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I've seen worse. Much worse.

Mesa Trolley - Trolley Mesa

Just had an es-175 copy off him. Quality item, mad low price. Fast, easy transaction and great comms. ...and a very nice man

I reckon it was Pirates.

[quote name='RhysP' post='548280' date='Jul 22 2009, 09:44 PM']I heard it, thought "that sounds like hard work" and left it at that. [/quote] Me too. Since November 23 1978. Kudos of the global kind, young ZBS.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='546951' date='Jul 21 2009, 07:59 PM']... he name drops constantly.[/quote] You should never name-drop. Brad Pitt told me that.

Butter. Small amount on a bit of kitchen roll,. Apply progressively and take your time.

Love the side-stacked 6x10 and 2x15 cabs on the home page. Just don't let BFM see them

Welcome - Niiiice avatar

Good to see you here mate. Wish I'd started early too.

[quote name='OldGit' post='546822' date='Jul 21 2009, 06:23 PM']Ok leave aside the clothing you still have an attitude clash in your band ...You won't win because you'll not convince her that dressing down will further the band's move towards success, whatever she means by that.[/quote] Nail > Head.

Hot God-damn! Well, them Eurotrash really screwed the pooch this time! I thought General Jack Pershing killed all these gun-waving Mexican Federales in 1915, but he must have missed a few of them God-damn curry-eating Frogs!! Doesn't this General Franco realise that, if it wasn't for the US, he'd be speaking Jap right now? This kind of brutal official, unofficial free-lance mugging of innocent American citizens innocently employing an innocent dodgy driver WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!! I demand that our Commander-In-Chief, President Obama, despatch the Sixth Fleet to bombard Copenhagen immediately. Send these pasta-eating Berliner sonsabitches to Gitmo!!!! See if they like the food in Africa, yeah? And now I'm hearing rumours that the Spaniards would like Victor back as they'd like to offer [i]him[/i] some slapping lessons! WTF?

Not exactly a full template but a quick fix. [url="http://www.wdmusic.com/guards_bass_fender_jazz_bass.html"]http://www.wdmusic.com/guards_bass_fender_jazz_bass.html[/url] Click on the specific one you want, then click again for the enlarged image Right click and save to your pc. Use an image programme to blow it up to size. Print out, if necessary using a printer with A3 capacity. If they haven't got the exact one you want, google "pickguard templates" - you should find one sooner or later.

Interesting action on that. And the strings are quite high as well.

Gretsch came up with a solution: Unfortunately, involves affixing press-studs to the back of your axe, thus entirely defeating the object of the exercise.

[quote name='acidbass' post='545567' date='Jul 20 2009, 06:24 PM']As you all probably know, tributes to AC/DC are ten a penny.[/quote] Not wishing to counter-assert - but are they? There's a surfeit of Jam, Beatles, Stones - but can only think of 3 or 4 AC/DC in the UK. Then, I'm probably talking bollocks again. Is it worth it? Well, only time (and some phone calls) can tell, but if you're going to be in the band, then their chances probably just ramped up significantly. As for his style - simplistic, yes. Locked tighter than anyone else in Rawk - even yes-ser. With B Vox.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='545535' date='Jul 20 2009, 05:53 PM']....The parents commented on fingerprints being all over the bass (!!), so I took it and polished it.[/quote] An argument for human cloning. Imagine how bass shopping would improve. [size=1](While you're at it, any chance you could nip round and change some strings for me? )[/size]

To redress the balance, here are some places, past and present, where I've enjoyed the the "customer / vendor interface experience": Musicmart in Canterbury (deceased, I think) / Peter Cooks, Ealing / Tempo, Ealing / Musical Exchanges, Birmingham in the 70's-80's / Langley Guitar Centre nr Slough / One Man Band - Banbury / Oxford Guitar Centre / Antones in Hull / Some little place under Snow Hill Station, Birm / Reverb, Birm / Hanks - Denmark St / Angel Music, Denmark St - he's frighteningly honest about his stock and good prices / Kings Rd Guitars - Fat Rick / Bass Gallery, Camden / Guitar Village Farnham / Oasis Music, Ringwood, Hants / Absolute Music Solutions - on the phone Some may disagree - like I say - swings and roundabouts. One of us had a good exp at PMT - I didn't, but, in the end, business was done, which is some sort of recommendation, I suppose.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='545422' date='Jul 20 2009, 04:03 PM']Please don't.[/quote] For 'worst-ever' service experience, I could recount certain events at a tea-shop in Kent.... ...but I won't.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='545084' date='Jul 20 2009, 07:33 AM']Oops, sorry if I upset you. The whole episode in PMT did seem a bit extreme, if not unbelievable. I know the manager really well, which was why I was so interested.[/quote] Thanks for the correction to your posts - appreciated. I thought the episode pretty unbelievable at the time, which accounted for my extreme response. If I get poor service anywhere - retail, travel, restaurants, whatever - I usually split and leave them to get on with it, reasoning they'll eventually put themselves out of business. But getting an instant faceful from someone you've never met before requires remedial action. I'm just citing this as the most extreme example of guitar shop arrogance I've ever experienced or even heard of. By the same token, I equally appreciate the problems retailers sometimes face in dealing with the public at large. Who was it? No names, no pack drill. He covered his side of the resolution and that's all that matters. Let's drop it now, OK?

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='544862' date='Jul 19 2009, 07:25 PM']Hmm...you seem to have gone a bit quiet.[/quote] Well, that's because I've been out and about, coming back to find your posts above. Yes, it's true. PM'd and awaiting response.

[quote name='pete.young' post='544494' date='Jul 19 2009, 08:53 AM']I'd like to say a bit thank you to the team in PMT in Birmingham, who tick all the boxes - yes , they appreciate being asked to try the gear, yes they have very competent specialist staff, friendly, knowledgeable, not pushy and will do you a good deal if they can. If they're on commission it's clearly on what the team sells, which is how it should be. As a result, I'm now the proud owner of a new piano, that I've been umming and ahing about for ages! Wish I'd gone in there yonks ago.[/quote] It's weird how one's experience can vary. I went into PMT Birmingham asking after a particular [i]tuner[/i] pedal to be told by one of their more 'mature' people that they didn't stock that brand, that the brand was crap, that "[i]only an idiot [/i]would want to buy one" and that he'd rather "step on dog sh*t than one of those". He then followed this up with the observation that "If you still want one of those, you can go somewhere else. If you want a proper [i]fuzz[/i] pedal, you should try one of these". As you might imagine, I was a bit displeased. A couple of his mates were stood in the background having a good smirk while he delivered this peroration, so I suspect it wasn't the first time he'd gone off on one. Having reminded him it was a [i]tuner[/i] I was after, I bollocked him savagely in front of his colleagues for a very long five minutes. As compensation for "your rudeness and stupidity" I then gouged him for a "proper" tuner pedal at 40% of their tag price - what my 'crap' choice of pedal would have cost. Swings and roundabouts.

[quote name='beerdragon' post='544239' date='Jul 18 2009, 07:25 PM']Yeah but their music's s..t though. [/quote] Jean Michel Jarre, Little Bob Story, Johnny Halliday, er... Inspector Maigret - yeah, you may be right. But they still have a cracking blues, r'n'b circuit. Them and the Belgians. Any hot tips from any French BC-ers?