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‘Tis almost ready. Alan has played an absolute blinder here. Cannot wait.7 points
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Dropped to £1000 collected Here Is my Shuker 5 string series II. last played new years eve 2019/20 so thought this may deserve a new home. For Sale only UK pick up / or meet up This has been my main go to bass for the last 10 years yet still looks like new. Great tone and It speaks really well against guitars and drums, only ever needs a little mid cut when music requires. Bought this on Here from Homer It is just as it came to me with Wizard soap bars and a John East pre-Amp. but originally commissioned by Simon (Old Git). with Shuker pre and different Pups Specifications Ash Body Camphor Burr top with matching headstock Maple neck and finger board 18 volt system John East Pre. Plus Kill switch Side dot landing lights includes Shuker case weight 9 lb 5 oz kitchen scales 34" scale with 19mm string spacing at bridge Condition 9+/10 cant find any marks on it to photo, only noticed a little dulling from fingers wear under G string Photos attached5 points -
Hello all I bought this in the spirit of optimism, but I really prefer maple boards to rosewood. So it's up for sale. I have very rarely seen 3 pickup basses, and I did a fair bit of research before buying this and after I got my hands on it. They were made for a short time in the 90's - I found a pricelist referring to this model after a lot of digging - https://guitar-compare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1992-February-1.pdf. This is number 72 of the 200 or so of these made. This is alder bodied, rosewood fretboard. It weighs 7 lbs, or thereabouts, very light indeed. (No neck dive though.) Colour is called 'Blackstone'. It's in very good condition overall. The body has no dinks, though the headstock took one at the lower front and was touched up by someone. The neck plate is worn, but perfectly fine. The neck is straight. I replaced the stock strap buttons with Dunlop Straplocks. One of the knobs is missing the Fender logo; that's just as it came to me. Jazz nut width (1.5"), and a very flat fretboard (12" radius according to my feeler gauges). Narrow neck front to back too, so it feels really fast to play. 22 frets. Setup is medium to low currently, pretty flat in terms of relief. I polished the frets, oiled the fretboard, and re-strung it with D'Addario Prosteels. It’s a very cool sounding bass with a lot of flexibility - more on that below. 3 humbucking pickups, passive, with a volume and a TBX control and a switch to control pickup combinations. The pots are a little scratchy but work fine. I ran some magnetic paper over the Fender branded pickups on my version. It looks like they are split coils, humbuckers, like Precision pickups but in a Jazz casing. The pickup resistances read 7.79k neck pickup, 8.56k middle pickup, 8.56k bridge pickup. They sound very clear and even. The pickup distances from the centre of the 12th fret to the centre coil of each pickup are interesting. These measure 28.6 cm front pickup, 36 cm middle pickup, 39.6 cm rear pickup. That puts the front pickup very near to where a conventional Precision bass EA coil sits (28.3cm from centre 12th fret to centre coil pickup), the middle pickup just in front of where a 60s Jazz bass pickup sits (36.6 cm from centre 12th fret the centre coil pickup), and the rear pickup way nearer the bridge than any other pickup I know of. Now, for some interest, lol..... I replaced the stock 5 position switch with a Freeway 10-way switch. Link to explain is here (https://youtu.be/mrLKZZ5B8b0) but essentially you end up with 2 'banks' of 5 switch positions each. Works like a charm and opens up even more tonal possibilities for the bass. Currently, using this wiring diagram from page 1 of the link (https://www.freewayswitch.com/app/download/8112261315/5B5-01+3PU+2Pot+Part1.pdf?t=1532631306) the switch gives the following options (from front to back): Bank 1: Front, Front + Middle Parallel, Middle, Middle + Rear Parallel, Rear (exactly the same as stock switch) Bank 2: Front + Middle in Series, all 3 pickups in Parallel, Front + Rear in Series, Front and Rear in Parallel, Middle + Rear in Series. My favourites are setting 2 and 4 from the the stock settings (Bank 1) and 1, 3, 5 from Bank 2. I found a few links to try and give an idea of the sound, since hardly anyone will have heard of this bass... And photos....finally! I'm looking for what I have put into it, so £SOLD for this USA made, rare, very light, and flexible instrument. Happy to ship anywhere. Pete5 points -
Ima huge Stingray 5 fan and when this one popped up locally for half of what others are selling them for, I pounced. I am very rarely the early bird, but I got me a worm this time lads.5 points
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Fancied a scratchplate change. Don’t think the mint green did much for the colour of the bass. The red tort works better to my eye. Looks less bland if nowt else...5 points
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Well...Now we are back in the giant servers of Talkbass, I would like to take this opportunity to Thank all you wonderful people in Bass Chat for a lovely stay...Toasty crumpets and lashings of hot tea. You have all been so gracious and hospitable. It has been great fun hanging out and getting to know some of you. 👍😎 Cheers4 points
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Prepping for the studio. Same board, different mess4 points
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really happy with this board atm! some new additions are the Lil fella and Binary star from Fuzzrocious and Redwitch, and i guess the RV500 is kinda new! The binary is very cool but might switch back to the titan as thats great aswell4 points
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My latest disappointment wasn't down to a bad performance but the audience. We went to see Seether a couple of years ago and the whole evening was ruined by a sea of effin mobile phones. one girl was even filming it on her iPad! Why, oh why can't people enjoy a band without having to record it? The resulting clips are invariably rank rotten when they end up on YouTube!4 points
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Channeling Karen Carpenter on this one but a great vocalist in her own right;4 points
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Finally... protection!3 points
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Loving that Bean ☝️3 points
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Elites groundwound and flats both have this colour scheme3 points
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As a long-standing fan of Thomann, I'm depressed to say that it's unlikely I'll buy from them again, especially since this is actually down to their choice of courier! @Silvia Bluejay and I put in an order for about £200 a couple of weeks ago, our first since Brexit. Instead of the usual snappy and efficient turnaround, we had to chase them for a valid tracking number, then we waited a week for a message saying that our goods were held up at Customs and would be delivered a week later (i.e. today). Had an update this morning from UPS stating that the goods would be delivered between 8:15 and 12:30 today and that there were fees to pay. Fine, sat there waiting. At 2:45 re-checked to find that UPS had "attempted a delivery" at 8:51 (a lie, no UPS van even came down our street) but had been "unable to receive payment" (another lie, they hadn't requested any). Checked the UPS website and found an option to pay the fees online (with a warning that we'd then need to print the receipt to show the UPS driver, presumably because the system doesn't actually update in real time). You can't pay unless you log in. You can't log in unless you register. It won't let me register, says my user name is already in use. Life's too short for this sort of 5h1t. I've emailed them telling Thomann to eirher insist that UPS actually come here and ring my doorbell or just cancel my order and refund in full.3 points
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I’ve spent the best part of 10 minutes setting this up and it’s a beauty.3 points
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Haven't seen Margot mentioned3 points
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Some of you may recall I purchased the 6 string fanned fret Coliseum last year . I sold it a few months ago as I had since bought another 6 string which was more comfortable and the headstock dive was a pain when playing in studio. Well, the prices have since gone up from £299 to £349 for the 6 string, and there's a fair few videos of them now on YouTube. What I haven't seen at all in the wild however, is the 4 string model. It's not fanned fret, it doesn't have a low B and is standard scale so quite unremarkable right ? Gear4Music have had A LOT of issues with QC on these Coliseums, and they added some to eBay in a very sorry state (cracked headstocks and binding falling off worst culprits). I spotted a 4 string model however with what looked like just cosmetic issues (neck bolt routing messy, light scratches on neck)). The price was utterly ridiculous at £125 (Under half of RRP !). So I hit BIN. It arrived today, and whilst it is definitely B-stock, £125 for this is bonkers. It must be well below cost price. I had the 6 before so it wasn't a surprise how it sounded, but still feel like I stole it. Would have paid £269 and still be happy. Will t-cut the scratches, new tuners and this thing is perfect.2 points
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Hello and welcome to what is one of the most desirable and sought amps of all time! You are looking at an all original (apart from valves) 1987 SVT SKUNKWORKS head made in the USA. It is number 85/500 so a nice low number. Condition is really good for its age and its spent the period I owned her in a flightcase which is included in the sale. I am going to be in Leeds over the next month or 2 quite regularly so happy to arrange collection. Was last serviced in 2015 but no issues since and probably about 30hrs of studio only time since. Happy to listen to sensible offers. Any other photos or questions let me know! Here's some backstory from Mr NJW who I bought this from. Also some examples of this badboy in a mix on record. https://open.spotify.com/track/3ATjVGcOgI4XfESEGV3afi?si=mIImKIyHQTiT9Tcy-Oo0Mg https://open.spotify.com/track/2NEEFeMJLOq6wvaCrN8UYF?si=_E8gHYcFRAiLf4PIqSddXQ https://open.spotify.com/track/62CnqrkAfh6XjWpMBlCz2I?si=08jTe2KiQluLJDL46gFJGQ https://open.spotify.com/track/2eZK1y2XkwVQr14ecaSl2r?si=Lu24VEE3QayckisUJeHgPA2 points -
For sale this gorgeous Pedulla Pentabuzz, handmade by Michael Pedulla in the USA. When this one came for sale (Ovi was previous owner) i was very happy that i could buy it, but i play mostly on my 4 string basses. It's a great playing bass, with only minor marks. It's a unique instrument and doesn't come for sale very often, because of the retirement of course. Comes with hardcase. Price: €2950, but i will look at offers. No trades please. Local pickup in Bad Bentheim possible, shipping also (EU only). I've copied the specs from the older ad: BODY WINGS: Figured Flamed maple NECK: Capillary (neck-through), 3 piece maple laminate SCALE LENGTH: 34 inches STRING SPACING at BRIDGE: 17.5 mm FINGERBOARD: Ebony NUMBER OF FRETS: 24/24 inlaid white markers INLAY: Mother of Pearl, 5mm dots NUT: Bone TRUSS ROD: Single rod, double-acting adjustable with two stiffening bars WEIGHT: 9.9 lbs HARDWARE COLOR: Gold BRIDGE: ABM 3-way adjustable machined brass with roller saddles MACHINE HEADS: M.V. Pedulla/Gotoh PICKUPS: Made for M.V. Pedulla by Bartolini ELECTRONICS: Active, Bartolini CONTROLS: volume, pan, bass boost/cut, treble boost/cut CONTROL KNOBS: Anodized aluminum (black with marker) FINISH: Gloss polyester, including fingerboard Thanks for looking!2 points
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@skelf has had to put up with a lot from me over the years, all my commissions have had that slightly irritating “Martin” quirk, not to mention my excellent ability to turn on a sixpence and change my mind. That’s meant a lot of back and forth over specs - I think there are at least two Finns I’ve shelved for something else (the Skelf, for example, was originally going to be a Finn). Whilst my basses may have quirks, until now none have been a “first” in the ACG book (except possibly the reverse headstock on the Skelf?) Last year, however, I think I broke Alan when I flipped what was going to be a black Finn into a completely different shape and a colour not yet seen on an ACG. He’s nearly finished it, and oh my word has he excelled himself (as always). The crayon colouring in particular is in the realms of “quite good”. Here are a few in progress shots for your delectation; I think you’ll all agree it’s going to be quite the special bass 😎2 points
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Another massive Fall fan here, although I didn't bother seeing them live for the last 10 years of the band's existence. The sad thing was that I could stand it when it could be either awesome or awful but that final era of being consistently sort of OK did nothing for me at all. Plus the gigs were increasingly short, late and expensive... And the fans ever more obnoxious - the slightly cerebral working class types of old being outnumbered by people actively reveling in Mark Smith's drunken antics. So sad. I'd put a top drawer Fall performance head and shoulders over almost anything else I've ever heard: an alchemy achieved by unstable line-ups - and MES was quite right to point out that none of the musicians could ever do anything a fraction as compelling once outside of his influence. I shall dismount from my hobbyhorse. I was also deeply disappointed by the sort-of-reformed Afghan Whigs (essentially the Twilight Singers moonlighting) and the Only Ones' brief reunion - although the rehabilitated Peter Perrett is now marvelous live.2 points
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Prince Far-I - Moses Moses:2 points
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For sale or trade this one of a kind Maruszczyk Jazzus 4a custom. Light weight bass with great balance weighing in at just 8 lbs It has a Lace Sensor pickup in the Stingray position, amazing amount of output, active/passive switch and a 3 band EQ. The tuners are Hipshot ultralights. The bass is in excellent condition with no scratches or dings and comes it it’s original gigbag Comes with a set of fresh rounwounds or I can fit the pyramid gold flats it came with. Straight sale price is £750 £795 collected from Wakefield or I’ll meet up within an hour or so. Trade value is £850 A sale is preferred but I will look at trades for another 4 string bass Here’s a video of the actual bass in action https://youtu.be/bk9HhLdwRf42 points -
This is how you use a looper see:2 points
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Various birds singing in my garden, with rays of sun on my face pleasantly warming, beer and crisps.2 points
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I'm talking about the additional latency that is added on top of your playing. That 10ms you talk of is already there, even when you are using a cable. Now add your latency on top of that - say ....10ms of delay. Now take that into Logic and tell me you can't feel the latency. Or maybe you can't. Everybody is different to how susceptible they are to latency. I added the 10ms as the industry standard of acceptable IEM latency. The target figure is actually more like 7ms. Slower network doesn't come into it. Propagation losses on a 5Ghz network are substantially higher than a 2.4Ghz when comparing like for like performance in a typical venue that is brick built with more than it's fair share of metal work with which the radio waves have to contend. This isn't me just throwing random comments out there - this is science that is underpinned via the Friis transmission formula. The reason that speed of the network doesn't come into it, is that both radio waves operating in both frequencies can carry the payload of a digital stream of a 24bit 48k digital audio signal with no issues. The latency figures are largely down (e.g. pretty much all of it) to the the DAC conversations (analogue to digital and back again). So in short, 2.4Ghz is actually better than 5Ghz for insuring a stable signal. Trouble is with 2.4Ghz, is that there are only 3 truly intermod frequencies out there... and there's so much noise from wireless access points, that you can be unfortunate that you are likely to have interference problems. So yeah, you can go to 5Ghz and have less chance of interference - but then bit of metal, thick walls - even people standing in the line of sight, can mean that you get drop out. If anybody is wondering about how the pro domain gets around this, it's because the operating figures run from 550-850Hz (taking into account world wide spectrum) - so the radio waves can pass through more dense objects more freely than the 5000 and 2400 frequencies. You are completely forgetting that a bass note is not made up of it's fundamental but what we hear are mostly it's harmonics. Put a sine wave in your favourite DAW at 40hz (bottom E on a bass) and tell me whether that is anything like what you hear from your bass. Probability is that your bass cab can't even produce that note cleanly anyway - nor would you want it to to if you are using your bass on stage anyway... but that's a completely different discussion. Oh, I understand now. I used the Helix and SmoothHound as an example of where you could run into trouble with IEMs going through a digital desk. If it works for you, that's great. Nobody is disputing that. Other people may not have the same sort of tolerance for latency as yourself - which is why I called it out in the thread. I am also aware of people that have run exactly the same setup and ditched the Smooth Hound due to the latency issues. If anything, from what I have read, I would be more concerned that you are saying that your timing is coming from your fingers rather than your ears... but hey, I'm not one to judge. I would have thought your ability to listen is a key part of locking in. But anyway, we digress. If it works for you, that's cool. If you are happy with the results, all gravy. That''s me not being a b4stard. It's sharing information so people can make an informed decision and not spend money on stuff that runs the risk of not working for them. PS transmitter2 points
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Aldi's do an Orange Oil wipe which is excellent for just this type of thing.2 points
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Thank you everyone for all the suggestions! I ended up trying sunflower oil as I had some already and it worked a treat. Now to actually learn how to play the thing...2 points
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Guns N Roses at Download in 2006 were pretty bad too, it was quite memorable and entertaining though. There were a lot of delays and Axl walked off a few times, I seem to remember him slipping over and everyone laughing, there were big noodling instrumental interludes before Axl came back on and he said something along the lines of 'don't you know who I am' to which the crowd chucked more drinks (and probably some pi$$) at him and started chanting 'who are ya! who are ya!'2 points
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The other tune, a bit of throwaway virtuosity, the title tune from the same album, 'The Dream Of The Bllue Turtles'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-dream-of-the-blue-turtles-sting/2 points
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A couple of tunes from the 1985 Sting album, 'The Dream Of The Blue Turtles', this is Sting's own bass part for the tune 'Moon Over Bourbon Street'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/moon-over-bourbon-street-sting/2 points
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Please contact seller by PM regarding the sale of this item.... Please refrain from posting pricing comment on the sellers ad2 points -
I use the cycle of 4ths all the time for practicing as it means going round all 12 keys, but it's not just moving up or down a fret so I find it forces my brain to "reset" so I am actually thinking about where I am going and where the notes are rather than just a mechanical pattern movement. iReal has a fantastic training mode where it will repeat a song, but transpose by an adjustable number of semitones on each repeat. This means that you could e.g. create a 4 bars of Cmaj7 "song" set to repeat 12 times then set it to transpose 5 semitones up on each repeat. You end up with 4 bars of Cmaj7 then Fmaj7 then Bbmaj7 then Ebmaj7 etc. all the way round the cycle of 4ths to Gmaj7. I use this to practice scales and arpeggios in all keys as you are continually hearing the chord that you are playing against so it reinforces the context rather than just being abstract.2 points
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My Pentabuzz is easily the best fretless I have played, with them no longer produced they are also a good investment 😉 good luck with the sale.2 points
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Van Morrison and the The Be Good Tanya’s (separate gigs) same utter indifference to the audience bordering on contempt. Lacking any energy and just going through the motions. Pisses me right off TBH there are so many struggling artists that are as talented but often haven’t had the breaks or exposure that would give anything to be given the opportunity squandered by the likes of Van Morrison. Cantankerous, miserable waste of a stage. Yep I wasn’t impressed.2 points
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I'm not a fan of learning by shapes or boxes either. I'd rather know what is actually happening with the scale degrees and the actual notes. I look at modes as variations of major and minor scales, like this.... Ionian (Major), Dorian (Minor natural 6), Phrygian (Minor b2), Lydian (Major #4), Mixolydian (Major b7), Aeolian (Minor), Locrian (Minor b2,b5). A lot of people look at them as the major scale starting on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th degree etc, but I find that thinking of them as variations of major and minor scales helps me more when I'm playing over changes. (Sorry for jumping in @greghagger)2 points
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I have found that sunflower oil removes old glue very nicely.2 points
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Oldman UPDATE - One of our own is in ICU. For those that have been following Brian's thread (and for those that haven't) spare a moment to drop in on his thread and send him best wishes.2 points
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Not so much a 'collection' as acquiring something akin to my 'dream bass', I don't exactly collect basses, I've owned four (Yamaha BB614L, BC Rich Warlock - platinum series and a Crafter electro-acoustic) and have kept just my fourth (Cort Artisan B4LH.) I've been playing the Cort exclusively for the past 12 years but for I'd regularly look out for that one bass that would be pretty much a dream bass. Now, whilst I've not quite found a multi-scale headless bass, every other box has been checked by the Schecter SLS Evil Twin 4 string. Down side is I have to wait about 5 months for it to arrive at the retailer and that's before they do the set-up I requested and ship it out to me. It's going to be a long wait. I'm already climbing the walls, I want it in my hands so damned much.2 points
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No that was Rogers idea!2 points
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Ha I can’t believe I wrote Roger 🤣2 points
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One of those guys who played what a song needed.2 points
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Who uses loopers? Who uses loopers? Who uses loopers? Who uses loopers? I've Who used one uses at home loopers? I've Who used one uses at home loopers? I've Who used one uses at home loopers? I've Who used one uses at home loopers? I've Who used one uses at home loopers? NOT LIVE! I've Who used one uses at home loopers? NOT LIVE! I've Who used one uses at home loopers? NOT LIVE! I've Who used one uses at home loopers? NOT LIVE! [Infinite solo over the top]2 points
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Godwin's Law satisfied within 5 posts, that must be some sort of record. I think you'll find the lack of replies has more to do with conspiracy-fatigue and a reluctance to participate in yet another bloody covid argument than an inability to provide answers.2 points
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Great, it is so useful and has pretty much every jazz standard you would ever need! Yes, you will do yourself a massive favour in the long run if you start working with chord names rather than fret diagrams. You can also make up setlists and write your own chord sequences too. Enjoy it!1 point
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Sadly it wasn't part of my training. The maths seems to say if you want to win money become a bookie1 point
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Yeah, I was told it was the key that would unlock the door to everything. I actually started a thread a while ago asking what the point of it was, and as I recall I didn't get a solid answer 😄 Appreciate it's only one aspect, though.1 point
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Couple of gratuitous pics this morning 😊1 point
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