Twigman

I haven't even got that one yet.....

It used to be that one could track one's parcel from the moment it left Thomann as it was passed through various warehouses across the continent. I used to enjoy watching where it went on googlemaps.... So that is no longer a thing? BOO!

Over the years I have bought many items from Thomann. I placed an order last Monday for the first time in a year. In the past I have found that my order gets picked and packed either same or next day and within a couple of days I have a DHL tracking number and the order arrives within about 4 days of ordering. Not this time. I ordered on Monday morning, got my notification of shipping late on Thursday evening with a DHL tracking number that is not yet recognised by DHL's tracking system. Have Thomann slowed things down? Has anyone else experienced longer delivery times recently? I would have ordered from a UK supplier but I couldn't find anyone that had what I wanted in stock.

I have several apps which I bought (and PAID for) which worked well on earlier IOS (apple) but do not run on IOS 18. The writers of the apps (one of which cost me £10.95) tell me that there is not enough demand to develop these apps for the current OS and thus have been discontinued. Seems fair enough. its like if you buy software designed to run on Windows XP but upgrade your OS to Windows10 expecting the software to still work.

You and me both - can't stop it - on level 6497 and proper stuck

Might I recommend Walking in The Opposite Direction https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6139984/ It's a study of Adrian Borland and The Sound The same production team has been producing a documentary about us for the past 2 years (!). I have no idea when it will be released, hopefully later this year.

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I bought a new Squier in 1984 for £129 - JV62P fiesta red - i still have it. I'm never selling it but also never play it.

The online manuals make this thing seem so complicated but in reality it’s simple. I’ve never used a wireless system before. It feels so weird being able to wander all over the place and twirl about while playing without getting tangled in my chord. Why did it take me so long to go wireless?

I already ordered a L shaped plugged lead with screw lock from here: https://www.designacable.com/ as I prefer to use the L shaped plug - i don't like the lead sticking out, catching my leg.

I only ever took a backup bass to one gig. That was because I decided to use a bass that I had built and only completed it on the morning of the gig and was not confident that my wiring and soldering were good. Turns out everything was fine.

I just love my favourite bass. The headstock is so small and perfectly formed....and the fact it is painted to match the body is the icing on the cake.

Our guitarist never has a backup guitar on stage. Almost all our gigs are fly aways. Our luggage allowance means any more than one instrument each just isn't practical. He's never broken a string during a set but has had a machine head start slipping during the gig.

I took the plunge. This arrived this morning Not had a chance to play with it yet. Thanks everyone for your input.

I can second this. We played a festival in Spain in September 24 on the same stage as The Mission (and The Charlatans) and can confirm they played their 'Best of' - Wasteland, Butterfly On a Wheel, Tower Of Strength, Serpents Kiss, Severina etc etc We also played a festival in Athens in Summer 23 with The Sisters of Mercy who also played their 'Best of' - albeit only Andrew Eldritch survives from any line up of the Sisters I would recognise.

Seems to be the case there these days in my experience. I went to see Placebo there a few years ago with exactly the same experience. I'm sure it wasn't as awful in the 80s - I saw many a band at the Academy back then.

My 2017 EBMM USA Sterling 4HH black with a matching headstock bought new and patiently waited for for 5 months after ordering killed my bass GAS. Or so I thought. Recently I've been tempted by a Fender Custom Shop Jazz. - the £5k plus price tag isn't really putting me off as much as it perhaps should.....so far I have resisted, mind. That said it would only be an addition to the stable and would not replace the EBMM. I don't think that will ever go. I will never part with my 1982/3 Sqiuer JV62 Precision in Fiesta Red that I have owned from new. I paid £129 from a music shop in Romford. - (I can't remember the name but was tempted to shop there by an advert in Melody Maker).

1 Late 70s Kay Precision - sunburst white scratchplate maple neck - weighed a ton - gave it away 2 1982/3 Squier JV 62Precision - Fiesta Red - tort plate - rosewood board - still got it but never play it these days - my only bass from 1983 to about 2011 3 Warmoth Precision made it from parts - Green - tort plate - Lined fretless Jazz neck - ebony board - P/J pickups - Babicz bridge - very heavy - still got it 4 Warmoth Precision made it from parts - Yellow - tort plate - Jazz neck - rosewood board - Babicz bridge - John East P-retro - still got it 5 Warmoth DinkyP body with Status carbon Jazz neck - black rear routed - prototype nickel Babicz bridge - extremely light - still got it 6 2016 Fender T-bucket 300CE acoustic - cherry burst - still got it 7 2017 EBMM USA Sterling 4HH 3EQ - black with green pearl scratchplate and matching headstock - still got it and it is my #1 gigging bass - it cured my bass GAS I am not one for selling my toys.

We did exactly this in late 2008. We disbanded in about 1991 for what we thought was the final time. Our guitarist put together an album from old demos that he rerecorded with his brother, some of his friends and our singer in 2002 and released it under our name. A few of these were pressed on CD and sold slowly. An American fan maintained a web presence for us by keeping sadloversandgiants.co.uk alive. In 2008 we got a message via the website from an Italian promoter wondering if we had considered gigging in Italy. There was also a message from a Greek promoter asking us to play there. We hadn't really spoken with each other for many years. The singer and the drummer had kept in touch, the guitarist had become a global superstar DJ and the keyboard player had moved to Santa Monica USA. Despite this we reformed the band with a different keyboard player and have been active ever since. It's so much better this time around - we only play a few gigs a year but get together many weekends - we spend most of our time together in restaurants, stuffing our faces. We have played all over Europe and in the USA and put out an album in 2018. We are recording another now. There's no pressure this time round and it's a lot of fun. Edit: I forgot to mention that in 2002 or was it 2003 the singer, guitarist and drummer got together without me but with another bass player from the band's history (both before and after my first time around) for a one off gig in Rome. Apparently the bass player got very drunk and pissed off the guitarist which put an end to that incarnation.

Thanks for that info. My #1 bass is EBMM USA Sterling and of my 4 precisions, 3 of them have J necks....I suspect then I wouldn't get on with the Eastwood. Saved me making an expensive mistake.

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Eastwood EEB-1 ( Ampeg AEB-1 copy) I actually quite like it - anyone know what the neck feels like? I'm tempted.

Still umming and aahing about a wireless system - current top of the list is the Shure GLXD16+ Price was £458 hence the umming and aahing - was waiting to see if anywhere discounted on 'Black Friday' - I notice Andertons had a big red sale banner on the item early last week and had reduced the price to £458! - now there is a black Black Friday 'sticker' on the item with the price reduced to £458! Such savings shouldn't be sniffed at.... Still umming and aahing

Before the event we're discussing we were able to import goods from EU countries, irrespective of their ultimate country of origin, tariff free as we were in the same customs area. That is no longer the case.

In practice it doesn't work like that. For example: My company imports some video switchers that are assembled in Romania and sold via a Belgian company. The built to order machines suffer import duties. If we import the components from Belgium and assemble the devices ourselves no import tarrifs are suffered. The 'free trade agreement' that was sold to the British public is far from a full free trade agreement.