2025 Gear Abstinence Thread

[msb]

The Chinese Plexi DanArmstrong gift arrived first thing this morning. I’ve got to say it’s not as heavy as I thought it might be , I think it feels around ten pounds , perhaps a shade under. I put on some old flats that had been resting on another bass , oiled the fingerboard and pickguard and spent much of the day turning knobs and playing around with it. I like it , 

 

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Edited April 28 by msb

[Geek99]

2 hours ago, msb said:

The Chinese Plexi DanArmstrong gift arrived first thing this morning. I’ve got to say it’s not as heavy as I thought it might be , I think it feels around ten pounds , perhaps a shade under. I put on some old flats that had been resting on another bass , oiled the fingerboard and pickguard and spent much of the day turning knobs and playing around with it. I like it , 

 

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Nice 👍 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

On 27/04/2025 at 20:34, Richard R said:

Didn't get round to updating the thread last week, but this is what I think has happened while I have been away:

@King Tut - T1 fail for a nice 5 string

@Richard R - T2 for the Akai MIDI keyboard

@Marvin - PSU for the pedal board. Not sure if this is T1 or T2 to be honest. It's not in the signal chain directly, but each pedal is. I'll call it T2

@Obrienp - T1 fail with a LFSys Cab

@SimonK - was already out, but is now trying to start a breeding colony with all the amps he's bought

@Geek99 - T1 fail on a 5 string

@miles'tone - T1 fail on a CV Mustang

@fretmeister  - T2 fail on a guitar fuzz pedal, and enjoying his unsolicited bass

@Quilly - T1 fail, Dr Green T1 bass reverb

@Sean - T1 fail, buying back a bass he sold 4 years ago

@Stub Mandrel - Sentenced to death for not only buying plectrums but getting them personalised. 

@Franticsmurf - T1 fail on a 5 string.  

@msb - still in as the bass was a gift

@lozkerr - T1 fail Thumpinator pickup 

 

Three 5 string basses there - is there something in the BC water?

 

Quite a casualty rate...

 

"This isn't rock and roll, this is genocide!"

[SimonK]

Can we have a competition for the biggest fail among those of us who joined in January? I may have now added a fiver to the multiple stacks bought so far this year (happy birthday to me!) 😎

 

 

[AndyTravis]

I’ve done about 8 basses, of which I’ve sold 4…

[neepheid]

I think I win "most pickups on a single fail"...

 

[Maude]

I'm still in. All I've bought remotely related this year is a display cabinet for my halo. 😇 🤣🤣

[msb]

Still looking at kijiji and some classifieds , when I see a bargain I post it on a local jam page , or PM immediately friends. I haven’t had the urge to buy anything although I would have snagged that Dan Armstrong that was listed for a song. It’s almost income tax return season , so I may sell some extra amps , maybe a bass or two.

[Richard R]

On 05/05/2025 at 16:06, Maude said:

I'm still in. All I've bought remotely related this year is a display cabinet for my halo. 😇 🤣🤣

 

 

[Geek99]

@Richard R isn’t that missing a tuning key? You’d best buy one … 😈

Edited Tuesday at 22:16 by Geek99

[Maude]

2 hours ago, Richard R said:

 

 

Ooh ooh, a 3 string 4 stringer Jazz Precision! 

Where do I buy one? 

 

[msb]

Spotted an Acinonyx in Toronto for a good price. They’re discontinued , any future runs will be built in the USA so the price will go up steeply. I’ve been looking at them since they came out. Strongly tempted , but holding off. 

[Mrbigstuff]

1 hour ago, msb said:

Spotted an Acinonyx in Toronto for a good price. They’re discontinued , any future runs will be built in the USA so the price will go up steeply. I’ve been looking at them since they came out. Strongly tempted , but holding off. 

What would it do that your current basses can’t? I’m sure we can help you save yourself! 

[Richard R]

20 hours ago, Geek99 said:

@Richard R isn’t that missing a tuning key? You’d best buy one … 😈

 

There's no point in the missing tuning key, the G string doesn't reach the headstock. 

 

20 hours ago, Maude said:

Ooh ooh, a 3 string 4 stringer Jazz Precision! 

Where do I buy one? 

 

Ask CoPilot? 😉

 

 

[Mrbigstuff]

14 minutes ago, Richard R said:

 

There's no point in the missing tuning key, the G string doesn't reach the headstock. 

 

 

Ask CoPilot? 😉

 

 

Doesn’t reach the fretboard either 😂

[Richard R]

Synchronised T1 failure this afternoon.

@Suburban Man bought my EBS Session 60 amp, and I took his Smoothhound wireless system in PX.

 

I did think of claiming that I was just in the same car park in Brackley at the same time, and the prior text messages between us were nothing to do with a meeting to jointly commit this crime, and it's all just circumstancial with no real evidence. 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Richard R

[Suburban Man]

4 minutes ago, Richard R said:

Synchronised T1 failure this afternoon.

@Suburban Man bought my EBS Session 60 amp, and I took his Smoothhound wireless system in PX.

 

I did think of claiming that I was just in the same car park in Brackley at the same time, and the prior text messages between us were nothing to do with a meeting to jointly commit this crime, and it's all just circumstancial with no real evidence. 

 

As circumstantial evidence, please see exhibit A m'lud:

[msb]

6 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

What would it do that your current basses can’t? I’m sure we can help you save yourself! 
 

I have too much stuff already. The Acinonyx has a very unique eq stack. Eight push buttons , and a volume knob. I know some thumpers that have bought them and they were very happy. It’s said to be a great lightweight short scale. And a great sounding bass. My kind of fun. I don’t know that I would find a better deal. The price is good. And they are no longer in production. So I’m tempted , I have the music emergency fund carefully stashed away in a sock. But I don’t think I’m going to jump. 

 

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, Richard R said:

Synchronised T1 failure this afternoon.

@Suburban Man bought my EBS Session 60 amp, and I took his Smoothhound wireless system in PX.

 

I did think of claiming that I was just in the same car park in Brackley at the same time, and the prior text messages between us were nothing to do with a meeting to jointly commit this crime, and it's all just circumstancial with no real evidence. 

 

I’m assuming that you also cannot sweat for medical reasons ?🧐

 

bit gamekeeper-turned-poacher, IMHO
🧐

Edited 8 hours ago by Geek99

[Richard R]

4 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

I’m assuming that you also cannot sweat for medical reasons ? 🧐

No. It's because I am just so damn' cool all of the time. 😎

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Richard R
And I don't cut down sycamore trees and then rat on my friends when the heat turn up.

[Stub Mandrel]

2 hours ago, Richard R said:

Synchronised T1 failure this afternoon.

@Suburban Man bought my EBS Session 60 amp, and I took his Smoothhound wireless system in PX.

 

I did think of claiming that I was just in the same car park in Brackley at the same time, and the prior text messages between us were nothing to do with a meeting to jointly commit this crime, and it's all just circumstancial with no real evidence. 

 

 

Now you have to drub yourself out.