Woodinblack

Agreed, Chris is good, and not had any trouble with Andertons, PMT, G4M (both of Andertons and G4M I have used their returns). Don't think I have ever bought from GuitarGuitar. Obviously there was some element of humour in my post. When I was growing up, a music shop was somewhere that you would go to be belittled or talked at like an inconvenience. Apart from Telecoms (later nevada) in portsmouth where I spent some time and a guitar shop in New Road* that was excellent, which considering how annoying I was, was not bad. When I first moved here, I went into the guitar shop and I am not sure they acknowledged my existance at all. The closed down after a few months, I wasn't sad. There is one here now that opened a few years ago which is a lot better, although too small to have much of use to me but I make a point of buying strings etc from the occasionally. Things are better now, and the majority of places I have used have been good, although hard to tell as I am older and better off. No, I suspect you would still expect the wheels to be coming off now * as an aside, the guy who ran the shop in New Road used to work in telecoms. I don't remember when that shop closed down but I used to go into it in my school leaving teens age, which we shall call the early 80s. In 2011 I went to festival in Somerset. I went into this tent which had a load of spiritual stuff in it to have a nose (I was working there, and very bored), and some guy said 'Oh there is a face I recognise'. And it was him. He hadn't changed much, I would assume I had, I guess not that much then!

Oh go away with your foreign imports. We are british, we didn't leave Europe so we could do good aftersales service!

Obviously it depends on what you are used to - as above people complaining about garageband after using pro-tools. First time I used pro tools I couldn't believe how backward it was compared to anything I had used before, which at the time was logic (the older one) and cubase. I seriously can't use protools, its awful (well, I can use it, but I would rather not). Reaper is like an improved pro tools with a cheaper price tag (not a huge fan but have used it a fair bit). I would say if you like garageband, go to logic, you will find although there is a lot more you can do, the concepts are similar in garage band. Reason is a very different way of working (it is good, but not really the same sort of software). If I was doing EDM or the like, I would be using reason. But the other question is, if you are happy with garageband, why do you need to change it?

I used to always go up to that area on a rare visit to London for a shopping day out as a kid. I have to say that there seems less of a reason to go than there used to be as all high streets are becoming the same, even London's. I never like macaris but there were others of interest. I disagree that shopping needs to be made an "experience", you just have to get some level of service to make people want to shop there. Sort of a wunjo level.

Learned this one recently, as we play Josie in our set and this is the one after it when I was practicing. Fun to play.

Nominally we do 2 1.5 hour sets, but if we are only doing 1 set, it tends to go up over 2 hours.

Our sets are 3 hours, not doing that every day! My other group just hour and a half, I have done that quite often.

Yes, the "well I have not had any problems with them so you can't criticise" army is always quite strong. Clearly, if someone is trying to contact a company and they have to come to a forum to ask if they are still trading, there is a problem.

I like most of his designs

I always go to wunjo when I am up there, never had a bad experience there, always really helpful. Went to bass gallery a couple of times before I realised they weren't closed and went in, and yes, they were fine.

Sorry to hear that

Not sure I have ever noticed that correlation. I like natural wood and I don't really like smooth.

That is close to how I said it, except for some reason I pronounced it with the M before the B, so it was always ner-womb

Same here, one of my favourites in the early 80s.

I have played quite a lot, probably more as I don't have the normal outlet. The spark amp is good in that it gives you something to play along with and as we had got a new group up and running, we practice those. Also the advantage is that my wife is the singer so we have music nights. What I haven't done that I meant to was more stick practice, or even more keyboard practice. Haven't touched the guitars either, its all been the bass. Thats where I seem different for most. I would rather be sitting playing instruments on my own than listening to someone elses band. Playing in my own band, obviously that wins everything.

Thats a good moment in the sun indeed. I probably heard you, I listened to friday rock show every week. I also see you selected NWOBHM photo pose 3, of the 5 acceptable photo poses!

I must admit although I loved their album, I never really listened to the bass. Listening to a youtube video of the bass of "What I am" and it is a lovely bassline. If only I still had a fretless, I would learn that!

Why not? You are training your ear, not your voice.

For many years I wouldn't try an instrument in most shops because of this sort of attitude. Luckily most of those shops died a death as they deserved to, and the ones with good customer service or something really special remained. When I am buying stuff I prioritise by customer service. Cost matters obviously, but if there isn't a huge difference, customer service wins.

Can't you play them then?

That was in no doubt anywhere, so not sure of your point. Where did I say that I wanted or expected a reply now? I want a reply at some point. And as mentioned, I don't pick up the phone. If the only way of doing business is via the phone well, then fine, its not like any of this stuff is essential. I probably don't need it anyway.

4 leds would have probably been enough positioned just right.

If someone puts up a NBD for say, a jazz bass, then woop - its a jazz bass in whatever colour with whatever colour pickgaurd. It isn't going to get any comments, as it is like coming home with a mondeo - oh you got a new bass. There isn't really a question there. This is different. Also, this isn't people commenting on a NBD post, this is people commenting on "The most stunning bass ever" post, which whatever it was, would get similar comments.