RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

If I had the space and cash, I'd have this . Unfortunately I haven't . It's an original Moog which should increase in value imho due to recent goings on . Glwts 

47 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Resurrection is not unusual here

yes granted . 🙂 It was more of a memo to myself, as I and others have contributed to old threads in the past and they soon died off again . That's why I deleted my previous post here . Apologies to all offended . I will probably checkout the recommendation should I get the enthusiasm to do so 🙂

6 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Try take a listen to their "Bloody Kisses" album, without doubt their easiest accessible album, even with a couple of big hits on it.

 

Also metal is much a broader genre than speed, power and trash metal.

 

Type O Negative in definitely in general puts the heavy in the metal.

 

Also this is rock, not Celine Dion or Pavarotti. 

 

Thanks for the suggestion . 
I do know rock BTW 🙂 . I have and have had stuff from cannibal corpse to Celtic frost etc .

I may checkout your recommendation though at some stage . Having said that , Pavarotti was cool and I have watched the three tenors on tv 👍  🙂

This thread is years old 🤦

Coffee ☕️table back in spare bedroom . It was bugging me this morning 🐞

I'd say that the only real way to have the setup that woukd work in the living room , woukd be for me to have a moog sound studio which would fit on the display unit.  only one mains adapter which is a plus  . . A new Mac mini would be possible as mentioned earlier.. 
However , I already have the grandmother and dfam so that would be pointless . 
still , it was worth a try .

I think tomorrow will be a busy day cleaning carpet , and picking up the spaghetti cables everywhere also 😺

On 29/12/2023 at 18:50, SubsonicSimpleton said:

A while back I went to collect a gumtree purchase, and the seller had hooked up a mac mini to a mahoosive flat screen tv in the front room along with a set of big KRKs and audio I/F - he seemed pretty happy with the setup. I would expect that the crunch point is likely to be tasks that require using the keyboard/mouse with any intensity - can you do a dry run first tucking your imac behind those nesting tables, and running a hdmi cable out to the tv to give you a flavour of what the ergonomics are likely to be in the long term?

Good points ,and thanks for them .  
Thread deleted as I need to stop procrastinating 🙂
 

I've purchased a few things from them over the years . Always good . Always helpful . 

Mmm...🤔.more chad valley or fisher price quality imho . I don't think I could buy in confidence it has to be said .

Nice gold hardware bump 🙂

Maybe the drummer could buy her a moog for Christmas , and she could learn that . 🤫 otherwise ..' no !' 

5 hours ago, Angel said:

 

I spent decades biting my nails from teens on. Never really low, but just instead of cutting them. It only stopped when I got older and my teeth wore down in a way that my incisors were no longer sharp enough.

It's not just me then 🙂. Something to focus on next year ..

I keep biting my fingernails to the bare minimum . A bad habit that I'll have to stop in the new year 😬

Dings / dents / at back of the neck would probably affect resale value imho . That's assuming you may want to sell in the future . You never know . On a slight tangent , I've seen a few reviews of Ibanez basses with similar necks ( the headless basses in particular) where reviewers such as Low End Lobster 🦞 weren't overly impressed with Ibanez quality control . Apparently , they're mainly manufactured in the Cort factory among other brands but iI stand to be corrected .

i think you did the right thing returning it due to description , but the bigger discount seems to be evident now due to ' imperfections'.

The fingerboard you could possibly live with, but the neck issue would be nagging away at you over time .

Just now, wateroftyne said:

 

I thought he was a Musicman endorsee...?

Silly me , he used to endorse ovation magnums 😬

Tom selleck 

Have a bump for my favourite colour of this range of basses 😼

4 hours ago, la bam said:

Cheap multi fx pedal. Zoom 60b or 4on etc

Yes!  A lot of fun with multi fx . Will keep him occupied I'd say 

Helloween = iron maiden 

Mmm... this could run and run .

Queensryche = iron maiden / Judas Priest . Airforce = Ac/DC  . 

Sorry to hear of your situation . Nice bass .  
I assume you've thought of  many various possible ways of pain relief etc.

Have you tried acupuncture ? Also , I notice that you have ( or had ) various bits of synth equipment .

Maybe you could keep this bass for minimal  home use , and  use synths more ? Just a thought 

Anyway, Glwts 

Anyway , regarding  potential tragedy regarding my back ; I went to a gig at the Brixton Academy back in the '90s with a work associate . He decided he wanted to go to Tower Records in Piccadilly . Fair enough. We had a skinful . 
On going down some concrete steps on the way out , I slipped ! I didn't fall forward , as I was trying to not to look too inebriated , 🤦🤦so my back hit a few steps . Yes, I was in agony, and it was in the solar plexus area . I was very lucky . I struggled into work next day .

Having to move around like John Wayne for a few days was painful and problematic obviously .  As I say, I was lucky .

Those of you who have bad backs have my sympathies. 

1 minute ago, Happy Jack said:

 

You're supposed to spray them occasionally with silicon grease.

 

But but ..it was like that from new . 😬

11 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

A noisy reformer? Did you plug it into a Trace combo or something? 😉

No! It was the castors trying to contain the excessive weight  I put on . The sound of tortured mice was off-putting 😬