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  1. prowla
    These are the bass ones I bought; they also do guitar ones. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09BSZKQT5 I looked at a YT video and the person said the StuMac ones were the ones to go for if you're a pro, but these were good. I have a set of Hosco guitar ones and the slots are V-shaped, whereas I'd prefer vertical.
  2. prowla
    Well, there are "Trigger's broom" instruments.
  3. prowla
    I'm not into fake logos, including "upbranding" Squiers and suchlike; they cross the boundary between a copy/replica and counterfeits. But if someone wants to do it so they can stand in front of the mirror at home and pretend they've got a real one, then that's up to them. As for Frankensteins... 🙂
  4. prowla
    Ssssh - you're not allowed to call out Limelights on BC!
  5. prowla
    China isn't Japan, y'know.
  6. prowla
    I've had cheapies and thought "these are cheapo"; I bought a set of MusicNomad ones via Amazon and they are rather good, definitely not cheapo!
  7. prowla
    My Synth 9 pedal's Oberheim does the F# into pretty well. (He just said "Oberheim" as I wrote it!)
  8. prowla
    I've been to Andy Baxter's shop in East London; he was a bit off with me because I went without an appointment and phoned him from the street outside, but it was a genuine bricks'n'mortar place.
  9. prowla
    ...lifted from https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226401861215
  10. prowla
    The 1st pic is a different bass to the others.
  11. prowla
    This style works for me: This one as well: Generic shape, but the colours pop: And, nobody's quite matched this one.
  12. prowla
    Is flanger the past tense of flinger?
  13. prowla
    Hope you enjoy it! 🙂
  14. prowla
    I like the fact that we have different opinions; it’s always been so. Sometimes I even learn from them. I can’t be doing with the intolerance though.
  15. prowla
    Rickenbackers are my favourite bass. I tried one of their 5-strings and didn't gel with it. So I now only have 4-string Rics. I do have some other 5-strings though. I like the Warwicks and the neck on the Statii, but they don't sound like Rics. (I don't have the Sub and Rockbass anymore.)
  16. prowla
    My 10-string is harder to play than my 4-string.
  17. prowla
    I previously bought a Ric off him; a year later he bought it back off me! 🙂
  18. prowla
    You must be lucky then! My doubleneck had stripped threads on the adjuster claws - the claws are made of cheese and the adjuster bolts are heavy(er)-duty M4 (or is it 6) bolts with a knurled knob attached to the end. I got a replacement Overlord bridge and it was badly made, so the claws wouldn't fit into the recess, so it couldn't be tuned. I managed to make one functional unit, but the adjusters graunched at the back of the bridge assembly and putting in washers/bearings meant the adjuster screws weren't long enough. The guitar trem bridge's spring was way too powerful for the rest of the unit and the only way to be able to tune it was to lock it in place with the little latch underneath and ditch the trem functionality. It's now got a Spirit (or Hohner) bass bridge and a hardtail guitar bridge from a chap in Ireland. (Oh, and those "EMG"s aren't!)
  19. prowla
    I've been watching some things on Amazon and some have even increased in the past few days (one by 50%).
  20. prowla
    As per previous comments, the cost difference between buying retail in EU and importing is marginal, so going in person wouldn't be a saving.
  21. prowla
    Did someone say Flan Flinger?
  22. prowla
    Jerekkin?
  23. prowla
    Just as well Moog didn't make a flanger!
  24. prowla
    Well, maybe for elsewhere, but I think that people have a duty to pay the taxes they are required to pay, avoid paying those they aren't, and overall operate within the law (ie. not engage in tax evasion) legal ": Avoidance (legal) includes such things as: putting investments in and ISA, shifting a payment from one tax year to the next, adjusting pension contributions to stay below a tax threshold, buying duty-free, and suchlike. Evasion (illegal) can be: not declaring VAT, bringing in money in suitcases, buying something overseas and not declaring it, doing cash-in-hand deals, charging VAT when not VAT registered, etc. I dislike the official attempts to conflate avoidance with evasion and would say that the concept of "fair" and "proper" is somewhat elastic and will vary from person to person and government-to-government. Me, I'm an employee, so my tax status is pretty much defined automatically. Rant over, and back on-topic: I think it's great that a large number of people have individually contributed modest amounts of money to add up to a total to help a respected colleague; this isn't a one-off (we've done it before) and it's part of the character of the BC community.
  25. prowla
    I've got a Laredo, but TBH I've never compare side-by-side against a 4001/4003. For me, I'd be looking to convert this one back to a 4-string, so the additional cost of that (plus a refin) would be prohibitive.
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