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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1465157505' post='3065734'] Beautiful, don't you think?? Plays like a dream (neck has a bit more meat than I'm used to but not a problem - we will adapt). I was playing it earlier - hard to decide which is my favourite tone. Time on my hands tomorrow to experiment and decide. Nice photos...but they compare to what it looks like in the flesh. I almost feel sorry for the rest of you. [/quote] Soundclip soon pleeeeeeease!

NEXT build!!!! You don't hang about, do you? 😀

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1465061088' post='3065061'] Just different factors of an instruments flexibility. Sometimes you'll want an active sound and sometimes you'll want a passive sound. One's neither better or worse than the other, just different. [/quote] That sums it up nicely, I'd say.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1465034187' post='3064781'] Maybe they`ll be like Benjamin Button and get newer looking, until finally completely pristine. [/quote] But then all that relic-ing will have been a waste of money......😮.....surely not 🙄

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1465030603' post='3064740'] You can always get a re-fin.....👍 [/quote] 😄😄😄😄😄

I misunderstood the OP title at first. You don't have to practice. Happy Birthday! Fixed?

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1465024346' post='3064683'] Bands and groups do evolve in directions that don't suit everyone over time , but openess is the key to making decisions and being fair and honest about it , rehearsing new members behind your back is clearly wrong [/quote] +1 Very crappy behaviour on the part of your former bandmates. There's no call for that.

[quote name='DaveFry' timestamp='1464993290' post='3064594'] ...trying to play it on upright whilst singing (and maybe ending at the same pitch I started ). [/quote] You're probably already familiar this, but just in case you aren't, it's superb. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zQmhQyCMvig

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1464865195' post='3063238'] It would drive you nuts if you played with a drummer who didn't use cases? I just don't get it! I turn up early, I'm set up in 10 minutes, I have spare skins and sticks, all my gear is in good nick (apart from the floor tom leg I need to fix before the weekend!!!) and I don't f*** up. The cases I do use are always out of the way. I just don't get the problem. I gigged for years without cases, and cases are not cheap! [/quote] Aaah, that changes everything. Maybe I should have been more specific. All the other attributes you mention (being punctual, decent gear etc.) are, in my experience, abscent from those drummers without cases. Those I've run into without cases were slovenly in all other departments, which contributed to an all-round lack of professionalism. The specific issue of the cases wasn't meant. Especially not when you're punctual, have decent gear, clear cases away etc. etc. No offence intended 😊

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1464853993' post='3063101'] I've been on the other end of this as a drummer - the band demanded that I buy cases to transport my drums in, because "it looks unprofessional when you walk into a venue without them in cases". Are any of you that anal? [/quote] Yes, I am. That would drive me nuts, but ultimately it's none of my business.

Oh, don't get me started. Gearwise, everyone's pretty cool, but punctuality and our drummer are, at best, vaguely acquainted. Always about 10 minutes after "at the last minute" and then super relaxed while I'm champing at the bit. Not 10 minutes late mind, buty 10 minutes after all other deadlines have run out. I've realised, for sanity and friendship's sake to either accept it or have a stomach-ulcer. Yes there are other very good drummers who sub for him and who don't stress me out, but he's got THAT groove. Plus I work with him in other contexts where I'm not the boss and we still have to fet along. It's a choice, right? Dress issues, I sorted out by making everyone buy their costumes. It's a 70s Disco act. What state their costumes are in is another matter, but I simply can't micromanage everything.

Great! And there was I, GAS free for 5 seconds. I hope your proud of yourself 🙄.

The OP title is a bit like saying, "Gravity is back!"

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1464505979' post='3059844'] How about the Fender logo, just don't try to sell yourself as s real one though [/quote] How about a R###enfaker logo and see, after the legal battle, who gets custody of your arm 😝

Bwahhhh-hah-hahhh-hahhhhh!!!

Hmmmm...... you could be right there.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1463953245' post='3055346'] Do you need somewhere to sleep?? [/quote] I had no idea that BC was THAT kind of forum 😯

Only just spottef this thread. Yayyy, well chuffed you've hung on to this. It's got "keeper" written all over it.

I do hope the fitted-case is included.

But wouldn't the string-slots then be facing the wrong way?

Yep, walk away. Anyone that far below the level of basic requirements will, unfortunately, almost always need a long time in order to catch up. Plus, the experience, as unpleasant as it may be, may give the drummer the impulse to address the issue i.e. you are actually doing them a favour.

Yummedy-yum-yum!

Just look at that smile! A very cool life to have lead.