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Fortunate Sons this evening. More of a try out the latest iteration of the pa than owt else tonight. An hour of set up. Fancy new speaker stans with handles to raise them up after you put them on the poles! Focused on our second set. Had a few fumbles and a complete brain fart on I'm a man... what could be simpler?

Had no idea there was such a demand for resonators from Yorkshire!! Well worth it, and there's loads of walks in the vicinity if you're not feeling ambitious enough to tackle one of the three peaks.

I have had this issue on various screws on basses & guitars. To fix, I remove the screw and smooth over the rough bit very gently with a diamond file. Then I go over it with micromesh pads and they're good as new. Even on neckplate screws I can't tell which ones have been smoothed off and which haven't. edit — just noticed that this is a thread from 2018! Oh well.

Say you'll pay once you've seen a photo of the bass with today's newspaper.

Tell him you're happy to pay once you have checked the bass over and wait for it to go through before taking it.

Slightly related but a little too late for this case... i insure my valuable packages through Secursus. £10 per £1000 value roughly, and i've had them pay out before for a damaged speaker. Cheaper and more dependable than the broker/courier scammy insurance with a ton of clauses. Worth a look for sure!

that was a wierd 30 min on google... I have an acoustic 6 string that was made by a Yorkshire luthier who then made resonators.... no google search joy but gemini tracked him down, different guy Steve Evans later Beltona resonators.... anyway I have put the date in the diary and will confer with the other half... tbh last time I came it was sunny and I thought it would be fun to walk up the hill behind the hall too!

Latest update on my 2 Jaydees (GA24 & S3 with saturn inlays): After maybe 5 years they are now being built! I am travelling down to Jaydee HQ soon as I want the neck profiles the same as my current S3. So that's really great news, I think I heard from Mike Brooksy also that they are working on clearing that backlog for the next year or 2...

I used my Plunge Audio Dynamics for the first time yesterday.... A bit of background: I use my existing IEMs occasionally, mainly under protest. They're KZ ZS10s, but they always sound brittle, fizzy and uninspiring to me, so I stick with my ACS attenuators and a monitor whenever I can. That setup is a bit of a clart on for the band and our engineer, so I promised myself I’d finally make the leap. I did some research (not easy, given the sheer volume of ChiFi IEMs out there muddying the waters) and also looked at more expensive options like ACS. In the end, I landed on the Plunge Dynamics. Handmade in Canada, they’re not custom moulds, but they still offer 15dB of attenuation. There’s also a pricier, non-ported stage version that provides even more isolation, but they Dynamics seemed to suit my needs. They're a single dynamic driver rather than a complex array of dynamics and armatures like most IEMS. I was hoping that would translate into a warmer, more natural sound, and I was right... they’re a genuine revelation. As soon as I put them in, I could tell they're night-and-day compared to the KZs. They're so immersive, with a real sense of air and warmth, without feeling isolated. The bass is round and dynamic. I went through soundcheck and the gig without giving them a second thought. They’re beautifully made and packaged, with high-quality accessories, and they arrived from Canada in just a few days. If you’re in the market for new IEMs, they’re definitely worth a look...

It was sent through interparcel, who sell their own insurance rather than rely on the couriers, or at least used to. You'd have to pay for it of course, but can't imagine any shop would send anything uninsured, surely?

Hi guys, Just recorded a video in 4k so you can really see the detail of the body with the glassy finish... yep still in good condition after all these years!

That sucks, sorry to hear that. I don’t think Parcelforce offer any enhanced compensation for musical instruments unfortunately, despite taking the money for it.

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Diamonds on the soles of her shoes - Paul Simon

Today at the Mens Shed workshop I had time to cut the BassChat 1x8 driver aperture and all went well, I'm hoping to be able to get it to a testable state Wednesday. I have one question regarding the cabinet design that I'm hoping someone can help with. I'd like to include a slot rather than use a circular port. I've done a bit of web searching and it would appear that, whilst this is a possibility, when it comes to try to calculate the slot dimensions every online calculator I use produces a different answer. My preferred choice would be to use as near to square as possible dimension, and the nearest I get using the online calculators is a 4x4cm slot with a depth of 5cm. Any advice or help would be more than welcomed and appreciated. Thanks, David

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Whenever we have preamp threads more people recommend the Tech 21 than anything else. Thus said I really like my Genzler Magellan pre because it has two very different "flavours" (foot switchable), a HPF, mute switch, and really powerful EQ settings. Not sure if it sounds like "tubes", but through the IEMs yesterday it sounded awesome (albeit I also add a Keeley compressor as well).

Not the cleverest theft, shouldn't be top easy to sell on! Hopefully insurance has covered it though and no-one is out of pocket? If Parcelforce are declaring it lost, they've accepted liability for it.