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I was going to bring my ‘80s Legacy and my S3. Might be interesting to compare?

I thought Dawsons closed in Dec 2022 after going into administration. Have they re-opened again ?

@EmmettC gimme a shout if you do ask Guitar Guitar to get one in and I’ll mooch about and have a go too. I used to have. Super P5 and loved it.

Maybe other offices are different but in the days before I worked from home I didn't spend any more or less money on these things. I had organised my life so that I lived within walking distance of where I worked, I didn't "grab a sandwich or a coffee" on my way to work. I would have breakfast before I left the house, if I needed lunch, take it in with me, otherwise I wouldn't bother, and then I'd have dinner that I made myself when I got home. There was no time to go to the pub at lunch time or after work, and unless I was rehearsing or gigging I would have things to do that would preclude going to the pub. The office would need cleaning every day irrespective of how many people were there.

It was a bit 1982…

Chain Lightning - Rush

Lightning Man — Nitzer Ebb

Raffle item: I have the TC Electronic Octaver I won two years ago that I’ve never really used that I’ll put back in. Gearwise: I reckon Basses: Wal, FrankenJazz (I should probably replace the battery), Tokai Hard Puncher, and then one of Status S2, Zon Legacy Elite, or G&L L2500 fretless. Amp/cabs: Microtubes 500, Streamliner and BB2 will be in the car from the previous night. Effects: Darkglass Anagram and I could put in the bigger pedalboard with the SkarBassOne and Source Audio C4 synth (amongst others) if not covered elsewhere. if anyone is interested I’m currently selling a Helix Floor in a flight case and a Helix Effects also flight cased, but will only bring if someone expressed an interest in either, otherwise I’ll continue the rather halfhearted selling attempt 🙂

Fender should actually make something like that. A more vintage-modern version of a Hotrod Jazz. I like it a lot.

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I think pretty well everybody gets back problems at some time during their lives. Don’t let it stop you gigging. I’ve just turned 70 and I really wish I could do more gigs. I’ve signed myself up for New Year’s Eve depping for the 3rd year in a row. I guess it is perspective and you definitely get more time to recover when you have retired.

Depends in what sense you speak. I would wager for the vast majority of players, the MXR is far more suited to them and therefore "better", the FI by comparison is far more difficult to program and needs a better knowledge of synthesis, whereas the MXR is still comfortably in the realm of tweaking knobs on the fly until you hear something you like. I'd like to try one, but I'm conscious that most demos i've heard of it are nowhere near as good as the initial video sounded, and much as I love the interface, I don't like the C4 esque lack of easy foot accessible presets, combined with lack of midi.

Of course not, but it amused me. I realise I've probably blotted my copybook with some on here, but I guess I'll just have to soldier on...

Mickleburgh sometimes has some decent stuff in, but in recent years the bass selection has been lacking. Rikaxxe has had the same stuff sitting in it for years. They're friendly enough though. If you're a real masochist you can try going into Heron Music or Electric Ladyland. The former has some decent stuff in it, but it can be a bit weird. There's stuff that's been hanging in there for months which he claims is sold and won't let you play, but it never seems to leave the shop. I get the impression he has regular clients who he'd very much rather deal with than walk-ins. The latter is a real experience. He probably won't let you buy anything, the levels of secondhand smoke are ridiculous, and a lot of his stock has come out of a skip, but you get some entertaining stories out of him. Both Heron and Electric Ladyland allude to rooms with the 'good stuff' upstairs, but neither have ever let me see any of it. They both asked me to say what I might be interested in and if they had it they'd show me (I suggested various basses but apparently they didn't have any of it). I did once see a couple of nice basses downstairs in Electric Ladyland - a cherry red fretless '80s Jaydee in good condition (although the amount of cigarette smoke in that shop can't be good for any guitar in there long term), and a 1968 Telecaster bass - he did tell me not to buy that one as apparently it was haunted.

If you like it and then find it may not be as it seems, that'll take the gilt off the gingerbread for you. In your shoes, I'd avoid diving down the rabbit hole. If the serial checks out, just have fun with it. Nowt wrong with MIM Fenders, anyway, especially for the money. I have a MIM P Bass Special (P/J) that does the job as well as any instrument I own.

I'm just breaking a set of DR Dragon Skins, I made a terrible mistake and got stainless steel instead of nickel.... oops. When I move up and down the freatboard there's a noise like someone making baloon animals. Odd. Very odd things. Gonna take a bit of getting used to...

Two excellent YT clip reviews

Mind you, if it turns out to be illegit then it'll be a right bastard ...