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I think it's all sorted and straight up with Thomann, I bought recently a £380 bass and didn't have to pay over any extra

Definitely go via music store as you won’t get any nasty tax surprises.

Nope.....price @ thonamm are inc of VAT+Duty "The total price we quote you includes the relevant local VAT rate for that country and no more taxes or import duties are necessary." https://www.thomannmusic.com/faq_question_am_i_liable_for_import_tax.html Im guessing Andtertons are doing the "previously listed at" trick so they can make it look like your saving money after they adjust the price at launch...a very common retail con....

Wait, you're trying to say I can't become a cancer prompt doctor? Damn, guess I better cancel that custom shop preorder...

He was also a huge Be Bop Deluxe fan and tracked down, and bought, the white Hoyer Les Paul on the back cover of Axe Victim.

My good sir, May i please inform you of VAT & import fees ? https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty

@Woodinblack's post really nails where both danger and opportunity lie in industries where LLMs and other gen AI are taking hold. In some ways humans are a lot like LLMs - we use prior experience to apply a quick solution to a novel situation, and it's often "correct enough" to be effective. But our biases - our personal data sets - can misguide us. We're also intrinsically lazy (energy efficient, in my case) so we will tend to take the easily available shortcut if one is available. Good enough is good enough. The key then is to continue to cultivate the skills that an LLM can't replicate: programming needs critical and logical thinking, the ability to incrementally problem solve (<-- non-programmers take), so we will still certainly need those with a programmers skill set. The AI takeover has a feeling of inevitability because we can't see past the neoliberal world we've all been living in for the past 50 years or so. It's catnip for the >=management class because the "logic" that market forces and efficiencies must rule over everything else is unquestioned. This is why it's hard for me to separate generative AI from the larger picture of political economy.

You And Me Song - The Wannadies

I'd rather buy quality parts from Warmoth etc and if needed be, have a local luthier put it together and set it up. Plenty more options at much less money.

And it wont be too long before you're doom scrolling Bedroom Producer's Blog, Plugin Alliance, Plugin Boutique, Amner Hunter's YouTube page and the various Facebook groups for deals on tasty plugins! Just before Christmas I scored about £1800 of IK Multimedia plugins for thirty quid. reeeeesult!

Yes. I joined Logic in version 9 and didnt open garageband until I'd been using LPX for a long while. (I'd actually been using Reaper until I finally started using Logic, which is also a very good DAW). So, given the learning curve, if you can get Logic and intend to pursue music production, go straight for it.

The Core would be the more sensible option, not leasst as I'm always considering how useful pedals can also be with my keyboard (Core for stereo effects etc will be useful for both Keys and Bass). ...but I'm not a particularly sensible person!

For placing the holes in the right place, I drop the tuners in to the headstock. Those with a nut on the front are helpful as you can secure the keys in the final position, but those that don't, like 'fender' keys, I use tape to hold in the exact postion I want the keys to sit - ensuring they are level, straight etc etc. Then I use a fat "nib" pencil that fills the tuning key screw hole nicely to ensure the dot I am marking is centred. Then I follow the same approach as above. Oh and make sure the headstock is flat and parallel to the level surface you are working on, which isn't easy with an angled back headstock, but it will help make sure the drill holes are straight. For drilling pilot holes, I measure the screw thread depth against the drill bit and pop a little tape around the drill bit to tell me when to stop drilling, so I dont go too deep! I haven't drilled through a headstock yet but I've seen it happen.

That's using it in a positive way. I've used Logic’s stem split function, and iZotope’s RX quite a few times to remix and master cassette tape recordings from as far back as the ‘80s people. I'm totally against using it to generate music.

Not sure if they will replace the presenters but a programme called Descript is making in-roads into editing for radio 4. Essentially you record what you need, feed it into the programme where it transcribes it all, you then turn that document into a paper edit of what you want kept,moved etc and it spits out a programme! It can summarise it all, add tags etc, fade in music where you want etc. Not so sure how it would work with a really creative programme and its still early days but its getting better. thankfully I deal with production management stuff so my job is safe for now.

Get a right angle connector and then it just sticks down again?

Just the two of us - Grover Washington & Bill Withers

A couple of excellent posts!