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The UK has been metric since 1973.

Gibson killed off the Epiphone Del Rey because it was too good.

That doesn't answer my question at all though. Is it a trademark infringement if it looks quite a lot like it, or if it's millimetre-perfect, or is there a certain tolerance that it infringes if within but not if it's without?

Grant the extension but be wary - make a note of when the extension is until, because IIRC you need to claim with Aliexpress before then if it hasn't arrived.

How close do copies have to be to be done for infringement? The Satellites and Columbuseses of my youth all looked like the Gibsons (and Fenders) that they copied, at least until you turned the Gibson copies upside down and saw the neck plates. Did Gibson leave them free to flourish as they would whet the appetite for the Real Thing Authentic? I can't see that millimetre-perfect copies are the only ones that infringe trademark, as R*ck*nb*ck*r go after everything that resembles one of their models.

I'm on a bike email list where there's the occasional request to transport something the length and/or breadth of the country (not just bike bits - someone picked up a Hohner B2AV for me so I could go and collect it from him). The other side of that coin is that if one of us is heading off on a longish journey in a car or van with lots of room, we'll often ask if there's anything that needs to go anywhere. It is a bit different from BC though, in that there's probably less than 100 of us on the list and we've known each other for 25+ years.

I can't see any harm in messaging them and offering a straight swap. If they say yes, you're both happy. If not, you haven't lost anything.

That is one incredibly generous man.

I see the Roya Concept is through-neck and semi-headless. I am almost overwhelmed with desire. Time to lock up the credit cards.

I wonder how it copes with double-stopping on different frets. I can't see a way of differentiating using DC sensing and unsegmented frets, wonder if they send different signals of some sort through each of the bridge saddles and differentiate by detecting what signal has arrived at what fret.

59 years and they've managed to come up with a different colour scheme. That really is my dream job.

I wonder if I could get a job as a designer for Fender? I know it's a tough one, but I think I'm up to the challenge.

I heard the difference too. However, I got which was which wrong, and that was basing my selection on what the reported difference is.

Mevagissey Mermaid. I'm not sure about that.

Dunno about an Incel, he could be either a Cancer or a Leo.

You didn't say when the photo was taken...

Niki Lauda.

Saw Paul Simon at the NEC on the Gracelands tour. BK played the solo bit twice, it got so much applause the first time.

Simple? I did think of "She sells sanctuary" but although the bass line is simple, I think it's more guitar-driven than bass-driven.

Cheapskates could have inlaid a logo.

That's come up nicely. Next I suppose you'll be asking whether it should have a white or a tort pickguard.

My stepson (23) has just got back from Downpour. He rang up to let us know - seemed to have enjoyed himself despite getting soaked and managing to sprain his ankle badly.

Waterfront - Simple Minds With or without you - U2

I think it was his "Compression 101" post - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/30431-is-a-compressor-of-any-real-value-in-fast-rock-music/page/3/?tab=comments#comment-1148269

One more than I currently have.