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Absolute zero rules OK. Bass is just above that. Think "triple point" cool perhaps.

If it wasn't, what would? And how much would it??

What's the balance like on these Rick copies? Are they neck heavy with such a lightweight wood body (especially the basswood ones)?

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1164467' date='Mar 16 2011, 02:52 PM']I can almost guarantee that this thread will also now descend into another place to argue over this subject [/quote] Now there's a self-fulfilling prophesy if ever there was one!!

I'm not sure I understand why this subject engenders such strong feelings. It's not as though there needs to be a "do you hate fretless/fingerstyle/pick playing/distortion/five string basses...?" poll is there? I like it in general terms, but there are times when it is inappropriate. Like any style, if it's done badly it's horrible. I do it now and then, but I don't see why I should feel embarrassed about it?

Get an LH500/1000 while you are waiting!

Is it the same cab as this one? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127267"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127267[/url]

[quote name='obbm' post='1162220' date='Mar 14 2011, 07:40 PM']One man's musical desert is another's musical dessert. [/quote] Brilliant!!! Mind if I use that in my sig?

[quote name='Doddy' post='1162116' date='Mar 14 2011, 06:21 PM']It only gets lost in the mix if it's EQ'd badly,and it's popularity suggests that lots of people do like listening to it-just not particularly the 'fast chops for no reason' stuff,but even that has it's place.[/quote] Exactly. Despite saying earlier that I like slap - I bloody hate what that Tourette's guy was doing. Impressive for about 20 seconds maybe, and then you realise that he is simply pouting and preening like peacock on steroids... Compare that with some of the beautiful, lyrical slapped basslines from the "musical desert" of the 1980s (yes, I was there too!) by the likes of Abe Laboriel, Marcus Miller, Freddie Washington, Byron Miller, etc - and it's like saying that Jaco and John Deacon are the same because they both play with their fingers!! Wake up and smell the coffee guys. This is not about playing style, this is about some people being attention-seeking turds and others feeling the groove. And, of course, everything in between!

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1161099' date='Mar 13 2011, 09:46 PM']When I test drive a new car I put the wipers on fast, headlights main beam, stereo on max volume, 7500 rpm and dump the clutch. It's the only way to get a feel for what it can do.[/quote] Brilliant! Don't forget the foglights though!!

[quote name='Johnston' post='1161534' date='Mar 14 2011, 11:06 AM']I think this narrows down the right Vs wrong [/quote] I love slap, and I think this guy is awesome... but after about 90 seconds I was wishing he would play some fingerstyle or use a pick! That's the whole point of slap to me - It's great for an effect or to simply give a different style or sound. But used all the time it becomes very wearing and fatiguing on the ears. Well, mine anyway!

[quote name='RhysP' post='1159867' date='Mar 12 2011, 09:16 PM']Remember: "Slap don't kill people - people kill people with slap". [/quote] Fixed.

Mt Status is my pride and joy. When I bought it, it was horrendously expensive. It is beautiful to look at and lovely to play. Fortunately, it is also pretty bullet-proof! It has been well gigged, dropped a couple of times, bashed into mike stands and cymbals, sweated on, doused in beer (whenever my mouth can't catch it first!) and many other abuses. I am happy for young players to use it - because I remember what I would have felt like as a 16 year old if i could have played on something like that. Karma and all that. It's a tool, but a tool that I love and feel as though it is part of me. Like a carpenter with his favourite hammer maybe?

Slap can be all things to all people. I know this to be a fact, because I agree with myself on this point. Horses for courses, etc. Done with taste and tact it can be beautiful. I stopped going to music (and especially bass) shows many years ago for this very reason. The last one was back in 1987, and the Goodfellow stand sounded like a typing pool. I quote: "Yuckity-yuckity-twat-yuckity-yuckity-twat-yuckity-yuckity-juckity-juckity-yuckity-yuckity-twat-twat-twat". Bastards.

[quote name='JTUK' post='1156112' date='Mar 10 2011, 12:39 AM']So yes..a 500watt amp..which is often the norm in nominal power ratings, and a cab that can take 600watts should suit you fine. Nobody has to use all that power but it is good to have it all in hand, IMO.[/quote] Like this one? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125690"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125690[/url]

It would need to be a real moment of madness for me to consider selling or trading my Status series II. I have actually thought about it a couple of times, but then I wake up and remember that it is not only the best bass I have ever played (for me), but that I have 25 years of history with it. It was my first serious buy when I had my first proper job and I just can't imagine no longer owning it! Until, maybe, a Warwick Thumb 5 with a thru neck comes along.... Eek!

This. Sadly, it sold before I had the chance to persuade Mrs C what a great investment it might turn out to be... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121791&hl=1966"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121791&hl=1966[/url]