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[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1399561198' post='2445354'] Yes - but another one of their options is called 'Interparcel Standard', who have been UPS the several times I've used them. [/quote] Yep quite right and they have always been early or on time, even to Northern Ireland on a bank holiday

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1399557362' post='2445291'] Most courier insurances don't cover guitars or other instruments, not just MyHermes. I gotta say, I've used them quite a lot and have never had a problem. [/quote] Ups have been just fine

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1399213262' post='2442112'] It's got nothing to do with how they clean themselves - the primary cause of infection from a bite is bacteria from decaying food stuck between the teeth, which is exactly the same reason human bites are infectious. Cats are very fastidious animals, certainly a lot cleaner than many humans are. [/quote] And also the fecal bacteria on their tongues

Let's see - they clean themselves using their tongues which are next to their teeth so yes, bites will likely be an infection risk

Neck stretching time ....

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1398982134' post='2439783'] You're not being thick i find myself in the same boat with online type learning. That's why i'm ebbing on the side of getting a real live person to teach me. [/quote] I got a lot better quickly with a real teacher. My confidence grew quite a lot too

I'm a Suffolk local too

Love of learning will take you a long way

Thanks dude - girl 4lb 5 born in Orlando. Flying out tmrw to be there as unavoidably here in uk for the moment

Tony Levin said "I'm a bass player, I enjoy doing the same thing over and over again" It's what we do, sometimes at least. Shrug. It makes people dance. Look at it this way - it could be worse, you could be a guitard I have small children (including one born yesterday); I would kill for regular jam sessions

Get the mim. 97 mex basses are underrated IMHO

Awesome

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1398552202' post='2435285'] I'm also particularly impressed with the quality of the Squier VM made (by Cort) in Indonesia. [/quote] Moi aussi See above

Nice - what sort of price are we talking ? Just curious

Precisions are just amazing - I tried an Indonesian squier VM p and it totally turned my head such that the bass doc built me an awesome 70s p replica in sunburst / maple / black. I keep trying to find a jazz that's as good and keep failing

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1398520663' post='2434931'] Handy to whack a sponge under the bridge ashtray, to damp the strings, like James Jamerson used to do. But originally, I think they were put there for purely aesthetic reasons. [/quote] No, it was originally part of EMF shielding . 51 precisions had an earth wire that connected to the ashtray

I used to buy and enjoy it immensely, particularly the technical articles and the "new player" features. It's just too damned expensive / if it was £2.50 I could justify it.

[quote name='kennyrodg' timestamp='1398346256' post='2433215'] Love mine to bits. I specc'd a heavy relic, I call it my "rat bass" It's everything I hoped it would be and couldn't be happier with it. Yes they divide opinion but who gives a monkeys, it's mine that counts Plays a treat and sounds ace. As Peety says, Mark is a top bloke as well. Limelight No24 [/quote] Sob Very nice

<begin-controversy> I'd buy a fairly battered 70s p in sunburst and maple (tort or black, not fussy) as they just look impossibly cool. <end-controversy>