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I think it's simpler than that Rick. If you don't know whether or not your band is professional, it isn't

The problem is that in a world that tells us that we can have what we want when we want it, common sense is nearly always inhibited by self interest. The stats argument I alluded to above came at the end of a conversation in which a whole lot of agency blaming had been used as justification to ignore the guidelines. I was trying to point out that if people followed the guidelines, the agencies would be effective; that you can't ignore the government's guidelines (15 is the new 6) and them blame the government when those guidelines appear not to have been effective

I totally agree, I was trying to explain the way the statistical modelling of disease works to a friend the other day, after she said, quote "As far as I'm concerned, if the government says six people can get together, so can fifteen, we're either in lockdown or we're not". I've spent most of my life trying to be socially minded, to do what's best for everyone, but at present my view with my family is 'look after number 1" because there are people out there who fail to realise that every time they ignore the guidelines they put themselves and, more importantly, therefore everyone they subsequently come in contact with, at risk, and I don't want my family to fall into that category. I had to take my youngest daughter to hospital in London last week, I was absolutely shocked by how many people ignore social distancing, mask wearing, number limits etc. And it's not just students, it was across the board. People who put playing gigs over safety should spend a few hours on a Covid ward, see that there are previously healthy people in their 20's, 30's etc on ventilators - some are there because they went to the pub by the way - and speak to the nurses who have to risk their lives treating them about their views on society's 'Oh but my case is an exception' response. The above in part a response to my anger that I was asked to play a 'discrete' gig recently by guys who should know better.

Frankly I would not be going anywhere an indoor gig at the moment, as musician or punter

Why is that considered a bass, the fact that an instrument can reach low notes doesn't make it a bass instrument per se. It's more like a bloody harp

I'm sorry, but why would anyone choose to use this bunch of clowns is beyond me, the warning signs are too obvious, they struggle to get things going in the first place, but should things go wrong you are flipped. The conversation I had with their customer service department was one of the most extraordinary I have ever experienced in that context, everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - was my fault, their website wouldn't allow me to enter the correct collection details, and he said 'are you sure you have your address details correct?', my home address this is. The total price was £200 for a UK-UK delivery and he told me that, if that's what the website says, then that is correct and there was nothing he could do about it - again, I must have done something wrong. And from there the conversation went downhill; the guy grabbed a spade, dug a hole, reached rock bottom in customer service terms, and then bought in a mechanical digger and dug himself in further. It seemed his starting position was 'On no account accept that we have done anything wrong, that there is any problem with our systems, and make the customer feel like they are at fault with everything". And then, if the customer has persisted and persisted and persisted and logic determines that simpl;y could not have been the customer's fault, they call in the small print T&Cs Ped, seriously, you are letting down the community by pushing this partnership

Anyone, there must be a workaround?

Every time I see that map and that sofa I have to see my therapist

Ah, the Eurosender thread, the gift that just keeps giving

1000 miles: Proclaimers

Smart buy Don't mod it until you've got a feel for what you like and don't like. Enjoy the journey, lots of fun to be had along the way Chris

Folks I need to record an interview with a guy who has really poor internet connectivity, OK for a conversation but not great to record. What I want to do is use podcasting software Zencastr or similar to conduct the session itself, but whilst I want him to speak to me live online and record that via the software at my end, I'd like him at the same time to record his side of the conversation to mp3/wav locally and then send me that file. However, this hasn't seemed to work to date, perhaps because mic access is like camera, you can only allocate the hardware to one app at a time. Two questions, firstly should it work, and secondly if not, is there a way around it? Thanks. Chris

Stand: REM

I get it, but in the seller's defence........ There is a Best Offer button S/he might be genuinely selling something that they believe is valuable; a parent's old instrument that has developed the reputation of future heirloom over the years perhaps? It's collection so you get a chance to meet the seller and check out the bass It's nothing like as bad as some examples As you were

Rain. Beatles

Ha ha, that serves him right. I bid on a bass a few years back and every time I placed a bid, another few small bids went on until it exceeded mine and then stopped. This carried on for a few hours on an otherwise quiet Sunday afternoon during which I became increasingly confident that I was bidding against the seller. Of course, he put in a pretty big bid with about 3 minutes to go expecting me to go higher but I didn't, just sat there waiting for the inevitable 2nd Chance Offer. Amazingly, that landed about 4 minutes after the auction finished, and was at the price the seller had pushed it up to. He said the 'bidder' had emailed him immediately informing him that 'he had put in a bid by accident and didn't have any money'. So lucky me could have it at the sale price Mr No Money had bid it up to (allegedly). I said I would take it at the value of the bid I had on the bass when Mr No Money started bidding earlier that day, about £200 lower, at which point seller started to get really angry with me and said I shouldn't bid on things if I'm not prepared to buy them, and furthermore that I was morally obliged to buy it at the level of my final bid or what's the point in eBay? Made my evening, and I enjoyed the Sunday roast so much more as the result

I now own four Fender-alike bitsas that collectively cost me less than £1500 to put together over a few years (1xP, 1xP/J FL, 1xJ, 1xJ FL) They are very high quality instruments and I'd rate them all at good Fender MIA standard or above (especially when you consider that they have Warmoth and Musikraft necks). I would like to still have my old 4001c64, I would like to still have my old Modulus Flea, but having sold so many basses, I'm now quite happy with what I have. Moreover, I can't sell any of them really (I'm kinda trying with one) because their value on paper is way way way lower than their value to me as instruments. So, in short, I have no seller's remorse at all. Surprisingly.

Nice one! All as it should be Steve

So not unlike most politicians? In music I like the human voice as an often extraordinarily expressive and evocative lead instrument as opposed to a conveyor of language or meaning, so Jon’s approach works for me. I think it’s been mentioned previously in this thread or elsewhere, but if you write down the lyrics to most songs you quickly realise that they’re nothing but complete bollocks anyway