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The Thunderclap Newman and Kung Fu Fighting claims check out, not sure about Rocket Man as the backing vocals were supposedly* done by his band at the time. *According to Wikipedia

eBay will refund after the item has been returned, in this case if he collects it then it would be up to the OP whether he wanted to confirm it or not as there is no proof of delivery. It would be the collection item not received scam in reverse. Not that I'm saying he should do that mind, not even with this absolute berk.

If it's cash then screw him, if Paypal then you'll need to accept the return I would think, give them a ring (especially if you have receipts for it to prove it's not fake etc) and see what they say. Did you offer returns in the listing? Btw never accept Paypal for collection/delivery items, you're setting yourself up to get screwed either way as they can just file an "item not received" claim and you have no proof of postage/delivery. However if you wanted you could be incredibly dishonest and collect the item from him then tell Paypal he hasn't sent it as you would have to refund that way after receiving the sax back. Obviously that would be an immoral and heinous thing to do.

Here's what the Sire looks like with the slim EMG knobs btw, much more space between the lower concentric knobs and the neighbouring regular ones.

You might find switching the knobs to metal ones makes it less fiddly, I prefer it. I used standard flat top tele knobs on the regular pots and the slim EMG ones for the concentric pots. A simple but great sounding (and still pretty flexible) alternative might be the Sadowsky 4 knob VTC preamp - two band eq with the VTC circuit (with push/pull) which is essentially an overall treble rolloff. Will cost ye though.

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Mute the other strings when tuning, even small vibrations from surrounding strings can set some tuners off. Also cheap clip ons are usually electronically great but mechanically suspect - they have weak springs on the clamp part meaning they don't pick up the notes as easily. Use your left hand to increase the pressure, they should work ok in a pinch. Some cheap clip ons are better than others, I have a Kliq/Wetune one (also probably sold under a hundred different names) like this which has been fantastic, scored it for £5 new off Facebook too!

For a leftfield solution to noodling around the house and hotel room playing have you thought about a uke bass? I just use my acoustic when I want to spontaneously pick a bass up and play for a few minutes, no cables or anything.

There's nothing wrong with that. Lots of artists crowdfund albums, Marillion were doing this before crowdfunding was even a thing and it's not just old rock acts either - De La Soul did it (the custom thumb drives were great!). I really like the idea as it is an artist interacting with their fan base and involving them with the process, it's removing the leeches from the industry and ensuring we get to enjoy music we would never have otherwise had the opportunity to listen to. In fact I prefer it to the traditional method of bands being signed to a label and paid a relatively tiny wage from their own earnings. That isn't anything like "buy me an expensive bass because I want one", not even in the same universe. Although as I said before if anybody wants to buy me an expensive bass I'm cool with it.

It's not about needs, it's about wants and what they consider to be their duty in upholding the 2nd ammendment/being a patriot/resisting an opressive government/protecting muh freedumz or whatever paranoia based propaganda is doing the rounds this week. They have had the gun fetishism drilled into them from an early age, it's radically different from owning objects which serve a purpose like a kitchen knife or a car.

Also this, they're tiny little peepee men.

America has a dangerously warped view of firearms, it's painful listening to gun nuts evangelise weapons like they are living in some wild west power fantasy where people need to be armed to blast the bad guys. At this stage I don't think stricter gun control would even work over there, they basically need several generations of deprogramming. Interestingly you can legally own the American mass shooters' weapon of choice over here - the AR15 - in 22LR cal, just that nobody really wants one aside from a few enthusiasts and we don't have the irresponsible culture where being seen walking around with a military style firearm is in some way inherently masculine. I held a shotgun license in my youth and used to go shooting with my dad, guns were never something you'd show off or glamorise. In fact it would be seen as childish to do so which is exactly the reaction I have when watching videos like the one above or of the 2nd amendment protesters.

Will you take Lego in px?

Having said that I also like expensive basses and if there's any free ones going I'm down, Marleaux Consat for me if possible. Cheers.

Time to put your big boy pants on and stroll over to the Job Centre maybe?

I can always remember using a practice room which had a huge but knackered old Trace rig (4x10 and 1x15 which both farted out at low volume), I used to turn up with my mini 1x10 rig and have to shift this behemoth into a different room completely defeating the object of me having lightweight gear in the first place. Incidentally the room we use now has an old TE head plugged into two TC cabs which is a perfectly manageable big rig.

JFC these aren't priceless antiques - they are old, outdated low value amps that some people still like the sound of which can be found everywhere. Stick it in a rack and gig it if you want! The value thing is nonsense as well, the heads go for the same or more than the combos because nobody wants heavy inefficient cabs any more.

There aren't many options for 25" scale electric basses with reduced bodies, this one has a Fender pickup and Wilkinson Ultralite copies which are £30 a set. If you really needed a bass for a young child then it's either this or one of the electric uke basses on AliExpress, out of the two this is probably the better option.

I got the slightly longer one for my daughter, IIRC I paid about £60 or something. The 25" scale ones are more desirable though, might as well just get them a cheap uke bass for that money though.

It isn't pointless at all, he could just rack the head leaving it entirely reversible. It's just old music gear, if you like the sound of it and want to gig it then knock yourself out. It's there to be played.

This is what I do 95% of the time and all my learning is done this way with a USB mini desk plugged into my laptop. OP this is what I use: https://www.thomann.de/gb/soundcraft_notepad_5.htm https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32859161944.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dJuyhv6

You'll get a million different recommendations based on what here people own, probably better stating your budget, what sort of sound you want and how much space you want it to take up. Also do you need things like built in effects, a tuner, aux in for playing along to mp3s etc? All these things are handy for practicing and make life easier, everything in one device with less cables etc. I use a small 1x10 cab with a micro head for ampilified home playing which is handy as I can take the head to rehearsal rooms and use their cabs.

Just make a sleeve for it and leave the combo intact? Could even just rack it.

Used one for years as a DI, boost and drive. Liked combining the drive with other pedals as you can retain a lot of your clean signal with it and end up with some really beefy but still cutting sounds. Was immense when paired with a Mastotron - massive dirty low end with that edge the M80 does so well. Sold it as I just play clean now and wanted a more versatile pre with a tuner.