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    [quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1365404223' post='2038959'] I used to run a small plant nursery at one point and reluctantly sold plants by mail order. One time I took a parcel to a different post office to my usual and handed the box over. I had, as usual, covered the outside of the box in the words, 'LIVE PLANTS PLEASE HANDLE CAREFULLY' in red capitals. The guy behind the counter took it, weighed it, then threw it in the corner. I said 'Can you be careful I have live plants in there'. He said 'And how am I supposed to know that?' Not sure how many people in the queue behind me went back again after my reply. [/quote] Oh dear...
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    Another welcome from a 60+ in Tavistock!
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    [quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1365343100' post='2038237'] Why would he be good on the bass though? Its a completely different instrument. [/quote] This. It only [u]looks like[/u] a guitar...
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    Alex has confirmed the damage was done by a forklift tine. He's wrangling with the courier re insurance. I may have a replacement as early as next week. Alex is a real trooper and trying very hard to get me a Super 15 ASAP. Many thanks, Alex!
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    A wedding at Tavistock Town Hall. As a classic rock covers/originals band, we get to do a surprising amount of weddings, no idea why really. Just nice to have the added gigs and income stream. As per usual for a wedding, first set was playing to the empty dance floor, second set far more manic! All in all, a good one. Our next gig is the Tavistock Civic Ball!
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    Bump
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    [quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1365257659' post='2037307'] I'm fed up of people coming to the house (delivery men, boiler engineers etc), seeing the basses and asking "Does your husband play the bass" no he bleeding well doesn't.... I'm the bassist and damn proud of it! [/quote] My wife is equally fed up with people thinking I'm the surfer...
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    Bump for the weekend, sir?
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    Post-Easter bump!
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    Post Easter bumpage.
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    Well, not Fedex... 'Twas an unmarked van subbed to Fedex that delivered my wrecked BF Super 15 yesterday. As per the thread in General Discussion, it was probably spiked with a forklift. ..
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    Easter bump!
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    Easter bump! Hope you all have lots of hot cross buns and chocolate eggs! Den
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    Although I live in West Devon, I had in fact tried to tie in with Alex to collect in person, but that didn't work out. This was one of the nightmare scenarios that made me try and pick up personally. Ah well...
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    [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1364344758' post='2025330'] Nige, perhaps a lot of this does apply to some people here but I'm just a guy who plays a bit of bass in occasionally gigging bands. I'm not frustrated, I dont expect to express myself fully, I don't have a unique voice or expect to, yet I do sometimes delight myself and I do sometimes touch other people or at least make them dance. But I don't and can't take it so seriously. [/quote] ^^^This. But I do want to be playing a lot more gigs, and that lack can frustrate me.
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    The driver blamed it on 'the animals at the warehouse'...
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    Well, after waiting with great anticipation for my Barefaced Super 15, it arrived this morning. With a hole in it. Right through multiple packaging layers and almost right through the ply. Quite how the couriers had managed to mistreat a well-packed item that badly,is, frankly, beyond me. Alex at Barefaced was audibly shocked when i told him, both because he's gone to a great deal of trouble to try and make sure this sort of problem doesn't happen, and because he now has to effectively start from scratch on a new cab for me, which will screw up his production. Hopefully, he can recover some parts from the damaged cab, but if it's been beaten around to that extent (there were in fact several holes in and through the packaging), I would be surprised if it wasn't a total loss. To say I'm gutted is to indulge in the greatest of understatements...
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    Pic added.
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    Will try to get one up this evening.
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    Slotted after purchase, single slot per saddle.
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    Why thank you! Shame to lose it, really, but buying the Mustang left me a bit squeezed!
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    Good condition, unused by me. Removed from the Plexiglass precision when I got it. Has been slotted, and the slots work perfectly well on a Jazz or Precision. Price includes delivery. [attachment=131228:DSC00080.JPG]
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    This is for sale due to my off-the-wall purchase of a Mustang Bass earlier this month. Its condition is good, somewhere between a Closet Classic and a light relic. I've gigged it a fair few times, and its previous owner (Rasta of this parish) gigged it lots. The only ding worth noting is a slight dink in the neck binding around the 14th fret, G side. Never noticed it in playing. (Pictured). Specs. Body: Solid but of unknown origin. 3-tone sunburst in the traditional style. Pickguard: Standard black/white/black. Neck: Allparts Jazz, 'chunky' profile, pearl blocks, white binding. Noticeably figured and heavily flamed Hardware: Wilkinson HWJB200 tuners, giving the look of the 1966-75 era, longer stemmed than the later Schallers. Bridge is Fender Mexican standard. Control plate is genuine Fender. Fender neckplate. Standard strap buttons. Electrics: Lindy Fralin Jazz set, very nice! Controls are by our very own KioGon, with genuine Fender knobs. Play really well, and with the chunky profile, it's not a neck that moves much. A Geddy Lee it isn't! But it's a nice handful, round, not ridiculous. Comes in a used but sound reproduction tweed hard case. Price includes delivery! [attachment=131129:Dscf0730.jpg] [attachment=131130:Dscf0729.jpg] [attachment=131131:Dscf0733.jpg] [attachment=131132:Dscf0734.jpg]
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    [quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1363778858' post='2017361'] Because a singer / guitarist I have a lot of time for asked me to be and I enjoyed it - still do. And because by the time I joned - 12 years ago - I'd pretty much come to the conclusion that I'm a craftsman moe than an artist. [/quote] ^^^ This, without the asking bit. I like to gig, not just noodle around. We do have an original album in the works, but it's been covers all the way, throwing in the odd original to see what happens along the way. Best of both worlds. Plus, as it's almost my sole source of income bar pensions, for the money.
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    Nice! Do you just plug in to a passive input and go for it, or do you tame it by plugging into an active input? When I get home from London, there should be a set of TI JF324 Jazz Flats waiting for me.that will smooth things out a bit!
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