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Just scored this on evilbay, looks like it's almost new out of a very well preserved box and sounds fantastic too! [attachment=97605:Pearl OC-07.JPG]

Have you taken the golf clubs out?

I let my bass acclimatise before a gig/practice. Don't know if it makes a difference but it just seems right. General rule in the band is "touch my bass and die", simple to understand, no confusion, measurable outcome

I'm taking two basses to the studio next week.

I think we need a government funded research programme to look into this at length. The Maldives would make an ideal location due to the great diving locations. I'd be happy to contribute personally (on the diving obviously as I know s@d all about making guitars ) [quote name='LawrenceH' timestamp='1326287568' post='1494911'] Also physics would be wrong and we'd have a form of perpetual motion machine based on plucking a string. Which would be nice. [/quote] ...assuming friction had been banned

I've not read all 26 pages of the thread, but would like to say that I received a copy of Live at the Pawnshop for Christmas. Apparently it's one of the seminal Jazz recordings and it's certainly a great listen. I'd recommend it for people with an unscratched Jazz-related itch.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1326284760' post='1494867'] In electrics, it's really only for looks and stability. [/quote] I think that's about right. In terms of physics, an electric bass uses the generator effect by moving a conductor (the string) in a magnetic field (the pickup) to generate an electric current. It is possibly the case that the bridge and the fret are not "fixed points" so to speak and that vibrations in the wood will cause tiny variations in their relative position. These variations may manifest themselves as small tonal differences that could be attributed to the construction of the bass. IMHO obviously

Rats, another poor choice by yours truly

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1326111706' post='1492343'] Burn him, for he is a witch! [/quote] I'm also cruel to animals, but only when strictly necessary.

I'm sure I remember a review in BGM not too long ago, but I can't recollect the conclusions.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1326107663' post='1492271'] I ordered my tickets ages ago & still haven't received them. Starting to get a bit concerned as it was from a ticket agency I've never used (or even heard of) before. [/quote] When I say "got my tickets" what I really meant was ordered and paid for my tickets! The gig is in Blackburn on 20 April so not concerned yet....

Me too. I acquired a very cheap Yamaha RBX 270 F/L from evilbay to see if I could get on with it, loved it, upgraded chunks of it and now it features regularly! It is lined though, which I believe is frowned upon in these parts.

On a related note Ian Anderson is touring the full TAAB show this year. I have my tickets!

I have just sold my two Ashdown cabs a 210T and a 115 for a BF Compact (Midget on its way to make up the rig) which I ran/run with a GK MB500 amp. The Compact on its own is awesome and will be absolutely fine for pubs/clubs etc. maybe even a Midget on its own. My whole rig (amp and 2 cabs) will then weigh just 23kgs.

The bridge on my MIM P is a standard Fender BBOT. My main issue is that on occasion if I'm digging in a bit it does feel like the string occasionally moves slightly which is a bit disconcerting. IMHO it's an area that Fender took too long to address when they are selling basses for serious money with a faily ropey bit of hardware. As it's a 10 year old Mexican bass I don't feel that it will devalue the instrument in any way so I'm considering a change. As has been pointed out above the Gotoh is $40 and the Bad Ass is $90 so I was wondering whether there was a strong preferance amongst you more experienced players and whether the Bad Ass is more than twice as good as the Gotoh.

What do we think people? Change it or leave it?

For the core strengthening exercises work well e.g. "The Plank" and its friends...

Given that a £20k+ violin such as those in the test will take up to 1 year to make there is considerably more scope for variation in the manufacturing process comapred to even the luthier made basses.

Not Oblivious to Pedantry then?

If you've not done so already Vintage Trouble are very much worth the effort - Soul/R&B (that's proper R&B not Rhianna/Beyonce R&.

What's an OP btw, is it Original Post(er) or something more exciting and interesting?

Is there anybody within approx 1 hour of Chorley (Lancs) who is in possession of a Midget or a Midget T and could tollerate me trying it out with my BF Compact please? I've a second Compact on order with Alex, but I'm still curious about the M/C rig as opposed to the C/C option I'm heading towards. Cheers...

I've had good experiences in music shops in Bolton, and know most of the team in the one on Chorley Old Road well (HW I think it's called). Also at Booths for that matter. Never tried to buy flats though, and from the retailer point of view I wonder how much stock they would have to carry to keep say 80% of visitors happy?

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1325030302' post='1479362'] Further pedant alert: I assume you mean [b]dyslexia[/b]? As to the question, well I didn't vote because I didn't find an option that said 'None - I don't like Precision basses'. Which, for me at least, makes any question that might be there irrelevant. Tips to the OP (in case it isn't already blindingly obvious): 1. Even if it seems too obvious to say it, ask the question anyway. The purpose of a poll is to get an answer to a question. 2. If you can, try to include a 'get out' or 'spoiler' option for the small number of poor benighted suckers who don't adhere to your world view of (in this case) the bass guitar. [/Pedantry] [/quote] In answer to the above, however you spell it dyslexia is not much fun ...and typing/reading posts is difficult at times. Ref. 1. The Poll is called P Bass Survey (if you don't have a P bass and/or don't like them it's not compulsory to partake) and the first question is how old - not too tricky; the second rounds or flats, again probably reasonably easy to get to grips with Ref. 2. I don't have a world view of basses. 25% of my instruments are Ps. It was intended as a bit of fun at Christmas. Sorry to disappoint.

Sorry can't help the dislexia... What I was trying to ascertain is that for those owners of a Precision Bass(es), how old is it/are they and what is it/are they strung with. Don't see why you can't include a Chistmas list item that Santa cruelly overlooked if you want?