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[quote name='davehux' timestamp='1320947772' post='1433645'] Not even metal - they're crappy chrome painted plastic that weigh about an ounce [/quote] Well that explains how he can afford to offer free shipping!

[quote name='davehux' timestamp='1320947391' post='1433636'] He might reel in a numpty [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SHOE-Horseshoe-Bridge-Pick-Up-Rickenbacker-4001-Series-Bass-/290627188305?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item43aabaf651#ht_1263wt_1185"]http://www.ebay.co.u...#ht_1263wt_1185[/url] [/quote] hahaha, 'Smoke/Pet-free residence'. So it's a bent lump of metal that doesn't smell bad.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' timestamp='1320944182' post='1433579'] Clever bit of self-censoring there on part of the guitarist [/quote] Lol, Enjoy My Cork! Or is it Enjoy My Conk?

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1320943866' post='1433571'] Ooh, men in kilts with musical instruments [/quote] Men fae Fife in kilts with musical instruments, no less!

Paulwarning: [quote]Guy taking a taxi from the airport on holiday hears some drums in the hills and asks the driver what they are, he replies "when drums stop, very bad". He hears the drums all holiday and every time he asks someone about it he gets the same reply. On his way back to the airport he gets the same taxi driver and says, "look I know if the drums stop it's really bad, but what exactly happens" the taxi driver replies "the Bass solo starts"[/quote]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1320332003' post='1425428'] Good God, I hate bass solo's even more now, which reminds me of a joke. Guy taking a taxi from the airport on holiday hears some drums in the hills and asks the driver what they are, he replies "when drums stop, very bad". He hears the drums all holiday and every time he asks someone about it he gets the same reply. On his way back to the airport he gets the same taxi driver and says, "look I know if the drums stop it's really bad, but what exactly happens" the taxi driver replies "the Bass solo starts" Mind you, I hate drum solo's as well, so I'm not going there for my holidays [/quote] Hope you don't mind, I've copied that and pasted it in another thread :-)

First bass: Horrible, nasty short-scale plank, sub-Kay Go to bass: Japanese Fender Precision Your bass: Japanese Fender Precision

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1320854122' post='1432301'] Do the sums, he's 73 now!! [/quote] My point exactly.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1320841635' post='1432077'] I remember the 40+ year old singer in my first (HM) band announcing to the audience at the Bristol Granary that I was a virgin. I was a typically self conscious 17 year old at the time (1980?) so didn't take it particuarly well [/quote] Get the band back together and ask him (on mic) if his sex life is as good as yours is right now ;-)

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1320761114' post='1430948'] [size=4][color=#222222][font=Arial]... You can hear a difference between cheap rubbish and the good stuff, for example those made up by Dave (OBBM), but the really expensive hi-tech leads are just not warranted in live music, unless you've as much money as Dave Gilmore and need a tax loss.[/font][/color][/size] [/quote] Fixed it for ya. Snake-oil cables are not hi-tech; they are not designed scientifically, just with some pseudo-science and/or misapplication of science (eg audio cables designed to minimise skin effect, a phenomenon that becomes important at many MHz and is irrelevant at audio frequencies).

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1320756686' post='1430862'] If you are going to replace the last 2 metres with a super cable why not do the job properly and use it all the way back to the power station. [/quote] Meanwhile: http://gizmodo.com/305549/james-randi-offers-1-million-if-audiophiles-can-prove-7250-speaker-cables-are-better?tag=gadgetscallingbull

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1320709313' post='1430504'] Man that's weird. I actually did something I've never done before and reported it. I put forward a decent case that it was a counterfeit rather than just "not as advertised". I heard nothing back but presumed that ebay would pull it. I guess that makes ebay knowingly complicit in the distribution of counterfeit merchandise. [/quote] I wonder how they'd react to a follow-up email warning them that you've reported them to the busies?

You get bored with one, you can get refreshed by playing another. One with flats, one rounds. One with frets, one without. One tuned EADG, one BEAD (or your favourite metal-friendly/horn-friendly variant) One black one, one white one... ...and one with a bit of shyte on.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1320096393' post='1422387'] A 'negotiable instrument' is a bit like a cheque - it is a promissory note or guarantee of payment, a bank draft. [/quote] Thanks. I was imagining it was something like 'you can have my Warwick for twenty quid, an X reg Fiesta and a go on my missus, but we'll have to discuss the latter'

[quote name='huwgarms' timestamp='1320093269' post='1422308'] [b]14 VALUABLE GOODS[/b] You should not send valuable goods such as ... negotiable instruments [/quote] What?

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1318880362' post='1407380'] In mic checks I always like to say,"this is mic no.1 this is mic no.1 isn't this a lot of fun" and look around for fellow Tap fans. [/quote] Hello Janine.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1318879180' post='1407358'] Best left as a "crazy" idea, in my opinion. Buy the right cabs for your needs. You'll get a much better sound and be able to sell the cabs later. [/quote] [cough] barefacedbass.com [cough]

I'm winning! Eat my bid, losers!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1318861351' post='1407007'] Other drummer wasn't especially inclined to be helpful, but said hired kit, so can have for the hire cost. Drummer was skint, so guitarist says he'll pay if drummer does all the rest of the carrying for him. Drummer assumes position at this kit provided by the generosity of several people who already think he is a prick, plays a roll across the drums, looks at me as says "Sounds a bit sh*t doesn't it?" whereupon I call him a prick too. Then we play the gig, promoter refuses to pay us because were are all pricks, and everyone quits the band cause we don't want to be in a band with that drummer any more. [/quote] I just love a happy ending!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1318858739' post='1406958'] "You should probably go an be really nice to that drummer to whom you refused to lend your drums." [/quote] I want to know what happened next :-)

Sorry to jump on the bandwagon, but: don't do it!

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1318858547' post='1406955'] Thats why i always have a lead buried in the bottom of my gig bag, that very rarely comes out. Liam [/quote] Must remember to pack a spare guitarist in mine.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1318855035' post='1406874'] What a weak, pathetic, inadequate, moronic, arrogant, bullshitting 22-carat wa*nker! IMHO. [/quote] Or, alternatively: what an outstanding improvisational creative genius!

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1318855430' post='1406885'] My guitarist once forgot to bring my bass to a gig. I was not impressed. He reckoned it wasn't his fault. [/quote] My guitarist forgot his instrument at an audition, and went to get it while the rest of us took the piss...shortly before he arrived I realised I'd forgotten my lead. We didn't get the gig.