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It’s potentially in the same space, although I was being entirely speculative above. But you don’t have to look far in life to see people keeping feuds alive long past the point at which any resolution is either possible or even the goal of that feud?

I’ll be a little more Freudian, consciously or unconsciously keeping this alive is rewarding the OP in some way, I’ve seen a lot of similar cases professionally although usually with more problematic and ostensibly harder to let go objects. Lawrie, your advice is the absolute bottom line here, he has to let it go, the distraction, the time, the stress, and the effects of all of these on his life will cost more than the (in reality) small amount of money involved. It will be the best outcome for him and his family. The luthier also needs to take a good long look at his life - ideally with professional help both in terms of business and behaviour - and have the courage to either right his wrongs properly with money not promises, and/or walk away from this ‘career’ and find an honest way of earning an income. It will be best for him and his family in the long run also.

It’s as if you want to keep it all going another 10 years?

Chris on his Hofner Good interview here https://bassmagazine.com/issues/issue-12/chris-wood-beautiful-danger/

I very nearly applied but I'm looking more for an originals set-list focussed on issues such as contamination of the food chain and the abuses of Big Pharma. Guess the search continues 🤔

Thanks Jack, quite extraordinary how inexpensive lighting is these days, I looked at the link and thought "Mmm, where've I seen that?', nipped into my eldest daughter's bedroom, and there it was, just tested it and it does the job really rather nicely with a lot of options for intensity and tone. IIRC it cost £9.99 👍

Lighting is going to be an interesting challenge as a lot of this wil be done in my vocal booth which is about a dark a room as can be imagined! Might be time to but some light coloured acoustic tiles 👍

As you know Jack, I am sufficiently tasteless! Thanks for your recommendation 👍

Slightly OT but I need to get a camera for recording interviews (probably two cameras in fact). I have no idea about video kit so any suggestions welcome?

He's got himself in a monkey trap entirely of his own making. Probably the only way out is to get some professional advice/help to structure his debts and obligations to customers, come clean to those customers by opening up authentic and honest channels of communication, and possibly seeks some form of coaching/counselling to help him avoid doing the same thing al over again. But all of that would require a level of bravery that most people don't possess, and the ability to sacrifice short-term security for something perhaps more meaningful. But he may simply see no option. Most people who do bad shit aren't bad people, they just f*** up and fall into a spiral of covering up with each stage making everything worse still. I've seen it happen to some good guys who had real talent but poor business sense, started out trying to do good and ended up hated by everyone. Not saying this is the case here as I don't know anything like enough of the facts, but I doubt he set out for things to be this way. I'm not meaning to be insensitive to or in any way critical of those who've lost their cash

Well put Lawrie 👍

Not paid much attention to this thread over the years, but wow, it's a joy to work one's way through the pages 👍