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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1357060351' post='1916979'] Shall we lock this one too? [/quote] I hope so.

[quote name='Lifer' timestamp='1356624955' post='1911757'] GAK? [/quote] I've been using GAK for eleven years and in my experience GAK gives excellent service.

It happens the other way around sometimes: Punter: Hello, I'm a drummer. Me: Hi, how you doing? Punter: My friend's a bassist. Me: Oh yeah, that's good. Punter: He's a proper bassist. Me: How do you mean? Punter: He's got a five-string and everything. Me: Er...ok

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[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1356028743' post='1906043'] You see, Lynyrd Skynyrd haven't been a band for a while now ... [/quote] Not many of the original line-up but didn't they have an album out earlier this year? Ooops, beaten to it.

McCartney

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1354900534' post='1891877'] Creationists like to use the use of the word Theory to claim that Evolution is [i]just[/i] a theory, not a fact. But they are wrong, they're just cherry picking the bits that help their cause. ... [/quote] Well, according to the definitions you provide, and quite rightly so, Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is exactly a theory in your sense number 1: '[color=#333333]a[/color] [color=#333333]coherent[/color] group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as [color=#333333]principles[/color] of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity'. Other examples would be Newton's theory of gravity, quantum theory etc. etc. etc. Creationists really have nothing to do with it (and I suggest you pay them little attention) but best not to fall into their game and also be a cherry-picker. The key phrase in the definition is 'commonly regarded as correct'. Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is a theory and not a fact. BTW, in avoidance of any confusion, I am an atheist.

Theory as opposed to practice.

I've never been able to hear a difference between maple and rosewood fretboards but if there is any difference I can't believe it's not over-ridden by whether you play with a pick or with fingers, do you play by the neck or by the bridge, what kind of strings are you using, how is your eq set etc etc etc. I've got a rosewood P and my son has a maple P. Whichever we play we sound like ouselves.

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1353969229' post='1880452'] Ok so I'm toying with this idea in place of adding a regular split coil p bass pick up to a jazz neck position. I'm guessing some routing would be needed regardless but what's folks opinion? I'm presuming the neck pick up on a jazz and a 50's style p would have different values in terms of output abt 8.5k on the jazz to a slightly lower 6-7k on a 50's style p. Love to hear your thoughts! [/quote] When you say a 50s style P pickup do you mean the single coil like this: ... or do you mean the later split coil like this:

Darryl Jones bass looks like a Kay:

For those who might be interested, Simon Hattenstone's interview with Scott Walker for yesterday's Guardian: [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/23/scott-walker-interview"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/23/scott-walker-interview[/url]

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1353675432' post='1877251'] haha I guess its horses for courses, or in this case decisions for Precisions [/quote] Exactly.

When I had a Tony Franklin Precision, the one thing about it I would have liked to have changed was get rid of the switch and replace it with VVT.

Brilliant. Oh and it's an old Fender. Like already said.

Thomastik Jazz Flats JF344 La Bella Flats 760FS and 760N Pyramid Gold Flats GHS Precision Flats

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1349961159' post='1832740'] And any ideas on where to mark the side of the board, if there are no marks present now....Please don't give me some mathematical equation to work this out [/quote] If you want something temporary and cheap get some sticky dots from a stationers and put them where your tuner tells you the note is. Just do 'frets' 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 etc. it's enough.

Are you related to the great Lev Yashin?

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1352748653' post='1866993'] I was told that you need perfect pitch to own a banjo, so you can lob it into a skip without it touching the sides.... [/quote] Pitch it roughly in my direction , it won't need to be perfect.

[quote name='Fubar' timestamp='1352737961' post='1866768'] Comes under the heading of 'Karaoke', that's what's wrong with that. [/quote] That's totally bizarre.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1352733563' post='1866679'] And they want it in E. [/quote] Well, Fm in this case.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1352723547' post='1866480'] Well they've tried to help, but since one of the sets I wanted to buy was out of stock with a 4 week wait before they expected any more from the US, and the other was being discontinued they couldn't really do much. However the impression I got was that once what I wanted was back in stock I would have to buy it through a dealer who aren't particularly local and I would therefore have to incur travel or postage costs on top of the dealer markup, on top of which I would probably have to get the dealer to order them in especially for me, which IMO sort of defeats the object of buying them through a dealer. [/quote] Not much customer service there then.

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1352710660' post='1866278'] At the Cardiff bass bash (which was great!) on Saturday a discussion came up about how Pj Harvey's last album only had bass (guitar) on 1 track and how we should record bass parts for the rest of the album as she had 'forgotten' to. [/quote] I'm sure PJ Harvey can figure out her own bass parts if she needs to. [quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1352710660' post='1866278'] Anyway, from this, someone mentioned that earlier in the year 3 of the top 10 billboard chart singles had no bass at all! And the reason for this is that [b][i]songs are being produced and mixed for mobile phone speakers[/i][/b].[color=#FFFFFF]but it's a good starting point for discussion!)[/color] [/quote] And who is it that cares even the slightest bit about the Billboard top 10? I didnt even realise there was such a thing anymore. What's your evidence that songs are being produced and mixed for mobile phone speakers? Are there really people listening to music on mobile phone speakers? Enough of them to warrant mixing especially for them? Mixing for in-ear headphones would make more sense. [quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1352710660' post='1866278'] Does this spell the end for bass players? [/quote] No.