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    Me too. I'd have thought bringing back the WTP heads would have been more in keeping with the Eden brand. Looks like they're aiming at lower price points. I'll be interested to see what you think. I doubt if I'll be trying one just yet, though, as I've just had this fully refurbished. Jeezo, I thought my Metro had some grunt but this thing's a bloody monster!
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    I received a couple of these in the run-up to our last gig and thought no more of it - they were trapped as spam and a quick look through the source code uncovered quite a few red flags. I thought it might have been a one-off, but I've had another one today from some more supposedly big-shot US lawyers. This one's a bit cruder than the earlier supposed missive I had from Cravaith, Swaine and Moore, but it's still a scam. It's a nasty one, though. For one thing, both those companies really exist and they genuinely are large legal firms. Everything apart from the alleged 'infringing video' link resolves to real URLs and email addresses. I've been on the Internet for 37 years now and thought I was wise to this sort of crap but it still gave me a jolt. It is designed to do one thing and one thing only - panic the recipient into clicking that supposed Facebook link. It looks like it's been shortened just to fit nicely on the page, but in this case it really has been shortened. Here's what it looks like under the bonnet: <p style="margin:0 0 8px 0;font-size:15px"><strong>Infringing Link:</strong> <a style="color:#0b5b7a;text-decoration:none">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>108692607419559/videos/...</a></p> In this case, it's dead - clumsy work on the scammer's part - but in the earlier one, it led to a shortened URL. Hovering over it displayed the actual link - bit.ly/something_or_other. Expanding the shortened URL - you can find plenty of sites that will do that for you - showed it led to a page stating that 'Unexpected traffic has been detected from your computer' with a link to click. Click on that link and you'll be asked to log into 'Facebook' - it's actually a fake login page. If you take the bait, bam - these scumbags have your login credentials. And just to add insult to injury, Faceache took the post down and restricted my account when I uploaded these annotated screenshots. Let's be careful out there!
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    Hm, I see what you mean. It's a moot point now though as the band's broken up ☹️
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    We have a winner!
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    We all adopted stage names for the punk band - Annie Hilation, Jude Struction, Laura van Detta and Sara Macarra ('macarra' is a Spanish word for a thug). Fitted the vibe very nicely.
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    Tanita Tikaram at an instore performance at Assai Records Edinburgh on Saturday. I loved her early stuff, went right off her for a while and recently discovered her again.
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    Last bump before the dump...
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    We're primarily an 80s band, but we don't enforce a cut-off date of 31st December 1989 or ignore anything released before 1st January 1980. The earliest song in our repertoire is Suffragette City (1972) and the most recent is Take Me Out (2004). But they're mainly 80s - here's our full list: Another Girl Another Planet Baby I Love You (Ramones cover) Back On The Chain Gang Bohemian Like You Call Me Cars and Girls Chance China Girl Crash (the Primitives song) Dakota Dignity Disco 2000 Don’t You Forget About Me Don’t You Want Me Echo Beach Everybody Wants To Rule The World German Film Star Going Underground Hanging On The Telephone Happy Birthday (the Altered Images song) Heart of Glass I Don’t Want A Lover I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll (Joan Jett rather than the Arrows) In Between Days Just Like Heaven Killing Moon Little Bird Long Train Running Losing My Religion Love Like Blood Love Shack Love Will Tear Us Apart Mandinka New Year's Day Perfect Skin Pretty In Pink Pride (In The Name Of Love) Psycho Killer Purple Rain Reward Rip It Up Running Up That Hill She Sells Sanctuary Should I Stay Or Should I Go Slippery People Somewhere In My Heart Suedehead Suffragette City Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This Tainted Love Take Me Out Teenage Kicks The Honeythief The One I Love There Is A Light That Never Goes Out There She Goes This Charming Man Town Called Malice White Wedding Whole Of The Moon
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    I used to be a railway modeller and I'd heard of the Growler Group long before now. Sorry!
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    Nor me, even though I have one. And I suspect female membership of this is a bit thin on the ground: http://thegrowlergroup.org.uk/ Quite SFW, in case you were wondering.
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    I'm nicking that for the next time a colleague thinks it's funny to ask if they can play tambourine in my band!
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    I'd played several different instruments in the past - piano, violin, marching drums, bugle, trumpet. If it hadn't been for a particularly vicious dental abscess, I might now be quite a reasonable trad jazz musician. But pain of that nature put me off in a big way. I tried guitar when I was a student, but found it really difficult to play chords as my thick stubby fingers kept getting tangled up with each other. I should really have gone for an acoustic, but I wanted an electric because, y'know, guitar. I suppose some lessons would have helped, but the grant (it was that long ago) wouldn't stretch to that. At the time, I was knocking about with the original bassist from the Dogs D'Amour. He tried to get me to take up bass, but me being me and Knowing It All, decided I was meant to be a guitard. Which it turned out I wasn't. I think a seed might have been planted, though. Fast-forward a few years and I was chatting to a friend on Facebook. She was making noises about learning some Thin Lizzy songs and I said I'd be up for learning bass. Don't ask me why - it just seemed a logical step, albeit one fuelled by rather a lot of home-brewed wine. The next day, I wandered into Dawson's Music and mumbled something about bass guitars. Shortly afterwards, I left with my first bass - an Ibanez GSR200. It just felt like it dropped into my hands and it instinctively felt right; I knew there and then that I'd discovered 'my' instrument. The Ibanez has since moved on - it went back in its case when I switched to a five-string Fender Jazz Deluxe. I still have it, although a five-string Sterling Stingray is my weapon of choice at the moment. I wish I'd listened to my friend's advice years ago. And I'm still rubbish on the guitar.
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    Trade offered - happy to swap this plus my lighting rig and PA (see my other ads) as one lot for a new or as-new rack mount Behringer X32. I have a Line 6 guitar amp I can chuck in, too. This gives you almost enough gear to kit out a venue - add mics, cables and mic stands and you're golden. Any takers?
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    Trade offered - happy to swap this plus PA and Eden Metro (see my other ads) as one lot for a new or as-new rack mount Behringer X32. I have a Line 6 guitar amp I can chuck in, too. This gives you almost enough gear to kit out a venue - add mics, cables and mic stands and you're golden. Any takers?
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    Trade offered - happy to swap the PA, lighting rig and Eden Metro (see my other ads) as one lot for a new or as-new rack mount Behringer X32. I have a Line 6 guitar amp I can chuck in, too. This gives you almost enough gear to kit out a venue - add mics, cables and mic stands and you're golden. Any takers?
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    I bought the amps and cabs as one lot from @la bam of this parish as the basis for building things up - I didn't intentionally go for H & K. They're weighty beasts, but they do sound awesome. And putting the tops on the subs nicely deprives drunken punters of drinks tables 🙂
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    Of all the things I'm having to dispose of, this one hurts the most. It's time for my Metro to move on to pastures new. This is a 1999 model, with a maximum output of 600 watts into a 4-ohm load. It's not pristine, far from it, but it's served me well. It's had a couple of mods - the crossover plate has been replaced with one that allows cabs to be daisy-chained and the castor holes on the bottom have been plugged. Eden cover and footswitch included. It'll need to be collected from Edinburgh, as it's too heavy to courier. Any questions, please ask.
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    As well as my PA (see separate ad), I need to dispose of my lighting rig. It's fairly basic but it does do the job. As with the PA, it'll need to be collected. This should all go in a car, though. Here's what's on offer: Two Behringer Eurolight LC2412 lighting desks. One is mounted in a flight case, the other currently lives in an original box which unfortunately has lost its packing inserts. Gooseneck lamp included. Lighting stands consisting of two tripods, two T bars each having four Lanta Fireball DMX par cans. Two spare T-bars Spare set of bolts Trusses and connectors to join the tripods to make a lighting bridge. Ideal for DJ work. 20-metre and 5-metre DMX cables Two DMX terminators. Lighting desk: The other desk is still boxed and is identical to this one. I don't have a PCMCIA card, but you can pick these up on Amazon or fleabay. You don't need the card for normal use - it's provided to let you back up settings and chases. The DMX cables live in the flight case. Lighting bars: They're both cabled up and just need to be linked and connected to the desk. As mentioned above, DMX cables are included. Stands and trusses: This is what it looks like fully assembled. I never used the bridge, as I lit the band from the front, but this set-up would be fine for DJ work. Two spare T-bars and a spare set of bolts are included, as well as all the connectors. Any questions, please ask.
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    I'm less than chuffed at having to dispose of this, but long story short, my band commitments and financial circumstances have recently changed and I can no longer justify paying to store equipment that is now only being used about twice a year. I started putting this together during the pandemic, with most items being bought from folks on here, and although it saw a bit of use when things opened up again, it's now just taking up expensive space. To be clear up-front, delivery is not an option - it'll need to be collected in a van. Here are the specs: Two Hughes & Kettner 210 tops, 500 watts each Two Hughes & Kettner 212 subs, 600 watts each Matrix power amp, 600 watts per side, used to power the subs Matrix power amp, 500 watts per side, used to power the tops Citronic crossover Furman power conditioner The amps, crossover and power conditioner are all housed in a Gear4Music rack unit and internally wired to a patch panel at the back. Peavey PA20 mixer in new Swan flight case Two Wharfedale powered wedge monitors, each with EQ. XLR and jack inputs. Eight-way XLR stage box, new, never used All cables to connect mixer and speakers. The gear is in fair condition, although the speaker cab coverings have some scuffs and marks. However, everything is working as it should. Apologies for the quality of some of the pics, but I had to drag everything out of storage to photo them. Any questions, please ask. Mixer: Amps, crossover and power conditioner (front and back lids included, naturally): Cabs: Scuff marks and handles: Stage box: Monitors:
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    That's what the security guard said when I tried to leave Tesco without paying. He was wrong.
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    Fender Jazz Deluxe V Number of strings: 5 Number of frets: 21 Scale length: 34" Number of pickups: 2 Number of controls (switches/knobs): 7
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    A very belated +1 for Dylan covers. Peter, Paul and Mary's covers of Blowin' In The Wind and The Times They Are A-Changing are sublime. Not forgetting Janis' cover of Piece Of My Heart.
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    Just back from the Audio Lounge in Glasgow after a gig with the punk band. We were second out of four and went down really well. Quite a small venue - it certainly isn't the Barrowland - but I'm really warming to more intimate spaces. The Stingray acquitted itself well, although it's getting a bit clattery. I think it's going to have to go to Chris McIntyre for him to work his magic. The backline was deffo old skool - SVT plus Workingman 810. Awesome sound and it was great to feel the air hitting the backs of my legs but completely OTT for such a small room. I wasn't complaining though, as for once I had enough oomph to hear myself over our volume 11 guitarist!
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    Social media's 'community standards' are just American cultural imperialism. As long as you remember that the only racial slurs that might get pulled are those seen as such over there - the N word comes to mind here - and portraying the destruction of life is fine but its creation is verboten, then you won't fall foul of their malgorithms. If I didn't need Faceache for band promo, I'd have ditched it long ago.
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