tegs07

mess of words - that petrol emotion 

took problem chimp to ideal homeshow - half man half biscuit 

5 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

It's the sellers choice to sell to who ever they want for any price they choose. If they are happy to sell something for £500, 99% don't care if a private individual pays £500 or if a shop pays £500. The seller can't be expected to refuse to sell to someone if they need/want the money.

 

I understand your point of view, but if you want to buy something, and it's for sale at a good price, you've got to be quick off the mark! I've missed many a bass that I'd have wanted to buy because I saw the ad a bit late. 

 

At the end of the day, the seller can choose who to sell to and what price they sell at. We can't govern that.

The same can be said for car dealers. I’ve been looking recently and a local Honda guy pips me to the sale every time and sells the vehicle on at a price increase. Irritating but they aren’t doing anything wrong, just making a living. If this site was called HondaChat he would definitely be a member and scouring the for sale section.

hard time killing floor blues - skip james

under the influence - dr.didg

Just set Snowpiercer on a Ferry on steroids …

The problem with cruise ships for me would be; Im not particularly keen on gyms, casinos, shops, buffets or crowds of strangers I can’t get away from. Being stuck miles from home surrounded by sea with all of those things doesn’t sound like something I would do for money, let alone pay money to do.

elvis presley blues - gillian welch

hollywood forever cemetery sings - father john misty

Belated feedback- apologies!

Bought a Kiogen loom from Dave.

Very helpful chap and quick postage.

Thanks again.

12 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Did some old tug bars have a single center screw?

fnarr fnarr

escape music - the mouse outfit 

preacher man - fields of the nephilim 

i wanna be your dog - the stooges

21 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

Absolutely, I don't think anyone's saying it isn't 👍

IMO in the same way as a pair of Nikes made bespoke and collectible because some rapper has added his name to the design or some famous arty type has made them spectacular garish the actual end product won’t be any better quality than the mass produced item. It’s the extra time and cost involved in the limited run that you are paying for. FWIW my thoughts on the original vintage instruments that a lot of the CS shop stuff replicate is some instruments for whatever quirk of fate just play and sound better than others made in the same batch. If an instrument has survived 40 or 50 years it’s likely to be one of the good ones that somebody has loved and cared for. The ones that didn’t get loved for whatever reason have been broken up, burned whatever.

Spending 100 hours replicating the 1 in 100 or whatever won’t necessarily make it play or sound the same. It will probably look pretty cool though.

Surely this same debate could be had about any bespoke built limited edition products vs mass produced items?

If you want something different and have the money to pay for a limited run item I can’t see the harm. Some people out there pay £1000 for limited run trainers. I think they have a screw loose but it keeps someone in a job.

levitation - hawkwind

she don’t use jelly - the flaming lips 

suddenly everything has changed - the flaming lips 

racing with the sun - chinese man

wiseman - slightly stoopid

cocaine - jj cale

blues from a gun - JAMC 

19 hours ago, Jabba_the_gut said:

My son went to this with group of friends and left early yesterday as the mood changed. It was his first festival and he said he wouldn't go there again. He went off to get some (overpriced) food and came back to find the tent slashed, camp chairs had been put on the fire, bottles being thrown etc. So they left.

 

 

Reading/Leeds and Boardmasters in particular have become right of passage festivals for teenagers who have just finished their GCSE’s. They go in big groups, can’t handle their booze and end up doing stupid things. The last festival I went to (free ticket to Bestival) was full of out of control  very young and immature teenagers who were in a mess. Several groups I saw were a danger to themselves and others around them. There is no way I would have camped next to these guys. I’ve been to several festivals with wasted people but they had the collective maturity to handle their various stages of intoxication.

Apparently there are discussions afoot about making Reading over 18s only after this year’s shenanigans. My daughter went to Reading and reported the same. Her group stayed awake all night and took their tents down due to the random groups of idiots slashing tents.

The people involved aren’t hardcore anarchists just stupid and immature kids.