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[quote name='Beedster' post='16913' date='Jun 13 2007, 02:42 PM']Lightbulbs and Japanese bikes spring to mind [/quote] I've got a Japanese bike - is there something I should know? Should I be changing it every three months?

[quote name='99ster' post='16880' date='Jun 13 2007, 02:07 PM']Skunk stripe? Not a on a rosewood finger board Fender.[/quote] Yes on a [i]Mexican[/i] rosewood fingerboard Fender. I had one on a Mexican Jazz.

I use a 1ft patch cable to connect my Korg tuner to my rack mounted Ampeg head.

I think this is a Japanese 60s reissue. The tuners (especially the posts), bridge and the diagonal earthing strap from bridge to bridge pickup make me thing this.

[quote name='dlloyd' post='16616' date='Jun 13 2007, 12:14 AM']I didn't see the photo first time round... Yep, that looks like an after market decal that's been applied uncut. It should look something like this (as far as I'm aware)...[/quote] Yup, the logo on the first pic is not quite right. It's a sort of cross between a 1960 and a 1961 logo. The second pic looks like a [genuine] pre 66 logo, although those tuners ain't right as far as I'm aware.

[quote name='pete.young' post='16151' date='Jun 12 2007, 12:14 PM']According to the website it's on behalf of the liquidators acting for piedog.com , who went bottomsup.com a few months ago apparently.[/quote] Really? That's a shame. Hope people can get a bargain. Can you bid online by any chance?

Nope. Some have it on the neck plate. Some even have it stamped on the bridge. Even on the headstock it can be on the front or the back depending on year, factory etc. That logo is a copy I think or on a reissue.

Excellent stuff chaps - sounds like I made a good choice. I'll let you know how it goes.

I'm all in favour of this. The mods are trying stuff out and if nothing else it's making us think a little more carefully about what we write and how we write it. Seeing as we are a 'family' forum then I feel we should do our best to set a good example. There are young people on here, just as there were on BW.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='15680' date='Jun 11 2007, 04:05 PM']A common notion, but a flawed one. The single most limiting factor in volume achieved is the driver's displacement capability. The average 12 is displacement limited to about 50 watts in the low frequencies, anything more than that only leads to [horse and cart]ing out at the least, blown drivers at worst. If it's not loud enough there is no replacement for displacement.[/quote] I take your point entirely but I wasn't suggesting a single 12" cab, merely a single 4ohm cab. The number of speakers in the cabinet is up to Rumble.

It's probably come up before on some earlier incarnations of this forum but has anyone any experience of this German shop? I use Thomann quite a bit but I'm after a particular combo that no one in this country sells and neither do Thomann. The Music Store guys seem to be pretty efficient so far but I've yet to take delivery.... Steve

[quote name='NJW' post='15613' date='Jun 11 2007, 02:33 PM']The very important 'need' is that bassists who can't play bass very well need to be playing through a cab like an 8x10, because regardless of what they play it LOOKS impressive.[/quote] Is that why Nicky Wire plays with 4 8x10s laid sideways....?

Get a 4 ohm cab. Less to carry and you use the full power of your amp.

Accurancy doesn't mean squat if all the members in the band are using different tuners!

[quote name='NJW' post='15458' date='Jun 11 2007, 10:17 AM']In no way is the 8 (or 6) x 10 redundant. Oh no siree. There is a very real, and very important need for them in the world. Almost as important as Doctors, and Dentists.[/quote] Which is? The only time you see them nowadays is with touring bands who have roadies to do the work. As Warwickhunt says, most bassplayers who are responsible for carrying their own gear simply aren't interested. And I say that as someone who gigs regularly with an Ampeg 610HLF...

I had the washing machine. I reckon it was probably Ashdown's best cab. Quite tight for a 15" not too woolly, despite the absence of a horn.

Well, I shipped a bass to Greece and it cost me £40 including insurance. Should be similar to Sweden but I worked it out fairly easily fron the website.

Definitely looks like shill bidding. "Bidder 2" seems to be bidding against himself for no apparent reason.

You know, if you gave a bit more info about who your band is, when you are playing etc, those of us that are going could make a point of supporting you. Otherwise it's a bit pointless really!

[quote name='mildmanofrock' post='14500' date='Jun 9 2007, 07:12 AM']I'm stuck. Any advice? I'm close to chucking it away, complete with the levver. And de-tooning the bloody thing myself.[/quote] I struggled at first but I found the trick was to minimise the number of turns on the tuning peg. Too many turns mean it'll never de and re-tune properly.

We use two t-bars with four PAR56 on each plugged in to a foot controller. Works fine but won't win any award for light shows.

[quote]if your interested in having a custom guitar or bass made please contact me at ..........[/quote] Ooops, that's very Gerald Ratner...

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='14940' date='Jun 10 2007, 08:50 AM']I don't know if it applied to MIM Fenders but certainly the later model Squiers had plywood bodies. If you hold the bass body up to the light and look at the reflections off the painted surface in the waist chamfer, you will be able to see faint sets of alternating parallel indentations. Don't even waste your time refinishing that kind of body, get another from somewhere like Brandolini or off Ebay.[/quote] I would hope not for MIMs. I had an earlier Squier body (from Nash I think) that I stripped down and it was a lovely piece (well two well matched pieces) of wood underneath, that I oiled and waxed and it was lovely.

[quote name='Toasted' post='14989' date='Jun 10 2007, 11:22 AM']There's a headphone shootout in what hifi this month.[/quote] and the winner was....?