Conan

That's beautiful! Very tasteful.

[quote name='silddx' post='1276521' date='Jun 20 2011, 11:22 PM']OK interesting, I think you're being way too paranoid [/quote] Or have just been very unlucky in the past! [quote name='wateroftyne' post='1276526' date='Jun 20 2011, 11:31 PM']Variety is the spice of life... Best to be prepared, though.[/quote] Very sensible. Works for me! [quote name='peteb' post='1276555' date='Jun 21 2011, 12:15 AM']I think that I must move in completely different musical circles to some people here![/quote] Me too! But that is the great thing about this site. You get the full range from teenagers just buying their first bass to gnarly seasoned old pros and everything in between! That said, I guess that the majority (silent or otherwise) are the weekend warriors who play small to medium sized pub gigs for their bread and butter, with the odd hotel, function or wedding thrown in. YMMV, IME, IMO, etc.

[quote name='lobematt' post='1276010' date='Jun 20 2011, 04:09 PM']I think if your gonna put a lot of money into a bass the least the builder can do is reply to your emails![/quote] Wouldn't you rather he was in the workshop working on your guitar than typing away on a computer keyboard?

[quote name='silddx' post='1275614' date='Jun 20 2011, 10:18 AM']Can't really see the point of bass amps and cabs,[/quote] They make your bass sound louder.

Rehearsals? And of course those of us who play using just backline and rarely if ever DI into the PA... Horses for courses!

I believe I've made this point before...

Bought Joe's Squier Telecaster yesterday evening. Item exactly as described and he even threw in a gig bag! Nice chap and highly recommended. Would have been nice to have time for a longer chat!

[quote name='chris_b' post='1269703' date='Jun 15 2011, 09:46 AM']I always thought that if someone was stupid enough to run off with a 90lb cab they were welcome to it![/quote] That's my view too! If anyone can carry a bulky cab and still run faster than me - I'm not going to challenge them!

How 'bout this one? [url="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Tyne_Bridge_-_Newcastle_Upon_Tyne_-_England_-_2004-08-14.jpg/300px-Tyne_Bridge_-_Newcastle_Upon_Tyne_-_England_-_2004-08-14.jpg"]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm..._2004-08-14.jpg[/url]

A nice clip of a fretless MC924DS played by Tim Landers... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdh6wF-w3UA&NR=1"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdh6wF-w3UA&NR=1[/url]

[quote name='silddx' post='1271105' date='Jun 16 2011, 10:08 AM']To knock a nail into a piece of wood, I would choose a hammer, but if I chose a piece of parmiggiano...[/quote] Well that would just be stupid wouldn't it? Pecorino Romano is your man for nail-insertion related handiwork. Everybody knows that.

I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Tina Weymouth.... but that's another story.

[quote name='deepbass5' post='1269358' date='Jun 14 2011, 10:30 PM']He probably knows if he puts them on, on the last day they won't be able to resist staying behind to pick up the rubbish. [/quote] Brilliant!!

[quote name='mart' post='1269623' date='Jun 15 2011, 08:11 AM']the hall would still have been full of the racket of a thousand slappers.[/quote] You've been to the Bigg Market on a friday evening?

[quote name='Rich' post='1269618' date='Jun 15 2011, 08:07 AM']Faster yes, but [i]better[/i]? Err, no.[/quote] Somehow I don't think it was he himself who referred to him as the "best bassist in the world". Whatever that means.

Not sure what all the fuss is about. He's only doing what everybody was trying to do back in the mid to late eighties - bassist as typist. OK, he's twenty five years out of date but that's no reason to crucify the guy. In this youtube generation we must be careful not to judge and condemn on the strength of a few out-of-context video clips. Those guys on here who have met him say that he's a nice guy but with a bit of a volume issue. Maybe he's slightly deaf or is unable to hear certain frequencies? Move on I say. There are people far more deserving of a kicking than Mr Clusterf***.

[quote name='dood' post='1268293' date='Jun 14 2011, 10:05 AM']Captain Sensible once described me as 'flamboyant'![/quote] Captain Flamboyant once described me as "sensible"!

Are these basses still available? Just looked on the SR site and there is no mention of them anywhere!

Sue Ryder?