Dan Dare

Yes and he/she should check the tempo with a metronome before giving the count. That's the way it happens in studios and on pro' jobs. All this sharing the count-in around between band members, etc is frankly amateurish. I've heard people count 1-2-3-4 for a 3/4 song and then start to actually play at a completely different tempo from the count they just gave. It doesn't matter how good a sense of time anyone has. When the adrenaline is going on a gig, it's too easy to be too quick.

That'll be the one they nicked off the rack in the shop...

There is a trade off. Sensitive speakers are difficult to work with and must be treated with kid gloves or they'll burst into tears. As you were.

As dear old Ian Dury put it, "A sense of humour is required, amongst the bacon rinds". As a matter of interest, he does recommend an equally affordable combination - Joyo Zombie and Harley Benton 1x12 (which has a Celestion Vintage 30 in it for the same price you'd pay just to buy the drive unit), so he isn't just knocking stuff. He does offer practical alternatives.

Astonishing musician and player. Personally, er, difficult. Got him killed in the end. Sad.

I wouldn't take instrument lessons. I'd take theory lessons. Spend a lot on them and then you won't "zone out" because you'll be thinking "This is costing me an arm and a leg. I'd better get my money's worth"". If you don't know what's going on, there's no shame in asking for clarification. That's the point of learning. No point in pretending to know something just to save face.

Very disappointed. Thought this would be about a Fender Lead, which was a 2 pickup Strat type guitar and rather decent.

Or even at £11.99...

Excellent. I hope he gets a nice lucrative gig out of it.

Actually, your advice was sound. You can sell a Martin for good money when the kid loses interest after 3 weeks.

In answer to the OP, a 3x10 ought to be a 1x12 killer. It shifts a lot more air.

This is ideal. The two drummers I mainly play with carry a metronome (there are apps that do the job, as others point out). They check the correct tempo before the start and give us two bars count (always two - never one) with the sticks. Works every time.

A few days shouldn't hurt, unless it's damp or subject to extremes of temperature up there. Longer term is different. If you have a slate roof (as I have) which is dark coloured, it absorbs the heat of the sun and gets VERY warm in the loft. I agree with TrevorR's advice above. Do you have a pal who would mind them whilst you're away?

Nice work. You should go into business, building old school sleeves/cases for those of us who use modern class D jobbies and want the vintage look.

This.

Despite his claims that he is selling to fund a better instrument, I'd wager he isn't a player. The wording is the sort of thing a noddy would come up with by cribbing from and cobbling together other peoples' ads.

Yep. I've always thought it a peculiar choice of name (obviously Aguilar are not aware of our use of slang). Chocolate thunder is usually what I suffer from the morning after a particularly fine vindaloo 😬

There's a difference between "hand wired" and "hard wired". Hand wired can mean built by hand on a PCB. Hard wired would mean point to point/turret board construction. I doubt very much whether one would get true hard wired amp for £200, even if it was made in China by children who are paid a bag of gravel for their labours each week...

I've never understood the claimed great divide between 'covers' and 'originals' (many of which are heavily derivative, anyway - there's nothing, or little at any rate, new under the sun). It's simple enough to do both. Just play in a covers band and an originals band. I've done it for years. Make a bit of lolly in one and satisfy your craving to play stuff nobody likes in the other. Job done.

If it was me.... I wouldn't PX the Cornford. I'd sell it separately. You'll get more for it than if you PX and you will be able to buy the replacement outright, which may enable you to negotiate a reduction on the price. Skank's advice above is sound. You can address the tendency of Fender Juniors to dirty up too quickly by replacing the first preamp valve with a lower gain version (see Phil McKnight's YouTube vid on the topic). I think he's right that you will probably be happiest with the Cornell. You own a high quality combo in your Cornford and standard factory offerings may leave you a little underwhelmed. Does it have to be a combo? If you don't mind a separate cab', this - https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_g112_vintage.htm - is generally reckoned to be something of a bargain (essentially, you get a Celestion Vintage 30 in a free cab). Pair it with a small valve head and you'll be in business.

Exactly. He is attempting to charge people who know little good money for his hack work. Why should we not call him out? A lot of beginners are members on here and if we can prevent any of them from being conned by this man and his ilk, I say that's a good thing. I don't care whether he has mental health issues or not. That's no excuse for ripping people off.

Such as?

The prize isn't £10m. It's around £2k. As for being "a fool not to", do you buy £50 worth of lottery tickets when the rollover tops £10m? How many times have you won the big prize? You're incorrect about how odds work, but I can't be bothered to argue.

Not necessarily. PayPal can recover funds from your bank account. Whilst "everyone has to start somewhere", accepting a bid from someone in Brazil with zero feedback is not a good idea. They may be fine, but if they're not, you've lost your money. If it was me, I'd reject the bid.