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Love that tag line at the top and yet not a hint of any AC/DC songs 😄 Whereas...

I'm very surprised there are no UK authorised service engineers, but am sure Andy @agedhorse will be along to help and advise 👍

Well, if a hitman is involved, they might as well do a buy one get one free deal.

Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello

Recently bought Fish first solo album Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors and State of Mind with John Giblin on bass might be a nice wee line to learn. Dave

Love your new toy @Burns-bass ! 😍

It’s a good question. I think original Warwick basses are a good investment. They’re wonderfully well made, sound amazing and are relatively cheap. Spectors, too fit into this. I think there’s a correction due in the vintage market for Fenders, but I’m probably going to be proved wrong.

In recent years the market has been very strange. Up and down like a yoyo. Then all of a sudden certain items, for no reason, have a massive boost in value. 70s p basses have doubled if not tripled, despite varying reviews on quality. SVTs seem to have come right down from what they were and won't shift. 810s can be had for £100, yet a 210 with the same speakers in go for more... Old cheapo 60s basses are doing OK. Japanese squiers are now selling for more than USA basses, and mex ones are absolutely pot luck and probably the same value as normal squiers. Trace elliot has had a recent resurgence. Yet Peavey hasn't. GK 400 and 800 sell for cheap when the come available despite being rare. Ashdown basses don't seem to sell at all, yet Harley benton are flying out. Out of nowhere Westone prices are sky high. Even hondo is now fairly expensive. Pedal wise..... Boss oc2s are £200+. Zoom multi pedals can be had for £40. Yet sans amps stay steady. So..... Time traveller hats on...... What's gonna be the next thing on the used market to boost in value for no reason....?

Does the collective wisdom have any suggestions or advice for a broken amp? Apparently Mesa won’t release schematics for these and there are no approved repairers in the UK at present. The head has been looked at by a former authorised repairer as once listed on the Mesa website. Broken treble and master volume controls have been diagnosed but spares unavailable to him. When it first happened, and prior to getting it looked at here, I contacted Mesa who were helpful up to a point but were effectively only offering a factory diagnosis and possible repair. Is this really my only option? Has anyone had similar and found an easier route to resolution? Cheers in advance.

You don't understand. This is all the hangover from Bidens policies. Obama and the Clinton's run the stock exchange and made it crash. That's how the Trump cult see it

Hey all, Just bought a pedal from Lorenzo, received promptly and works as it should, thank you. Peace.

.. just noticed a duplicate feedback thread for Lornezo, older one can be found here:

Looking for Clues - Robert Palmer

If You're Lookin' For A Way Out - Odyssey

The only logic I can find in the master plan is that Team Trump realise that being the worlds reserve currency has given the USA a massive economic advantage. The process of de-dollarisation has begun and whilst some way off will most likely happen. So if the USA can bully its way to advantageous trade deals and use the threat of military intervention to take the raw materials of Canada and Greenland and the strategic trade route of Panama then the US can in theory be a manufacturing superpower. Getting there however requires more than wishful thinking. It also requires the rest of the world to bow to American will and for the US public to tolerate significant economic turbulence. It also means abandoning long term allies and trusting historical enemies to sit by and let it happen. I think that Team Trump is grossly underestimating the combined economic and military might of the BRICS and the very real threat posed by China, Iran, North Korea and Russia in particular. Personally I think they are in the process of making a massive economic and geopolitical mistake and have sacked and sidelined a lot of the people that really understand the consequences of their gamble.

Does the US public know or even care? The mainstream media aren't reporting most of this deranged nonsense, through fear of losing their broadcasting licences, and it won't be long until Trump has the rest of the media, the ones who are continuing to report the facts in a truthful way, with meaningful analysis, in his sights. I'm surprised he's take this long to shutdown the voices of dissent.

Hi hive, Would you recommend a luthier / builder around West London or generally west and northwest of London surroundings? I went through the list but not sure who is still active and who’s got a good reputation? Work I need done is more on the building side - I have a body that needs a light neck socket widening, also filing down and glueing a nice top on, then lacquering. Thanks in advance!

This is Ron Carter's bass part for the tune 'Sister Cheryl' from the first Wynton Marsalis album (1982). I was never able to get the details on this due to the mix and RC's slides and slurs getting lost in the mix. The Moises software allowed me to bring the bass up in the mix so I could find those details. Two things came out of my doing this transcription. The realisation that RC was born on the same date as my father (4th May) and the fact that they are both, therefore, Jedis. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/sister-cheryl-wynton-marsalis/

Oh bollocks - just finally managed to watch the Tony Franklin video above, which took me down the rabbit hole of "Equal Temperament" tuning systems vs "Just Intonation"! I think the best explanation is from Jacob Collier, which is a perfect vindication for playing fretless and ignoring the tuner (which in Jacob language: "inspires more endorphins in the body"!):

Whatever you think of Biden, or his 4 years, he was, by any measure, a success. It's only taken Trump 50 days to destroy everything and the smoking wreckage that is the Government will only get worse over time. Right now is as good as it's going to get.