LukeFRC

Once a disease gets out of control, a vaccine programme is a major key to getting immunity levels up to allow you to get out of endless lockdown cycles. However, letting a disease get out of control is a choice, and when it is the speed and ability to lock down areas quickly helps keep lockdowns short and local... so yes someone in the UK government did very well putting our money into a vaccine programme - And I'm thankful for that. However our initial inability to control the disease, and our inability for the government to act quickly to lockdown areas mean we have 60 times the mortality rate.

I was emailing my counterpart in the company I work for, he made some disparaging comment about having to lock down again, so I looked up the mortality rates hoping to say something along the lines of "well we've had lockdowns but also twice the mortality rate so I wouldn't complain too much" or something. Our mortality rate is over 60 times higher per 100,000 than Australia - now there are differences, the seasons are offset, they have more space, they are struggling with vaccine rollout, and probably haven't been cronicallly underfunding public services for the last decade like we have chosen to at repeated elections, but still - 60 times the mortality rate. That's crazy.

and not a perfect match, but get whoever is spraying it to match MINI British racing green iV or close enough...

Was the AVRI '57 ever made in gold? (as in he's no reason to lie about the finish he stripped off) I tried one once when I was starting out on bass, trans white like @vinorange's .... it's still on the GAS list 20 years later

Some ideas here for you (borrowing an old photo from @phsycoandy, sans frets...)

Nah, I was completely inaudible on the YouTube as the bottom end of the acoustic was so booming. oh well. Everyone is outside for worship where they can sing and it's streamed down... the song after the preach though everyone knew the bass was there! I even used chorus for the first time!

I was on a few weeks back - That was a smile hand signal I’m trying to make

Best - Frightened Rabbit at Queens hall Edinburgh, after midnight organ fight had gone big and a sort of homecoming worst- as a student I used to work doing Leafleting, surveys or ticket ripping so I got paid to see a lot of gigs. The worst was fightstar, the fella from busteds band. He had been attacked on stage the night before so security was crazy (getting to the venue office to get paid was a pain) But the music was pretty bad. The support was even worse, just not ready to gig standard. oddest- I turn up at a venue Mid Edinburgh Festival so most nights I’m going to a gig, and to be honest unless I’m excited about the band I just turn up with an open mind to be surprised, anyway I turn up to find a 5piece rap group locked outside hammering on the door, manage to get them and myself in to find the headliners soundchecking, big band, very proficient, arsy guitarist who’s moaning that he’s in front of a horn section...Some kind of Funk cover band? and a tiny girl sat crosslegged knitting in the middle of the floor. She got up and sung one of the songs, vaguely recognised the song, any way, the band came across as a bit full of themselves but she was nice enough. Hardly anyone came to the gig, I can’t remember staying for much of it. The rap group were good. of course the next day I found out that the tiny lass was Amy winehouse and band led by mark ronson went on to sell a few records...

I guess the question is - Would our current welfare state make any of this possible today?

whatever working class is in 2021, I'm pretty sure there's music being made and listened too, broadcast on pirate radio... it just probably doesn't sound like anything the average Basschat member would be into. If we set aside the class thing, even in the indie/rock/punk spheres that exist music is being made and released on more DIY or low key production spirit in local scenes around the UK. The problem probably isn't the music not existing, it's you not finding it and supporting it... My mate had a really interesting habit that I've tried to continue, I recommended a friends album - he listened to 60s of it and bought it on bandcamp on the basis it sounds good and I'm supporting music being made. It's a good habit to get into, like something, buy it on band camp (or similar)

not that you were asking but I would go black!

enter that Scott's bass lessons comp and you could win one!

Which era, which manufacturer? 🤨

I have had many lovely basses. Normally driven by my desire to have x, y or z or a specific version of a specific model ... I would be able to tell you all the specs, all the history, have read every thread on it on talkbass, basschat and a google translated bassic.de and only bass... ive ended up by two basses, both bought by accident without much thought. moral of the tale, the G&L would have been nice, but not as nice as it possibly is in your mind, and not much of a step up from the Yamaha BB you ended up with as you imagine...

I liked that. Interesting nut on the bass too, doesn’t go all the way across.

Fixed it for you

It’s gone man. Sorry about that. The shop have been really good to you which is great so you’ll get your money back, might take a while cos of the couriers and the shop probably what their insurance back before giving you your cash back- which is understandable. It’s a sucky situation. Would have been nice, but it’s gone. Hold on till you get your cash back and find something else... lightweight P bass, wonder if Jon shuker will do one of his lightweight Burnell basses in shell pink?

well it's one more maker off any future GAS list!

only making 100 mind.