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  1. Marvin

    A first for me. Made myself 2 new instrument cables. Not the greatest of soldering but tidy enough for OCD 😆 I'm quite chuffed.

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      @franzbassist I made a bit of a hash of the first one, it works but it seemed to take forever.  The second one took a matter of a few minutes.  It's very satisfying. I've got some cable left over that I'll make up some short leads with.

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  2. Marvin

    What a fine howdy do. I'm signed off for 2 weeks with Labyrinthitis,  middle son tested positive for Covid this morning,  wife still feeling after effects of covid 3 months on.

     

    What a crappy day. 

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      I've been prescribed some tablets, I can't remember what they are called but they take the edge off.  It's the most irritating thing I've had.

      My brother phoned me today, first time in ages, asked how I was. He nearly wet himself when I said that on Thursday evening I was so dizzy I nearly fell off my beanbag (I rarely sit on the sofa).

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  3. Clarky

    Greater love hath no man for a woman ... I have just sat through the first two episodes of the Sex in the City reboot. "And just like that" with Mrs C. This is not bass related but I felt the need to share my pain

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      You'll be canonised before the current Pope for such an act.

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  4. Marvin

    I've tried not to be interested in playing music, even tried to stop listening to music. I thought, I'm bored of it all.

     

    I'm just kidding myself. I can't stop. I was up the other night watching something about REO Speedwagon...I don't even like REO Speedwagon.

     

    Family aside :) Music is my first love.

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      I see what you did there @Clarky 😀

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  5. Marvin

    Brilliant!!! The guy I work with/share a van with at work has just tested positive for covid. 

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      I have/will be doing lateral flow tests every day for the next 10-14 days. I'm more angry that all the 'safer' ways of working were got rid of by my employer a few weeks ago. Up until then we weren't allowed two in a vehicle etc

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  6. BassApprentice

    Picked up a Sire a few week ago and wasn't quite working.....Slapped a set of Chromes on, now we're talking!

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      Good combination. I had Chromes on my Sire for the last few years and only recently put some rounds back on (for a different project). The Chromes sound well balanced on the Sire

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  7. Marvin

    Maybe time to book an appointment with the dentist. The repair he did on my broken tooth (he drilled out the filling and put in a new one, that was it) has failed miserably from day one...and that was about 2 months ago I have a huge hole in my tooth and tooth ache every day, for the last 6 weeks. But I hate dentists...

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      That's a bit extreme 🙂

       

      Extractions I can't sort of handle, it's the root canal and crown he wants to do that's put me off going back

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  8. Sibob

    Assuming you wanted the bass, would you buy a 5 string that weighed 10.4lbs?

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      I regularly carry anything up to 16kg on my shoulder, so 4.7kg (10.4lbs) probably wouldn't be an issue for me.

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  9. Marvin

    It's all got so depressing I've grown a beard.

     

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      I've always purposely not grown one as it makes me look like a clone of my Dad (who's had a beard a long as I can remember, 47yrs). But what else is there to do at the moment :) 

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  10. TheGreek

    Just found out my aunt has died from the Corona virus...

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      So sorry to hear this. Take care and stay safe.

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  11. Grassie

    Just bought a Squier VM P-bass in amber for a hundred squids! Huzzah! :)

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      Absolute bargain. I've got one, I shouldn't like it really because of the colour but I think it's awesome. 

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  12. Marvin

    That's really it then, no more music or bands for me. The vast majority of my gear is sold. I'm left with a bag of cables and one keeper bass (still have another for sale, possibly sold...). 10 years of effort trying to find a 'functioning' band and nothing to show for it. Very much feels I've wasted a lot of time.

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      The time wasters are one thing and then there are the really unpleasant ways some 'musicians' treat others. The back biting and beaching about band members and other bands. Getting shot of band members in under hand and cowardly ways...which, for the first time, I've fallen foul of, and is the final straw for me. 

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  13. Marvin

    That's really it then, no more music or bands for me. The vast majority of my gear is sold. I'm left with a bag of cables and one keeper bass (still have another for sale, possibly sold...). 10 years of effort trying to find a 'functioning' band and nothing to show for it. Very much feels I've wasted a lot of time.

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      Cheers Dave. 

      I think it's time for a very long break from it all. It's not the music, it's the people.

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  14. Marvin

    It's January, so it's that time of year when the band I'm in decides to implode. It's a different band every year by the way. Back to square one it is then.

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      Cheers @gary mac. I thought this band had some longevity, but clearly not. I managed to join at the tale end. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

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  15. discreet

    Anyone else seeing breast enhancement ads on BC? Ironic really - if anything, I'd like to see breast reduction ads.

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      I keep on getting ads for carpet slippers 🤫

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  16. discreet

    No P Bass in the house for the first time since 1976. O.o

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      What? What are you thinking of!! Have you taken leave of your senses man?!?!?!

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  17. discreet

    Are we really going to change the rules of Cricket just because kids don't find it 'exciting' and have the attention span of a goldfish?? Anyone who doesn't understand the rules doesn't deserve to enjoy the game, IMHO. Bah! Tsk! Pshaw! And so on.

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      If they want kids to get interested then the powers that be should stop selling the TV rights to SKY and BT and make them available to more accessible channels. I got into cricket by watching it with my Grandad when it was shown on the beeb.

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  18. discreet

    I've just found a 1966 Florin down the back of the sofa if anyone wants it.

    1. Marvin

      Marvin

      You make your sofas last :D 

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