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You have a formidable legacy to live up to, all the best with it.

In lieu of obbm, the last time I needed leads (short XLRs because I was fed up of hiding 3-5 metre ones when the connection was less than a metre away) I used https://www.designacable.com/

I think you took me too seriously. Sorry my attempt at humour missed the mark - you can't win 'em all.

Yeah, ad nauseum Audiophile - someone who talks so much about listening to music you wonder if they have any time to actually listen to music.

Yeah, because it never happened, we've always been at war with Eastasia etc.

Hmph, don't get me started on "promoters"

Pillar drill + forstner bits. Never had a problem with breakout if the headstock is clamped to a scrap bit of wood underneath.

Aberdeen isn't too bad, despite my frequent bemoaning of its geographical location. It (and the surrounding Shire) has provided me with bands to be in since 2009, both original and cover so it can't be that bad

I miss gigging - we're half way through about 2 months off because 2 members went on epic long holidays back to back. Next gig isn't until 25th Nov. Good luck to everyone still out there performing while I sit on my hands

I've just had my first listen through and on the whole I'm thrilled with it, it sounds so fresh and alive. It's so much better balanced than the old hard-panned stereo mix - I don't feel like one side of my head is heavier than the other. I swear to God I felt a difference in the angle my head was at when listening to the new mix was straighter than before! More listens required but immediate highlights for me are Eleanor Rigby - I hear EVERYTHING, and the the yawn in the second breakdown of I'm Only Sleeping has been hilariously boosted. It surprised the hell out of me because in the old stereo mixes it's barely discernable - having never paid the mono mix much mind (a mistake, it would seem) I didn't even know it was there until now! One that bugged me was She Said She Said - I don't think the AI had a great time with the guitars so they sound a little wrong to me, a bit truncated - hard to put my finger on it but it caught my ear. All in all though, I am impressed. It certainly has breathed new life into one of my favourite Beatles albums.

I didn't really set out to sound like anyone. I was just amazed if I could make it sound half decent and get to the end of a song

I use the rounds it came with. If I get fed up of those, I'll put my usual D'addario XL nickel rounds on it. I like how it sounds with rounds. Actually, I have no desire to put flats on any of my basses - they've got tone controls if I want to suck the treble response out of them

I did play mine last night and had a lot of fun

DO IT

Congrats, enjoy. I think I'll play mine at band rehearsal tonight

Tribute bands are different - they are as much about dressing a certain way and using similar/same instruments to the ones used by band being paid tribute to. Tribute bands aren't a style of music - that is a band type. I stand by my statement that no bass is tied to any one genre of music (questions like "is bass X good for genre Y?" - the answer is always yes). Play nursery rhymes on your Fodera if it makes you happy! Some basses are better at being basses than others, but that's another matter entirely.

No bass is tied to any one genre of music. Play what you like on whatever you like.

The magic smoke has been let out, sad times

Velbon (tripods) - Faultless. I have a decades old Sherpa tripod and the quick release lever broke. They sent me a replacement FOC. Schaller - faultless. While I was restoring the Gibson Victory it had a broken tuner (screw broke inside the capstan). Turns out the tuners were Gibson branded M4S units. I emailed them asking for a replacement capstan and screw, asking for a price of course. They sent me FOC 4x the parts I was looking for, a sticker and a bunch of picks. Was emailing back and forth with the MD most of the time too. They had absolutely zero obligation to do anything. Respect. AMD (computer processors) - bit of a funny one this. I was looking to buy a K6-III processor to replace my K6-2 and couldn't find one anywhere. So I guessed the email address of someone fairly high up in the company who was quoted in an article online and had a good moan about availability and asking where I could find one. I guessed correctly and to my amazement, she replied. Not to tell me to naff off - quite the opposite. My brass neck must have impressed because she offered to send me one FOC and asked if that would make the situation better! Hell yeah! She wasn't joking and a few days later I received a 450MHz K6-III. It was a good 'un too, overclocked to 500MHz no bother. Still dumbfounded to this day.

Just checking I was right. I nearly spat my tea out when I saw Gibson mentioned in this context of companies that do things right

This is sarcasm, right?

Irrelevant, seeing as you seem to own all of them

Not everyone lives on here, you know...

I've only ever left a couple of bands. One time it was very boring, I just felt like I had too much going on and I quit the one I had been with the least time and hadn't written any songs for. The other time, it was personal.

Geez, still a lot of outdated thinking out there then. I'm of the opinion that no bass is tied to a particular genre of music and the people who care about that sort of thing are listening with their eyes.