Kiwi

Thank Thomann for stepping up quickly! They sent gifs instead of ad straight off their server.

Yeah I'll have to do a deep dive after Christmas and do the paper work in order to get any kind of actual clarity over what our actual exposure is.

OK but we have a moderating team specifically for that purpose. If you want to talk about the other aspects, I'm happy to do that offline. I'd like to avoid giving every man and his dog the opportunity to jump in with their various opinions regardless of the level of insight applied.

It's happening because Thomann are serving the ad themselves from their servers, not through an image they've supplied for us to upload (which is what Rotosound are doing). I'm talking to them about it and will deactivate the ad while a solution is pending.

Thanks @nekomatic, it's really helpful to know about these changes. I'm no stranger to risk assessment and, as far as I can tell from a quick skim, we have systems in place where it counts and in other aspects our risk is low. But it's always useful to have the paper work in place just in case someone decides to get nasty.

I'm not sure if it's related or a coincidence but there was a ferocious instrumental track called 88 played on Level 42's the Early Tapes album.

Old threads still give the site visibility via search engine hits, even if the membership isn't interested in them. It's why we keep the classifieds visible too.

Industry stats show guitar sales in the US boomed during COVID but crashed in the UK. They've recovered slightly but not enough to arrest the general downward slide of sales. Some are suggesting it's the lack of interest from Gen Z. Some are saying it's the sheer mass of used instruments that are available...but at what price point? I'm aware of a lot of hoarding going on...Status...Wal...limited editions of other brands as well and some brands have cashed in on that notion of exclusivity. So I'm curious to know how well those brands who pushed up their prices significantly a couple of years ago are doing these days (Ernie Ball and Warwick...looking at you). Over the last 5-7 years lump sum pension payouts have almost certainly helped to drive hoarding but the cost of living crisis has now soaked up a lot of that liquidity.

I'm not able to help with mobile related matters. One for @ped perhaps.

Is your browser blocking pop ups? If so, you'll need to enable it so you can set up two factor authentication.

Chris built them to emulate a Smith bass bit I found the response very uneven.