2025 Gear Abstinence Thread

[Richard R]

33 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

I’m going to buy my dog a new precision. She showed some interest in a photo, maybe she’ll manage to get a sound out of it if I wedge a dog chew between the strings and then I’ll have a free pass on that purchase 

 

🤔

 

[knirirr]

Another tier 2 fail - new tailpiece for the guitar shown, plus a new guitar pickup. Still no new bass purchases, though.

 

 

[Geek99]

13 minutes ago, knirirr said:

Another tier 2 fail - new tailpiece for the guitar shown, plus a new guitar pickup. Still no new bass purchases, though.

 

 

How do the jury feel About “filth” like this ? 
tier2 fail on the pickup, bridges aren’t signal path so I think you’re home Free on that one 

Edited Saturday at 20:36 by Geek99

[Richard R]

The bridge is part of the vibrating structures of the instrument, tansmitting and receiving vibrations and resonances between the strings and the body which contribute to the overall sound which will be detected by the pickup. So it is in the path betwen the player's fingers and the listeners' ears and replacing a non-failing bridge on a bass ought to be a T1 fail. 

On a guitar it's T2 as is the whole instrument. 

 

Well that's my view anyway.

[msb]

 

I’m going to be out , just waiting to get the shipping costs and final bill. These have been on my radar for quite some time. This is the Korean reissue , improved tuners and set neck. Thumpy as all heck. I have too much stuff , but I’ve been looking at these for years. Finally will be getting one.

[AndyTravis]

On 04/08/2025 at 21:24, AndyTravis said:

I haven’t bought anything since April.

 

Thats quite good for me.

Uhm…

 

3 things left though…