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I can't get over how short the neck is, relative to the size of the body and the headstock (peg box?). I see, from the photo of the intact bass, that the fingerboard is where the length is. I was also amazed at the price of the nut - just £8!

Oooh, I know what it is! Great, Chorus, and Swell to the Pedals, a button for turning the page on your iPad. To follow, two more keyboards up top, and a full 25 note pedalboard down below?

No. Yes. I watch educational videos with good intentions, but find myself distracted by those same videos. Get a teacher, if you can - a good teacher is better than a video, I would say.

I would suggest a ukulele. It looks like a guitar, but has fewer strings to worry about. They are taught at school too, I am told. Quality of the cheaper instruments vary, so, try before you buy.

Apologies, I wasn't clear. Or, more likely, a bout of sickness has made my waffle even harder to read! From seeing previous Lego projects, I know that even 10,000 votes does not guarantee that the item will go into production. And even if it does, Lego designers may refine the model, whether to change the ease of build, or to reduce the piece-count. My guess is that they probably won't produce new molds for new pieces, but they may reintroduce retired pieces or make existing pieces in new colours. I thought that the choice of an analogue synthesiser was a little "out there" and didn't match anything else they had produced (until I remembered the Lego typewriter - wonderful!) As for my "homage" quip, that was simply me making a silly joke - "don't buy the Lego version, wait until the inevitable Behringer copy of the same synthesiser". However, I didn't realise that Behringer had already released a copy - the Behringer Model D (and thus, spoiled my punchline!). Again, apologies for the lack of clarity.

The motto of all Gear Abstinence members, every year...

I am looking for an Eastman Mandolin, and Richard's Guitars seems to be the only UK shop with the full range of instruments in stock. Four hours on the train, but nevertheless on my "must visit" list.

In the language of basschat, that means "Buy another five string, but make sure it's a better one next time."

Lego will have a shock when they put it into production, only to find out that all the votes came from poor musicians who are saving up for the real thing, or were bassists, or are waiting for Behringer to create a homage to the original instrument.

Reading between the lines, that sounds like a sad story, even though you were able to benefit from the gift. Be sure to use it, even in a rehearsal, so that you can send your benefactor a YouTube link, so that you can show your friend that you are using it, and that it sounds wonderful.

I say to the drummer (always the same guy) "you're slowing down" (or speeding up).

An undeniably pretty instrument - thank you for sharing that.

How did the event go? Any videos or photos to share?

@SamIAm - a sad loss. She had enough character to leap off of the pages of this forum, and become a real personality - honest, warm, engaging, funny. And not embarrassed to be in a ukulele band.

Judging by your post, it's much harder than it looks!! Any photos of your new kit?

The bass is a gift. The Shipping fee is not in the signal chain... Still in, I would say.

That'll be me, right enough. "Gear Up Music. Because the Post Office is closer than the charity shop...." I shall have a look at this, too. Yes - a quick tour of the area with Google Maps showed an anonymous office, rather than a vibrant guitar shop. Yes, and even the 100 "proper" Google reviews are suspiciously well-written. Capital letters, full stops, sentences. I guess the question is "is basschat willing to risk my bass guitars on the company?" Hmmm. I might contact them tomorrow.

Has anyone used or had dealings with Gear Up Music? They are based in London's Covent Garden, and seem to offer an easy way of selling instruments. Email, valuation, post the item to them, get the money via bank transfer. I am tempted to try them. However, before I do, has anyone tried them? https://gearupmusic.co.uk/

Personalised band plectrums? Perhaps if they were reclassified from "plectrum", to "triangular plastic business cards", then you would be exempt from failure.

I think that you plan to install an effects pedal and speakers into your cello. Or, more likely, it is a home cinema/ surround sound hifi. You will play Deutsche Gramophon CDs of orchestral masterpieces, and sit in the middle, playing along with your cello

@EddieG last visited basschat in the back end of January. I am confident that he will respond in good time, and when he has something to report.

@BassTool My daughter reached Grade 8 on violin, and grade 5 in Theory. I asked her if she recognised the book, but she didn't. It may simply be that she followed a different syllabus (ABRSM, rather than the AB of your book).

I entered a Rubbish Car giveaway on Facebook, for a Morris Marina. Luckily, I didn't win it...

I am impressed that you know what note I am playing! I should have written "One reads a middle C on the clef but one actually plays a note one octave below that. Is this the case?" Even with better grammar, the answer is still yep, of course.

You wouldn't fit much gear in one of those!