RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

Thank you brx😼👍 I will indeed check that out . I have been watching a few vids of the sk-1 and sk-5 They are shooting up in value now The sampler is one of the main reasons . I did a couple of soundcloud efforts with the app , but something told me to get this . The eBay listing just happened with buy it now . I think I was probably one of the very first to see it . No hesitation , I snapped it up. complete with original box and 2 booklets a fantastic purchase It's taking my mind off of the Moog sound studio which I don't need and cannot afford at this time

..from the '80s . I have been intermittently using the app version , but you cannot beat the real thing

Have a boss dr grooove , which I still need to get to the bottom of . A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a moog dfam . Not sure if it counts , but very easy to get something going . GarageBand has lots of good stuff also I have to read all of this thread ...

Shame . Another pop star from my childhood .

I know that with dream theater , the bass is more or less inaudible live. Cant say much about them on record as I don't listen to them on record anymore these days. On a slight tangent, DD verni ( overkill) was probably the first time I heard the bass really cut through on the mix . Quite tangy for metal at the time 😼

Thanks tubby bloke 😼. Glad everything worked out . I just receiced emails from PayPal advising me they had put provisional refund back to my account ( sounds promising ) .Ryman have until 1st May to resolve my dispute ..

Further investigation by myself tells me to escalate to PayPal, which I have just done . If I had closed the case, I would have been shafted . The items are on their way , but I will refuse them when the courier calls .. Will update when I hear more ..

Sorry to hear of your woes Leroy . My issue is now 2 fold : Ryman sent me an email this morning telling me they would like to refund the money but cannot as I have a PayPal case open once this is closed,, they can then refund money for me . The thing is , I don't know if they can be trusted to do so If I close the case , can it be reopened ? Annoying ..

I've just contacted PayPal asking for a refund . That didn't seem to be as difficult as I imagined . I've just got to wait and see what the outcome is .

Further update: I received email today from Ryman telling me that the items have been ordered and will be delivered in 3-5 working days . I have just replied telling them that it is not good enough. No apology No offer of refund of postage . So I want my refund paid into my PayPal account . The tool I used in MSE is called resolver ,and is a very useful . I have typed in the same message there also . Do not use Ryman! Do not use Fed Ex ! Lesson learned ..

Thanks bartleby. I noticed quite a lot of dfams on sale on fleabay over the last few weeks . I wouldn't be surprised if those sellers are going for the moog studio bundle . At the back of my mind , was to sell my dfam and put it towards the studio bundle . Good point about the dice . If there is a download on the moog website for various patches, I could try to mimic them on the grandmother . I'm still tempted , but if there was a Black Friday sale on , that may be best time to get them . Having said all of that , I've still got loads to learn on the grandmother ..

Thanks for explaining dad 😼 I typed that in a conversation which was totally inoffensive and it wouldn't let me do so . We live in a delicate world ..😼

Richard duvet and the blankets . ( replace richard with the word you're not allowed to type now )

Sorry to say that someone's made an offer and the listing has ended .

Heads up ! There's a Washburn status on fleabay at the moment . Nothing to do with me, but while this topic is here .. There as a kubicki ex factor on there for a couple of days ..£2,500 Couldnt afford that . It was a black one though and as I'm not gigging , I don't feel to cut up about it .

During lockdown , I'm finally getting to grips with the Grandomther 😸 . A few weeks ago, I decided to get a DFAM . Love it . I noticed that that the above has just been released . Either DFAM with mother32 or Subharmonicon . Times are hard, and the sound studio bundle is not cheap. Plus the artwork to me looks to be on th kiddie side of things . However, with the idea of the dice 🎲🎲 and the mixer it looks more fun and less daunting to use and things seem more immediate to me . Plus I could have thus setup in either the front room or in the small music room . As I have the grandmother and DFAM , is it best to step away and carry on with what I have , or treat it like basses where maybe I should have this . 😼 Any thoughts ?

I decided to google complaints at Ryman , and found something from moneysavingexpert who help you contact them in a more direct way . I'm a member of mse forum anyway , which is a great forum for a multitude of things . Even now , I don't mind if the items arrive ..but with the postage cost deducted and refunded I was on the customer service phone line for a wile while I was preparing my dinner . It has given me an idea to record it partly and upload to soundcloud with a few noises of my own . In the meantime , feedback has been left on Trustpilot and Facebook which I don't use much Further update as and when ..

Latest update : spent a long time on and off throughout the day( not stressed but checking every few hrs for any news)) This entailed tracking on the American page of the fed ex page I was misdirected to and the uk page which I found myself . I left polite emails to Ryman , plus used their useless virtual assistant and left my no as callback once I reached caller no 1 Nothing materialised. This morning , I checked n PayPal app and looking to get a refunfd looks complicated . Via them I sent an email direct to Ryman once again I should 've went to the Amazon 🌪☀️🐉🌴

I tried to contact Ryman on their virtual assistant . That didn't work. In the end , I decided to send a polite email asking them where the Shipment island if I would be refunded for late delivery . In a way, it's my own fault for not using their standard delivery . I could be wrong , but I think that it varies in areas where you get good and bad courier service Where I am , it seems dpd can do no wrong . Royal Mail are pretty good . Amazon is always good ..

I ordered something a few months ago , and paid extra for postage . Package never arrived on the day it should have . On Saturday , I ordered some packing crates from Ryman . Again, I paid a bit extra for next day delivery that as today . Both times ...FedEx . ! If I knew Ryman used them , I would have waited for normal delivery and avoided . Lesson learned . Never again . Tomorrow I'll ask for refund of postage from Ryman . If not successful , A full refund . Ipad battery about to quit . Sane with iPhone due to crap websites Rant over

I'm in similar reflective mood , which can be dangerous 😼 Havent gigged for years , and won't be doing so anymore . I 'm counting the amount of basses I have in my small flat ..Jack Daniels bass/ dean taxi bass/ Washburn status/ custom headless and fretless bass from my bass / Warwick corvette/ vester fretless Warwick copy . Total =6 I have the JD Bass and Dean Taxi Bass , as wall art . Hard to get hold of, but not hugely expensive in the scheme of things . Probably keep . The Washburn status is the bass that I have gigged with 99% of 5he time It has been made passive and sounds more rock than funk . I nearly sold the Warwick and headless , but decided against at last minute . So the dangerous bit ; I have been getting into recording short bursts of rubbish on GarageBand on bass ,,,plus Moog grandmother and Moog DFAM I haven't picked up the bass for sometime and thinking of having just one . I did think of getting rid of all basses and maybe getting a status bass and having done with it . Maybe a status bass and a status fretless to go with it Then again , I have a fretted / fretless brother and stepsister with my Warwick / vester combination . I miss the scheter 5 string ( I'm a 4 string player ) but when I was in 2 bands I never had time to master it due to concentrating more on rock poses ensuring I put on a show for the punters . I'm probably no help , but you can see a slippery slope can quite easily happen when you only have 1 pair of hands . Syths are also addictive ...and costly

I saw them play a few blinding gigs also . This was around 2007 ( I think/ stand to be corrected ) when South Africa won the rugby World Cup .

Dream thester Wembley arena . Supported by symphony x who were much better. One of the best support bands I've seen . Dream theatre seemed tired and going through the motions

Yes, I saw DLR on the same tour at Hammy O . I got there late , but gave it about 20 mins and left . Very much like a bad pub band. Saw them on the three tours before that and completely different .

He is the father Jack of music ..😼