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Farts or updates??

The latest conspiracy theory... Recent cold spell was caused by the melting of the Greenland/ Arctic Ice Shelf...2020 was supposedly a tipping point.

I have heard that Mrs @Woodinblack is now looking for a builder to undertake some work on a new patio. @Woodinblack has not been heard from in some time. He should have known better than to post such heresy on a public forum. He will be missed, I'm sure...

Surely this needs to be shown to the world - completely strip the paint and finish it with the same Magic Liquids that @Andyjr1515 puts on his creations..

Yep, backing singers...often under-rated and don't get the respect they deserve. Quick name-drop: When Dave Swift got me back stage at a Jools Holland gig for autographs on some raffle prizes I got chatting to the two female backing vocalists. Each could bang out a tune in their own right and I got to wondering why they hadn't made it in their own right. Answer - too many other skilled vocalists with little chance of getting the recognition they deserve. Safer (and more lucrative) to be a backing vocalist to a more established artist. The Music Industry doesn't seem to be the way forward any more. You have to sell your soul to Simon Cowell and go through weekly humiliation on National TV to have the 15 minutes of fame that you craved for years.

Phew!!! I managed to fly under the RADAR on that one... Not looking forward to tomorrow's Pointless Daily Challenge

Good buy sir...I congratulate you on your fine taste in equipment and bargain spotting skills. 👍

Careful now...you'll have to move stealthfully through my neighbourhood with statements like that..😉😉

Long and friendly chat with Jerry when he was thinking about buying my G&L M2000. During that conversation I recalled that the neck was actually changed in the UK factory to one from an L2000. Really enjoyed chatting with another like minded BCer and my thanks go out to him for highlighting that the neck on the L2000 is slightly wider than the M2000 which I wasn't aware of. Gerry is a top fella and an asset to this forum...would love to deal with him, just didn't happen on this occasion. You can trade with him in full confidence... Stay well...

I've owned two of the three listed - I'd be happy to own either again, or TBH pretty much any British custom builder (with the exception of Ebay bodger, Mr Philips). I think we're spoiled in the UK with numerous excellent Luthiers. If you have the money you just need to decide who you're going to give it to, then kick yourself for not going to one of the others (after all, they all make exceedingly good...). Sometimes you can have too much choice.

Are you sure??? I just walked Shalla round there and I'm pretty sure I didn't see it...

No Swifts or Swallows at this time of year....they'll be along any time though.😉😉

12 Bar blues drives me mental - hate it - I really couldn't work in a shop where every other person plays this... The Chain - love the riff but i couldn't listen to it being murdered (and I have heard this happen, many times) even if I was being paid. I've no doubt the Flea version of "Higher ground" gets killed regularly too..

The B&W is me, the colour is me and Billy Apple (Sean)

Talk like that will get you thrown off this forum...have you not read about GAS??? 😉 I can't speak for any of the other systems but I find the SimS pick ups in my Custom build very versatile. Whether anybody else notices is a completely different matter. At many Bass Bashes even the owners have trouble spotting their own basses.

My car's starting to look roadworn...I think I'll charge more for it when I sell it.

I don't know if anybody makes a "standard" set of strings for a 9 string bass. You'll need to go "custom". Find a manufacturer you like, pick the gauges you want then send an email along with the money.

I like the three on the left....virtually free too. I have a genuine Fender Hi-Mass bridge I bought for my Squier PJ but decided against as it nearly half the price of the bass..are any of these a like for like swap...you know, undo the screws, swap 'em over, replace the screws???

This wouldn't sound the same if it wasn't slapped.

Fixed!!

as I said "numpty"...