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Is a power supply "bass gear"? Surely it's a tier 2 failure at best? I don't think this is a significant enough transgression. Thoughts everyone?

OK, you're going to have to walk me through how this works now...

A cheese sandwich. Ach, I'm too late for the flippancy. Well, you're getting it anyway!

I don't see it that way, Epiphones aren't counterfeits or copies, they are legitimately allowed to exist by Gibson. I just read the video as saying that Gibson aren't worried about Epiphones being counterfeited, although with what appears to be a repositioning of Epiphone as a mid-tier brand (at least price-wise) this attitude might change in the future. We should be thankful that on this evidence, Epiphone is allowed to just pootle along and do its own thing with a degree of autonomy and not get sucked too much into the douchebaggery and general paranoia that Gibson USA exude with a video like this. Without that autonomy, we might not have had a Jack Casady Signature - because Jack went to Gibson first and they said "nah, get Epiphone to do it".

Except that Gibson own Epiphone, so an Epiphone, by strict definition is a Gibson product. Still a douchey video made by douchebags though.

Maybe. The only bass string I've ever broke was when I was trying to put a 34" scale flatwound on a 30" scale bass - trying to bend the full thickness of the E string round the tuner caused it to ping and fail immediately.

Are the flats the appropriate scale length, or are you trying to fit 34" scale strings to a 32" scale bass?

... 23ish weeks later... Did it ever arrive? Still no sign of it on the Thomann website. Just wondering.

That's where you're going wrong - you do these things instead of going to the gym. Gotta pick your battles...

Precisely the ethos required around here. Today I'm going to bore out two position marker washers I bought last year to 10mm so that they fit on the push pull pots of my Les Paul. Hopefully. I don't have a bigger (suitable) drill bit than 10mm and I don't think I can make them much thinner anyway!

You're gonna get fat eating all that popcorn...

I realise March isn't quite over yet, but it's Easter Sunday and nothing officially happens other than eggs, chocolate eggs, and even if you order something today, nothing's going to get done about it until about Tuesday. So, how are we looking? Pleased to report a further reduction in the attrition rate, only two brave soldiers fell in March, leaving 31 standing. Me personally, the price uptick prevented me from going for one of the new Epiphone Thunderbirds and the new Sire Z series won't be in the shops for months, but currently I'm having a hard time overlooking a very inexpensive but on the face of it well appointed bass which has been brought to my attention. With gig money coming back on stream next month, this pressure will only grow... Stay strong...

In theory, sandpaper could help you out with both problems, but it'd be better for solving the second one. For £150, would you grudge putting some work into it?

I think our definitions of "moving on" differ in at least one crucial detail...

"Authenticity"

Instruments are to be played. Any that aren't getting played get moved on. I don't have a specific timescale for it, I tend to have infrequent purges when I take a long hard look at the collection and recall how often the basses are getting played. In tandem with my participation in gear abstinence this year I've recently done an evaluation and I think there are 3 out of the 10 that could be moved on to A) make room and B) build up funds for a massive splurge next year. But bottom line is I don't want to be a hoarder - it's a sin in my book for instruments to sit around gathering dust when they could go to someone else who'll play them and enjoy them.

How to make friends and influence people...

That looks like a lot of bass for very little money. We are so spoiled nowadays.

I do enjoy my obbm speaker cable. I call it the anaconda

Do you not play loud enough to make talking difficult? That's how we solve it

Could be any manner of things. I've got some Hartke branded strings made by not them, which have black silks.

Ass

They've never been available, so I'm hoping for "placeholder, made visible by accident"...

Nope, if you didn't use their thing where the buyer has to scan a barcode/QR code thing when they collect, I think they'll side with the buyer. Sorry.

I wonder if they're thinking about launching some additional colours, or is this wishful thinking/general error on behalf of the retailer? https://www.musicstore.com/en_OT/EUR/Epiphone-Thunderbird-64-Purple-Sparkle/art-BAS0012594-002 https://www.musicstore.com/en_OT/EUR/Epiphone-Thunderbird-64-Brunswick-Blue-Sparkle/art-BAS0012594-001 A blue and a purple? Sounds awesome, I hope they appear!