badger

2 hours ago, dclaassen said:

The best definition of country music I’ve heard is “three chords and the truth.”

three chords, wife gone & a dead dog.

I think he works at the same place in Ukraine as this lass:

https://www.youtube.com/@TanyaShpachuk

1 hour ago, Norris said:

The frets would have been originally levelled with no tension on the truss rod. If you want to level them again, remove the strings, slacken off the truss rod and then maybe wait a day or two for the neck to settle.

this may have been the case when the neck was made, but if you fully slacken off the truss rod any time afterwards, then it may have picked up a bow one way or the other.  the idea of the notched straightedges is that you get the fingerboard straight by adjusting the truss rod & only then level the frets.  if you try to level the frets without the wood straight then you'll end up grinding down the frets either in the middle or at the two ends unnecessarily & probably introduce  other  issues.

are  they white and gold or blue and black?

either way, they're foul.  & wtf is going on with that Tele scratchplate?

Justin Ostrander - Nashville session guitarist (& occasionally bassist) - https://www.youtube.com/@JustinOstrander

Doug Helvering - classical composer reacts to contemporary music - https://www.youtube.com/@Doug.Helvering

MeganL - guitar pedals with some nice graphic design - https://www.youtube.com/@MeganL

really enjoyed that - a lot of the tunes of my youth,and, to be fair, my present too.  the "goffolk" crossover works very well.

I have several, from someone's YoB, just not from mine.

2 hours ago, TimR said:

If you have a qualitative statement you want people to agree to you need weight of opinion to agree it. That's why education is so important. If the uneducated outnumber the uneducated you have a serious issue. 

half the people will always be below-averagely educated though.

38 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

I never understood the anti-intellectual mindset. Wouldn't you want things to be done by people who know what they're doing rather than just cocky people who just wing it?

4 hours ago, ubit said:

I guess it's a British thing isn't it.

Aus/NZ call it "Tall Poppy Syndrome":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

I just bought two pedals from @Schlippy - they arrived promptly, well packaged & do what it says on the tin.

many thanks Ralph  👍

My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am...Can you believe that, 2:30am!?

Fortunately I was still up playing my bagpipes

1 hour ago, TimR said:

 

When building a guitar why would you route the pocket at an angle?

if the body's not flat-topped - making  the saddles considerably higher than the body end of the fretboard - then the pocket  will be routed sloped slightly backwards to compensate.  standard practise on Les Pauls & similar (glued-in neck on LPs of course, but you get the idea).

20 minutes ago, thebrig said:

Reverb:

 

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was  it a real person or  AI/chatbot though?

the only thing I can think is that they want a VAT number so they know *not* to charge you VAT on fees if you have one.  if you don't have one then they will need to charge you.  I suspect something's being lost in translation between 'mercan & English.

On 20/03/2024 at 07:53, JoeEvans said:

As an aside, if anyone can think of a good name for a bluegrass band playing covers of 80s pop hits, that would be great.

Deliver-dance

28 minutes ago, horrorshowbass said:

The USA SUBs are great and half the price.

I was watching the "five watt world" episode on the Stingray on YT earlier & they said that SUB stands for"Sports Utility Bass" & I really hope that's true. 

Thatcher's Gold

On 13/03/2024 at 18:01, StingRayBoy42 said:

I played the Sousaphone on an episode of Lucy Worsley's history thing on the telly, the one about the Peterloo massacre.

She's lovely - really friendly and down to earth.

you reminded me of this:

On 15/03/2024 at 13:49, EliasMooseblaster said:

Many thanks to you too, Andy! Pleasure doing business with you - do you have a feedback thread I can populate in return?

many thanks Ralph - my feedback thread is https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/490563-feedback-for-badger/

many thanks @silverfoxnik, that's most generous of you, much appreciated.  👍

I hope you've been able to put the proceeds towards something  nice for yourself.  😁

thanks again

Andy

I bought a hard case from @EliasMooseblaster.  great item & a nice chap.  he has a very friendly cat too. 🙂

many thanks Ralph 👍

I bought an Ampeg preamp pedal (possibly formerly cetera's, judging from a couple of posts back lol).  no bother, quick dispatch, item well packaged & as described.

a nice chap to deal with  - thanks Nik  👍

Andy

8 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

I get that, before my short-scale days I`d have quite liked the Sting Precision but, well it`s got Stings name on it. He`s a fantastic musician but, well just but.......

doesn't bother me on my Ray

10 hours ago, Brian18242 said:

At £170 I know it won't be great but could be good for a mess around bass. 

I wouldn't chance it - those may turn out to be the actual colours.