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Not sticking up for Tesco, or any other particular supermarket, but there is a lot of near date food that gets donated by supermarkets to homeless shelters et al. You could say that it would go to waste otherwise, but my experience is that much tastier food gets prepared in the shelters as a consequence.

Possibly because 'front' grain and end grain take common finishes differently, so by hiding the transition, they can use a cheaper finish. David

Bizarre to come across this thread this evening as I am weighing up whether to accept a charity gig in February where they are charging £25/head to come in. When I provisionally said yes I wasn't expecting to be asked to pay £25 myself as the email I got this evening has just requested.... hopefully it was a misunderstanding and they had just added me to the list of their attendees and bulk sent...

Not so sure that we're 'typical', either, or even if that term means much in the French venues we've played.

The pure cremation advert with the bloke in a bath. Why is he in a bath? Why isn't someone holding him under to get him closer to that cremation he wants.

Yeah I did look at the DG212 but £900 put me off when the MB 122 was £600

I think I've probably posted about my 'Bass of Theseus' elsewhere, but I don't think it has graced this 'bitsa' thread. This started out as a fretless that wasn't getting played, so last year I bought a bunch of bits & bobs and rebuilt it. The parts used in this incarnation: Brandoni Japanese body (identical to the MIJ '62 reissue I used to own) AliExpress aged pearl pickguard Fender pickguard screws Fender thumbrest EMJ 'Geezer Butler' P bass pickup & loom Puretone output socket to replace the one that came with the EMG Amazon anti-slug tape Fender P to J conversion neck — The neck came fitted with a nut which was subsequently slotted & shaped to perfection by John at the Gallery Hipshot lollipop HB10 tuners & bushings Fender 'Badass style' HiMass bridge with brass saddles Gotoh nickel plated string tree & strap buttons Callaghan heavy knurled machined knobs Ernie Ball 40-95 Cobalt flatwounds Its almost a shame that I love gigging with my JMJ mustangs so much as this really should be getting some action.

My band mates used to have a grunge covers band but played the interesting, great songs rather than the popular classics. It didn't go well, everyone just wanted Smells Like Teen Spirit, Alive, Black Hole Sun and Man In The Box while they were playing Sweet Young Thing by Mudhoney and Greasebox by Tad and Love Buzz by Nirvana. This is why I won't do covers. I don't want to play the standard classics.

Maybe we’ve been lucky Doug, but we aren’t a typical covers band.

I did, but John East also posted a bit more legit RTA over on Talkbass several years ago. A lot of the graphs I've seen posted in various places with attribution to me were for specialty use cases, i.e. with non-MM pickups, V-V wiring in front of the preamps, my own circuit mods, and so on.

Evening all. 👮‍♀️ There are a lot of folks on this forum who modify basses, and a few talented individuals who can make them from scratch. But there aren't many who can actually make a living from building basses and guitars. So I thought it might be interesting for us to have as a guest someone who does exactly that - our very own Robin, aka @Manton Customs, who is quite often at a Bash with his unique creations. The format will be a live Q&A, running to about 25 minutes I guess, and I'm hoping Robin will bring along some works in progress as well as the usual stunning finished basses. https://www.mantoncustoms.co.uk/basses

That is a concern with pots. If you wash all the lube out you have a very clean pot that is done for.

The TGI Extreme bags are very good value but just check if you're getting the updated version or the older one if you order one. I think they've changed the handle design - the old one is a one piece and the newer one may be a two piece. A bit geeky I know but it would make a difference to me. I have a Thomann SafeCase 80 and it's bloody brilliant. The little accessory bag it comes with is a genius idea and sounds perfect for your pedals. I've got all my cables and bits in it. The quality is great and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone. I also have a Gator Pro Go which is equally good and has tons of useable storage space. You would get your pedals in there easily I think. They're both double your budget but you're getting a lovely new bass and they're top quality bags - I would treat myself......it's just the cost of a couple of sets of strings more. Oh and they both fit a 35" scale Spector in.

It only delivers 180w into 8 ohms, so you won't have a lot of headroom. The i Pro 600 V2 is a better match.

Basquiat Case - Green Day

Agreed, why on earth are people still making sunturdburst instruments in this day and age??? 😮😢😭🤢🤮

I slightly preferred the adagio sound