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My word, that is simply stunning😍

On 09/01/2022 at 20:59, PaulThePlug said:

 

 

Got Adagio Flats on my Harley Benton Acoustic.... 

 

 

You can buy flats for acoustics, every day is school day😎

Just out of interest, are the bodies a satin finish? 😎

2 minutes ago, Bolo said:

Glancing over this thread, some of you have VERY loosely fitted jaws, wow!

 

That would be the Record thread😉

Some old school that, errm, may appear too cool for skool but, some great bass upfront in the mix... 

Wham Fantastic....Deon Estus, sadly passed away just last October

Rio.....John Taylor 

Change.....Glow of Love and Miracles, Davide Romani 

Slave....Stone Jam, Just A Touch Of Love, the late Mark Adams

Light Of The World, LOTW, Tubbs Williams RIP

Michael Jackson, Off The Wall, Louis Johnson

Slade, Slayed, Jim Lea (.....not on this but, has a JayDee with a tremolo😀) 

5 hours ago, merello said:

Brilliant stuff! I read an article where he said he went to Rickenbacker/Yamaha/Wal.....

A few Fender Jazz too, bit of a sly gear slut😉

Maccas BB1200, according to loudwire, over $500k with auction tip.

Paul McCartney's Yamaha Now Most Expensive Bass Ever Auctioned
https://loudwire.com/paul-mccartney-bass-auction-guitar-icons-music-rising-prices/

Reversed split coils on those BB1200s🤓

Interesting article, bought because it was cheap, the Harley Benton of its day. 

A very well regarded luthier friend of my fathers knew Mr Macca back in the day, first time I heard the words steam and pi** in the same sentence 😄. RIP Tony. 

I believe that adjusted for inflation, a Fender P in '63 (in UK, not Germany, lower taxes) would of been the equivalent of putting your hand in your pocket for 2.5k in todays folding😎

Dan Hawkins approach works for me.

As previously said (or written) there is a LOT of stuff out there, some good, some great but, for me it's all about whom we gel with.

SBL is good example, I've a gold fish type short attention span and, find the methodology and approach here frustrating, my fault not the teacher. 

I've discovered this gentleman and he nails for me. Zero faffing, instant gratification and good for memory jogging and light bulb moments. Works for me as I'm revisiting so to speak. 

I had a car prang few years back, suffered a head injury. Since had memory loss, poor concentration, headaches, insomnia blah blah blah , lost all interest in most of what I like/liked.

I can sort of sympathise with you.

Part of my latest rehab' is trying to get back into my music, rarely picked up a bass, guitar or erm piano since the prang... you know what I mean

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Hi Tom, it must be me but, how do I download one of your notations from the pick list? 

I select a song, a box appears with key, artist, date but, then I'm stumped. 

I just know I'm gonna feel a complete idiot when I know how😄

Wow, just realised I remember being so impressed by your Jermaine Jackson cover on YouTube and, here you are......Highway P bass? 

Thanks for taking the time and effort Huw, great work😎

Not quite sure where to post this?

New Purple Bricks ad' tune jogged my memory, what was that?

Then it came to me, E-Z Rollers, Walk This Land, Lock Stock 'n....

Then, find a great cover.... 

Then find a 432Hz version, supposedly better for the body, anyone care to enlighten me on this? Is this tuning for snowflakes or fa real? 

Bit of bumpf:- Music Tuned to 440 Hz Versus 432 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31031095/

3 minutes ago, TimR said:

Amazon are stopping Visa in next few days. They did a deal with Mastercard.

 

So there must be something about not charging. 

 

But a friend of mine tried to buy a car and there was going to be a surcharge for that. 

Car sale? Not right, can't do it, price must be same for cash, card or transfer. That's my business. 

Some are charging an admin fee, hmm, that's pushing it, not been a test case of note yet😎

20 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Not over here. It was a breach of the merchant account conditions with the bank, until the gummint said those contracts were illegal. Now very common to see surcharge percentages added onto credit card transactions. People are addicted to credit so the banks just make their end on a bigger amount.

Interesting.😎

I have my own business and, no longer take any card payments due to the change, those 2.5%s really add up for big ticket items. 

I'm not alone in this. 

Not had the pleasure of playing one of these JB20, I have the JB75 series.

Can anyone comment on neck size of the JB20?

I found the JB75 to be usual 38mm width but felt wider (?) and, deeper than say a racing snake Squier VMJ neck, as a reference. 

Specs say 38mm....

Neck attachment: Bolt-on

Body: Poplar

Neck: Maple

Neck profile: Modern C-shape

Fretboard: Amaranth

Inlays: Dot

20 Frets

Scale: 864 mm

Nut width: 38 mm

Double action truss rod

Pickups: 2 x JB-Style single coils

Electronics: 2 Volume & 1 Tone

Hardware: Chrome

Machine heads: Classic JB-style

String gauge: 045-105

Colour: Blue Metallic

Many thanks guys😎

3 minutes ago, TimR said:

I think regards payment for pub gigs we also need to understand the 'amateur' musicians' role and the costs of equipment. 

 

You can now purchase a pretty decent PA for a few hundred quid.

 

And a lot of the pub musicians have well paying day jobs which mean that costs of gear and transport are incidental and heavily subsidised as part of their day job.

 

Musicians Union rates apply to professional working musicians within the industry. 

 

Your plumber who plays bass guitar will be using the money he got for his Friday night emergency call to pay for his van and £3,600 coffee table top bass. 

Good post. 

Made me think...... at what point is an amateur a pro', when money changes hands? 😎

Not a luva of either but I do like a trans colour finish. 

The straight duck egg blue looked ok on those 60's and 70's Greeves/Villiers Invacars, mobility cars. 

On 13/01/2022 at 11:24, Happy Jack said:

Describing GAS as "irrational or illogical" is a tautology. Of course it's irrational and illogical. If a desire to purchase something is rational and logical then it's just buying the right tool for the job.

 

The very definition of GAS is buying stuff you don't need because the acquisition itself is the aim of the transaction.

 

Don't ask me how I know.

 

Tautology, every day is a school day. I'll be using that all weekend 😎

I want a Burgundy Mist jazz.... 

.....I'm quite colour blind too

1 minute ago, fleabag said:

Ah but the stocks of fuel would have been bought  previous to pump price rise hikes.  The fuel prices may have gone up to pump suppliers but they'd already paid for those stocks at the earlier price

 

If you think the fuel companies dont see opportunities to profitteer, you'd be wrong. Most corporate entities would look for something to blame

😄It really doesn't work like this. That Esso garage (others are available😀) where you buy your fuel from haven't pre-purchased their fuel at a lower price. Its hard enough to turn a profit on fuel without pre-paying up front. 

The mark up is very little indeed, they would rather you purchased a sarnie and a coffee with double bubble returns, one reason many small garages no longer sell fuel, its simply not economically viable. 

On a bass 'note' the owner of my local village garage (no longer selling fuel, once played double bass in a country band😉

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You're welcome😄

PS same mcnach of multiple OLPs? 

No, it won't, if you are in a Who tribute band. 

Otherwise, certainly it will hold together, plenty of old 50's Fenders about and, that Vintage will be better nailed together. 

On 13/01/2022 at 10:47, fleabag said:

Wily landlords ...Who'd thought eh ?

 

Like the garage fuel suppliers raising their prices from £1.34 a litre to £1.50 blaming covid / shortages. There wasnt any shortage.  Just a lack of drivers

I can assure you the wholesale price of fuel did rise, sorry couldn't let that slide😄😎

Anyway back on topic, just a heads up.

I see mention of different charges for different payment methods, this a breach of consumer law, has been for a while now😎

18 hours ago, mcnach said:

 

 

I heard that the Chinese CV series were not as good as the original Indonesian CV series, but I can't comment on that having only ever had Indonesian ones.

 

I wish I had both with me so that I could offer a better comparison, sorry.

Hang on, wrong way around methinks? 

Weren't the original CV series built in China by Grand Reward, then production went over to Indonesia Cor-Tek? 

Or dare I say it and to Muddy Waters, a Harley Benton, I've never yet had a bad one come in for any work...cheap alternative, ticks all the boxes, although I'd prefer cost effective, cheap can be taken to mean crap. 

That said, you really can't wrong with a Squier or Vintage.

One Vintage I worked on, by coincidence was also a Tony Butler when they first came out, just a simple set up and flats across it, the neck colouring was jaw droppingly beautiful. 

Do those Indonesia CVP have a glossy rear neck finish? I ask as my CVJ China one did, couldn't get on with it. 

Good luck with your choice.