TorturedSaints

Done. Is it worth posting a link to the page here rather than the original post? https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/musician-scammed-out-of-valuable-instrument/? Ralph

I'll try anything - but one of the bedrooms is already set up as a studio! Sorry all - I shouldn't have let my frustration spill out in this thread!

Ha ha! I've been trying to sell my house for over a year. Anybody fancy a 5 bed farmhouse with 3 1/2 acres, polytunnel, greenhouse and log cabin for £310k ? But that is in Scotland.

Regarding the log cabin option, we built one as a garden room/summerhouse. Even with lots of insulation and cladding the inside roof, it's too cold in winter and too hot in summer. It's a nice room, but I wouldn't leave musical instruments in there as there is a lot of condensation over the winter and the diurnal temperature range in summer will play havoc with bass necks. Even the fitness machines that live in there have suffered slightly. Do check the planning regulations (which are different for us in Scotland) before you build, which may become relevant/required if you plan to put any heating in it. Hope this helps your decision - it was relatively cheap to buy/build for us, but we were never planning to use it for music.

Voted. Very eggclectic selection with some eggcitement and eggcellent work all round (or oval).

Just check what key the others want to play it in - as far as I remember it's a fret lower than the tutorial above. It's not too difficult, enjoy!

There are occasional ads on Gumtree in Glasgow and Edinburgh for private rehearsal spaces. Other than that I don't know of any.

It might be worth having a chat to Alex.

OT - never noticed the bum note! :-)

I bought a Chorus pedal from Pete. Very quick despatch and very smooth deal. Thanks Pete.

I was about to agree with this until I started to list what I had actually bought new . . . I have spent far too much for what I need (for example my (purchased new) BF Super Twin has only ever been to 2 rehearsals), but hey ho, I'd only spend it on something else. At least with second hand gear, you can normally sell for pretty much what you paid for it, unlike cars, boats and horses.

nimbit.com will also sell physical merchandise, although we've never used this. It's likely to be relatively expensive for small numbers of CDs.

I've just got one too for overseas transactions, they are offering free delivery for the cards at the moment, seems like a good idea.

To be fair, the original article didn't have the update saying that a software update would fix it. I did read it. But you're right, it's a non-issue now apart from the enduring ironic hope of wanting to turn the guitarist down without their knowledge/assent!

For those BCers that have never listened and voted in the Composition Challenge, please have a listen and take part. Voting finishes tonight. This month's tracks are all great pieces of music in their own right. Having entered previously, I know that a lot of effort goes into writing these pieces and for 7 people to write and perform music just for 9 people to cast votes is a little disheartening! Come on, support your fellow BCers.

Can the vulnerability be used to turn the guitarist down mid-gig? If so, that's useful!

Voted. Always interesting interpretations of the picture!

Checked the website and it's back up to £99. Pity, I would have tried it at £30, but not at £99. I'll just keep an eye on the Effects for Sale forum . . .

Ah, but does it sound better on vinyl through a tube amp?

There are a couple of ACG five strings for sale on the forums here. I have 2 ACGs and they are amazing basses. This one is amazing value for a hand-built instrument (nothing to do with me by the way):

Well, being a previous entrant in the composition challenge (under my previous forum name of RalphDWilson), I know how much work, angst and creative juices go into producing entries! It's the least I can do to listen and enjoy, even if I'm not entering.

Incredibly difficult to choose. All so good in different ways. Thanks for all the hard work, much appreciated here. It does look like I'm in a tiny minority of preferring the links rather than the embedded tracks, but that's probably due to my (previous) way of deciding which tracks to vote for , which was to open all of the links as separate tabs in a browser and then start eliminating them - the last 3 tabs open are the ones I vote for! I'll just have to start a scorecard . . .

I've been lusting/GASsing for one of these . . . although my iMac is only a 2013 one, so I wasn't sure if the Equator software would be too much for it. Nice work!