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[quote name='Mark Latimour' post='1278290' date='Jun 22 2011, 10:58 AM']Defintely a fad. What kind of ass would play a guitar that looked like this... [/quote] Yeah. Or this.

[quote name='BigAlonBass' post='1277181' date='Jun 21 2011, 03:30 PM']1) He's [i]staring[/i] at the neck. This, to me, equates to self-indulgence, and to heck with the audience.[/quote] Just a quick question, as I'm genuinely interested to know. Yes he's certainly looking at the neck, but what is it about the pic that convinces you he's [i]staring[/i] at it? For all we know, that could quite easily have been the first time he looked at it all night.

I debuted my Jack Bruce sound last night at blues rehearsal... played the intro to 'Badge', and everyone turned and gaped at my rig and went "What the fack is THAT?!!??". I think they liked it Made all the tweaks worthwhile!

Saturday night at the Queen Vic in Stroud with my soul-pop covers band. Place was rammed but they couldn't have been less interested if we'd hung up a big sign saying 'PLEASE IGNORE US'. More life in a tramp's vest, etc. Miserable tossers like that don't deserve live music. Well worth the long trip up the M5, that was.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1273260' date='Jun 17 2011, 09:55 PM']There is absolutely nothing worse than desperately needing a piss mid gig.[/quote] You have obviously never walked down Bedminster High St on a Saturday afternoon

I sold off all my individual stomps to get an XT Live and have never looked back. I'm still getting to grips with it really but so far it's great. I'm quite happy with the choruses personally, they're perfectly good for live work. Likewise the fuzzes/dists, although I'm tending to go more with the amp models for those. I've managed to get the autowah/Qtron patch set up with no noticeable bass drop, using the EQ. The synth patches are terrible however. But if I ever need a synth sound, I'll dig out the Deep Impact again I'd take this thing over an ME50B any day, I tried one of those and thought it was utter bollocks to be honest. But hey, we all like different stuff (see any Dream Theater or Level 42 thread for details ). It's brilliant being able to go from flat to Jack Bruce to Jamerson to Bootsy at the touch of a button. Love it!

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1270674' date='Jun 15 2011, 08:59 PM']They are indifferent to the fact you play bass at all. They never tell their friends that they're seeing someone 'who is a musician'. Then you join a really good band. They ask why you need to rehearse so much. They never come to a gig. They then ask why you need to play gigs at all. They get pissed off because you spend time any time at all rehearsing, which they feel cuts into their time with you. They never listen to your music, and couldn't care less that it's going well and you've even got major label interest. They then reach the stage of being so jealous of your music that they are on the verge of an ultimatum à la "it's me or the band", when you finally decide that you've had enough of this sh*t and dump them before they can make such an unfair demand on you (just as well, because if the ultimatum had come it would have taken about 20 nanoseconds thinking time). Been there.[/quote] Amended to reflect my experience with my first long-term girlfriend. Looking back, the whole thing just screamed 'insecurity'.

[b][i]If[/i][/b] the OP posted about it on the EBMM forum, and [b][i]if[/i][/b] Sterling Bollock ended up posting any form of abuse on it, when the subject is a bass that [u]left his factory faulty[/u]... then it would speak volumes about his business sense and the extent to which he cared about his customer base. [b][i]If[/i][/b]. This is all hypothetical, of course. But I almost want to see this on the EBMM forum, just to see what happens.

[quote name='peteb' post='1270815' date='Jun 15 2011, 11:09 PM']He's from New York - Whadaya gonna do about it??[/quote]

[quote name='ficelles' post='1269496' date='Jun 15 2011, 12:26 AM']I reckon he's just taking the mick out of every slappin' and poppin' bass [i]branleur[/i] in da house by doing it 10 times better and 100m times faster... ficelles[/quote] Faster yes, but [i]better[/i]? Err, no.

[quote name='RhysP' post='1269050' date='Jun 14 2011, 07:12 PM']I'd rather see the Wombles than 95% of the sh*t they have on at Glastonbury.[/quote] Plus about a million.

[quote name='ZMech' post='1269605' date='Jun 15 2011, 07:37 AM']Has anyone else ever wondered what would happy if barefaced and BFM teamed together to make a range of uber-cabs?[/quote] I think we'd all have to start looking out for low-flying pigs.

I like a bit of slap, and I'm sure Nigel's a lovely bloke and all that, but oh dear this really is grooveless nonsense.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1267857' date='Jun 13 2011, 08:45 PM']Why bring Ashdown into this? [/quote][quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1267863' date='Jun 13 2011, 08:47 PM']Because of their impeccable customer service.[/quote] Well, they weren't exactly overwhelmingly helpful when I contacted them about the Freebass wireless I (very briefly) had. I contacted them about some weird noises it was making, said I'd replaced all the leads and even the power supply and still no good, and I was told (twice) that the problem was "either in the receiver or the transmitter". God, really? Pretty much all the help I was offered. Although they were very quick in replying to my emails. 311

[quote name='mcnach' post='1266215' date='Jun 12 2011, 03:49 PM']I voted hardcase, bt it really depends.[/quote] This.

Wrong again actually, the answer is one of the following: [list=1] [*]Ulaan Bator. [*]One sixth of a gill. [*]Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the candlestick. [*]Yes. [*]1951. [*]Tim. [*]"Tea break's over, back on yer heads." [*]No. [*]The third dalek from the left. [*]Marmoset. [/list]

If you like the sound of some Hartke amps, why not take a punt on one? I've got an old Hartke 3500 head and it's completely brilliant in every way. And like you say, they're cheap. Advantage

Anything with Yamaha on the headstock.

You know what I'd do? Stick the pot in a jiffy bag as has been suggested, and send it off FOC using the USPS $2.50 service that someone found. If it arrives in one piece, all is well and goodwill is restored. Good PR, minimal outlay. If it arrives busted up in transit, then it's reasonable to say "well I tried, but I did warn you it might happen"... but at least the attempt was made. Goodwill is restored, as the right thing is seen to have been attempted. More good PR, minimal outlay. That's what [i]I'd[/i] do. But then I'm a skint signalling designer from Bristol, not an NYC luthier.

[quote name='Ken Smith' post='1265704' date='Jun 12 2011, 03:35 AM']But then again, your guys are English and drive on the Wrong side of the road, right?.. lol[/quote] Not at all. You guys drive on the right... we drive on the [i]correct[/i]

I'd have thought we had enough members of the BC Bristol Massive to hold our own Bash here

Is it a Modulus thing? I saw my mate's band a while back, the bassist had a Modulus Quantum 5 and a Status S2 5-string and alternated between the two. The Status was thundering, but the Modulus was all click and no balls. Not what I was expecting at all.

Can we just accept that some people like them and some don't?

$100 for shipping a small electronic component is remarkable when you consider that UPS only charged a guy $10 to ship me a stomp box from the States. If I recall correctly, CK has also been on the receiving end of Mr Smith's idea of customer service too. What is the pot rating/type?