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Raffle items would be good!

I'm fortunate in that I get paid to do one of my hobbies and so I put up with the superfluous hassle that goes with it. It would be great if I shifted to musicianship, but then all of the superfluous hassle would shift there too... I'm not sure I do: music production is now and the music industry has become quite diversified with the shift away from large organisations. Social media, Bandcamp, and so-on mean it is way easier to get your product out than in the past. I haven't done it because I am not motivated enough to do so, but if I wanted to I could, without even leaving my house. I guess there's 1 in 10,000 artists who makes it (ie. earns a good living); would increasing that (even doubling it) yield anything significant? Would it encourage people to spend more on the arts? The thing about the money for war is that it's loans rather than a slush fund; it took decades after for the UK to pay for WW II.

The problem with a universal basic income is that someone has to pay for it. We're already taxed at the highest level in decades and the current government are actively increasing taxes (even before the upcoming budget!). Whilst it's easy to denegrate people by posting strawman arguments postulating probable DM headlines about "woke" and "scroungers", what happens if money earners decide that they'd be as well jacking it in and becoming "musicians"?

It's a week to go folks! On the catering front... As previously mentioned, we plan to do a run to Costco on Friday to pick up some snacks; probably a couple of their ridiculously large cakes, some cans of pop, bottled water, some crisps, tea & coffee. Plus paper plates, cups, napkins. We'll do a £1 honesty box for items and the aim will be to cover costs, with the remainder going to the charity. If anybody has any specific wants or don't wants, then pop in a message and we'll try and (ahem) cater for them.

I have some models of the same bass with opposite direction tuners.

Oh, I enjoy driving and shooting (though not at the same time!). Stating units incorrectly ("mb" is millibits).

repeat posts... 🙂

Yep - there's one or two of those 'tards who drive along my road.

I get a bit dizzy at high altitudes.

If you look at Yes songs, they often seem to be crafted to fit the Ric fretboard. It used to bug me, but actually I never want to go that high o a bass. If I needed it I’d get a 5 or 6 string to add the extra (or a doubleneck or Stick).

Do you mean not enough frets? The originals had the Bass pickup right there, so no room for more frets.

I would be interested in seeing that. i like something different. I played a Dingwall today - it was fun.

It's nothing to fret about... 🙂

I meant the ones in @ikay's post. 🙂 The bobbin sits on top of a magnet which is glued to the base. But the bobbin itself is held on by those two screws underneath.

I've loosened those screws before (just a smidge) and just coaxed the bobbin into alignment. Beware that those wires are quite fragile.

Is the pickup bobbin glued to the base or held in place by a couple of screws on the underside?

The passive-aggressive use of "ahem"...

(Neil)

I use cutouts from aluminium food trays - you can do folds to make a (stepped) slope and build up a shallow wedge to the desired height.

Not cheap, I guess you have to weigh against spending the time & effort. This ebay seller has (or at least had) some replacement parts, so you could try pinging him. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167855373439 Also contactable via this FB group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/182588378547198

Doh! Someone messed that up; there's also supposed to be a Gnd wire to the Treble pickup surround held in place by the screws/springs. RickySounds (and other suppliers) will be able to supply exact parts or they are a stock US bolt. If you do go to RickySounds, I'd suggest getting there bezel too; I have one on one of my Rics and the price is very reasonable. https://www.rickysounds.co.uk/product/4003-4001treble-bezel-cove-chrome/

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They must've misspelt the name.

Aye, but I don't think anybody did.