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13 hours ago, MELLOW said:

Marks on Strat are in another place.

They are well hidden then as I looked very closely and buggered if I can find any.

2 hours ago, ezbass said:

Hang on. Are you asking me if I’m a mason? Didn’t think that was the protocol. 🤝

 

 

Knowing that ‘on the level’ is relating to Freemasons is a sure admittance that you are one surely?

As is pointing this out?…………

I have a 79 Strat in natural and it doesn’t have marks like that.

I haven’t finished connecting all the cables up but have done a rearrange on my new (home made) board to fit the GX-100 in. I will lose the separate tuner at some point. Pleased with it so far but may swap the GX to the lower tier.

Mustang Sally and Shotgun are the two worse songs ever written. I cannot physically listen to either as it genuinely offends my soul that such travesties exist.

Just had mine delivered today. Planning on mostly guitar use when I bought it but after an hour on bass I am seriously impressed. It has a good range of sounds and once you get your head around it, it’s easy to tweak to your taste. I wasn’t planning on gigging it on bass but think I may well give it a go now.

Edit: had a chance to play with this more today and am SERIOUSLY impressed. The system is easy to navigate once you get your around it (doesn’t take long) and it’s easy to build patches from scratch or adapt the ones there already. It has a lot to offer us bass players and even more if you get stuff off the Boss tone studio (I think that’s free but not sure).

17 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

 

A bit unfair without sources, I think...?

Hence the reason I haven’t stated what was alleged to have been said, I only clarified after 4000’s post. If you had quoted my entire sentence you have got ‘wouldn’t wish to misquote someone on such an emotive area.’ 

8 hours ago, 4000 said:

Do you mean the comments about supporting Theresa May?
 

If so, she clarifies here:

 

https://www.katebush.com/news/clarification

 

She was supporting having a woman in power, not the Tories. If that’s what you’re referring to, it’s not exactly “a bit far right”. 

 

Not questioning your experience, but everything else I’ve ever read or heard from anyone who has worked with or encountered her in person says she’s lovely and completely backs up Mark Radcliffe’s comments. Which isn’t to say she always will be of course. 

No, I hadn’t heard that, but anyone who could support May is an utter muppet, the comments I heard were regards to immigration, but I won’t go into detail as I heard them second hand and wouldn’t wish to misquote someone on such an emotive area. 
 

As I said before, I can only speak as I found and she was very unpleasant on that occasion.

Edit: Just read the clarification and what al load of BS, ‘the best thing to happen to this country in a long time’ but not a supporter of the Tories? I like her even less now 😂 She should definitely stick to music (as is very often the case, Eric Clapton etc etc)

Saxophone forums are weird places. I gave up on café saxophone after seeing several new members abused for asking questions. There was a hierarchy on there where certain members seemed immune to any criticism/ sanction for the rudeness. Not a friendly place at all. Sax on the web didn’t seem as bad but some strange folk on there.  

I suffered horrendous cramp in my feet and legs a while ago. My consultant suggested Andrews liver salts. I was somewhat sceptical but it made a massive difference. At worst it won’t cause any harm so perhaps worth a try.

I had one sorted many years ago using a heat press. The guy put it on this ally block thing which heated up. I can’t remember much more than that but it wasn’t expensive but not a £10 job either.

7 minutes ago, mikel said:

Funny how peoples perspectives differ. Mark Radcliff interviewed her when she had been off the radar for ages. Its in his book Thank you for the Days. He said he was surprised at how ordinary she was, no airs and graces and even cooked him lunch. There was no "Get your people to arrange things with my people" type of thing. He spoke with her on the phone and arranged to meet at her house. Rang on the bell and she let him in, then apologised for only having a quiche from the freezer. Nothing was off the agenda and no publicist or management present.

That isn’t an interaction with a member of the public though, it’s a pre planned PR interaction and, look at how many politicians stage similar things to show how ‘human’ they are. I can only speak from personal experience, and she was foul to people she didn’t know, with no reason, nothing occurred before hand which could have caused it and from the reaction of others around her they didn’t seem surprised. It may be the only time it’s ever happened (I doubt it), but I can only speak as I find, I won’t defend someone/ ignore the situation because I liked their music. At the time we were all who the F this muppet causing all the fuss was. I was more than a little surprised when I realised who it was.

47 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

I don’t know, is she renowned as being such? Could she have been having a bad week?

I’ve crossed paths with a few celebs in my musical travels and there are a few that stand out as behaving like complete tools. Two in particular stand out but I’ve not read or heard a bad word about them anywhere else, so maybe my experience was exceptional? Unless we really know these people, how can we tell?

I’d like to think Kate is actually a nice person, but sometimes those with an abundance of talent don’t handle it well all of the time, especially in the company of fools.

 

I’ll stop rambling. I enjoyed the OP though. Thanks again for sharing.

I have heard other stuff as well that seems to agree with the experience I had. Even on a bad day on a bad week basic manners cost nothing and the assumption that being famous makes you important can FRO. The people she was abusive about were a group of Biochemists, myself included, whose only crime was to be in front of her.

I think there was also a bit of a stink a few years back over some questionable comments on a radio program as well (a bit far right iirc) but I didn’t hear it personally.

After being in double figures for years I am now down to four, all fill a niche. At the moment I have zero GAS for bass stuff. It has taken many years but I am happy now with what I have. Feels strange in a way……

I loved her music but came across her briefly in real life and she was foul, proper diva.

My cobra blue ultra-

And a sneaky six string-

Blue is my favourite colour.

There is nothing Amazon sell that I need so much I would buy it from them.

7 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

I did look at Strings Direct but they were approx £5 / set more than GAK and having used GAK many times before and i always buy more than one set so usually works out cheaper in long run.

Have to say i've used Bass Direct quite a few times and they are usually pretty good.

On occasion Strings Direct weren't showing my usual strings EXL190's hence looking around for other suppliers.

I used to go between Strings Direct and String Busters but not sure the latter is still going these days.

Dave

I think strings direct will price match if you call them. GAK are usually pretty reliable to be fair so maybe a genuine mistake on this occasion, I still think they should cover the extra postage though.

6 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Just a follow up on my strings order this week.

Ordered 2 sets, got an email after paying saying only one in stock other in few days. They sent one set on Mon and got them Tues £5 postage.

2nd set posted yesterday and due today with an additional £5 postage.

Still quite a quick turnaround on the 2nd set and if i'd known they would arrive today i would have held off with the original set and saved £5 postage.

OR if they had told me at the oredring stage i would just have gone elsewhere for both sets. As it turned out £10 for postage meant i was paying a good bit more than other suppliers.

Wont make that mistake again.

I needed one set for tomorrows gig hence the urgency.

Dave

As it’s their mistake surely they will cover the extra postage? And a fiver for a set of strings seems steep anyway. I use stringsdirect, the prices are great and postage is only £1.99 or free over £30.

+1 on the name and shame, I am a generally chilled out sort but would have exploded down the phone if they came out with that crap.

Way ahead the record shop in Derby for me. We used to spend an age in there and as they got to know you they would play you stuff that had come in that week. And rifling through the bargain bin brought up some obscure classics as well. The NME was also useful back in those days.

19 hours ago, Kev said:

It actually isn't anymore, hasn't been for a few years.  There used to be a requirement to disclose any material fact that may influence an Underwriter decision, but that has now changed to the opposite of what you've said; the onus is on the Insurer now to ask the right question, and if the right question isn't asked, the customer doesn't need to disclose.  Basically means most FCA/FOS complaints go the way of the consumer for non disclosure these days.

 

I don't work in motor insurance, more leisure and household, but unless you class your band as your job, I can't imagine a need to disclose it.  Come to think of it, I cant really think of an incident that may happen that would be unique to a music related venture that would be insured anyway.  Is there an example?

Whiplash claim from Trace Elliot combo not being secured when the driver braked hard?

Come to think of it, that would be funeral costs, not whiplash claim………

On 21/04/2022 at 18:10, braindeadbass said:

Here’s my current board, black box is an Octave Fuzz I’m working on.

How do you get on with the Empress Zoia? I have been wondering about getting one for a while but don’t know anyone with personal experience of them.

Made myself a new board -

Got a nasty lung infection but I will populate it once I am up to it.

1 hour ago, Vin Venal said:

Only 3 times the price... 😬

Exactly my thinking as well!