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Mobile site back up, too. Yay! Cheers, all.

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1353102236' post='1871761'] That's v nice but I don't like black basses. There's a dilemma with vintage basses for me - I can see the point of the first production Stingray (another current thread) being this expensive as it's really a museum piece and v interesting (to me at least) with a famous ex owner - but this is a pretty anonymous Fender Jazz that hasn't been played much - OK 45 + years old but is it REALLY worth that much? If a colour came up that I really like I might be more tempted. [/quote] Maybe not worth that much, but it's worth a lot. It doesn't need a famous ex-owner to be worth a few quid. Such is Fender.

From the photos? You can't. It doesn't look wrong, though. Buyer beware, and all that.

...and while I'm on the subject of the band speaking frankly, if any of you haven't read 'Chapter & Verse', you should. It's great.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1353076896' post='1871361'] I would be in agreement were it not for the frankly hideous Battle of Epping Forest. Such a shame, as the rest of the album is as close to perfection as anything, and the rest of the tracks are probably Genesis' finest. [/quote] If you haven't seen them, watch the interviews they did for the 5.1 remixes. They're all on YouTube. They band talk very frankly about a lot of things (particularly Tony), including regret at making Epping Forest so busy. The band (bar Hackett's) hatred of After the Ordeal will make you wince. Poor Steve.

Pointless fact - my copy of Seconds Out on CD (many years old) had a typo in the lyrics: 'The lava's the lover who licks your boobs away.'

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1353054577' post='1870918'] Wembley was 1987 Although during the 1986 leg of the tour in the USA, the ITC medley was Cage/Quiet Earth/Apocalypse in 9/8, which was pretty cool. [/quote] I'm glad we didn't get that in the UK, 'cos that means they would have had to drop the marvellous R'n'B medley encore to make room. Can you imagine?

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1352971277' post='1869855'] I'm using Chrome for Basschat but it doesn't work with Facebook or a whole load of other sites [/quote] ....?

I've just listened to Supper's Ready in DTS 5.1. REALLY FLIPPING LOUD. It was awesome. I just had to share. Thanks for your time.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1352977982' post='1869979'] Is the Reggie classed as a Custom Shop? I thought it was an 'Artist' series but wasn't sure if it carried the CS logo as well? [/quote] The RH 5-string is CS.

'Burst, tort & rosewood P with blocks, thick-baseplate bridge, graphite rods and a TV logo. Lightly relic'd.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1352816011' post='1867744'] I quite often plug my Mac into the aux and use headphones to practice and as far as my ears can tell the quality is pretty darned good! Eude [/quote] Yip - it's fine. It makes for a great PA for playing an iPod through at garden parties, too...

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1352733447' post='1866677'] OK - I've just re-tried both of my power leads, ensuring that they were well-and-truly pushed home into the power socket. Same result for both - crackle, volume coming and going, then silence. I've just emailed Thomann. Thing is, I'm now wondering whether I want another one, or something else. Steve [/quote] Oh, man - how frustrating. Ibanez missed a trick with these. If they'd sorted the QC out, they could have had a legendary bit of kit in their catalogue. When you get a good'un, they're THAT good.

Oh, FFS - what a nightmare. This might sound partronising, but bear with me. Does the mains lead sit tightly in the socket? I mean solid-as-a-rock? No wobble at all? If not, shove it in really hard (baby!) until it locks. They're a Really snug fit.

Bloody love 'em... best strings ever! I'm stockpiling. ha ha. To recap... they feel like the 760FLs - maybe [i]slightly[/i] more substantial, but no more tense - but they definitely have more going on in the mids. No zing - just clarity. They're just lovely to play. Very responsive, and they growl lovely when you want 'em to... Fretted: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyGQ8Ci1XZI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyGQ8Ci1XZI[/url] Fretless: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvc1vcFGGY0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvc1vcFGGY0[/url]

Sustain...

Cheers, all. Unfortunately the gig sold out in about an hour. I probably won't get any comps :-(

Whoah.

Life's too short... get out.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1352563989' post='1864679'] IME a friendly chat with the person who has posted the videos explaining your PoV can often get the desired result. [/quote] Someone put a clip up of a song from one of our gigs recently. Unfortunately one of the band had a massive mind-blank and played the biggest clunker imaginable right at the start. I mailed the poster via YouTube asking them to crop the first ten seconds, and they obliged. Just as well 'cos it was a proper horror. ha ha.

I'd agree with the sax player. Some of the clips I've seen put up by the bands themselves have been appalling. I always carefully vet the stuff I put up. Having said that, there's nothing you can do to control it... it's the world we live in.

[quote name='Kirky' timestamp='1352495712' post='1863968'] That's pretty cool, well done. Will you have a barefaced setup by then...!!!??? [/quote] Here's hoping... :-)

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1352489651' post='1863860'] Cool, but dont wish your life away. [/quote] Oh, I won't - next year is shaping up nicely. This is the cherry on the top at the moment...

June update - here's the video! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4x1CCxPaRk[/media] If anyone wants to post it anywhere, please do, but can I ask that you post this link instead: [CODE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Ys3SBl17g [/CODE] This is the one the PR people want us to use. Thank you! --------------------------------------------------------------- Back to my OP.... I've just had a phone call to ask if I can play bass at an event next year, backing a few celebs, including... Mark Knopfler! I'm trying to be cool, but the guy is my hero, so... **** it.

Hard to date 'em around this time, because they were starting to be built with pretty much whatever was left in the parts bin - I don't mean that in a derogatory kind-of way. As a result, there's some interesting hybrids out there - dots and a bound neck being one.