Yamaha's are a great value. They aren't very expensive (some are), but they are very reliable.

"and stumbeled(spelling?)"

Close. It's stumbled.

"I kinda like it and it's something I might actually afford"
"Do you know a better bass in it's price range"

The first usage is correct: "It's" (with the apostrophe) indicates a contraction for "it is". So it's correct to say "it is something I might actually afford." It's incorrect to say "a better bass in it is price range."

When in doubt, expand it out.

By the way, the BB-614 looks very nice in this picture, but I've never seen one in person.

That looks nice. I would put a new bridge on it though. It looks kinda skimpy. A nice Badass II would be sweet.

The bridge does look a little skimpy doesn't it. Mind you if it's quality forged steel rather than die cast it might be stronger than it looks.

Do you think they could've put a larger picture up? hahahaha

I would like to know why you find it necessary to correct a members spelling mistake`s all the time.

Is it because you think yourself more educated than the rest of us ABer`s or are you just being a smart-ass.

Either way this kind of thing is frowned upon here and IMO won`t make you a lot of friends.

Vern.

Vern,

I think you're taking this wrong. I personally like to know when I'm making mistakes, because that's how I improve. Think of language as being like playing bass - it can be done well, and it can be done better if mistakes are recognized and practice is properly focused.

However, I'll take your word for it that learning from your mistakes is frowned on around here and I won't notice them anymore. But I still appreciate all the help I've been given here correcting my own errors.

Hey Flint, tell us more about yourself. You haven't updated your home page. I for one am really keen to find out what makes you tick.

Hope no typo's here. LOL. Mind you is "typo" a typo?

I put some stuff into the homepage. Don't have a current picture, but we all know what wrinkles and gray hair look like, right?

Here's a recent picture of me after a hard day at the office! LOL

Yep! That's you!

Bo

That`s fine Flint,but what we must realise is that a lot of our members and friends here are not as literate in English as they would like to be and could take offence very easily,which is of course is not what we are want on our great and friendly site.
Of course there will be differences now and then,and I am as guilty as anyone of `flying off the handle` now and then,for which I always feel foolish about afterwards,regret and apologise.
So I guess the word is `understanding` of other peoples failures (especially mine).

btw: I apologise for implying that you were a `smart-ass`.

Vern

ps: Feel free to correct any mistakes that you can find in the above message.

Ordinarily, I would point out the misspellings of "apologise" (should be apologize) "realise" (should be realize), and "offence" (should be offense), but then I noticed that you are from the UK and don't know any better. In that case, I regard these errors the same way as I see errors by women drivers: they're doing the best they can, and all one can hope to expect.

LOL!!!!!!! That one got me rolling!!!

Bo

Flint,

it's simple. In England they speak and spell English with "ise" not "ize," - it's the American spelling which is a bastardisation of English.

People who spell gynaecologist with a different prefix [Gyna or gyno for example,] do not recognise the fact that it is a Greek prefix that has become part of the English language.

It is the American spelling and spell-checkers that are an American version of English. Pity they can't stop buggering up ours and invent their own.

I too think that your post was a little presumptious and rude.

dags

Eh, don't sweat these two clowns, Flint. Vern is old and crusty and Julian is his "old and crusty" sidekick in training. LOL!!

Vern, Julian, you KNOW I'm joking with you both...

Bo

Hahaha,of course I know Bo, and I also knew that if I tried hard enough I could wind someone up.

Hehehehee

Bo, I object most strongly to your post. I have nothing to do with Vern, have never spoken with him and have certainly never met him. In fact, who is this Vern you're refering to?

BTW you can't call us "Old" and crusty any more, we have Age Discrimination Laws in the UK now. It'll have to be something like....Neither old or young and Crusty.

My lawyers have been instructed. LOL!!!!!

thats good news Julian. I'm English, does that make me young again?

dags

I'm sorry Dags but no, I can't refer to you as old or young I'm afraid.

We'll have to call you....uhm.....experienced (but obviously not in the age sense). I think!

In accordance with international laws regarding aging, Dags, you fall into your own category.

Since you are English, but an Aussie citizen, you cannot be considered "old and crusty", but "old and dusty" due to the vastly different climate of Australia. Please refer to my disclaimer below...

Disclaimer: I really don't know anything about Aussie weather. I just know that when it rains in the souther hemisphere, it falls "up" rather than down.

HA!

Bo

And they (The Aussies) can`t play cricket either.

**snicker**

Vern ;-)

I couldn't agree with you more Vern. Last weeks effort was just a slight loss to the Aussies so that the Colonials wouldn't feel too humiliated when they get pounded in the Ashes again soon.

Up the Poms every time.

dags

I too would distance myself from that scoundrel. You are a wise man...

Besides, I've heard reports that our beloved Vern smells of damp moss and mothballs...a common problem with relics.

LOL!!

Bo

ROFLMBO !!

Hmmm, I wonder why I like you so much Bo,can`t figure that one out at all !!!!!



Hahahaha!!

Vern.

You know it's all love, my friend! Hahahaha!

Besides, old is a state of mind and you and Dags are definitely not there yet. You can't be, you hang out with idiots like me! LOL!

Bo

Vern is "members" spelt right our should it be member's or members'

Damn tricky things those apostrophes, perhaps Flint could help out. Flint?

Julian,

Yes, I need to get to that home page one of these days. But I can answer questions about apostrophes. They can be tricky in certain cases, but aren't that hard in general.

They're used for two different things, and that's what causes confusion. They indicate possession, and they indicate contraction (two words stuck together with letters omitted). The first sentence in this paragraph uses two contractions: they're and that's (short for "they are" and "that is").

In possessives, apostrophes fall either before the final s character if the owner is singular, or after the s if the owner is plural. For example, if I have one brother, then I'd write of my brother's house. If I have two brothers who both have houses, I'd write of my brothers' houses.

The word "it's" is especially tricky, because here the apostrophe becomes ambiguous: 'it' can be the owner (for example, to say "minding its own business), and it can be part of a contraction. So this becomes an exception - the apostrophe indicating possession is omitted.

Now, at the serious risk of permanently alienating Vern, consider his sentence: "I would like to know why you find it necessary to correct a members spelling mistake`s all the time." This sentence makes TWO apostrophe errors. He omits the apostrophe from "member's", and he adds one on the simple plural "mistakes". Simple plurals never take apostrophes. (And note Vern spoke about a member in the singular, not all members in the plural. He could have also written about "correcting our members' spelling mistakes" in reference to all members, in which case the apostrophe moves).

Just to beat this dead horse into the ground (I trust you understand that I'm not being entirely serious about this, though what I'm saying is accurate), I've noticed that some people insert an apostrophe before the final s character of nearly ANY word ending in s. I presume they do this for prophylactic reasons - they are guaranteed to get it right some of the time!

Anyway, I'm not trying to pretend I'm smarter than anyone else. When it comes to bass, I'm well aware that I'm a lot dumber.

(as a footnote, "typo" isn't considered a typo; it has through sheer usage become a "real" word and is no longer regarded as an abbreviation.)

Well "googled" Flint or did you really think of that yourself. I suspect not or perhaps you really are brighter than the rest of us.

Perhaps you ought to remember that this is a bass forum not an English Language forum and that some of us mere mortals here don't have enough time or inclination to worry about the odd typo here and there.

Trying to be a smart arse, especially with some of our members whose first language is not English, doesn't make you look very clever at all.

You mentioned that you like to be put right when you make mistakes, well here you go - Stop being a t--- and get on with the bass talk, you seem to know what you're talking about so why don't you just stick to that.

I am really keen to hear more about you, please do your homepage, I'm sure it'll be well written and really interesting.

Thanks

OK, that's fine with me. I certainly intended nobody any insult. Writing is something I've long done for a living, so it probably seems a lot more important to me than it really is.

Fair do's Flint, in this day and age it is good that some people care about the English Language and how it is written and,IMO more importantly, spoken. You just won't see too much importance put on it here.

I for one, tend to post reactively and therefore the expression "less haste, more speed" rings true.

Anyway let's get back to what's important here learning more about bass and having a laugh with cyper pals.

JF

I`ll second that with no hard feelings.

Vern.

Dunno mate,depends which `member` your talking about,if you get my drift !! LMAO

OK, I get the drift.

I find it interesting that you jumped on Flint's case when the original post clearly had a (spelling?). Flint responded, and you got way too bothered from it. The language you speak is important, and this site being a forum for bass discussions is no excuse to throw grammar out the window.

p.s. teaching should NEVER be frowned upon, unless you enjoy being ignorant.

Jay read the response again, the spelling issue was answered, which was then followed by a lengthy explanation of the use of an apostrophe, not sure that was requested. This wasn't the first case of Flint doing this either.

So where this forum is concerned I'll remain ignorant thank you

First Julian writes:

"Damn tricky things those apostrophes, perhaps Flint could help out. Flint?"

THEN, Julian writes:

"followed by a lengthy explanation of the use of an apostrophe, not sure that was requested."

Gee, sure looked like a request. Should I have ignored it?

Hey, I understand some people don't like having errors corrected unless they ask for corrections. I agree not to do that anymore.

Hey Flint, I was refering to the posting at the top of the thread, mine was being said tongue in cheek.

Anyway peace and let's move on!!!

:-)