neepheid

Yup, an hour each way is doable.  Our rehearsal space (for both bands) is about 45 mins away.

Never mind the bollards...

1 minute ago, mikegatward said:

It will be a hacked account, probably the account on someone who is pretty much inactive on Facebook. They will likely have listed loads of different types of bargain goods, often with the same price tag.

 

Guess it must be worth their while otherwise why do it ?

I know how it works, I'm lamenting the fact that some people don't ask the simple questions that would keep them safer online.  As you point out (and as I was alluding to, possibly too obliquely), enough folk must fall for it or else they wouldn't do it.

29 minutes ago, G-Lo said:

IME fb does not moderate as much as they want you to think. Ive reported posts at home in Cyprus several times, same guy always. Theyre in Greek, this is proper hate speech. No I'm not being a tofu eating wokeratus, it's almost a textbook example of what they themselves define as unacceptable on a community page. Dehumanising language, sweeping judgements on populations and encouraging people to "do something about it". Guess what, nothing done. Pathetic.

Yet you use terms like "tofu eating wokeratus"...

Umm, black goes with everything?  I think I've wandered into the wrong thread by mistake, sorry!

1 minute ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Sweet & Salty is the best popcorn, but the butterkist microwave version is dead to me as it doesn't pop well and tastes weird

Excellent steer back on topic, cap doff to you!

4 minutes ago, ezbass said:

If I was only allowed one flavour of popcorn, it would be salt. However, I love the clash of salt and sweet. I'll be getting the flip out now.  

Hey, if you guys are eating it, that gets it the flock out of my radar, so happy days...

3 hours ago, Rich said:

I did ask the question earlier in the thread, "So what do you mean by 'budget gear'? Do you mean cheaper to produce, or cheaper to buy?", but nobody answered, so, yeah. Has anyone got any sweet'n'salty? Dad's is running out.

Yuck, you can keep that dross.  Salt popcorn only or GTFO.

2 hours ago, nilorius said:

Who do You love more, Your best friend or Your favourite bass ?

Are you bored?  I'm not even going to dignify that question with an answer!

Or save your cash all year then buy something SUPER nice next year?

On 01/03/2024 at 13:48, NancyJohnson said:

I'd be in the market for a TBII should Gibson pull their finger out and reissue those.  

10 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

Nothing against these per se; I played Gary's for a bit and it was fine, but always felt the geometry on the Epiphones was out compared with the original.  I know many will see this as nitpicking, but if you're going to make/reproduce/copy a faithful replica, then then should be doing that (much like they're trying to do with all the Les Pauls, Explorers, Vs and SGs).  About the only area where the body looks correct is the forearm bout.  The other three corners are skewed; the lower horn has always been short/stubby and the upper neck joint and control corner, smoothed out/rounded.

 

 

That's ok, my geometry is also out compared to my golden age, assuming I had one

11 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

Basschat is coming pretty close to being dead to me. 

 

Almost every thread turns into a pointless bitch fest which has little or nothing to do with the original post. 

 

It's all getting rather tedious. 

It's like Hotel California though.  I checked out for a while, but as you can see, I didn't leave...

Well, that's February done and dusted, so let's have a look at how things are going.

Out of 42 who began, 9 have fallen so far, leaving 33 remaining.

February had a slightly lower attrition rate, 4 left the proceedings versus 5 in January, so that's... a thing.

2 months down, 10 to go.  Stay strong!

Just now, Downunderwonder said:

Is Emglish your native language?

 

Is it.. yours?

16 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

Building from scratch, but it's currently a collection of unconnected components. So, is it the actuality or the intent that counts?

I guess it's not gear if it's a pile of unassembled electronic components components which could be used for anything, until they are used to make a bass pedal...

4 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

So far this year I've finished 3 pedals - two of them started from scratch this year, one just re-boxed from last year. Things is, I didn't have to buy any components for them as I already had them in my shed. I still think I'm IN, but will defer to the judgement of the BC massive.

If the components were already in your possession at the start of the year, then it's all good as far as I'm concerned.  Make do an mend/use what you've already got is exactly what this thing is all about.

4 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

Surely diy comes under a slightly different catagory 

No, it's still gear.  Otherwise we'd just have people sneaking gear in in dribs and drabs.  It doesn't matter if you bought the parts to make gear or just bought gear, it's gear.  I appreciate you sneaky wee scamps coming up with schemes though, it's part of what makes this thread amusing!

4 hours ago, tauzero said:

I think I'm in a state of Schrodinger's abstinence. I've bought a PCB for @LukeFRC's Iron Man pedal, and ordered a few components for it, but does it yet count as failure or is it only failure when the pedal is assembled? Knowing me, that could mean I'll be out of the 2026 abstinence challenge.

It's up to your conscience.  Are you repairing a dead pedal or something?  If you're building from scratch and it's an effects pedal then it's gear, and I'd say you're out.  Anyone else want to weigh in?

3 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Those buggers at Epiphone are trying very hard to undermine my abstinence.

 

https://www.epiphone.com/en-GB/Electric-Bass/Thunderbird-'64/Inverness-Green

 

 

2 other colours are available, red and silver (also yummy).

 

 

That's ok, they've jacked the price up too, if that helps with the abstinence...

3 minutes ago, andy67 said:

Take your pick as I only play the maple neck Fender P now. 

Time for a clearout then?

Not that I'm eyeing anything up - I'm aff it.

Same bass, new licks of paint, graphtech nut, cts pots and a gigbag to save you the ballache of finding a T-bird shaped one..

https://www.epiphone.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/Thunderbird-'64/Ember-Red

Of course, the OP will be turning down their invitation to the RNRHOF.  In this perpetual race to the bottom they describe, the committee will get round to the OP eventually, right?

It's all opinion, innit?

19 minutes ago, Ashborygirl said:

USA Epiphones were out of production for nearly 50 years.  In that time the name was used exclusively on cheaper Japanese & Korean made instruments.  Hardly progress from their pre-Gibson heyday.

So, you're going to completely sidestep everything I've said then?  OK, have fun with the bee in your bonnet, at least it agrees with you