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The description has been amended, and now begins with "**WITHDRAWN**", although it appears you can still bid on it?

The auction ends in 8 hours time, currently 25 bids, up to £310, 19 watchers. Someone needs to walk into this place and stop this! https://auctions.wellersauctions.com/catalogue/lot/f72e04251781ce1fd69a2f03361751e1/45205abdbb84d2df36d33a64cd5790b5/unclaimed-goods-from-a-major-uk-courier-network-lot-1412/

I'm having quite a difficult week. Started feeling a bit "off" on Monday, by rehearsal on Wednesday I was "taking it easy" on the vocals. Come Thursday I lost my voice entirely and had a very sore throat, a cough, and felt weary, but I was house bass player at Lancaster Funk Club in the evening, and got through it just about. Friday I had committed to a dep gig with another Blues band, thankfully an early shift 6pm-8pm, so was home and in bed by 9.30pm. Today my band are top spot at The January Blues Festival in Colne, and there's no way I can sing a note. Thankfully we share lead vocal duties, so we've hashed out a set where I don't sing at all, but it's still going to be hard as I feel like death. My wife has also come down with it. We think it's covid, but I have no choice but for the show to go on. Wish me luck! Rob

Well, 2 weeks to the day since I returned the One10, a replacement was delivered this morning, and all is well with the world once more. Alex promised to turn it around quickly and he has, just in time for me to use the pair on gigs tonight and tomorrow. The initial mix up was unfortunate, but it's all been sorted out at no cost to me. Rob

Pump It Up is a cracking bassline.

I gig with a Boss WL20, but I have to use a NUX C-5RC (5.8GHz) at home as my amp is so close to the wifi router. The Boss has only had issues in one venue with wifi interference, and I quickly swapped to a cable. The battery life is also very good, and it has never failed me, even on long "3 set evenings". I loaned the Nux system to a fellow basschatter recently as he was doing a musical before Christmas, but he couldn't get through two sets before it ran out of juice. It hadn't been an issue for me at home, but this week, I'm finding that it's dying after maybe 90 minutes or less of playing, which is not even getting me through evening practice. I think the internal rechargeable batteries have reached end of life. I bought it secondhand about 2 years ago, and I've used it a lot. So I reckon I'm also in the market for a cheap 5.8GHz system to use at home. Rob

Lots of people use Parcelforce. Bass Bros shipped a vintage '73 Jazz to me via Parcelforce.

Epic toanz, really clean.

Ok, I'm going to bring the current "vintage collection". Precisions - '70, '73, '73, Jazzes, '73 and '73. I'm not sure if I had the second '73 Jazz last year, it's custom colour black, and I definitely haven't brought latest '73 Precision before. They're not to everyone's taste as the are ALL strung with La Bella flats! Re vintage valve amps, I'll bring the vintage 70's Fender Bassman 50 with matching 1x15 JBL D140 cabinet. Rob

If @lee650 can wangle time off work, I think he might be coming with me from Morecambe. Rob

I briefly ran a Mark Bass 102P with a 151P, and I didn't like it. A pair of 102Ps was a lot better. I've always run matching cabs ever since.

and the Blue Moon guitar..

Here's the Strat version https://reverb.com/uk/item/7274703-very-rare-brian-eastwood-bender-distortocaster

I've known Brian for decades and remember seeing these in his workshop when he used to build them. A lot of thought went into the design and build of these in order from them to play well and actually intonate. He built other wacky designs too, including a Moon guitar/bass. Rob

Hi Shug, hope you're well. I had the older logo silver cloth cab already and just wanted another to match, which is a service they offer. The cab is back with them now and I'm waiting on the new one with the correct orientation (they will reuse the silver cloth front from the first cab). I know your 6x10 has the old logo. Is your 2x10 cloth grill? They could send you a new grill with an old logo on it I reckon, you just need to ask.