BottomEndian

[quote name='uke' timestamp='1357776728' post='1928442'] ...Ewan and Owain becoming dads! [/quote] For the [i]third[/i] time, in my case. Glutton for punishment. Sleep? Pah. Who needs it? Have a splendid time, all. Hopefully I'll be back next year!

[quote name='cd_david' timestamp='1340271295' post='1701918'] Cracking video. Read the info about the timings too, is that A below low B on the bottom? Sounds very rich and woody. [/quote] It's really thick and woody even unplugged. Love it. The lowest string is the A a fourth above the normal low E (i.e. the same A that the A-string would usually be tuned to). It's got piccolo strings on it (20-52), so any attempt at something as low as a 5-string's low B would result in major flappage. Wet noodle territory. They're flappy enough tuned down as far as they are in that video.

[quote name='cd_david' timestamp='1340230097' post='1701609'] That's very sexy Owain. What have you got the hipshots set to? Is this an extra addition to the Bennett collection or have you moved something else on? [/quote] Ta, Dave. It's an extra. The collection just expands and expands. I keep changing the Hipshots around depending on what I want to do with them. Here's a quick thingy I did the weekend I picked it up: [url="http://youtu.be/bieskA5R7hY?hd=1"]http://youtu.be/bieskA5R7hY?hd=1[/url] EDIT: I don't know how to embed videos since the forum update. Ho hum.

My latest from the ACG stable: Skelf R-Type. Fingerboard porn:

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1328562413' post='1529240'] Opions of the 7 string HK? [/quote] It being a lefty, I think only Andrew (the owner) would be able to pass valid comment. Nice looking bass though.

I've toyed with fifths many times, and I currently have my OLP 5-string tuned Bb-F-C-G-D (low to high). Good fun for chords, comping accompaniments and disjointed bass parts. I made up the set from D'Addario singles, with gauges 130-95-65-45-28. It's nice and even across the strings. Works for me, anyway.

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1321102131' post='1435376'] Hondo 2 that's been stripped and stained... [/quote] Sh*te-stained by the look of it. Poor thing.

[quote name='Scoop' timestamp='1321096409' post='1435311'] Huh. No love for my ACG it seems. Humbly apologise for it not being a Jazz bass... [/quote] I've already loved it elsewhere (and loved it in the flesh... oo-errr), but I'll reiterate the love here: LOVE IT.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1321042802' post='1434887'] ...but there's always quite a lot going on with 'real' musicians [b]down[/b] here. [/quote] Edited for Ou7shined's perspective.

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1320690125' post='1430089'] ...I am embaressed to say that when I got there I didnt have any idea who was a punter or trader, for ACG so couldnt actually ask anyone. [/quote] "Excuse me... do you know who I can talk to about these basses?" Not too difficult to say, surely? In fact, I heard it said many times yesterday (occasionally to me), and people were always directed to Alan.

[quote name='Dread Bass' timestamp='1320528851' post='1428136'] ...FOUR COIL PICKUP!!!!! f***ing BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!! [/quote] I'll be quizzing Alan about that at Bass Day tomorrow, I'm sure, but... what are the switching options on that then? Is it like two humbuckers in one housing or something?

[quote name='Dread Bass' timestamp='1320513937' post='1427837'] Here are some pictures... [/quote] Sweet god, man. That's quite, quite lovely. Love that massive pickup/ramp. Congratulations to you!

[quote name='RichF' timestamp='1319269905' post='1411976'] oooh, I like the look of that VT2! [/quote] I used to have one of those. Sounded great (lovely crunchy drive sound), and really tweakable, but it was physically [size=6]HUGE[/size]. Including the valves and protective handle thing, it must be about 5 inches tall.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1317779394' post='1394536'] Back again [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-Fender-Bass-V-5-Rarest-Fender-Guitar-Led-Zeppelin-/130583048267?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e675b304b"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e675b304b[/url] [/quote] For about the fifth time now, with a different starting price each time.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316687258' post='1381350'] I guess I'm just going to have to tune down for that song.... and any other that start creeping into the set list. [/quote] Slippery slope, mate.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316645434' post='1381016'] Will a decent octaver keep my guitarist happy or is there just no substitute for actually tuning down? [/quote] In 7 years (on and off) of playing chunky, down-tuned stoner riffage, I've never found anything that comes close to actually physically tuning down to match the guitar. It just has that heft, that weight, that hmmphhgghhpppphhhhhh... (Just be careful not to get into the mad war of attrition where your guitarist just keeps tuning down and down to get heavier and heavier, only to find that you might as well just be farting into mics through tissue paper and Big Muffs for all the clarity you're getting. We've been down to drop-G before seeing the light and coming back up again.) Octave pedals never really have that aggression (they can "growl", but they don't clank), and playing up the octave (doubling the guitar) leaves a hollow bottom end. Great for an effect in an intro or mid-song breakdown, but not for when you want to really blast it. Looks like you're going to need two basses (I've had three per gig in the past: standard/drop-D, drop-C and drop-Bb), or see if you can just drop the bottom C-string (Hipshot, maybe?) and still play the riff with the G tuned to G, rather than F.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1316594609' post='1379994'] I tend to log in when a participated thread has been replied to, now i have to log in to find out if a thread has had a new reply. Thats not ideal and i cant think of any other web forum that i use that works like that. [/quote] +1 I don't want to have to live with a browser tab open on BC (or keep visiting periodically) just to see if there have been replies to topics I'm following. But it seems that not everyone's having the same sort of problems. Are notification emails working as they used to (i.e. one notification per topic per visit) for some people and not for others? Or are some people just not bothered?

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1316434653' post='1377913'] ha ha - thanks for the responses. Bottomendian wins the prize for guessing correctly. [/quote] Was that the "Joe McElderberry" guess, or the "I'm going to stab you and flay you" guess?

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1316432919' post='1377870'] Plastic sheeting, check Zip ties, check Beretta 9mm, check Blowtorch, check Pliers, check Shovel, check Right, good to go I'd say ear plugs, but somehow I think I'd enjoy hearing what I had in mind..... [/quote] "Hi, I'm Michael. Where should I set up?"

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316424166' post='1377734'] You should see what it says in my sig about you though. [/quote] What sig?

Local session? Gotta be Joe McElderberry, surely...

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316424021' post='1377732'] Good call. I am and that does seem to be the case. It didn't used to be like this before though - they all used to come in as general Basschat notifications linked by the section of the forum it originated from not the member. [/quote] Yeah, they all nested into one conversation, with one notification per thread until you visited the forum. Ah, the old days... *wipes away tear of misty nostalgia*

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316422976' post='1377710'] I coulda done too but I wanted to see what would happen. And my finding are that there doesn't see to be any consistency with the notifications. From this thread alone I had a single notification containing 7 replies plus a further (say) 7 individual replies. The potential to be like it was before is there... it just doesn't happen every time. [/quote] Are you using Gmail, Rich? I do, and it groups reply notifications from each user into a conversation thread. So if someone replies to a thread 7 times, there'll be 7 notifications in one conversation in Gmail, and another Gmail conversation for each responder to the thread.

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1316422830' post='1377709'] How do I turn off signatures? They're more annoying than on the old site. Otherwise, I really like the improvement. It feels a lot more modern. [/quote] Hover over someone's signature, and you'll see a little cross at the right-hand side of the signature. Click it, and it gives you the option of ignoring that signature, or ignoring all signatures. Turning them back on... I have no idea.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316421152' post='1377689'] A nice full inbox to wake up to this morning. [/quote] Luckily, I had the foresight to switch off email notifications last night. But that means I have to actually visit the site to see if someone's replied to a topic I'm subscribed to. I can put any other minor niggles aside... this one-notification-per-reply thing is the biggie. EDIT: Great minds and all that, Dave.