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To be fair, no you didn't. I think it's just that every other time I've seen this postulated, it's been as a way around paying any tax at all, not as a way to save a little money by the carriage cost effectively being free

Even the guitarist looks impressed

Pipe down, you two!

I've always looked at losses made on selling basses as rent. In much the same way as I look back on the places I stayed before I got on the property ladder as simply places I stayed, basses I no longer own are just basses I got to play.

Do you live in an art gallery?

That blank should only have been used for a solid finish.

Do you live in a guitar shop?

No, it's smuggling!

Another happy H2n user here. Use it a lot to record band rehearsals and what comes out of it is eminently usable - I just take it into Audacity and do a bit of normalising left/right plus a touch of compression and it's ready to use to point out where everyone else is going wrong For reference, here's some guff we've been throwing around the rehearsal room, recorded with the H2n and touched up as described in Audacity. I didn't record Dirty Harry with it, I spliced that on after because the track made me think of 70's cop stuff. http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/mp3/Teaspoons/practice20220713/cold_frontier.mp3

You think that'll keep it safe from resale?

Hagstrom Super Swede, Rutger Gunnarsson?

Been a while since I did one of these, so here's my lot: L-R: Epiphone Les Paul Standard (EMG), G&L CLF L-1000, Reverend Triad, G&L Tribute LB-100, Epiphone Jack Casady 20th Anniversary. So, I might have a thing for blocks/crown inlays then...

Reminds me of the back of a Gibson RD Artist - in appearance only - pretty much all circuit board under there and it still ends up weighing as much as the Moon...

Totally agree that lining with copper foil is a great move - my G&L Tribute LB-100 buzzed like an angry hive of bees in our rehearsal space until I lined the control cavity. An inexpensive improvement and a therapeutic half hour spent fettling your bass. Not only needed on less expensive basses - I needed to do my USA G&L L-1000 and that wasn't quite as therapeutic as I kinda grudged having to do it on a bass that cost around 4 times as much as the Tribute, grr!

Modular 2x1x10" setup here. When I had my Ashdown ABM 4x10" I would have been more inclined to agree with you. Not the heaviest can ever made but an absolute boat anchor compared to what I have now.

It's not a good time just now. I remember when you got around $2 for £1. Bargains were definitely on the cards, even with VAT and duty on top. Nowadays, not so much.

You always have to pay the VAT when you import goods. It's the import duty which only kicks in for goods above a value which I forget. Also, the VAT is calculated on the item value AND the postage combined.

Thanks to my Dad's vinyl/tape collection, Genesis was among the first music I discovered - he had Nursery Cryme on vinyl and a tape of Selling England by the Pound (in a very distintive khaki green cassette casing!). The first post PG track I remember hearing is "That's All" - I vaguely recall it was on a freebie compilation tape that I had to eat a lot of something to get tokens to send away for and receive in the post - isn't that something which has died the death these days? Do you still get toys in breakfast cereals? Oh no, my brain's nostalgia centre has just gone into overdrive!

With that reverse P pickup I think it would have given the Triad more competition than the Mercalli and leave me with a tougher decision (ha) to make.

I did, the overall feel was very similar (not really a surprise considering its the same neck and same body shape) but I wasn't blown away by the sound - seemed a bit tamer and even/smoother than the Triad. Not awful by any means but the Triad's tone was more appealing to me. Also it's hard to describe but the pickups on the Mercalli are encased much like most pickups but the Triad's pickups are uncovered. Therefore you can feel the edge of the top bobbin and I really liked how that felt when resting my thumb on the pickup - a very distinct and positive feeling which made my thumb feel really "homed". Hard to describe as I said - I really liked how playing the Triad felt on a tactile level. I would have liked to try the Decision P too but some inconsiderate so-and-so bought it a couple of days before I went down the road

5 way switch, standard strat style options - N, N+M, M, M+B, B While I'm sure that'll keep me busy for a while, already eyeing up the Freeway 10 way switch to open up possibilities like all 3 pickups together, pairs in series, bridge and neck etc.

I've always had a soft spot for 3 pickup basses, despite my oft-stated loathing of bridge pickups. I just think they look so damn cool. This is my third (how appropriate) - previously had a Gibson G-3 and a Danelectro Hodad. I don't count the two Gibson Grabber 3 70s Tributes I briefly owned as they were both defective and were returned. It's my thread, so I make up the rules! I was in Glasgow last week and as a poor deprived Aberdeen boy I could not be in Glasgow and not visit the guitar shops. First off, pleased to report that Guitar Guitar has reinstated their "bassment" and basses are now back downstairs and they have a lot more stock out on display. However, I also went into Merchant City Music and saw this: Oh dear, that's bloody nice, I thought to myself. So I had a try of it and I think I may have found a bridge pickup I actually like the sound of. Long story short, thanks to a very lovely, generous wife I now own this bass. So far only played it through headphones/Yamaha Sessioncake but it sounds good to me. The differences between the switch positions are subtle but noticeable. Will take it to a band rehearsal next week for a proper blast (where the pickup selections may have more effect). Digging the Reverend style - the modern retroness of it all. Plus I'm a sucker for block inlays. Everything is well put together - hardware is excellent (chunky bridge with choice of stringing through body or top load, Hipshot tuners), neck is good with no sharp fret ends - it feels like I got a lot of bass for the money.

Damn you, I'll be walking in circles now

Point 1: Not at all - the abstinence thing came up quite naturally in conversation a while back (probably about cost of living). No puppy dog eyes were deployed! Point 2:

I need an adjudication. I have acquired a bass. My wife bought me it while we were on holiday - she was aware of my participation in this thread and offered to buy me a bass if I found one I liked. Am I still in? I think I'm out because it was not a 100% surprise and I had a say in what the bass was. It was 100% lovely of her to do that though! I await your decision...