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Contact a local tech to go and have an impartial look at the instrument. If it needs sorting, pay him to fix it. If it doesn't, ignore the shop.

Ah I see. Hm yes I do this but the bass is headless so the string clamp isn't affected. I'll get my coat 😎

Minus a small transaction fee 🤣

Just chop regular scale strings down. Bend the string 90 degrees just before the bit you snip.

Thank you this was reported and the user banned a few days ago.

Excellent idea!! They look good. Thanks for showing us your vigiers ❤️

lovely collection. Are those rectangular cases official Vigier items, not seen those before. I know the cases that came with series II and IV but haven’t seen those ones.

I haven't tried that one but it's probably OK. I'll have look when I get home and see if I have any 3M left, you're welcome to have it if there's some left. I originally bought it for fixing some roof lining in a car but not sure it survived the great cull of 2017 when moving house. Will PM you if I find it!!!

I'd recommend a suitable spray adhesive. 3M do a good one. That'll make sure there are no bubbles and blobs behind the material.

Just to confirm, user banned. It’s a Nigerian user who has done this a few times before so I’m talking to @charic about banning Nigerian IP. Thanks!

Report it please.

Have you reported the offending items? We will move them without delay but cannot be expected to monitor it ourselves.

Anything graphite is OK with me

I very nearly bought a Bogart - really like the headless ones but with a kind of headstock shape at the end. They look really well made.

Depending on how the image was embedded you can still see the pictures if you click the placeholder image. There are also browser plugins that will still display the image. So you can still read those old threads just about, but I agree their decision was baffling.

Imgbb is the best imo.

We always advise people to follow the safety advice posted in the marketplace. Did you report any of these con artists, because we deal with every single one and often act as a go between and resolve issues for people.

Wow - lets hope he doesn't fix his own car!

I think there are some albums missing and I'm always wary that Spotify might recommend certain artists for reasons other than my listening pleasure but taken with a pinch of salt it can be a useful tool. Most of the time I use it to search for a band I've heard of and have a quick listen, then dive in for a more detailed album-based approach to the band. Interesting point above about the lack of album based activity now - the kids at my school use iPads in class and often listen to music whilst working. 99% have playlists of individual songs (normally top 40) and when I say 'stick an album on and leave your iPad alone' they look at me as if to say WTF is an album. Many listen to things on youtube and nearly all use the standard Apple headphones. Having said that one chap has some decent Sennheisers that don't even fit into his bag and I saw him listening to RATM 'Evil Empire' the other day. Merit points given.

I ripped all my CDs to iTunes when I was at University - I couldn't take them all with me. They still live in a huge shelf at my parents house, something they remind me of every time I visit. Back then iTunes was a pain and I remember manually adding artwork to them all. Since then, I have moved to Spotify to discover music, occasionally download for offline listening and for convenience, but when I discover an album I really enjoy I buy it on vinyl so I have a copy of my own, with proper artwork. Most modern albums released on vinyl have an MP3 download token inside too, though I'll only use that if the album isn't on Spotify, or probably not bother using it (quite often they are 192kbps!) One thing I quite enjoy about this setup is that I have access to most of the music I want immediately, or I can sit down and listen to a whole album on a record player. In between, I can use Discogs to search for and find good quality vinyl pressings of albums so there's an element of the 'thrill of the chase' there, too - the perfect antidote to the immediacy of streaming. CDs sit somewhere in the middle, for me - they have a bit of a disposable feel, take up loads of space (somehow more than vinyl!) and are quite easy to find cheaply. I also hate trying to takeout the artwork/notes without making two bumps on it where those infernal little tabs sit on the jewel case. In terms of sound quality, I'm convinced that streaming, CD and vinyl all have their positives and negatives and I can happily listen to either

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Yeah the reason I ask is because Amazon will sell the genuine article, but if you buy through an amazon seller (third party) there’s no guarantee they’ll have sourced the genuine article.

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