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I have a pre-relic'd guitar, and a naturally aged bass. I look after them - they travel in a case or gig bag, they sit on a stand on stage - but I am not precious about an extra scratch or bump if it happens.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1453964711' post='2964655'] I get low output and distortion due to some dodgy patch cables from time to time. So ordered some new cables and one of these last night! [url="https://www.music-group.com/Categories/Behringer/Accessories/Cable-Testers/CT100/p/P0133"]https://www.music-gr...s/CT100/p/P0133[/url] [/quote] I have one of those, incredibly useful.

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1454001033' post='2965258'] Oh god, wish I'd never posted this now. [/quote] Pah! It's only just started...

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1453930703' post='2964452'] Yes, I did. Saying "I'm not trolling" is no guarantee that you are not trolling. And this is still looking like a troll thread to me. [/quote] Nah, the Blue that we know here on Basschat is no troll.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1453850775' post='2963540'] Disappointed - I thought it was some group of Wiltshire separatists when it said 'pro Wiltshire band'! [/quote] There are still villages in Wiltshire where the arrival of a motor car will draw a small crowd of smock-wearing straw-chewing yokels.

£2.80 economy delivery? Not even My Herpes could manage that!

[quote name='tobiewharton' timestamp='1453835551' post='2963303'] Just received this album (Lemar, The Letter) as a birthday gift. I think it's excellent - have liked his unassuming voice for a long time and these song choices and arrangements really seem to suit him. Tobie *Failed quote. I'm not quite sure why I can't get it right... [/quote] I heard a track off this on the radio the other day (Higher Love?) and thought it was excellent. It certainly pushed my soul buttons! EDIT: Kind of wishing I hadn't used that phrase now!

Here ya go: http://therayjonesband.com

Halfords do [url="http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-tools/halfords-feeler-gauge-metric-and-imperial-16-blades"]this metric/imperial set[/url] at £3.99, or there is [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Draper-Imperial-Feeler-Gauge-36174-10-AF-Blade-/291623832625?hash=item43e6228c31:g:7LwAAOxyBotTZOz2"]this imperial set[/url] on eBay for £3 delivered!

Cranes in Cardiff were asking £3,000 for an early 70s P last time I went in!

No bass fx board. For about 5-6 years I went without a chorus on my guitar board, until I picked up a home-built BYOC clone of a CE2. It needed some work to make it usable, and then I gave it a paint job and a decal:

On a couple of other forums I have gone from regular to occasional poster, and that could just as easily happen here.

I tend to follow connections from the stuff I already like, e.g. Albert Lee led me to Rodney Crowell and thence to Emmylou Harris.

Played a posh function with a scratch band - yes, you read that right. Did the same job this time last year. All good musicians in our/their own right, but only 2 rehearsals. We got away with it, and the band have been asked back for next year's event, but not very satisfying.

My tip would be to contact OBBM of this parish for advice and a quality hand-made speakon cable.

Another vote for ABC's [i]Lexicon of Love[/i].

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1453587061' post='2960918'] Although the make your own option is so ridiculously obvious now it has been suggested! [/quote] Unfortunately this is not always possible. Some multi-way blocks can be opened with a screwdriver, so you can fit your own cable, but some are sealed up to prevent tampering (and presumably liability claims!).

[quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1453545466' post='2960394'] Long may Alex prosper. [/quote] +1

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1453549018' post='2960419'] Somebody once said Rock and Roll will never die, I'm not so sure [/quote] Rock and Roll is not dead, it just smells funny.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1453548672' post='2960413'] [b]WARNING:[/b][color=#000000][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3] This product contains Chemicals, including DEHP, known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm.[/size][/font][/color] [/quote] [size=4][color=#545454][font=arial, sans-serif]DEHP is di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate, a plasticiser. [/font][/color][/size][color=#545454][font=arial, sans-serif]Phthalate plasticisers are now banned in children's toys throughout the EU because of the toxicity concerns referred to.[/font][/color] [color=#545454][font=arial, sans-serif]As long as you don't suck any of the plastic parts for a period of several years, you should be fine. [/font][/color]

I don't think a ramp will help you develop a lighter touch, it will just prevent your fingertips going too far into the strings if you dig in hard. I found the right-hand position shown in the following technique, made me play with a much lighter touch: [media]http://youtu.be/PPVMBPmrblU[/media]

Interparcel/UPS for me, but only after I've explored all the possibilities of a personal hand-over.

Anyone with a Custom Shop Strat is going to be wishing they'd saved their money. Not.

[quote name='Reverend' timestamp='1453416609' post='2959444'] Just thought I'd chime in to a class-D thread and say the word 'heft' a lot. Thanks. [/quote] Don't forget 'proper power amp' and 'big iron'.

Just got wind of these via a PMT email - seems to be based on the OB1 but with active 4-band EQ and compression: