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[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1451460411' post='2940582'] For me it would be pretty much anything by The Rolling Stones - I've honestly given it a good go and even learned to play a few songs to jam with some friends but I just cannot get into it. 'Paint it Black' being an all time low... [/quote] I like lots of \stones stuff, but Paint it, Black is dreadful. A mess of a song with no purpose. But then, it's pretty popular so what do I know?

[quote name='Stu-khag' timestamp='1451432216' post='2940516'] I watched a making of rumours doc on fleetwood mac a little while back on the train and was gear watching as you do and saw all manner of boutique basses in the shots of mcvie (alembics etc.) and then the bit of him playing the chain (like in this vid) is on a hamer cruise bass- the same model I had sold the previous day for very little money. if only I had known I could have bumped up the price a bit! [/quote] 'Twas an Aembic with a fretless aluminium neck, apparently...?

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1451362843' post='2939867'] I'm guessing either my email is suspect or he's taken some time off. [/quote] Time off I imagine, with it being Christmas and that.

[quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1451314413' post='2939481'] I wouldn't normally as I'm not a patch on some of the players around these parts, but my band recently did a tribute set to Lynyrd Skynyrd at a multi-band tribute show at our local O2 Academy and I had the great pleasure to have my youngest daughter up there with me as one of the 'honkettes' backing singers. Its a truncated version due to a 40 min set limit but here's our take on the classic Freebird. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WI1EEZrBk8&feature=youtu.be"]https://www.youtube....eature=youtu.be[/url] Bass = Overwater J5 with J-Retro; Amp = Aguilar AG500; Cabs = 2 x Ampeg Classic 4x10's (provided by venue/promoter); Line 6 G50 Wireless [/quote] That's fab, that. Looked like a great night...

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1451260713' post='2939218'] Yeah yeah, I know but the site needs to know if theres issues with certain browsers does it not? [/quote] It's something we're aware of - it never worked too well with IE in Metro mode, either.

https://www.google.com/chrome/

It's fine for me on't iPhone, apart from the knackered 'next page' link issue, which a few others seems to be having.

Here's a vid of my white one with rounds on it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t36vobH9FpE

The Eagles one is great, as is Beware of Mr. Baker and Muscle Shoals. No mention so far of What Happened, Miss Simone? - an incredible Nine Simone doc which I think is still on Netflix.

Most of the time it's not about how well they perform when they're pushed to their extremities. It's about what they sound like played at a reasonable gig volume.

Numbers can be twisted to mean anything, so I rely on my ears and real world reports from others. It works a treat.

I wonder if we've all got a bit caught up in the hunt for the perfect flat response / hi-fi / super sensitive / massive handling etc. cab over recent years, and forgotten that - for a lot of us at least - a nice driver in a good, well designed & built box gives us the classic bass sound we've got in our heads after all. That's what happened to me, anyway...!

It's a beautiful thing. Nice one!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1450716564' post='2935168'] I do think you're nuts for choosing seafoam green with tort. [/quote] +1. Beautiful bass, tho!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1450693264' post='2934854'] I was talking to a High end amp maker the other day and he said they had considered Class D at some point but he was very very sceptical about some of the power ratings that are claimed. This tallies with my thinking that the only two amps I've used recently that put out something close to what they say they do are the Thunderfunk 550-B and the DB750. Of course, these are not class D, and you only have to be as loud as you need to be so a figure is largely useless... but I know what amps will fill which sort of stages and room and how hard I have to drive them to do it. And I know which ones don't...and have no chance. Because of the way I play, I don't get the input stage really working hard so I go for a bigger amp, and it is at this point, I'm thinking how much guts the amp has. So call me sceptical as well. [/quote] Yup. Kudos to EBS for being more honest with the ratings for the Reidmar. Like a handful of others, I've been saying for a long time that the current Class D's aren't all they're cracked up to be. It's diet vs. full-fat Coke, and I think more people are starting to realise. Some people like the baked-in side-effects of course, and that's fine.

Here's something from this weekend. For various reasons we didn't have a drummer, so we just cracked on without... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKHPOcIuMTI

[quote name='vailbass' timestamp='1450672122' post='2934733'] I disagree, the K10 running my dual 15" wedges sounds great, it's also nearly $10,000 for 2 channels! The Class D bass amps on the market are largely just plain 'cheap' and sound like it. [/quote] This is my take on it, too. Until the high-end stuff filters down to consumer level, it ain't for me.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1449693112' post='2926102'] Sorry to hear that, Geddy. [/quote] Ha ha ha

Hey everyone It's that time of year again...

[quote name='thebuckets' timestamp='1450459132' post='2933103'] what is the hardwate on the jake like? can the p pups be swapped out for standard p sized pups (|SPD1/3 etc and what are their own pups like? id want to fit a drop d tuner what size and type of tuners do they fit? [/quote] The hardware is all good. The tuners are usually their own, P-style, but they use Hipshots etc. when needed. Best drop Adrian a mail and ask him. As for pickups, both the Haussels in my 'burst and Maruszczyks in my new white one are marvellous. The Maruszczyks seem hotter and growlier (but that might be down to other factors). There's a lovely red Jake knocking around Tyneside (was owned by Warwickhunt, recently sold on to another player around here) that has an aftermarket DiMarzio in it - whether it was a straight drop-in or not, I don't know. Again, Adrian will be able to let you know.

My hunt for lightweight ceramic cabs was doomed to failure until I stumbled across TKS. Happy days ever since: