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Aye, the wind was fighting me at times on the walk home (thankfully managed to get a bus half way), and today just seen that the garden took a bit of a hiding

Last night I played Drummonds in Aberdeen with The Inevitable Teaspoons. It was a good gig, not super busy but busy enough not to feel empty - Drummonds is a tough room if it's dead. We played well, and big props to the sound engineer, John - super smooth soundcheck, great FOH sound. After we finished, we got lots of nice comments, saying that we're tight and played well. A guy came up to me after we finished playing and he said (roughly paraphrasing) "You're a wizard on bass, mate, I play bass too, and you've inspired me". I was floored, that's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me after a gig. Gear was the Greco LGB-700 and the venue's Trace Elliot backline.

It's fun to see what I had to say years ago when a thread gets reanimated like this... Pleased to say that in nearly four years my attitude hasn't changed. Only the numbers...

It's possible if you provide the goods which are actually worth the asking price. Compare and contrast with Epiphone's prices ticking upward, but giving basically the same instruments they always did, as well as creating strange anomalies like a bolt on single pickup Grabber costing more than a thru neck, two pickup Thunderbird or a hollow bodied Jack Casady (which surely *must* cost more to make than a Grabber). It makes no sense at all.

Bit early to prep for the bass bash, no?

Or - get yourself to a bass bash where you know someone is bringing one? Bass bashes are a lot of fun, and you'll see a lot more crazy stuff than one pedal you want to try.

Just buy at distance, give it a try, then send it back under distance selling regs. You'll only lose the postage. Appreciate that only works if you have the slush/scratch to buy the thing in the first place...

I would be delighted if a Tribute SB-1 appeared...

In true BC fashion, this thread is going deliciously off the rails. Two mentions of G&L in 15 posts, in a thread about G&L shutting down. Don't ever change, BC...

When they resurrect the Big Al (HHH) bass, let's talk.

Happens to the best of us, Blue. I remember one time we played to a completely empty room, save for the bar staff. They told us we could go home after playing the first set. We still got paid. Epic fail. It was a football club's social club - albeit a very small team in the Highland League, but is that what supporting your team looks like? I just couldn't believe it.

Well, it gives me no pleasure to say this, but I effing knew it. I've been saying on and off that they were in bother for the past couple of years. I hope that whoever buys what's left (Fender seem to be the front runner) isn't doing it just to hoard the name.

I'm not understanding this - are you saying that a third party is able to inject dodgy stock into Amazon's stock that they sell under their name (so the listing reads "Shipper/Seller - Amazon" not "Shipper/Seller - A.N. Other") and are therefore responsible for the customer service? I can't see how they would allow this.

The last three packs I've got from Amazon have all been legit and the codes worked fine.

Honestly, the internet dogpile on G&L or Sire headstocks (or whoever has been deemed not to be flavour of the month this time) is really boring to me.

I appreciate the concern, but I'm OK if some get passed over. I'd much rather that than have someone come up to me and go "hey, you've got X bass, don't you?" and I'm "ahh yeah, sorry, I left it at home - maybe next year, if I still own it by then!" I've already decided to rein things in slightly - I'm not going to take the extra 1x12 cab. Going to take the Markbass combo and the TC Electronic BH250 head as a headphones only amp - which might be handy if things get loud in the room anyway.

The trouble I have with this very sensible statement is that all my basses are different from the usual. I don't own a single Fender product right now. I can think of at least five off the top of my head that people have expressed an interest in seeing. I joke about being mad (the whole journey is mad anyway) but I'm not trying to take over the whole show, or use number of basses as some sort of weird flex (which would be pointless as I know there are plenty of people out there with more than me). If I'm overstepping, or anyone feels like I'm impinging upon their available space and/or enjoyment of the event please tell me so and I'll rein it in, I can handle a home truth if it is required.

Nine out of ten? So you're calling me a weirdo then, is that it?

Whoops, forgot that, for now at least, I'm a two Thunderbird household, so have another Epiphone in your face!

Reverse threaded truss rods are the work of the Devil.

I still have a long term plan to spec an SB-1. I hope I'll still be able to when I'm in a position to do so.

Check for yourself - while plugged into an amp of any kind but not turned up too loud, tap the pickups with something metal like a small screwdriver in the various switch positions - it will be obvious if you're missing a coil.

I might have simply muted the group rather than outright left, but nonetheless your ire is justified. Try to put it to the back of your mind and enjoy your hols. Really not cool for the singer to drop a bomb then rebuff all attempts to sort it out before you leave. I get that he's having problems, but you can't pull the emergency cord like that, then sit on your hands.

I'll have you covered at the bash with my Wunkay. A shottie of my Wunkay for a shottie of your Performer?