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Headstock seems OK to me. Nice colour too.

[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1425813477' post='2710880'] Thanks. I thought I might get told off if I put it in General. [/quote] [size=4]'General Discussion - If its bass or music related and doesn't fit one of the other more specific forums, then put it here.[/size]'

... and, like The Idle Race, the Mellotron came from Birmingham. BTW, in what sense is this thread Off Topic?

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1424893228' post='2701691'] Had a quick look through the thread - can't see any post that remotely suggests "young people are crap". But, hey-ho, moving on... With regards earphones: They are convenient, they take up very little space in your pocket... but that's about all they have going for them. I use a pair of Sennheisers that are considered to be pretty good - IMV they're ok, but I wouldn't call listening to music through them a[i] "[/i]particularly enjoyable experience". [/quote] Hey ho indeed but whatever.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1424882025' post='2701541'] You may or may not be right - not sure what that has to do with this thread though! [/quote] It was exactly to do with the post in this thread that I quoted. Hence, I've no idea what you mean.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1424849784' post='2701022'] I think too many people assume kids don't know what music should sound like. [/quote] There's rather too much 'young people are crap' on Basschat. Disappointing.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1424726201' post='2699793'] Yes, I got that. But I was thinking about a 4X12 or a 4X10 column format bass cab, as proposed by dood recently - you'd get a very small footprint but still have the advantages of an 8X10, i.e. having a driver at ear-level so you can hear yourself on stage. [/quote] Back in the early 70s I knew a bassist who played a Gibson EBO through a Laney 100 and two 1x18" cabs stacked. It was bassy and ear-level.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1424720825' post='2699665'] The right sort of 4X12 column would make an excellent bass cab! [/quote] I meant to say,of course, that they were Elgen 4x12" PA columns.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1424720794' post='2699664'] Filled with Fanes? [/quote] Very possibly.

[quote name='Bob G' timestamp='1424217728' post='2694101'] I have recently acquired a bass and have no idea what strings it has on it (other than that they are metal as opposed to gut or synthetic) or how old they are. If I were to describe the winding at each end by colour would it be possible to identify them that way? The reason I ask this is because, as I develop my technique I may want strings that produce, say, a warmer, or punchier, or more sustainy, or louder (!) tone so it would be useful to know what I am currently using as a reference point for further exploration. Perhaps I should point out that I am working towards playing jazz, and pizz only, for now at least. If this is any help the silk at the tail end is a darkish red, at the headstock E is green, A black, D red, G brown. Thanks for any help! [/quote] Could be Pirastro Obligatos. The peg end colours are correct. Is the ball end dark red with some black in it?

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424701887' post='2699314'] ... Selmer Treble & Bass ... [/quote] Same here with a Selmer 4x12. Worked fine.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1424717666' post='2699593'] ... Elgen ... [/quote] I had forgotten that make even existed but you've reminded me that the first band I played with had two 4x12" PA columns.

http://youtu.be/UrGGhd2DAFw

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1424608688' post='2698185'] I'm probably just making excuses for myself but ISHST would be easier to play on a short scale bass like a Hofner than say a big fat necked Precision [/quote] Probably true but I suspect the Chuck Berry Talkin Bout You original may have been Willie Dixon on upright.

German[s]e[/s] cheese:

His game was full of holes too.

[Pedant] Dutch Leerdammer: [/pedant]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1424458527' post='2696624'] Based on this thread I downloaded Sinatra at the Sands. Just fabulous (the Basie Orchestra are so on top of their game it's amazing) [/quote] Yes fabulous, one of my favourite albums, especially live album.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1424384700' post='2695887'] The nice, expensive custom shop stuff is going to sound good though! ... [/quote] I used MAG and also ABM stuff straight from the local shop, It was all fine.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1424383735' post='2695865'] I`ve never owned an Ashdown rig, but as JJ Burnell uses them, and a man not known for a muddy indistinct sound to say the least, I wonder why people always mention this. Having heard JJs rig, neither of thoe words are anywhere near accurate, whereas solid and clear are pretty much spot-on (with the gain probably coming from his playing style more than through amp settings). [/quote] A further twist is that by 'solid and clear' I did not have in mind anything at all like JJB.

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1424291194' post='2694888'] Totally agree about Ashdowns, they can be very muddy and indistinct, I drove miles to buy one and then drove miles back again without it. Poor miles I now only use Orange & Trace Elliott. [/quote] I used Ashdown for several years and it was never muddy nor indistinct but always solid and clear.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1424254757' post='2694311'] No. I'm not familiar with the Eagles history, so don't understand what you mean. Either they're very particular about getting it spot on or the versions are completely different? Judging by the fact that they've recorded 'live' albums, I'm guessing it must be the latter. What would be the point (other than financial) of releasing songs that are exactly the same? Just do a greatest hits album. [/quote] The Eagles in concert had a reputation, perhaps not wholly deserved, of sounding exactly like the studio album. That's all. It was intended to be a mildly humorous comment. They did do a greatest hits album which is often said to be the third best selling album of all time. There was a financial point.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1424248253' post='2694209'] ... Listen to the original artist play live, tell me that they play their own song the same as the recording ... [/quote] So, you never saw the Eagles.

Grammar not grammer.

It's just like when Leo Fender invented frets, it's much too easy now, no one trains their ear properly anymore. Terrible.