taunton-hobbit

A fair amount of Black Friday merch is supplied to the shops at discount rates by the wholesale trade.......... whether or not it represents 'value for money' is up to the consumer to decide. 😎

I've got a bit of a mountain of amp kit on t'bay - it's all good & I refuse to give it away - case in point Marshall 200valve rack, fully refurbed, with new ABS wheeled case, JMP1 and Marshall JFX unit - some moron tried to get it for 500..........a fire sale it ain't........so it's not just here! 😎 ......... a very nice man somewhere in the Eastern Block bought the preamp & jfx for 600 - & paid carriage...........

The worst soundtrack I ever heard on an 'adult' movie, was Match of the Day theme - looped............... 😎

........... nice try, but this is one of the better derails for a long time............. 😎

As it happens ...........(oh, never mind, they pulled it down) Would that be real, genuine Formica? 😎

..........just like yer average village local then................ 😎

We haven't even started on Mustang Sally yet.......... 😎

...........successful though................. 😎

My ex used to read it avidly - one of the (many) reasons she's 'ex' ................. 😎

..........bit like 'metal' then? 😎 (The "all knowing" sister of my ex GF says that it all sounds the same....)

Wot, no reggae? 😎

I've got a couple of serious valve heads on t'Bay at present - no way would I consider trying to pack these & let them get thrown around by couriers......... 😎

Ebay is very sniffy about adverse feedback - just sayin' ............ 😎

Enterprise Inns, aka Thugs in Suits............... 😧

You could try Ampstack at Bristol - Ollie's well into pedal kit............. 😎

Done this one before, but if it helps - I have fair quality speaker cables, all in 10m lengths.... they live on plastic drums that used to contain light chain at my local hardware store (free for a charity donation) My bass lines have yellow insulating tape at both ends, so I know what's going where. 😎

Sarf Lundon wedding - I'd not packed the loudspeaker leads (!) so used some odd bits of cable at the venue = atrocious sound. Atmosphere somewhat tense between the guests & after about half an hour some geezer comes up & asks how much I'm getting paid. He stumps up the readies & advises me to leave as 'it's abaht to get a bit ruff in 'ere' I left before the fight (just). 😎

Yup, I'm the same - it's when you look at your music collection & realise that most of the artists are long-dead.........! 😎

I've got an old Orange 120 pa with a transistor front end - it's currently out for a service & revalve, going to be very interesting once I get it back, I believe it's a Mat Mathias/Radiocraft (Huddersfield) build. ☺️

The bloke that's dealing with your problem is off sick & we can't touch his paperwork............

All the above is the reason that I drove 300 miles to Matamp (Meltham) to personally pick up my two new amplifiers. 🤨

So, not UPS, but Securicor, back in the day, managed to 'lose' a package - I'm in the High Wycombe depot patiently explaining that the parcel contains a couple of matching walking sticks for the Queen Mother's 100th Birthday - cue sneer of disbelief from the idiot manning the counter. After a certain amount of time, I manage to retrieve said package, take it home & gift wrap the contents. The best moment was when I walked back into the depot, with my 'new' package, nicely labelled up to HRH, Clarence House............. Counter clown looked totally stunned.

I'm very enthusiastic about Van Damme cables - can't comment on the plugs, I use Neutric or 1/4 jacks...........

London in the 70s used to boast a number of this type of 'venue' - usually small basement areas with no fire escapes, no ventilation & occasionally, no toilets. Unsafe doesn't even begin to describe this sort of opportunist carp...............

Matamp hand-build some very good all valve kit (I know, I own a couple) Their prices aren't silly either (no, they don't pay me)........😁