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[list=1] [*]No idea if this works (it might be flawless or dead), no way to test it. If you want it, at your risk and no returns, and you'll pay the carriage, you're welcome to it. [/list]

Camomile tea is good for nerves. Stick a couple of teabags in your kitbag

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1472395096' post='3120770'] CD Guitars sell them for £7.99 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281709355301?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=580719061514&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.co.u...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT[/url] [/quote] Thanks

Where are you getting new battery boxes from, please? I wanted one for the SR500 I sold in the spring, and was told that an Ibby battery box would be £20+ and about three months wait... (Last time I checked, the buyer hadn't been able to find one either, so I'm still looking.) Edit: I should read the thread title. Sorry.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1472377554' post='3120611'] You might want to think about cutting the nut slots a little deeper. Now that you haven't got the height of the frets you could get the strings lower at the nut to almost touch the board - and will help with intonation too [/quote] If you've got a set of old roundwounds in your gauge of choice, they are quite useful as nut slot files

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1472365605' post='3120538'] I don't think that would be an issue with a decent length radius block. The block will then sand at the rate the metal sands and the wood just goes along for the ride.... [/quote] I stand corrected. Thank you

I'd be quite unhappy if the venue or couple is trying to use your kit without asking. Including just assuming that they can.

I'd try ice cube on the ferrule, maybe in clingfilm to stop water getting on the wood. That might shrink it enough to loosen it.

Would you not have trouble sanding it? I could be completely wrong, but I'd be worried that the wood will sand much faster than the metal and you'll wind up with dips in the board.

Keef wouldn't be able to tell them apart? I can't understand it. How could that be?? Still, if that means he couldn't tell how ugly it was, who am I to judge?

1977... Hawkwind, Purple, Steeleye Span; with The Stranglers and Buzzcocks and VdGG/Peter Hammill looming (I bought Live Vital because the cover was interesting, and that was that...), and then the post-punk contingent. Hawkwind stopped being interesting about 1980, IMO, though I still listen to the first few albums (but I always hated Silver Machine). Not listened to Deep Purple since about that time.

Sounds as if they might have been a set of prototypes, rather than an actual production run.

Have a look at my pink P and make me an offer http://basschat.co.uk/topic/279517-pink-phil-pro-p-bass-offers/page__fromsearch__1

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1472030331' post='3117753'] This may, in fact, be the only way to get students to practise. [/quote] That is an excellent point

[quote name='DorsetBlue' timestamp='1472027572' post='3117729'] Hmmm, as a former Brass player - I would like to point out that a Sax is a Woodwind instrument. [/quote] See? See??? They go everywhere in disguise!!!!!!!!!1!!

I'd like to be a musician, but I'll never claim I am one.

I emailed the seller. Now we will see if I get a load of abuse back... Title and text of the advert, for posterity... "[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif]Yamaha YAS-23 Standard Eb Alto Saxophone[/font] [font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif]The YAS-23 is levelled at student to intimidate but is also used by many pros. The saxophone is used but pads still make tight seal. Small amount of scratching at the front but hardly noticeable. Sounds just as good as the day it was bought. Comes with hard carry case and neck strap. Light weight and produces excellent sound.[/font]"

That was my guess, though I would also guess that it's not outrageously overpriced and that the seller will have to bring it down. Is £300 a realistic estimate, or am I completely off track?

I was just checking Gumtree, and this leapt out at me... [url="https://www.gumtree.com/p/saxophone/yamaha-yas-23-standard-eb-alto-saxophone-/1184137452"]https://www.gumtree....one-/1184137452[/url] I always had my suspicions about those brass players, you know. :taps nose significantly:

I suspect this is quite unusual - no doubt someone with actual knowledge will be along soon I'm not going to go and see it, because I already have too many basses (one in, five out rule now in effect ) https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/vantage-bass-guitar/1183007152