rwillett

Now I've got Stairway to Heaven played on an accordion in a Bulgarian wedding style running round my head. It'll be there for hours now That's psychological torture.

Shades of "I'm sorry, I haven't a clue" there.

Another sign out of view probably said "No playing Stairway to Heaven"

Moved the Pi 5 to a metal case with NVme so this case is no longer needed. Its the 'official' Pi 5 case for what its worth. It clips together, has a fan that clips in, and it holds a Raspberry Pi 5. Difficult to work out what else I can sat about it, apart from it's raspberry and white coloured. Free to anybody who wants it. Postage is probably a £2.

I would suggest that people look at it from both sides. The seller knows they have sent it, they have the tracking information, the courier claims they dropped it off, the buyer says he has nothing! The seller has no way to know what's really going on, the courier has lied through their teeth but neither the seller or buyer really know. The seller is in just a big a bind as you as they rely on the courier information. You both think you are in the right and according to the information you have, you are. The dodgy person here is the courier. Personally speaking I wouldn't leave negative or neutral feedback. You've got the amp, it's been a pain but move on. The learning lesson is don't use cheap courier companies. P2Go are bottom feeders here. I am not the seller just to be clear.

I like those. Very much. Very, very cool.

Just seen the last pictures of the neck. Nope step too far for me. Thanks though

My mum lives in Chesterfield 😊 thanks for thinking about me.

I lived in Hamburg for a while, mid 90s. I lived with people my own age, young professional programmers, slightly nerdy(OK completely nerdy). Ultra cool when going out, often completely in black, ultra cynical. You get the picture. The moment they saw an accordion player in sodding Lederhosen in the street, they became 60 years old, started clapping along with the music, asking for different music. Basically became their parents. I actually have no issues with an accordion. It's not my musical weapon of choice but only in small measures. Rob

I have the exact same model, apart from the fact mines a 97 MIJ model, mine has matching colour headstock, mine has no neck pickup cover, mine has a different fretboard, mine has updated electrics, but apart from that, its the exact same model, actually now I think about it, mine might be a different colour and could be a Precision and not a Jazz but apart from that, twins Love the picture. A working guitar in it's natural element. rob

It looks like its 100% original but still struggling to see why its this sort of money If this was previously owned by someone special, then there might be some sort of premium, e.g, Entwistle snorted Bolivian marching powder off the body (of the bass) not his female friend, or it turns out that John Paul Jones actually composed Stairways To Heaven on it and Jimmy Page nicked the idea. Or is it that Les Paul's are so expensive, that people are looking elsewhere for an investment opportunity? I read that Bonomasa believed that a very few individuals with money could move the guitar market and so lead to the first $1m Les Paul with no provenance, just a nice guitar. Too much money and no common sense. I'm in two minds whether to buy the bass, 1. Absolutely not. 2. Absolutely 100% not. Rob

I do like the look of the Thunderbird pickup. Must resist....

Thansk for this. Will look at it, not so sure about the Vinyl Wrap. I originally thought the JPEG colour lookup table had exploded

Yours looks fantastic TBH. Quite jealous. I have the GSMR20, you think your body finish is bad, mine looks like its been used as a shovel (and might have been). However it plays well and I like it. What mods do people do on these Ibanez's? Thanks Rb

Lewis, Thanks for this. Replied back to you. Rob

or even postage, bloody lack of spell checker.

Lewis, I can't promise a good home, but definitely a bad home. These will help with the 3d printed bass I'm making. Happy to pay poatages Rob

Books turned up safe and well. No problems at all. Thanks Rob

There is a back cover on it, so perhaps the pickups are hidden. However I can't see any output socket either. Still an interesting guitar. Rob

No I can't see any pickups, I assumed they were black on a black background or underneath. If it's aluminium with real carbon fibre next to it, I hope he's isolated the layers, galvanic corrosion is real. The alumnium spacers butt onto CF, though they could be painted over on the ends. https://compositeenvisions.com/document/galvanic-corrosion-carbon-fiber-and-aluminum/ I found this out when checking out using CF for my bass guitar, CF is great but is not a miracle material that can replace everything. F1 commentators speak of it in hushed tones, its very light but has the same strength as aluminioum for it's size. Rob

That looks great, seen the style before. You can get away with Carbon Fibre here for the backbone and its not a problem at all as string tension is low compared to a bass. The engineering looks really good as well. I think thats a decent price for whats gone into it. Rob

Can you explain more for the unitiated, not doubting you, but intesested to learn for myself from the wise ones. The pictures look like they are taken with a potato and developed using potato juice. Difficult to image it being so difficult to get a decent picture in this day and age, but they managed it. Wonder why? Thanks Rob

Thanks The quality is a lot better, thats down to the Prusa Mk4. I can print at 0.1mm as opposed to 0.3 before as it simply took too long to print. This is all down to Input Shaping on the Prusa. Klipper also supports this. As this is now my fourth guitar, I am getting better at it, well I hope I am. There's lots of big lessons, but also small lessons, such as putting a small plastic dowel in at the edges of the guitar. Here you can see three 4mm holes The frame will be glued, but that small 4mm plastic dowel really does help it seat when clamped. The real lesson I learnt is to make all the plastioc dowel holes at 90 degrees so that it clamps easily, this is why there is a little outurn on the right hand edge. I'm sure wood workers know this sort of stuff, but I don't You can also see the pickguard mount top left. I can print it butting out but as there is a slope on the bottom thats greater than 45 degrees, it will support itself. Its a bit quciker to print and reduces weight. I think I've taken out over 600g of printing weight from the last version, which is quite a lot. I have printed some of the pieces at high quality and they are very good, the layer lines are almost gone. I may invest in a concrete slab underneath the printer as that may improve the quality even more. Rob

I've now printed a dummy version of the guitar to check fittings and how it assembles. None of the parts have any strength or are finished properly, but its to check how things fit and what I have missed in the design. The black in the centre will be a single metal plate, this is a plastic version to check different pickups. Also to check that the hole depths are correct, that I actually have holes where they are supposed to be and none where they aren't supposed to be. For instance there are holes missing the in the black plates. Whilst this can be done in Fusion 360, it's a lot easier to print it and visually check. What is clear is that the outer frame fits together well, ignore join lines, these parts are just laid down and not tightened up.

@T-Bay If you know CAD, that's a massive help going forward. The principles are very similar, though the interfaces and local usage changes. Some people like Fusion 360, others OnShape, There are lots of really, really free ones and most have free or cheap options. Fusion 360 offers a free option and doesn't seem to have that many limitations beyond only 10 files available for edit at a time. The key thing is to work out your workflow and stick to it. My workflow is: 1. Design in Fusion 360. 2. Export from Fusion 360 to PrusaSlicer, this is my slicing tool of choice as its very good and links directly to Octoprint. Another option for a Slicer is Cura, these are two common slicers and are as good (or bad) as most others. Slicers need careful use as slicing is more an an art as you get more complex models. Experience is key for complicated models. 3. I use OctoPrint as my main print server. This is a networked Raspberry Pi 3/4/5 that removes the need to copy files to SD Cards and plug them in to the printer. Octoprint also provides a mass of other useful features as well, but the scope of this is beyond this conversation. 4. Print and learn. basically head back to point 1 and re-define the model. The choice of printer is up to you, but feel free to ask for feedback and comments. I'd be careful about what you choose, all of Sam's points are perfectly valid to think about and consider. Costs nothing to ask Thanks Rob