Doctor J

Maybe he and Rob can play with each other?

Nice!

We were talking about Thomann, no? Thomann charge you the UK VAT rate if you're in the UK, not the German VAT rate. That is all.

Trust me. They apply the local VAT rate depending on the location of the buyer, in line with EU law.

You are definitely, 100%, charged your local tax rate.

Thomann charge you, as a private UK individual, the UK VAT rate. EU law states that VAT is charged at the rate of the country the customer is resident in.

Since they're mentioned in the short gigs thread... albums by Nails don't hang around Abandon All Life - 10 songs - 17 minute Unsilent Death - 10 songs - 13 minutes You Will Never Be One Of Us -10 songs - 21 minutes

I'll shoehorn in one under the term "Mercifully short gigs" - Ian Brown in the Olympia in Dublin, touring his debut solo album Unfinished Monkey Business, refusing to play any Stone Roses material. The second time they played their shambolic cover of Thriller was the clincher. It was over in under an hour, thankfully.

And of that small number, what percentage cared?

Guigsy from Oasis dropped out more than once, I recall, only to come back again.

Deicide - Legion 29:01 of deity-bashing fury.

David Ellefson co-founded Megadeth in the early-80's and was with the band until they split in 2002, after which he tried to sue the other co-founder and failed. The band reformed a couple of years later and he was not part of the party until he returned as a hired goon in 2010.

I never realised he and Tony Iommi were so close https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/black-sabbath-tony-iommi-eddie-van-halen-interview-1073082/?fbclid=IwAR1TJbUEhPQ2irjkemnbb-HF05-SGDN-uSPChFbIZZ_McRrS1tJaFtplM3o

Do: Quadrophenia - It's the only one I can think of that works from the first note to the last note. Don't: all the others. They're usually a failure of quality control, rather than someone genuinely having too much quality material for one album. Mellon Collie and Use Your Illusion have been mentioned and they're ones from my lifetime notable for having one outrageously brilliant album diluted with filler. Stadium Arcadium would struggle to be distilled into a good EP.

Yes, this kind of thing or some tasty, pointy headed Charvels

Perhaps a smidge too late, I see, but late 80's Ibanez SRs and SBs are the future as seen through the eyes of the past. A SR800 or SR1000 will have your back in any fight, while the SB900 or SB1200 can take any out an eye in the blink of an... well, you get what I'm saying. None of us are getting any younger so their light weight is just right for our ageing cuff rotators. Plus, the necks are slim but not super skinny so they're easy to adjust to. Matsumoku is for broken shouldered hipsters who can't raise their left arm over their head anymore, while all the cool kids hang out at Fujigen 😁

Yes, now we're talking!

When they released the Fender Okoume jazz, the promo pics had a very badly mismatched body. Edit -> You can't see the pic? Ok, I'll try a different one

Go And Say Goodbye - Buffalo Springfield It's Going To Take Some Time - The Carpenters

If You All Get To Heaven - Terence Trent D'Arby Maybe a little morbid, that one?

Fever - Peggy Lee I am the Virus - Killing Joke She's Just Killing Me - ZZ Top Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & the Pirates

I've had a couple of non-bass related ones at either end of the service spectrum recently. The good: I bought a Natal double-kick pedal second hand. I didn't notice one of the beater locking screws was missing. I contacted Natal looking to buy one and, as with others here, their response was brilliant, they sent it out for free. Result? Natal will be very high up my list when it comes to every future drum related purchase. The bad: I bought a Nintendo Switch a few months ago, which died recently, it won't charge or power on. These things happen. I contacted the seller, Gamestop, about how to get a warranty repair. "Bring it into a local store" they said. Fine. I called into the local branch a couple of days ago. After much ooohing and aaahing and being asked if I bought it new more than once (as well as asking when I bought it more than once) they wouldn't accept it for repair and told me I'd have to take it up with Nintendo directly. Irritated, I contacted their main support centre, the people who told me to bring it to the local branch in the first place, and this time was told "The store seems unable to determine the fault with the console and have directed you to Nintendo to repair the console under warranty and retain the said warranty." The store didn't even look at it. They wouldn't accept it because it was "over 30 days old" despite being well within warranty. Result? I will never, ever spend money in Gamestop again. Good service requires a little effort but usually pays for itself in the long run. I don't understand why some companies choose to turn customers against them and cut off any future revenue from them.

Bacchus made a tasty Stingray in Jazz clothing. It's feels like a J but the sound is 100% Ray.

This is a nice clip too - from about 38 minutes in if the link doesn't work properly