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Everyone's on their honour here. I may be the reason the gift rules got tightened up now that I think about it - a couple of years back Mrs. Neepheid treated me to a Reverend Triad. At the time the rule was more vague, merely stating that unsolicited gifts are exempt. Now this wasn't a pre-arranged thing, we were in Glasgow and I was doing what I always do when we're down there, have a browse of the guitar shops. I tried the Reverend, really liked it and popped it back down. But she asked me if I liked it, I said yes, so she said that she'd buy me it as a treat. This came as a complete surprise to me, there was no pre-discussion, I wasn't trawling the guitar shops looking for something for my wife to buy me. In the end, my circumstance was deemed to have not contravened the rules as they were written at that time as I had not asked my wife to buy the bass for me, she offered. Since then, this very scenario has been nixed with the addition of the text "Genuinely unsolicited presents, which you had no involvement in choosing." Regarding msb's situation, I don't know what (if any) discussions were had between the parties regarding this bass. My reading of the scenario as presented to us is that the third party saw something online that msb had written about having tried and failed to obtain a bass, then decided independently to do something about it ie. offer their bass to msb out of some feeling of sympathy and/or wanting to do a nice thing. I'm confident that msb didn't write the online material which triggered this offer of donation with the express purpose of coercing or convincing someone (in)to gift(ing) them a bass. "Involvement in choosing"? Seems like a stretch to me. Yes, the online text may have influenced the nature of the gift, but I don't believe it was an active involvement. I've written about "the one that got away" before. That doesn't mean I'm expecting a fairy godmother to appear with said bass or a copy of one, and I will argue until I'm blue in the face that I'd be exempt if such a thing ever happened. Ergo, I consider this approach to be influenced, but not directly by msb, as there was no intent, and therefore is unsolicited. Defence rests.

Incorrect, in the context of this contest's rules at least. If this is a completely out of the blue, unsolicited gift, it's not a fail. Otherwise, I could find a bass in a skip and gift it to someone participating in the thread to knock them out of the running! Offering to pay the for shipping ain't cheating either, it's merely polite.

Well, the current Thunderbird 64 model (previously known as Vintage Pro then 60s) will knock your socks off - full 9 ply neck thru (7 ply on the Vintage Pro/60s), chrome pickup covers (and excellent pickups underneath), separate bridge and tailpiece. It's probably the best Thunderbird Gibson never made. Slightly biased because I own one, of course... Yes, @NancyJohnson the body/neck shape's on the wonk - but I can sympathise; I haven't been around for quite as long as the T-bird but my body is definitely wonky after all this time too

That is a Classic Pro T-bird - proper neck thru with Gibson USA TB+ pickups. No longer in production. It's top book price but I'd hardly call it "a bit perverse".

The G&L in Treble Boost mode will give you more top end sizzle than you need - honestly I never used it because it sounded rather obnoxious to me, but I guess you can always use the treble knob to tame it to taste.

I'm thinking similar - first the rolled edges, now the preamp, it smacks of playing catchup to me.

I have not, that I recall. In that rarefied air, I have played a Ritter before - when I say "played" I mean "gingerly wore, scared to breathe on it wrong"

I'm in the "I don't care" camp. It's not hatred, they just don't appeal to me, they might as well not exist as far as I'm concerned. That's doesn't mean they're bad. I have no opinion. Contrary to common belief, that is a valid option.

No good for avoiding the wrath of the gear abstinence massive though if you have to buy a P pickup, extra pot etc.

Oh no, you mentioned Sire in a Stingray thread. Please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts, turbulence ahead

As with any effect experiment, I'd say try a cheapo first to see how it goes. Prove the concept first, then upgrade if you think it needs it. That's what I did with pitch shifters - bought a cheapo first, that went surprisingly well but there was room to improve so I got a better one.

LOL, 100% exempt - A) accessories, B) not in the signal chain, C) band related acquisition != personal consumption.

Last night with Nine Lives at the Harbour Lights in Peterhead. Probably the best gig we've had there - reasonably well attended with a few repeat customers. Played pretty well, the usual little fluffs but nothing song derailing. Best part for me was how well the Brainwaves pitch shifter performed - the sound quality is much better vs. the Hotone Harmony because even when playing -3 semitones there's none of the warbling/slightly underwater quality that the Hotone excusably has (it was less than £50 after all). And the "fake guitar" thing (as in 50:50 wet/dry mix, voice 1 = +7 semitones, voice 2 = +12 semitones) plus overdrive from the Joyo Monomyth produced a deliciously rorty sound - enough to elicit a look with puffed out cheeks from the guitarist across the stage from me and positive comments afterwards from both the guitarist and the singer. Drummer probably didn't appreciate getting his hair blown back by the rear port, but he just doesn't like it when someone makes more noise than he does Gear was the Epiphone Em-bassy Special IV then the Epiphone Thunderbird '64 into the usual Markbass toan cubes. Footwear - pink suede Vans.

For the last two bridge changes (which were, in order, a BBOT which had an annoying rattly spring and a BBOT which would probably have mandated a tetanus booster if was to keep it on the bass), I used this £19 Guyker thing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B8VZGRP6 It's a good bridge - it intonates and string height can be adjusted independently for each string, with a bonus of being able to crudely adjust the string spacing thanks to the part threaded saddles (not that I've done this - the strings have just naturally gone where they're going to go and it's been fine). As for it being "high mass" - well I couldn't really give a toss to be blunt. I just bought it because I liked the look of it and it was cheap.

No mirth to be detected - for once it is intended to be a serious and hopefully useful suggestion, you old fart

Take something like this with you? https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2026642

You cannae win 'em all. This is how we learn and improve

Same car. The answer to the question "how do you fit all that in a 2011 Mitsubishi Colt?" is... me.

Ahh cool, gear confirmation time. Not much time to change between then and now so I think it's pretty safe to nail these to the mast... G&L CLF L-1000, Yamaha BB1200, Sire D5, Sire Z7, Greco LGB-700, Reverend Triad, Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard, Epiphone Thunderbird '64, Squier Jaguar H (with Ibanez CAP double humbucker from ATK200/800 etc), Gear4Music rat bass (with Lace Aluma-P), Epiphone Em-bassy (with Entwistle PBXN neodymium), 1 or 2 amps depending upon space...

Now see that's the kind of attention to detail I can get on board with and tickles me greatly.

Daft question (which has probably been answered in these 26 pages, I tried searching - honest!) - see the tuners are mounted facing each other (as in the E and G are mounted "upside down") - is that so that when the bass is strung up properly (with the strings following the path of least resistance and winding on the tuner on opposite sides), you still turn the tuners the way one would expect on each side of the headstock? Sorry, it's one of those questions where your gut is screaming the answer at your brain, and your brain is going "hold on, gut, I need to give this some more thought"...

I find myself drawn towards finding out what all the SGC Nanyo fuss is all about. In all my years of playing, I don't recall having the pleasure of having a shottie of one.

Ooh, as a lugger around of the previous gen stuff (IV), I'd be interested to check out the new MB stuffs.

Tail lift, nothing you can really do about it other than replace the bridge. If you try to bend it back into shape, it'll just bend up again I reckon.