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  1. Marvin
    Another one to add to the list of 'artists' that I didn't like that turned out to also be morons. Morrissey and Bobby Gillespie are high up on that list.
  2. Marvin
    A legend, icon, a one off. Another huge talent who made music great leaves us. Really sad news.
  3. Marvin
    If the gig is 'tonight' it'd have to be from the nearest store. So I'd probably go for the Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro in sunburst they've got for £220. Or the Ibannez SRMD200D Mezzo in Pearl White for £300. They've got a couple of Squier Jaguar with single hambuckers but I don't really like them, so it's Ibanez for me
  4. Marvin
    Also available in black apparently
  5. Marvin
    It looks like Mansons premises will remain a guitar shop https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/shopping/exeters-legendary-mansons-remain-guitar-8374634
  6. Marvin
    I've got a 3" wide padded Levys strap. Good strap, I find it really comfortable.
  7. Marvin
    I've got my Sire V7 in one of these https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Kinsman-Hard-Foam-Electric-Guitar-Case-Black/C37?_gl=1*u2kyv6*_ga*MzA3NzY0MTc5LjE2NzcwMDc5OTQ.*_up*MQ.. I've used it since I got my V7, which was 8 years ago. To be fair, I haven't gigged for 5 years, but it's a good case all the same.
  8. Marvin
    Should be put in the stocks and pelted with rotten fruit.
  9. Marvin
    It seems quite unreal that someone who has been influencing and lauded by so many other fantastic musicians, for so long, is gone.
  10. Marvin
    DHL seem to be in a state of complete chaos. I ordered a part for my car back in November, I received it yesterday. I picked it up from one of their service/pick up points. Even that was a farce. The confirmation code I was emailed failed to work. Thankfully, the member of staff allowed me to take the parcel and even said she was sick to death with DHL.
  11. Marvin
    That got stamped years ago, probably a decade ago or more.
  12. Marvin
    I worked for Royal Mail for over 20yrs. I left in the summer. I work in a completely different sector now. It's the best decision I've made in a long time. I could fill Basschat's server with my very negative opinions and experiences of working for Royal Mail, but life's too short and I'm happier at work than I've been for years. Royal Mail will go under unless it gets rid of the 100% confidence 0% competence managers at all levels...but it won't.
  13. Marvin
    Harley Benton seem to be on a bit of a roll. I do like these, I just wish I had a reason to buy one. https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_mv_4msb_gotoh_sb.htm
  14. Marvin
    They look great. I bought a Sire V7 when they first came out, which for the money (under £300) was great at the time. However, if I was looking at the market now I'd be looking at one of these over a Sire.
  15. Marvin
    Gigged one for a few years, not a single issue. That said, the amp to go faulty on me was an Ashdown...that couldn't be fixed apparently
  16. Marvin
    I've got a Fender Universal A frame stand. Quite compact, good for offset bodied guitars/basses. It's not as compact as the Hercules mini stands I used to have, but it is much more stable. Not sure I'd say it's a favourite, but it does a decent job.
  17. Marvin
    On Sky Arts Editors Live in Berlin. Not everyone's cup of tea. I've seen them a couple of times in past few years and thought they were excellent, Tom Smith has a cracking voice. So that's my early night gone south, I'll stay up to watch this one.
  18. Marvin
    Just buy some Fender badges and stick them on the Markbass, they'll never know. I like the Rumble, had V2 350w and V3 500w. Good combos but nothing particularly distinctive. What is it they particularly like about them? I bet it's the silver cloth grill.
  19. Marvin
    Good timing. Groove Dynamics...or more specifically doesn't play like they're using lump hammers all the time.
  20. Marvin
    When they don't want to do it anymore, like the rest of us.
  21. Marvin
    It's not often someone covers Jeff Buckley, fair shout to young Grohl and the band. The guy playing the yellow jazz bass is pretty good, nice tone...oh hell, I mentioned tone.
  22. Marvin

    I hate sanding down paint, it's soul destroying.

    1. Clarky

      Clarky

      Sounds like a Judas Priest album title: "Paint stripper (destroyer of souls)"

    2. Drax

      Drax

      Probably sounds better than a Judas Priest album 

    3. karlfer

      karlfer

      Brain the size of a small planet & I'm sanding down paint 🙄😁

  23. Marvin
    There was a lot of hyperbole during the pandemic about how it would change things. The spike in demand for instruments was hailed as a return to people having a renewed interest in music, and this would go on. It wasn't, it was a one off. Combine that with input costs going up... I'm working for a building suppliers and manufacturer. There has been a huge influx of 'work from home' employees moving out of the city to quiter locations. They've bought houses and then had lots of work done on them, hence it's been very busy. However, that's tailing off
  24. Marvin
    I watched one of the My Life As A Rolling Stone episodes on iPlayer, the Keith Richards one. Pretty vacuous and poorly made to be honest. Keith himself, I love listening to anyway, was great, but they didn't focus enough on Keith telling us about his life as a Stone. I'd like to hear from the man in his own way. Perhaps it's my age 😁
  25. Marvin
    Depeche Mode live at Glasgow Barrowlands 2017 on BBC4
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