Rich

Yes, there are some very nice noises on these Bongo-based youtube clips, and I am fully prepared to believe folks who say that their Bongs sound brilliant and are lovely to play etc etc. I expect they are. But in terms of those looks? yuck. Sorry, just can't get on with them. I am a big fan of many unconventionally-shaped basses, Ritters et al, but the Bong's toilet-seat-esque profile is not something I could grow to like. It's not a case of being closed-minded or unimaginative or whatever, just personal taste.

[quote name='martthebass' post='790552' date='Mar 30 2010, 01:23 PM']stupid headstock design that inevitably gets wacked[/quote] Whacked? Badda-bing badda-boom. Fugheddaboudit.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='215568' date='Jun 9 2008, 05:31 PM']"[i]There was a terrible fire at my barn. Everything in it was destroyed, including many basses and amps.. Of course I was saddened by the loss...[/i]"[/quote] Saddened? Understatement of the century. I'd have been distraught.

Beat you to it

I haven't gigged with a 4-string for about 5 years now.

My Status S1 fiver cost me 400 quid on fleaBay, and is worth every single ha'penny. Bargain

Brad Paisley, 'Start A Band'. Yee-haw.

[quote name='woodster' post='783392' date='Mar 23 2010, 01:28 PM']I must admit, my reply after Taylor says "you wouldn't even carry your own bass" would've been..... "and your point is....?".[/quote] To which I, if I had been Taylor, would have replied: "You make me pay your f'ing tax and then you want [i]me[/i] to carry [i]your[/i] f'ing bass? You've gotta be joking". As indeed he did say.

It's on the way!

I agree with what's being said about the Barts. The Sei I had for a while was Barted, and they were pretty crap to be honest: like yours, the bass sounded wonderfully lively when played acoustically, and the piezo bridge sound suggested that the bass should have sounded stunning, but when the Barts were dialled in it just went [i]bleh[/i]. If I'd kept the Sei, the Barts would have quickly gone. So yes, I reckon it's yer pups. Might it be possible to test the theory out by temporarily fitting something else -- anything really, even if it doesn't fill the cavity properly -- and seeing what happens to the sound? If it changes dramatically, you'll know. Martin P's definitely the guy to go to.

I've still got this. C'mon, surely somebody must want a read. It's bloody funny and well worth the £0.00 it'll cost you!

It's [b]Camac[/b], apparently

[b]His adver[size=3]t is very hard[/size] [size=4]to read. I[/size][size=5] wish h[/size][size=6]e'd made th[/size][size=7]e text a bit bigger[/size].[/b]

Loads of stuff on random play. Currently playing Rascal Flatts' "Life Is A Highway".

Blimey. Seven posts into this thread and nobody has yet said "political correctness" or tried to blame it on Gordon Brown. This must be some sort of record.

The SM900 is a great amp, I had one and loved it, BUT it weighs over twice as much as your 400...

[quote name='spinynorman' post='741884' date='Feb 11 2010, 11:48 AM']There's a Youtube clip of a live version of Dylan's "It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry". There's a ton of high profile performers on stage, like Clapton, Tom Petty etc. About half way down the comments there's this: "Why do they let that idiot sing? There's ten people on the stage could sing it better than that." Next comment "That's Bob Dylan". "Oh sorry, didn't recognise him. I'm only 12." (actually he said, I'm only young.)[/quote] This is comedy gold. Love it.

[quote name='bartelby' post='772053' date='Mar 11 2010, 08:12 PM']One thing I'd learned early was never piss off the sound guy.[/quote] This is the Golden Truth.

Amy MacDonald, 'Mr Rock'n'Roll'

This is a big, bbbbig favourite of mine.

SD Curlee, blimey there's a name from the past alright. I remember trying one once, it had two P pups if I remember correctly and was Stanley-Clarke-Alembic in shape. Crap balance but sounded pretty brutal. EDIT: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._D._Curlee"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._D._Curlee[/url]