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The DR Black Beauties on my ska Jazz (not for much longer) are the worst strings I think I've ever used. The G was dull straight out of the pack, the replacement string I eventually got was the same, and they're going dead already after just two rehearsals. And they sound crap too. The only thing in their favour is that they look good. New set of Elixirs in the post as I write.
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I absolutely love them. Use them on all my fave basses. Really surprised to read this. I also like that they retain their tone for so long and last ages with little tarnishing. All a matter of personal choice of course and Lord of the strings is a kosher provider I guess. They defo look cool too (I know I am a tart ha ha)
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That disappointing moment when a name bassist whom you befriended and greatly admired chooses to belittle you on Farcebook when you take issue with their alarmist vaxx-skeptic views.
Closing that door with a heavy heart.
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Now here's something I never imagined happening... actually considering going back to a 4 as my main gigging weapon. I love my 5s but I just fancy a change.
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My car has never looked better...
#prouddad
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Watched a set by Sophie Ellis-Bextor at Bath's Pub in the Park yesterday. At first I thought she might be lip-syncing, but it turns out she's just very good. Her band were on fire too. They did an excellent version of Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' and the bassist (her husband I think? She called him Richard at one point, seems like a coincidence) absolutely nailed Guy Pratt's sublime octaved part on the original.
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Oh my god oh my god oh my god...
Billy Sheehan 'liked' my Facebook comment.
You can take me now. Life is complete.
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Cheap'n'cheerful Thunderbird copy project incoming
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The mahogany one that is on ebay?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284296611289?hash=item42316605d9:g:cFkAAOSwts1gqDgO
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Fresh set of batteries in the Shuker, because (I can barely believe I'm saying this) I've actually got a full band rehearsal tomorrow
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2022 holiday booked... 10-day rail odyssey across France & Switzerland. Counting the days.
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Sky Arts HD right now, 'Classic Albums'... Queen's Night At The Opera.
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When your work laptop crashes and has to be rebuilt, and you subsequently find that the cloud backup system imposed on us by the IT dept hasn't actually been working. Months of data, documents, specs etc. gone. I don't know where to even start.
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Managed to resurrect some stuff, thankfully. Everything I've been working on for the last 2-3 weeks has gone though. Absolutely gutted. If there's one thing I absolutely hate, it's having to do something twice through no fault of my own. The company will be buying me an external drive this afternoon, whether they want to or not.
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I was just listening to the Dean Martin - "That's amore" video on @SpondonBassed post and automatically went into "when your worktop laptop crashes...." when I saw this....
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First hangover in about 10 years.
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Scientists: We're going to send an unmanned spacecraft on a 7 month 120 million mile journey, where we will land a vehicle in a precise place on another planet to spend 2 years making detailed studies.
Public: Wow, that's amazing! I can't even begin to comprehend how you'd do that.
Scientists: Also, if you wear a simple piece of cloth ply over your face, like surgeons do every day, you can keep from spreading a nasty virus to other people.
Public: Oh f*** off, you know nothing.
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Yesterday the COV002 trial 'unblinded' me -- i.e. I was told whether I'd been in the vaccine group or the control group. Turns out I had the vaccine. Still no long-term side effects to report.
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Sad day. Lost a dearly loved ex-colleague to cancer this morning.
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There are two things I can tell you about rotator cuff tendonitis.
1. It hurts.
2. It really, really hurts.
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Just made some beef jerky. Cheapy Lidl steak hammered very thin, cut into 1" wide strips, marinaded for 12hrs in a witches brew of golden syrup, soy sauce, per-peri spices and Bovril(!), and then baked on a rack in the oven for 6 hours at 75deg. Turned twice and brushed with marinade during that time. Bloody marvellous.
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Anybody ever had difficulty getting a reply from DR Strings? Sent them three emails so far and not heard a dickybird. Not tremendously impressed.
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Story has a happy ending; I emailed Lord Of The Strings earlier, from whom I bought the strings, and they have just replied to say that they've put a replacement string in the post. A 90 minute turnaround, now that's proper customer service, and the reason why I shall be buying from them again in the future. But I've bought my last set of DRs.
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Continuity announcer on C5 has just described Home Alone as "the greatest Xmas movie ever made". I can't decide if that's complete boIIocks or complete and utter boIIocks.
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Now GASsing hard for a short scale Strat-bass. Thanks a bunch, Farcebook.
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Yesterday was the first day of my holiday. A whole week in Cumbria. Or at least, that's what I thought it'd be when I set off.
FFS.
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It can still be - there are no instructions to return home, just be aware that attractions (few given the season?), restaurants, pubs/bars etc will be closed. If you've rented a little retreat away from everything then that should still be good?
Ah - just read the guidelines and not returning only affects overseas holidays...bummer!
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Marcus Rashford's twitter feed today has been glorious. The sort of thing that restores your faith in humanity.
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Well, I have to say that when I sat down earlier to watch a bit of telly, one of the things I was not expecting to see was a man wànking a turkey.
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Here's a tip from your Uncle Rich. When you're beta-testing a design package and you think the auto-save is set, make sure it is. That way, you won't lose the last 5 hours' hard graft when it crashes.
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A moment's lapse of concentration + car-park bollard =
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