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I also can't decide if I should put on LaBella flats, or the D'Addario black tapewounds? The original strings are finally losing their tone, and I found them too bright paired with the modern P pup

No I'm not, nothing malicious here, let me just clarify my rather mundane points. Just found it weird that we have 6 pages of discussion about the theft and then people just drop the "WeLl mIMinG is NoT iLleGaL!" bomb, yeah yeah we know... 😁 Yes, I also agree with the bandwagon opinion, but I don't find it problematic when the bandwagon is actually highlighting something very problematic, that's just my 2 pence I guess. Simply does not bother me as much as industriual scale theft that's now going into gaslighting territory, when Mr Tuah now actually starts to act like everyone else has the problem. I'd rather take a "riding the news" expose from a small Youtuber any day, and then subscribe and like it to give a bit of algorythm chow to these channels. I usually can't do anything about people who get to the "do you know who I am" territory 😁 I just reacted to a single post I did not agree with. I don't think my opinion would have changed if "I knew who you are and what you know" lol. I am just a bedroom bassist nobody after all, in case it matters who I am and what do I know 😁 nobody and not too much. Jokes aside, I am sorry if I came off as condescending, that was not my goal. I do have a tendency of phrasing my stuff in unfortunate manners, but in reality I am less of an arse than I seem. And like @TimR also pointed out, yes it's been understood he's a person, he was reached out to by many musicians (also mentioned in this topic and the linked videos), yet he chose to double down, gaslight, keep selling the stolen stuff, and keep deleting "evidence" from Instagram. So no, I am not looking for an argument, I just have some very strong opinions about disgusting manipulators. I really, really, really f-ing hate gaslighters for personal history reasons

I built a Notaklon, there's quite a couple skill levels between these kits and actually soldering a thing 😁

Sigh. Like it's been stated about 9000 times here, it's not about the fakery. It's about the intellectual and actual property theft, the copyright infringement, and the fact that he's doubling down and continues ro make money on Insta, continues to sell the stolen stuff, etc. I guess we can't be upset about blatant disgusting thieves any more without assumptions about what we're assuming? 😁 It's so obvious when someone doesn't even read the topic they respond to.

Whoah you really cranked up that modulation 😁 I'm super excited you're enjoying the pedal!

Be aware of ebay and amazon when getting strings. I got fakes from both before. Hope the music shop account is legit!

Serious personal interest here, but I am still selling a passive Sterling shortie on the Marketplace 😁

EB Cobalt user here. Love them, but I had one set that I used for a long time that was getting a bit rusty around the bridge. Did not happen to my next set which I have for like a year now on my Ibanez (yeah, I know)... Not as bright any more of course but still can make the Prec pickup growl quite a bit!

For example, promising small gear manufacturers that you'll review their gear, then you don't, then you actually SELL said gear instead of sending back to the manufacturer... I think that's actual theft. Selling the transcript for other people's solos (who are also trying to sell the same transcript they ACTUALLY wrote)... I think that's theft too. Just... read some, man. It was never about the pretending part.

Oh, I'm just an idealist, I don't think it will ever happen to anyone who has stolen above a certain threshold 😁 But the above actually happened in US courts, it was a real life example. It just doesn't happen enough, and we're certainly not even going in the right direction.

In my opinion accusations aren't enough in this case, I hope someone will take it further, or the victims band together, or something. If you can still sell your stolen gear and continue getting the Instagram money, what's the deterrence for the next up and coming thief? One of these videos (can't even keep up anymore myself) made the point that the penalties need to be BIGGER than the profits, otherwise it's just a low-risk gamble to continue stealing and MAYBE if you get caught, then you get nothing but don't lose anything either. While if you don't get caught, you're a "winner". No. They need to lose, and lose A LOT.

If you have seen one of these, you have seen basically all, yes. BUT. The point is, if some guy now wants to look up the sick licks of the faker on YouTube, they will likely stumble upon one of the many exposes, as they should. The guy made sick money via STEALING. Let's not clutch our pearls that some of the wronged YouTubers and actual musicians are now making like £70 on the rageclicks. They deserve more.

Good. If the kids can't figure out the obviously fake, this is what is needed to open at least some eyes. I'm happy to give them my views and likes.