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The question would then be, who pays for it? And who carries the risk? I think it's a good idea though. Perhaps a good business idea! Rob

@PaulThePlug I'd be interested in hearing your views on how they play please

Given the weight of some of the basses, I struggle to pick up my Jazz at times

Is it the metal used for the pickguard screws?

I think this actually does add some more information: 1. It states that Ofcom MUST (my emphasis) consider the size and risk level, which I don't recall before. It doesn't say "should" or anything that is a get-out. 2. This leads onto "higher-risk services" must take more stringent measure compared to low-risk. This confirms the multi-tier approach and where Ofcom will be more focussed. Why would Ofcom be focussed on low-risk providers? 3. It also confirms that "additional duties will not apply to smaller services in the scope of the art". Letters like this from senior politicians are written by civil servants and will be reviewed by other senior civil servants. Its entirely possible 4-5 civil servants have edited this and produced this as a template. Words like "must" are very carefully checked and whilst mistakes are made, I'd be very surprised if this letter was thrown together quickly. I am not a civil servant but my better half was and used to write letters like this for ministers and for briefing packs. If Peter Kyle's team has put this together, it will be be accurate and carefully worded. Ministers absolutely hate having to go back and correct something, thats actually an understatement TBH. If they don;t have to commit to something they will, this is a surprisingly good letter in my opinion. This reinforces my view that Bass isn't big enough to be important in this context. Thats not a slur on the excellent job the mods do and the many people who contribute it this, but the target of the act is Facebook (Meta), WhatsApp (Meta) Google (Alphabet), YouTube (Alphabet) TikTok, Instagram (Meta), X, BlueSky, SnapChat, WeChat, Reddit, SnapChat. Meta and X will have problems IMHO. My worry here is Ofcom, they are the regulators and they could choose to be complete arseholes and decide that Meta is too big for them, so they'll go for easier targets and build up case law and then go after the big ones. Its easier to go toe-to-toe with Meta having won a few smaller cases in the courts and got precedent on your side. The mods need to take some precautions and do a risk assessment. I haven't seen the Digital Support Service pack yet, but will have a look at it later this week. This might help. It may be worth the mods pulling together a working group of IT professional and legal people with govt experience to help and assist them. Doing nothing is 100% the wrong option, I would suggest: 1. A working group is pulled together to look at this. Otherwise all the work falls on one or two people. Having other people provide input means that multiple people look at the info and try and parse what is probably dry civil servant legalese. 2. Identify what Basschat MUST do based on what is known. 3. Identify what Basschat MIGHT need to do as it's a bit unsure. 4. Pull a plan together to get to the goal, which is to submit what is needed to Ofcom but that puts Basschat in the low risk area. There's more to it than the four steps above but it's a start. Rob

I'll double the number of tea bags to 300 and mark them for your use only.

@rwillett @bigthumb @neepheid @ead @80Hz @GreeneKing @stevie @nekomatic @ossyrocks @peterjam @doomkeeper @Frank Blank @zbd1960 @bagsieblue <-- TBC Also nobody has stated any food requirements, such as vegetarian, allergies or similar. Sadly Chateaubriand is not a requirement Thanks Rob

I'm glad we have met your expectations....

And your address and exactly where it is in the house please....Any holiday plans this year? If BassChat stopped humorous posts, there'd be a riot. A couple of threads are very serious and due weight should be given to them as they cover serious matters, many threads are very funny, some are crude, some are funny and crude, there's an awful lot of knowledge on this thread, so if you have a question on the exact slot width of a 67 Jazz pickup screw, somebody will know and will reach out to help. Never be afraid to ask questions, even if you think they are 'stupid' as 9/10 people will go "I didn't know that". That's how I am still learning, and you're never too old to learn. And talking about people not taking things seriously, I can see that @neepheid has posted a reply Rob

Welcome to Basschat. Some nice old basses in there. Where in the US are you? Rob

We now have 13 attendees. Probably space for 1-2 more. @rwillett @bigthumb @neepheid @ead @80Hz @GreeneKing @stevie @nekomatic @ossyrocks @peterjam @doomkeeper @Frank Blank @zbd1960

We don't have access to the village hall the night before so we will setup in the morning. I'll have access from around 0830 and will start putting tables out from then, for a circa 0930 start. I'm at a rugby club end of season presentation the night before but am driving so will be sober. There is no definitive start time though, but I'll be there from 0830. We'll set up tables for everyone we know is coming.

Phrases such as: 1. Always had it. 2. You must have forgotten the colour, its always been bright silver. No it was never, ever black. 3. it was so cheap, it would have cost money not to buy it. 4. I sold some other stuff so its actually cost nothing Are useful sentences to remember . rob

I'm down in Chesterfield at my mums and was trying to get to Richtone in Sheffield, thankfully it closes at 17:00 and so my credit card is safe for a few more days.

Anybody bringing any FRFR speakers please? looking at getting one

There's a lot more in the condition details. Its ex Jack Bruce which explains the high cost.

Seems a lot of money but it does look very nice. I actually like the colour the body has faded to rather than the blue on the headstock. I don't seem to have won the Planet Rock pay out this week so I'll just have to wait until next week. Rpb

That's one of Dalis most famous paintings, The Persistence of Memory done in 1931. A good background and analysis is here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory

Mmmm.....

I've just worked it out, it's actually a guitar from Salvador Dali

I did and I'll not sleep tonight, the horror, the horror...

It's all.down to your new pedalboard 😊

I do have a number of 3d printers but possibly more importantly I have a decent 3d scanner. So if you can't find a 3d model to use, and you have a truss rod cover I can get my hands on for a day, I can scan it, model it and print it. If you need to bend the plastic sheet then a hairdryer may help. It all depends on the plastic. Let me know if I can help.

I can see a small amount of unused space on that board. Tut, letting the side down.

Motorheadache in Bradford tonight 12/4/25. Suspect I'll be the one at the back, pressed against the wall, with ear plugs in