Woodinblack

Did a gig on friday at a local nightclub that is not that busy in the evening but they have bands on. It was pretty quiet when we got there, but there is also a local music festival on so we weren't expecting much. And the pay is ok and they are short (for us) sets of an hour each. However, a few friends dropped by at the start and after about half an hour some people started turning up and the small audience were at least pretty responsive. And as it turned out, that dispite any practice for ages, the first set went really well. Second half there were a few mistakes, and then we played 'impression I get' and turned out, I completely forgot how it went, or how to play it. I floundered around with root notes while I searched my brain, then my ipad, for a clue, both were unhelpful. Root notes don't really work for ska! Then for the last verse my brain finally caught up and said 'oh that song' and it all came flooding back. But that put me on edge for the rest of the second half. Then for the end, I was still playing the guild that I had switched to, as there weren't any songs that needed a 5 string, we were going to play a song at the end and the guitarist decided to play a different song, but somehow didn't feel the need to tell me, which is a shame as it needs a bass, and also I need a 5 string bass to play it. Luckily I can swap quickly but had to start again and that looks awful. So yeh, mostly ok, but those two threw it a bit for me. On the plus side, new management there who pay right away, the last management paid later by bank account (being the only people we have had that with), and took 2 months to pay! Today we are supposed to have a gig in a local pub, but turns out that local pub is closed, their phones are disconnected, and rumours are that the landlord/landlady have had a bit of a falling out. I guess I will go off shopping instead!

Not usually, always, its a legal requirement! My macbooks have always been refurbs. My current one I had to get after getting a work retina macbook and it being hard going back to the old one. I would also say contrary to some of this advice, processor really isn't that important. They are all pretty fast and the only time you can see the speed difference is if you have them next to each other.

12:22:54 Did he get the job?

So just apply anyway - if they are not interested you haven't lost anything. But you never know.

I don't understand most of that as I am not in management and have expended considerable energy to keep it that way, but I know what that is. And its P, unless you have a variety of noodles and want to sub categorise.

Me - I know some people who would be expert at solving problems in unhealthy and impractical ways. In fact, at my last job the whole company was geared to that. And I am not joking!

That depends - if you get £2400 for it when you sell it, is that better than if you could only sell it for £2000 somewhere else?

Yeh, generally around 700, but they don't have that nice roasted neck - and also don't come in any of the great colours she has!

I have had that many times - although split the saving? Its not him doing anything wrong, why does he need a cut! But I think its wrong, you are using their service for something you would only get by being there, and also you could be kicked out of your account. Its people doing that that makes eBay so tricky to use, with all the restrictions.

Remembering it is quite low impedance so it wouldn't be a lot of noise like running from a passive bass to an amp for instance. So you would have to be on quite a big stage before it really became an issue. I looked into the idea of a bass of that and did some drawings, but the body on the St Vincent is actually pretty long, so I wasn't sure it would work - On the plus side its really easy to draw!

Agreed - I didn't know anyone apart from a few people I had heard mention (who turned out to be the least interesting). Its unfair to say that nothing was good, there were some groups I was very impressed by although my memory is a bit rubbish and I either can't remember who they were, or didn't know in the first place. I do think it is a good idea, thats for sure, even if it is a little chaotic.

Nah, they are easy to get if you are very well off.. or I guess St Vincent - she seems to have a few spare. Would certainly like one if they turned up cheap!

Thats different from a cash sale though. Even for cash I am still paying the same fees (especially as ebay don't own paypal any more). I have always insisted on paypal for postage (or other methods) but cash only for collection, and I remember last time I looked the only time you were allowed to mention cash payments was for collection. There is obviously nothing to stop you charging a huge amount for shipping and paypal, and free for cash for collection.

I went there a few years ago, some stuff was ok but not really much that grabbed me. I saw the men that will not be blamed for nothing supporting someone a few years ago and they were good.

" NOTE. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS GUITAR MAY NOT BE GENUINE. I WILL AUTHENTICATE THIS AND REVISE THIS AD IF NECESSARY ASAP. THANK YOU. "

That is a design patent, a bit different from a technological patent, and although the 'apple patented a rectangle' is how that was always presented, but the patent used in that part was a very obvious rip off by google on the whole design of the iPhone, compared to where andriod was before the release. If I had been them I would have done it too, when you know google are just going to copy anything you try to make.

Ah no, see that is a known scam, nothing to do with the bank. You get a notification saying you had £10,000, you pay out the 9,400 and then it turns out the 10,000 never existed in the first place.

Agreed if you ask for one thing you presumably don’t want another, but from a sellers POV, the bank way is many times safer than PayPal Like anything it depends on if people are buying when you are selling. The more unusual the item the fewer people looking. The amount of times I have looked for something and found out that what I wanted went the previous month for a price I would have been happy to pay

A lot of muti effects work as an input - I seem to have more inputs than anything but mostly use an old ik multimedia floor stomp into whatever your software is. Garage band works, as does amplitube and all that sort of thing, but I am a great fan of BIAS amp (which is often on special offer).

You do realise that there is noone actually there don't you? I was probably a joke, they got you to go someone and just put a screen up to make you think they were there too!

I would be very surprised if you couldn't do that with a helix, or am I missing the unique stage? It is just someone shredding with a synth patch.

Indeed - so when selling the first thing to look for is what they are going for now. Doesn't matter if you bought it at £800, if they are now £600 new you are not getting 700. People also often don't consider the value of the ability to take it back to the shop or claim on the warantee. Unless something is very rare and very expensive I wouldn't pay above 75% for a second hand one in very good condition - hurts when you are selling but that is the way. I just bought a s/h Yamaha Reface, they are £242 at PMT (where I would have bought one if they had price on them, but that is another thread!), most second hand ones on ebay are £210 + 10 shipping - £24 difference for a warantee and take back if you don't like it service? Seems good value to me!

To which the most obvious answer is 'what is the maximum that you'd give for it?'