (and better prices) here on Basschat! [/quote] Absolutely, and at FAR lower prices. Whatever you buy in a store in London will be 50-100% mark up on what you'd pay here, and if you decide you don't like it in a month's time you'll lose a lot of cash. Buy here, the range is a good, the trust is as good (there's a few stores don't know an all original from a bitsa) and you'll nearly always get back what you paid.

IMO the upper register of a Precision is where the real beautiful tone is to be had, at least if, like me, you prefer a driven vintage vibe. If you're having problems up there it's your bass, your strings, your setup or your amp, it's nothing to do with Precisions per se. In fact I'd say a good Precision is one of the few basses that really sounds equally if not more meaty at the dusty end (of course some heavy flats and 50kg of Ampeg tubes help). C

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1392679118' post='2371641'] Yes, it must be a difficult line to tread but as you rightly say it has to be entertaining. [/quote] I think (hope) 'engaging' as opposed to 'entertaining'. I certainly didn't feel entertained, but did feel that at least some of the material was worth watching, especially the Parkinson's case study.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1392676326' post='2371597'] Very good programme, but a real shame about Stephen Berkoff's appalling portentous voice-over. [/quote] It was a little too melodramatic wasn't it. Possibly preferable to Julian Clarey given the subject matter, although I think a Brunnie accent would have been good, or Jimmie Nail perhaps?

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1392671248' post='2371515'] I heard him, 2 minutes in mention "bassline" [/quote] I also mentioned "level of precision" but they cut it! Next time I'll get "Rickenbacker" in!

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1392676523' post='2371601'] I missed it. If I just believe I watched it will it have the same effect? [/quote] Only if you believe it will. If you believe you watched it but believed it would have a bad effect, it will of course have a bad effect.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1392675790' post='2371588'] Interesting programme. Obviously they only get a few minutes to dramatise a whole lot of research but one point that struck me during the cycling trial as shown was that there was no real control, or not one that was explained. The programme made a point of including the cyclists saying they would not normally race twice in one day so presumably there was no reference for what their second performance would have been without any pills - placebo or not. We might intuitively think they would all be slower because of tiredness, but that's not quite the same thing as a rigorous scientific trial. Against that background, was the result that about half of the riders performed better during their second race really statistically significant? I'd guess it was, otherwise why make the programme segment, but it wasn't entirely clear - to me at least. A very interesting line of research though - especially the fully disclosed placebo trials. That really is weird! [/quote] Agreed re controls, but in our lab work we use multiple baseline repeated measures designs that take many months to conduct, Horizon had one day to shoot a story about it. The email trail between me "we must do proper science" and them "we must make a programme that gets the message across" is, shall we say, lengthy. In fat, I applaud their patience. All things considered, they were right. Horizon isn't for scientists, it's about engaging people who aren't always able to grasp the niceties of control conditions, statistical significance, type-II error etc, but to whom the subject matter is of relevance even importance (hence Horizon's reliance on a personal case study as opposed to a population level approach). If I'd been the producer it would have been very different programme, but nothing like as useful to the average BBC2 viewer!