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Meditation and yoga both work well for me.

It is indeed. A chambered body, 33” scale. Quilted maple back, olive wood facing.

This is an old thread, the last posting now almost three years old. Time maybe to resurrect it. Here’s my new instrument. Tuned E-C.

As long as it’s recognisable. It’s not an exam is it?

Anthony Jackson and Horacio Hernandez.

Nothing too fancy, it’s really just for sketching out arrangements for myself. Free would be nice.

I have lots of experience, great sight reading ability, I can improvise, follow lead sheets, solo etc. I graduated with a BMus from ICMP in London in 2015, I’m currently studying for a PhD in composition at UoB.

I have the opposite problem, those lines, dashes and numbers just totally confuse me.

I have Asperger's Syndrome, I am prone on occasion to type what I am thinking, I generally proofread what I've typed before pressing submit reply, or I edit it later. On this occasion I didn't, but I did clarify why I wouldn't use the services of the guy in Coventry in a later post. Billy Apple's reply to me was both confrontational and rather aggressive, and not something you'd expect from a moderator on an internet forum. His reply was direct; questioning. Surely is would have been better in his reply to have asked why, rather than to adopt such an aggressive, questioning manner? I find things like this to be extremely upsetting; I have anxiety problems and really hate confrontation, people that know me in real life will vouch for that. I found this episode very depressing, I was actually awake for several hours last night, both annoyed and upset by this. I am going to take my leave of this forum now, and will not be returning.

I have you on ignore. Your attitude is awful and I can’t be bothered with you; to be honest I rarely come on here too often anyway, and following this I probably won’t again. I merely said I wouldn’t go there. I have been there, and wouldn’t use them again. You took it as some kind of personal insult.

That’s the huge thing, there are plenty of music shops with a guy who calls himself a ‘tech’. In reality they’re probably fine doing basic jobs; set-ups, maybe a bit of soldering if a new jack socket is needed, but anything more difficult than that, then they’re out of their depth, but will still have a go. I took an instrument to two places for something they both said they could do. The first was awful, absolutely terrible. I took it to the guy in Coventry to make good what the first guy had done, in doing the work he messed something else up. I should have been more patient and used JD, they’re brilliant but busy; they’re busy for a very good reason. There’s only two people I would use, who from my experience are great; in London Martin at the Gallery, Birmingham it’s JD.

I wasn’t ‘taking a dump’ on anyone, absolutely no need to get so worked up. From my personal experience I wouldn’t take an instrument there. I took a very expensive instrument to him for a simple job and he messed it up. Have you actually used him? I also know someone else who went there and wasn’t exactly happy with the result. Unfortunately I found out afterwards.

From my personal experience the only place I’d use would be JD guitars in Birmingham, a little further away maybe, but they do a superb job.

Don’t go there.

I totally agree, I actually tend to use Thomann, I only use Amazon if something is needed in a hurry. Though I do buy books from them; particularly academic texts, simply because they're so expensive from anywhere else. I tend to buy used ones from the Amazon marketplace.

Yes, that kind of thing. This wasn't for my PhD, but it's the kind of thing that is. I just find it fascinating taking a recording of an everyday sound, and turn it into something totally different.