phatkat

Dont suppose youd be up for making another white scratchplate for my tuxedo, i would be very grateful and would be happy to pay...

Im a fan... always wanted an eb3 but never had the cash when a good one became available. I do have an Epiphone limited edition short scale which is a great guitar. G...

I guitar tech'd for a fairly well known prog band back in the day and the bass player played a rik 4001 which he ran in stereo, he also played a twin neck... bass and 12 string. they went through two sets of back line, two hiwatt 100w heads through custom built cabs with 2x10's and 1x15 in each and seperate horn units... both guitars were modified with cannon sockets and he had custom made leads with cannon that split into two jacks at the other end. They ran through a stereo volume pedal and stereo chorus... It was all a huge nightmare and it took me over 20 years to persuade him to simplify the setup... Oh and it was also di'd in stereo also. G...

[quote name='thumperbob 2002' timestamp='1349876330' post='1831627'] Got a few good musicians in my band- but still as I am a grumpy old man I am never satisfied- never happy with the sound- cant stand our audience- or indeed other band members. Love playing my bass though- [/quote] Could we be related?

IS IT APRIL 1ST?

And he's not the only Aberdonian on here... English indeed... pah!!

I get the same problem now and again but never had it before I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis, look it up and check for other symptoms, its unlikely as its super rare but better safe than sorry, mine is drug controlled and I cope well with playing. G...

Sounds like fun... only thing puting me off is the 1052 mile round trip....

[quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1335713671' post='1634877'] On the counter side, i've ordered loads through them and never had a single issue.... [/quote] [size=5]+1[/size]

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1334560704' post='1617461'] I've got to agree with you there. Despite it's high profile RIC is a small, essentially family business, not a huge corporation like FMIC for instance. However what raises people hackles is the way JH pursues private sellers of instruments that existed well before RIC even applied for a trademark. It isn't a case of "how many you sell" if you're just trying to move on a personally owned instrument. Despite what JH and the Rickenwaffen would have us believe, it's not illegal to sell personal property in this way in the UK. So to make baseless threats to sellers certainly does smack of bully boy tactics. I really can't see that the sale of a 35 year old copy, for a fraction of the price of even a used Rick, really threatens the sale of RIC's new instruments. [/quote] Nicely said...

[i]They certainly have e-bay under control... I tried to sell a ric copy on ebay a couple of years back and the add was pulled down about 4 times even with no use of the word richenbacker in the auction. I also got a fairly harshly worded email from rickenbacker which pissed me off as ebay must have furnished them with my email address.[/i] [i]In the end one of the bidders managed to contact me and we did the deal.[/i]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1333733787' post='1605915'] A USA friend of mine runs a part-time PA/sound engineer business and he bought one of those smallish covered trailers for all his gear. Something like this, though there are loads of sizes and variations: The advantage is that it doesn't mean running a big estate car/small van when you're only occasionally hauling loads of gear around plus it provides storage space between gigs. A disadvantge is finding somewhere secure to keep it. Anyone tempted by the idea should check their driving licence though. Towing trailers is pretty simple for us oldies who passed our driving test back in prehistoric times but since 1997 (I think) the rules changed a lot and I think specific tests are now required. [/quote] Thats probably the best deal for us... the pa can live in it and the trailer would fit in my lockup... they are cheap'ish, i'll investigate further. cheers G...

[quote name='subaudio' timestamp='1333378400' post='1600816'] How about [url="https://www.streetcar.co.uk/sc_welcome.aspx"]Zipcar [/url]or the like? [/quote] I take it you didnt notice my location...!!

Anyone recomend a good practice tool...? I need to be able to practice without creating noise, i'd like the facility to listen to an mp3 player through the devise also... is the iphone thingy any good? Graeme

You guys are just sooooo funny...