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Welcome to the surfac then, Gas! (Gas is always welcome of course.) Bert

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1394814086' post='2395563'] It's not your job to change them or impress upon them them the error of their ways. All you want is their custom , not their friendship. Give them every opportunity to buy, regardless of their manner, and then politely show them the door. [/quote] I think I'd largely agree with this, but still: in my mind your job is not only to sell something but also to do it in a fashion that allows you to "keep up your self esteem" so to speak (I lack other ways of describing this better). In some extreme cases, where obnoxious customers try to remove your dignity, I think it's a good idea to withdraw from the dealings, and probably to confront them - not in the way of "you must change your ways" but more like "I'm outta here". To put some numbers to this: where I come from it's regarded as a given that 5% of customers are complete arses. I'd reduce that to half that number, and have personally allowed myself to confront 3 customers out of roughly 1,700.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1394806208' post='2395441'] How did that happen!? [/quote] I don't know personally, but from what has been written about it previously, I get the impression that this happens most to people who post from tablets and mobile phones. Did you? Also, I have no idea about how and why it happens. Software bug maybe? Slight problem with compatibility?

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1394811961' post='2395534'] now stop reading and go get yourself out there [/quote] Class! Almost like all those humanitarian organisations whose main purpose is to stop existing.

Hey ParrotDye, Welcome! As to getting lessons, there's several from Swindon on BC already, so they MUST give you a BC buddy discount. I command them! Enjoy! bert

JapanAxe, you're quite advanced, pedagogically. ("Say what you're going to say, then say it, then say what you have said.")

Welcome from another noob, Planer! Bert

Welcome, Jason! So... what's a Man United? Like Women's Lib but for one single Man? Enjoy this weird place! bert

+1 on Roundabout, as I think it's the first song that made me aware of the Rick at all. That and that it's a great track. Dunno whether it's a Rick or a faker, but I like the sound on Bold as Brass by Split Enz: http://youtu.be/lAoiZL7dHkY

Welcome, Rebo! bert

The Bongo 4-HHHHH solves this beautifully, methinks. Other than that, it can't be hard to semi-glue a support list alongside the pickups, I reckon - before ever having tried, mind.

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1394098902' post='2387828'] this is all new and shiny (well all new and matte black!) [/quote] Congrats with your new Bongo! I love'em, but have no clue. That should've warned you, but alas it's too late now. And congrats with the setting up as well. We won't tell ya we told ya so Were these those four YouTube vids on the Elixir Strings channel?

To me it comes across as playfulness, and as not taking themselves too seriously. I like it.

Yup! It's just me.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1394363268' post='2390606'] Chrome is king [/quote] Not always. Sometimes, gold hardware does have its ... Oh, wait!

My parents brought me up with Bach, Beethoven and Brahms forst and foremost. They despised pop and rock music, and I had to find those myself, which I didn't do before say '68, at age 12 or so. I'm grateful though, as it must have given me a set of good ears.

Welcome, whypeb! You can ask in the Gear section. I'm sure people there can help you. bert

Well technically I am not welcoming you per se. Welcome to the surface then! Enjoy! Bert

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1394020018' post='2386932'] They're a reminder that you can become rich without being smart. There's hope for us all yet [/quote] Thanks for that, and thanks for that. There's no need for me to restate good points that have already been made, but to add to those points: When I worked in Hi-Fi, we organised A/B-testing in a concert hall, with the equipment hidden from view. We only did it once. The enormous, partly aggressive, debate about what we'd actually heard came as a total surprise to us. Seemingly, not only do people have very different ears, but also have different willingnesses to accept their own ears as the only ears that are worth anything. As to the room in which the set has to operate: Great point! I personally gave up Hi-Fi when we moved to our present house. All the sound quality we'd enjoyed in our old living room suddenly was not present anymore - no matter how we placed the speakers in the room. Analysing what we had to do to make it sound good again, we found we were not willing to do that, and sold the expensive system. That said, good Hi-Fi equipment does exist. Happily though, before becoming a Hi-Fi nut, I was forewarned by a shop owner who told about the other nuts who'd only listen to a very select few recordings with great sound quality rather than listening to music. From that day on I've always reminded myself that for me it's about the music.

That was not appropriate! Welcome, Christian! Enjoy the banter and the occasional exchange of info. Bert

Nice one! Thanks for doing this. I can send you the measurements for the Rockinbetter if you don't have those.

I'm laughing my lungs out here! £350,000 worth of kit when everyone knows it's mostly placebo, and all you [b]really[/b] need is a few metal discs to put the speaker cables on so they won't have to be on the floor.... Seriously though, must have been quite the Hi-Fi set. Sorry you couldn't enjoy it more, and of course, as you know as well as I do, this system is not 1,000 times better. It's probably noticeably better than a £35,000 system, which again is noticeably better than a £3,500 system.

Welcome to the surface, Connor! ...and breathe! bert

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1393799456' post='2384546'] Pretty please, I will feed my cats (Stanley and Snoop Catt) extra tuna if you vote for us [/quote] Not gonna work, you amateur! Now if you could describe in detail the torture that you will not let your cats endure, I think more of us would be willing to vote!

According to what an EBMM guy told me, the contract that the US dealers have with EBMM does have a paragraph about that dealers also are allowed to sell new items abroad after two years. IOW if this bass is old enough, you could still purchase it. You'd probably have to remind them of that paragraph though.