UglyDog

I have the utmost respect for all the gentlemen featured, and it's great to see Wilko looking so unexpectedly healthy... but... I just find it totally unremarkable in any way. I realise this probably means I'm going to hell

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No sign of the Sony DWZB30 on Thomann's site now

Those tix are going to sell out in seconds.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1395326683' post='2401167'] Better still, the butcher's wife. There was a young man with a sticker put 99p on a Ritter So then a young lass Slapped him on the ass, saying "... ..." [/quote] "Give me it right up th "

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1395324284' post='2401122'] Spoke to a couple of butchers? Have you never heard the phrase "that's like asking a butcher if meat is good for you" , ? Ask Paul McCartney , Chrissie Hynde or Morrissey ( or a pig, for that matter) if sausages are O.K and you will get a very different answer. [/quote]Although in fairness, Macca and Chrissie Pretenderperson and that miserable git with the flowers up his jacksy have got just as much of a vested interest as the butcher. Only in the other direction, of course, because bangers are made out of bits of cuddly animal.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1395323671' post='2401109'] It reminds me of another related event. I once opened my sandwich bag at work only to find an extra foil packet. Inside was cake! [b]I got the cake for nothing[/b], no extra compliments or shoe funds required. [/quote] No. No no no no no no NO. THAT is what she WANTED you to think. You will have paid for it in other ways, in fact the likelihood is that you probably still are, and without realising.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1395323090' post='2401093'] That is how they ensnare you, with tasty sandwiches to take to work and the promise that if you make their dream come true by putting that ring from the Argos catalogue on her finger and make an honest woman of her then life will always be like this. It won't, and before you know it you will be getting up early so you can scrape some vegan paste onto a couple of slices of stale bread before heading out for a hard day of toil, whist in the meantime she stays in bed until mid- morning and then spends the rest of the day buying shoes off the internet with your money and talking to her friends on the phone about how she could do better than you . The eight year tasty sandwich stage in your relationship can very easily turn into the twelve year " f*** off and get your own lunch" stage. That is why you need to lay off the sausages, keep yourself lean and trim , and make sure she knows that if she doesn't keep on her toes that you will be snapped up by some brazen hussy who will be happy to cater to your most intimate needs in the sandwich department. [/quote]Oh, how right you are. Think of it as a Bass Player subscription, with your 8-year packed lunch nirvana as the Introductory Offer. Once you subscribe, it's gone forever and all that's left are the frequent demands for cash with ever diminishing returns. [size=2]The pages and pages of adverts are probably representative of something too, but I haven't worked out what just yet. Leave it with me.[/size] [quote]Chilli and leek sausages? That sounds like an unholy union of South America and Wales in a tube of encased meat. I will not be tempted by that , or any other sausage for that matter . They are revolting , made up as they usually are of the bits of left over animal that they can't do anything else with. All you sausage munchers need to think less about how good they taste and more about what is in them. [/quote]Oh, how wrong you are. A good sausage is a thing of beauty.

My folks' taste in music ranged all the way from A to B. It was an interesting mix of the dreary, the banal and the plain toe-curling, with the (very) occasional gem thrown in. They were pretty active in the local baptist church, so there was a fair amount of clappy 'prepare ye the way of the lord' stuff, and no matter how hard I tried to hide those cassettes they always found them. They also liked C & W, and had a big Reader's Digest yee-haa compilation in varying degrees of awfulness. My mum's favourite album from said set was the Jim Reeves one, and to this day the first few bars of He'll Have To Go are enough to start an Inspector Dreyfus-style nervous tic in me. My dad redeemed the situation to an extent, in that his favourite from the set was the Chet Atkins one, which was worth having simply because it had Chet and Jerry Reed's fabulous duet of 'Old Man River' on it. Thankfully neither of my folks liked James Last, although apparently Herr Last did have some brilliant musicians playing in his band and I'm sure I heard somewhere that it was a really great gig to get. My dad was always a great whistler, something I have inherited from him, and he always used to whistle while driving. Which was either a good thing or a kill-me-now thing, depending on which particular earworm was in control of him that day. One particularly memorable journey for example had him whistling Roger Whittaker's 'The Last Farewell' all the way to my aunt's place. Two hours away. Trapped in the car. With Roger bloody Whittaker. I was ready to strangle something by the time the car stopped. So I think I can safely say that apart from quite liking some of Chet's work, I have inherited absolutely none of my parents' taste in music whatsoever. And thank almightly zarquon for that.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1395314779' post='2400952'] Jeez, what an insane morning I've had! I just have to share.... I went to the works canteen this morning and bought a cup of tea - like I do every morning - and there were TWO tea bags in it. I can only think the lassie who works there picked two up by accident, instead of one. [/quote] 'by accident' Yeah, right. This is very obviously a special code. To you it might be two Tetleys in your splosh 'by accident' rather than the usual one, but to her it is a clear statement that says "frankly I think you are hotter than a Rolex at CashConverters, and I would like you to biff the living daylights out of me forthwith".

My car got towed away once. I went down to collect it at the car pound. Imagine my surprise when they wouldn't let me take it away for £1. Bah.

Ah, I can see the fundamental mistake you made there:[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1395230117' post='2399916']went to rose Morris[/quote]

Another plus 1 from me for the blue & gold, it looks great. Although I wouldnt be heartbroken if you [i]did[/i] go for the white refinish, because that would look spiffing too. Might I suggest that if you do the white refinish, you colour-match the headstock too? Just a thought. Anyway, lovely instrument.

I very much like the intricate wooden 'lute hole' busters. I've never gigged my ABG but if I did i'd probably invest in one.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1394475976' post='2391729'] Alternatively, you can go to Thomann and purchase a [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/golden_ton_ds_1.htm"]'Golden Ton' distortion pedal for 16 quid[/url] -- you could barely buy the parts for that to build your own, and I suspect there's probably a very good reason for that... [/quote] You know what, I'm almost tempted to buy one of these things next time I put in a Thomann order, just to see if a} it's the Boss DS1 clone it appears to be and b} it's worth upgrading components to improve it. I mean, 16 quid for god's sake. You can barely get 4 pints for that.

Alternatively, you can go to Thomann and purchase a [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/golden_ton_ds_1.htm"]'Golden Ton' distortion pedal for 16 quid[/url] -- you could barely buy the parts for that to build your own, and I suspect there's probably a very good reason for that...

Great minds thinking a bit alike.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1394235819' post='2389525'] ...but it doesn't have a led..! [/quote] Will this do? I generally use a 330R resistor rather than 1K as I like my LEDs bright.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1394198793' post='2389067'] Looking at the bay, unmodded early ones are going for between 50 and 120 USD. One with a led added sold for 145 USD. So I am not convinced that it would lose money. I guess poodle probably has a kit which would be the cheapest of all? [/quote] Or cheaper still, build one from scratch.

Schallers all the way for me, I still have and use the very first ones I bought nearly 30 years ago. EDI: I too had the self-unscrewing thing at a gig once. A couple of drops of threadlock did the trick.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1393961127' post='2386354'] Not as ugly as some Wals [/quote] And considerably better looking than a lot of Fenders.

I didn't go thanks to fiscal and geographical factors. Skint and too far to travel, basically. I rather wish I had done though, if only to do some catching up and to worship at The Beard Of Sklar. I went to a music show guitary fest exhibition type thing quite a few years back, and [i]every[/i] stand was 'headphones only' (the ones with guitars/basses anyway... IIRC there were very very strict volume levels on the amp stands). It made for a much nicer experience. I think it should definitely be considered for future LBGSs, with maybe (as suggested above) separate rooms for the amp manufacturers.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1393967948' post='2386486']Can someone tell me who is TM Stevens?[/quote][quote name='visog' timestamp='1394002906' post='2386693']Not on any Pretenders, Steve Vai, Billy Joel I know and I've seen Miles many times, and have many records, with a whole host of bassists (sometimes two at a time!) but not with him.[/quote][quote name='visog' timestamp='1394043701' post='2387337']We that's quite nifty playing... [size=2]* mumbles if it's actually him*[/size][/quote] Did TM Stevens spill your pint or something? You seem to have a bit of a 'problem' with him.

Ideally the headstock would be finished to match the body. Apologies to all you gold-hardware-haters [attachment=156802:p bass builder.jpg] What I appear to have done is faithfully recreate an '80s Elite II