Velarian

Until you mentioned the pound coins I thought this was going to be a tale about a 1950s P Bass. 😉

Lovely grain pattern in that body. Could you stick with the original colour but in a translucent finish which allows the grain to show a bit?

I think that’s the point. Getting money back is unlikely (caveat emptor and all that) but stopping the bugger is more important.

I thought the string pulls sounded best on the Stingray but overall I preferred BB on the p-bass only pickup.

I believe that PayPal runs it’s UK services from Ireland and I have no doubt that the police will have established communication channels with them for this kind of investigation.

Surely a breach of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 as they’re not fit for the purpose intended? Were they purchased from a UK seller? If so it might be worth raising the issue with them.

The Police do. It just needs the police to wake up and recognise that a very active fraudster is ripping people off right, left and centre and then take action. The problem is that one instance of this chap’s actions is insignificant and on its own doesn’t trigger any action. However the cumulative effect is significant and if enough examples can be gathered they may be more motivated to take action.

That’s not a great customer support experience!

The 90s has just called and it wants its web site back.

Many years ago I learned the descending opening bass line from Princess of the Streets by the Stranglers. It was several years later when I understood what a blues scale was and only then did I realise what the origin of that bass line was.

Thanks, I’ll give that a try FWIW.

When BackBeat 2 was announced last year I paid the initial $10 payment. Since then I've decided I don't want to buy the unit but I keep getting email "Invoices" for the remaining payment. I'm not bothered about the $10 but don't really want to incur any further expense. Does anyone know if the initial downpayment amounts to a contractual obligation and I'll end up having to pay the full amount or can I just ignore the payment requests now?

It probably won’t come with a user manual but you can download it here: - https://www.fmicassets.com/Damroot/Original/10001/OM_2270100000_Rumble_LT25_English.pdf

Yes, I’m getting quote notifications too, and mentions as well. So, reactions, quotes and mentions seem to get notified but where a thread is being followed either by posting a response or explicitly following it, those are not being notified.

I seem to be getting notifications of reactions to posts but nothing else. Even then, I’m not sure if it’s all reactions or just some.

Excellent thanks. As I will have access to a pretty good cassette deck I’m not going to bother with the Amazon tape thing. I’ve checked situation regarding output levels from the deck and inputs to my audio interface which should all play nicely together so I’ve ordered a set of phono-XLR cables from Amazon which should arrive today. I’m pretty sure the tapes will be Dolby B recordings so I’ll try recording without NR as suggested. The bit rate info is also good information thanks. I’m quite looking forward to experimenting with the variables that doing it this way allows and as long as I can get the best possible initial recording into Logic then I can play around with post-production settings to my hearts content. 😊

Here… Hard to beat this deal and Gerry is a great bloke to deal with.

I noticed this too but to follow your suggestion for several images across multiple posts is not easy to do. If some sort of global conversion could be done in the back-end that would help a lot if that were possible.

A few notifications seem to work but the majority don’t in my experience.

I have a Fender Rumble LT25 in the bedroom and it's a very good practice amp. I picked one up second hand in an 'as new' condition for £120. Cheaper examples may be available. There's a lot going for it compared to the plain Rumble 25 in that it has 50 programable patches which can be edited with a computer using the Fender Tone app. It has 20 effects, 15 amp sims and a built-in tuner. There's an Aux input and a headphone out as well as USB connectivity which can be used to program it, update firmware and also output to record straight into a DAW. It's a versatile amp that covers everything a new user would need in a compact unit.

Thanks, that’s very useful information.

I'm sure that's more than up to the job but it looks like a seriously expensive bit of kit!

Thanks, this is really useful advice. I think this is the route I'll take as I've confirmed my mate's cassette deck is a Tascam model which I think is a half-decent bit of kit and should be better than the £20 option from Amazon. I should be able to get the right cables for less than a tenner from Amazon. Cheers