jonno1981

There is a whole history section at Lego house in the basement. There is a section where you can view the complete catalogue year by year and select the models that you owned. I spent ages there! The room has loads of displays of the vintage sets. I agree that the new models aren’t quite as versatile as the originals, they’re still fun to build!

It was a great holiday though. 52 danish krona for a one scoop ice cream in legoland. Ah joy. I picked up a few key rings as souvenirs, couldn’t afford anything else! The shop was worth a walk around. They had pretty much the whole catalogue to pick from. Lego house was the surprise, we loved it more than legoland. Just loads to do and plenty of nostalgia for the stuff I bought when I was growing up.

Just trying to help! Have you tried fender? They make hundreds of products, they never list individual parts like this online but I bet it’ll be in a spares list somewhere. Best of luck.

This is really cool, but tinged with the knowledge that I’d never be able to afford/justify it. I’m guessing the production version would be £300+. I love Lego but it’s getting pretty damn pricey. Visited Billund LEGOLAND and Lego house last week, amazing experience but most of the sets in the shop are £150+!

My two sets of TI’s are are least 10 years old. They get an occasional wipe down and polish with fast fret but that’s it. I’ve got three sets of unopened round wounds that I’ve bought since from shops that I felt I should buy something from as they were helpful and let me try stuff. Dunno when they’ll get used. Might sell them actually…..

Ask fender. There may be a spares email or tel you can contact, or they’ll make you go through a dealer.

Thanks for the suggestions. I really want to stick below £150. Any more and I’d almost justify buying a new bass that has a bag included! I’ll look into these and buy something!

I’ve been using a Levy’s gig bag that came with a lakland bass I bought about 20 years ago. The pockets have all disintegrated and the zips are on the way out. What’s the most comfortable, well protected, sturdy gig bag for max £150? My basses are all standard shapes, nothing pointy. I’ve seen the mono bags but wondered if there were just as good /good enough alternatives for around the same money or less. I don’t use it that often but want something good I can trust to last for years. Sadowsky porta bag? TKL? Any others I should look into?

A bunch of reasons. Thomann may be sitting on some old stock they bought at a lower price than buying some today. Maybe they're overstocked and want to clear them out. Pmt are advertising full rrp without having any in stock to generate some interest, different distributors between uk and Germany, different buying power. I’d shoot pmt a message with the thomann link asking for their actual price. I’d expect them to come down a bit.

Suppliers won’t be happy if that’s the case. Doubt they’ll supply the new co if this happens. it’s a horrible time for the staff, I’ve been there and it’s awful.

I learnt to read using this book. There may be better options on the market now but it did the trick for me. I gave my copy away a few years but if I remember correctly, at least the first half is just reading rhythms only, no pitches. https://amzn.eu/d/3fZme6k

I hope someone comes in and buys the business. New branch of guitar guitar maybe? £30m turnover is significant!

Memories! I think it was mind overtime, but it was 2008 so memories are sketchy! Rhoda May were good. Jay did the double set thing a few times - nutcase! The gig we found the recording had a lineup including “the godwits” who went onto success as “dry the river” (main stage reading fest and lots of tours) + my now wife’s band a genuinefreakshow. Fun times. Recovery hit a few hurdles (I’m fatigued all the time and no one knows why!) but I’m still in a better place than last year.

Jay found an old hard drive with our first Wilde theatre show and a west end centre gig on it. Some of it sounds good! Could’ve been your good self recording.

Newly discovered old band live videos. Quite the nostalgia fest.

The back of neck through sei basses look so good, maybe better than the front.

I think it would fit into a black metal band perfectly! It’s certainly unique and would support a drop stupid tuning really well.

Wow. Built for low tuning? Or someone with absolute monstrous proportions? Hope you got a bargain!

If I was him I’d approach bass direct or bass bros and negotiate a cheaper commission. Drop off 15-20 at a time and wait for the cheques to arrive. Given the quantity of listings I can only imagine the number of tyre kickers and scam emails he must be dealing with.

Room acoustics and gear placement! I’ve played the same places before with back line in a slightly different spot. It can make such a huge difference to what you and the audience hear. One time everything was perfect instantly with no adjustments needed (dreamland!), another time I was in safe cracker territory with no end of knob twiddling getting me nowhere! I shifted the rig a few cms away from the wall and it all came together. If you don’t believe me, try it next time!

That bridge looks like someone dropped some porridge on it when they bought the bass and never bothered to clean it! I’ve never seen chud built up like that before.

Ozzy is a very old, very weathered individual. I’d be surprised if he plays more than 1 solo tune and 1 tune with black sabbath. Even that is impressive for a wobbly guy in his 70s with his health history.

Why do I suddenly have the urge for mashed potato? 🤔