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  1. An old post I realise Blue, but it made me chuckle, and realise something. You're promoting your local bricks and mortar store, that have obviously given you good service, by stating "they ship to the UK" and linking to their website. To me they are just another online retailer taking business away from my local bricks and mortar store. Which made me realise after reading through this old thread that most of the 'local' stores people are talking about are big online retailers as well, GAK, Andertons, PMT, Promenade, Merchant City Music, Guitar Guitar, etc, OK they're not Amazon or Thomann but still very big online players. So by using them, and I do, I am supporting someone else's local shop, arent I? It's just inevitable progress I feel, if someone can offer you a service that suits your needs better, you'll use it. I assume there were similar woe as cities expanded, swallowing up surrounding towns and villages, leading to city centre retail taking over from local high streets. If physical shops can provide service that is preferable to the customer and profitable to the business then they'll win out. Unfortunately I honestly don't see how a small, local music shop can do this so their customer base will continue to dwindle until it reaches a balance point, if at this balance point they are not profitable then it's game over. Another nail in their coffin, I think, is that playing musical instruments just isn't as popular as it was years ago. I may be biased but I feel that my generation (teenagers in the 80s & 90s) were the last generation when playing in band was popular. Sure teenagers still do but I think the number of kids that want to has been steadily dropping since the 60s/70s. Since the 2000s using computers for music has become far more commonplace and you don't go into a music shop for the latest hardware or software. I don't know where any of this going, much like the retail business, so I'll stop rambling now .
  2. The Day the World Turned Day-glo - X-Ray Spex
  3. A 'Gross' is twelve dozen, so 144. 144 x 40, your big birthday, is 5760, which is close enough to the price they'll be in this country to make it your destiny to buy one of these. It's fate, nothing can be that big a coincidence. The heavenly bodies have aligned and given you a sign that only the foolhardy would ignore. But don't let me pressure you. 😁
  4. I love these type of basses. I was low key on the lookout for something like this when an S D Curlee came up for sale at a good price, with the same Dimarzio pickup. Not as good a price as your Hondo though, bargain! As an aside, there's Honda II and Aria Pro II, is there Hondo I and Aria Pro I, or was it marketing to make the sound more advanced?
  5. I am by no means any kind of authority on speaker cab building but my concerns would be strength and rattles. Would the fibreglass body be rigid enough to not flex with the pressure waves? My limited knowledge says the lower frequency the cab is designed to handle the more rigid the structure must be for the sides not flex and kind of act like a damper to the pressure of the sound waves. An inner ply box could solve this but would the volume left be too small to be effective? If an inner ply box would work then you could wedge packers between the case and ply box to act as braces to remove the (possible) need for internal bracing. You would also have to make sure the clasps cannot rattle if the front cover is removed, same with the handle.
  6. I'm not sure if Ministry would ever want to be classed as whacky but Jesus Built My Hotrod is edging towards that territory... and is fantastic. Puts a smile on my face every time.
  7. Zephyr Song - RHCP Classic British Ford thing innit.
  8. I use it to make my strings a bit slicker. "Get down with the slickness.... Oooh waa a a aah!" I'll even use it on my plucking fingers as it's less nasty than the famed nose grease.
  9. No, I think they were Majik Fish at the time, from Plymouth.
  10. The guitarist and singer of one of the bands I'm in have been in bands together previously. One of their previous bands were doing quite well locally and another band on the scene that had supported them before got hold of them and asked to play support at their upcoming Tavistock Wharf gig. They said they had some record company types that wanted to see them ASAP and the Wharf would be the perfect venue. My bandmates band thought some record company exposure could be good so jumped at the idea. Roll on plenty of years and that guitarist and singer are in a band with me and their support band did alright out of the deal as well I think. I don't know where they are now. They were called Muse.
  11. Cake's version of War Pigs. Now Sabbath are Sabbath and nobody can beat the original, but I love this version. I like how the instruments seem to start the bar in a different place creating real interest and slight confusion, then the second verse are all on 'the one' together. Probably explained that incorrectly but there ya go! 😉 Great production as well, lots going on but every instrument has its own space and clarity. Enjoy.
  12. As is usual with my easily led mind, I'm supposed to be brushing up on Tin Soldier by The Small Faces and I've ended up learning When You Touch Me by The Guess Who. What a fun song to play. I did get Tin Soldier nailed again too so all's good. 😁 Badly sinc'd video.
  13. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
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