Just to throw my hat in the ring..... I've been getting the error messages up and lot's of timing out. AB has always been slow in the years I've been popping in and out, however it has been exceptional of late!

won't keep me away though! lol

I recently responded to a post and explained that the site is SLOW for everyone. Not making a connection to that post here, but....
Since then I have to open the forums in a new window. Clicking on "Fretbuzz" does absolutely nothing unless I right click and select the "Open in New Window" option. Even then when I select that (or anything else) it can literally take 2-4 minutes (timed it a couple of times!) before anything pops or opens up, if at all. I enjoy the site, There are a handfull of folks that frequent the site and that I enjoy their posts, but this is REALLY becoming an unusable site.

Where are all of you going if not here?
Jim

Everyone seem to hang out at facebook.

Dave

That's a shame. Unless you put a gun to my head I'm not going to browse facebook, far less join it.

Well. I spoke with Jim last night and he said one
of the servers had died.

Then he said Chris Chris had just made a couple of
adjustments, apparently traffic from the search
engine spiders was slowing things down. Hopefully
it will be faster now, let Jim know if it wasn't.

It worked lickety split his time.

Mo

It seems a bit faster for me! Woohoo!

Much faster here too. Hopefully that'll get some of the regulars back again. For example, I haven't seen B# on here for a while.

They're all over on FB and yes I am just as weary
os FB too. However to get in touch with everyone,
I have to use FB.

I've made a post there to tell everyone it's
working better.

I much prefer here - apart from 'the look' of AB,
I find it's the best forum structure in terms of
answering exactly the person you want you
directly. No other forum structure is as good as
this IMO. I can put up with the 'no edit
capability' features.

Mo

I've made a post there to tell everyone it's working better.

Good idea Mo. I don't want to see AB disappear.

I find it's the best forum structure in terms of answering exactly the person you want you
directly. No other forum structure is as good as this IMO.

I couldn't agree more. Between notification of replies and the indented threads it's the perfect structure for conversation.

Yep it's like lightning now! MUCH BETTER!!!

Dave

Yep much faster. And it has been 24 hrs so maybe this fix will last.

It's gotten to be a necessary evil if you have a band. So many of my friends are over there too. Bands contact me there. Few people even email me anymore they just send me a message on facebook. I can't really be myself there though. With all the women there it's just a matter of time until I p--- one off or they misunderstand what I'm saying. Had that happen today. It's OK for them to man bash but start telling the truth about women and it gets their vagina all in a wrinkle! That's probably the biggest thing that anoys me about facebook. I better stop because I'm on the brink of a rant.

Dave

HAHHAHA...Magaro with a rant ?!?
No friggin way
Almost choked on my gum with the "vagina all in a wrinkle" comment....still chuckling over that one
...and yep,I think whatever Mo did ,did the trick....AB fast as greased,old timey lightning...justr like the ole dayz
:P
Peace Ed

Well, seems I unwrikled it so all is well until next time ; )

Yeah man AB is really moving along now! It is like the good old days except for all the members who jumped ship of course.

Dave

Server troubs definitely did that,I'm guessing
One can only try to "log on" so many times before moving on
Dinosaurs like me just don't know any better Dave
;)

hehehehe! I'm right there with ya!

: )

Dave

Hahahha....I was gonna include you right in on the "dinosaur" quote...but figured you might take offence and ...well...y'know....lay some Eyetalian smackdown on me
:D

LMAO! Worrie about offending me?!?! Why would you start now?!....hehehehe!

Brian and I were playing redneck again:






We put an engine in my Ranger. It all went pretty well. Now I have to put a tranny in my other truck. This is the kind of thing "dinosaurs" do.

: )

Dave

LMAO.....
Trying to get a tranny in your truck is bad news
They gotz a dink Dude
Hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha

Hahahhahahahahahahhaa....still LOL at that one
:P

I've missed AB
:)
Peace Ed

Good to see you posting Ed. I think AB was close to terminal for a while there.

Yeah...definitely
I was popping in and out and,like everyone,was finding things really REALLY slooooow
I never gave up on AB....been here too damn long
:P
Nice to hear from you too Paul
Peace Ed

LMAO! Got a feeling getting one of those kind of trannies in my truck would be a little easier than the kind of tranny I have to put in. I should have known with the likes of you I should have spelled out "transmission".

: )

Dave

Hehehehhehe......still funny
:P

Ahhhhh....cool
...and many a Heineken were slain in this endeavour I'm assuming ???
Peace Ed

We downed a few for sure! But, we weren't killing ourselves to get it done. Probably did it over a two week period. First time I ever put an engine in. I'll never take another vehicle to a mechanic to do it again. I didn't think it was all that bad. I wouldn't have wanted to be rushed and do it in a couple of days. But, doing it little by little made it a lot easier to take.

Dave

I've been helper monkey a couple of times...never really cared for it
If I would have,I'd of taken mechanics and stayed my a-- off the water
:P

Not my favorite thing for sure. But, I just hate paying someone to do something that I can do. I have the tools and the shop to do it so mide as well just do it and save the cash.

Dave

Dave,

You know how sometimes, without a reference, your
mind can't make sense of what you are seeing for a
second or two?

When I first saw your pic I thought it was some
weird steampunk/sci-fi set, or something, with the
bell housing as, well, like a recharging helmet
for cyborgs...

It was only after a couple of seconds that I
realized I was looking at an engine compartment,
sans engine, and that the helmet WAS in fact a
bell housing. :)

Kelly

ROFLMAO! Well... you were close. We were replacing the Warp drive in the U.S.S. Ranger.

: )

Dave

Hey Dave, when u say jump ship......where are they headed?. I have no interest in going anywhere, and im not creating a Facebook. Just curious.

robo :)

Mostly over to facebook. Roger Gumbs started an "activebass.com" group over there. I see a lot of members posting over there who haven't been posting here.

Dave

I don't know how to say this without giving the
impression of arrogance or snobbery, but I'm going
to anyway....

I can't understand why there are a few people who
are quick to diss AB when it's having problems,
vote with their feet and moan their butts off
about AB being screwed publicly on FB and the
likes, so on and so forth YET they don't do the
obvious, logical grown-up thing and just simply
email Jim Burger themselves.

He's such an approachable guy, and there's no need
to be abusive or pushy with him - he immediately
talks with Chris and they try and solve the
problems.

At least you Dave bring up the alert that
something's wrong, ask if anyone else is having
problems etc and that way we can get onto it. You
don't vote with your feet and it's obvious you
want to see it put right rather than say "stuff
it, this free site doesn't behave like I want -
I'm gone!"

It would be really good if other people got to
know Jim and contacted him when they saw a
problem. That way he'd get the impression that
I'm not the only one here who cares to talk to
them.

It also makes it awkward for me at present because
it seems the only thing I have to say when the
subject of AB comes up with Jim is in the way of a
complaint about speed/problems etc. I sort of get
the impression that if I didn't contact him, the
whole thing would die - it shouldn't be that way.

I certainly appreciate your approach Dave and so
too do I appreciate the others who have posted
here recently and just aren't 'fair weather
sailors'

I have continually posted here since I found the site WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY back in 2010 or something like that yayyyyyyyyy. I have the online patience of Jobe, so even though I may b---- a little about the speed, it very rarely keeps me from posting. I love this place and the people that hang out here.

Boy do I need a date lol

Any plans to start another bass soon?

I sure do. Got me a bandsaw and upgraded my router and router table to a 3 hp monster. I will post pics soon woohooooooooooooooo

Straight talk I love it!

For me I always have such a crappy computer that Im never sure if it is the site or my computer, hence the post. I didnt see anyone else complaining about it so I thought maybe it was just my computer.

Im guilty of relying on you to contact Jim. Heres why: I know that you have met him and talk to him. So, if you contact him he is going to know that there is a legitimate problem as you know the site well and how it is supposed to function. But, I can contact him in the future no big deal. But, Im still going to always have to post and question if others are having a problem because again Im never sure with this abacas of a computer I have.

I guess Im probably going to be an AB lifer. I have always liked the way the site was setup. I have made many friends here. All sites are going to have problems from time to time. But, they do seem to get them fixed reasonably quick when they know there is a problem.

Dave

Now thats a good read Mo!

robo :)

Thanks for the answers bro. I certainly have no facebook interests, I like living life under the radar if you know what I mean.

robo :)

I know exactly what you mean. It just doesn't seem to work out that way for me.

Dave

LMAO, Amen!

robo :)