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VAT, What's that? 🤷. Yeah I knew before posting thanks. Thomman as well as many other big European music stores aways a Vat/taxes to price (not after)

Have you got a spare power supply? It is probably prudent to have one just in case the supplied one fails anyway. https://support.allen-heath.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new Allen and Heath UK Tech Support Form. distribution is by Audio Technica https://distribution.audio-technica.eu/en/allen-heath/

I have 😂 on a bitsa P bass that I was putting together. It was the string retainer hole. Im not bothered about it but it was a bit schoolboy

Doors alive at Network 2 Sheffield. On paper a nice venue, but freezing cold, smelled awful, terrible over priced beer. Band quite average for £20 a ticket too many self indulgent deep cuts and no one needs a 20 minute version of light my fire.

I did a quick search and this is what Google's AI assistant, lol, came up with: Top Music Streaming Services Avoiding/Limiting AI Bandcamp (Most Proactive): Bandcamp is considered the strictest, having formally stated that music or audio generated wholly or substantially by AI is not allowed. They reserve the right to remove AI-generated content, focusing on protecting a space built on human, independent artists. Deezer (Best Detection/Labelling): Deezer has taken a leading role by actively identifying AI-generated tracks, aiming to label them and remove them from algorithmic recommendations. As of 2025, they have reported that 85% of AI-generated streams are demonetized on their platform. Qobuz (High-Fidelity Human Curation): Known for its focus on high-fidelity audio, Qobuz tends to feature,, heavily curated content, with playlists created by humans rather than algorithms, making it less likely to be flooded with AI-generated, "lo-fi" style content. Coda Music: A newer platform that is building tools to label and allow users to actively block or turn off AI artists, promising a more human-centered experience. Other Platforms: SoundCloud has stated it does not use artist uploads to train AI and has introduced a "no AI" tag to block unauthorized use. Music Platforms to Exercise Caution Spotify: While not banning AI, Spotify has introduced measures to target "spammy" AI uploads and vocal deepfakes, rather than AI as a creative tool. However, it remains a primary source of AI-generated content, particularly in personalized playlists. Apple Music: Focuses on quality control and proper metadata, meaning they may reject AI content that lacks clear authorship or is deemed low-effort.

I sold a lovely Dingwall bass to Steve. He was a pleasure to deal with.

A lot of kids are being taught programming by assembling pre built units, that do things, together. We should remember that a lot of programming we do, if we are using a language is also assembling things that other people have already written for us. No one writes in binary or assembler. Very few of us have built our own amplifiers, leads, guitars. We all rely on the donkey work being already done for us. It just depends on what level of individual human input you're comfortable with. Seems most of us draw the line at the actual performance. There's some very interesting music created from received telescopic data by NASA's Sonification project. I think all AI produce should be labelled as such.

Do you have the MXR also? An A/B of the MXR vs the v4.5 FI VIP would be very useful / helpful for many, particularly as there's only £20 in it price wise new.

The 4 is a significant upgrade over the 3.

I received a £43 strat with humbuckers and the fret work was excellent, it just needed setting up I got the 7 weeks email too, I don't mind it's chinese new year soon and I know some of our work suppliers do close and we have to get stuff ordered early I'll wait, it's no problem

never mind, answered my own question, March. I’ve ordered a VIP so let’s see how it compares!

Hi all. I'm speaking to Rich Tone music about selling a couple of guitars to them. Due to distance, I would need to send to via courier (which theywill orgsnise). When others are couriering basses, where do they get boxes from? Also, any testimonies on selling to Rich Tone greatly received. Thanks in advance

So far Deezer is the only one I'm aware of that's trying it. Nothing I've read over the years about Spotify or it's owner makes me think he cares about much about the content on his platform other than funneling as much money as possible from the music industry into his own pockets. Unless his revenues start dropping off because people are boycotting Spotify in protest over unlabelled AI I can't see them taking any action.

Bought a nice Wren and Cuff pedal from @Clarky - well packaged and delivered so fast it was here almost before I bought it, which was nice! Very friendly chap and a very pleasant trade - thank you! Would definitely buy again 👍

That's a good point. A few years ago I tried a Zoom B1 Four a few years ago but these was a harshness to the sound of all the models on it that I couldn't get rid of. The Pandora is more basic but it's fundamental sound is better. I've actually resurrected my almost-dead Korg Pandora (I'm using a bit of metal to manipulate the broken on-off switch) and it still sounds good, although I'm seriously looking to replace it in the next few days.