Grooverjr

Looks lovely. From that bottom picture, it appears to have the ghost of Kung Fu Panda within it as well. Maybe that's what gives it the oomph?

Meanwhile in Bolivia, tickets for Juanes (not really my cup of tea but a big name in Latin 'rock/pop' for the last 30 years or so) are about 60 quid for VIP and the cheap seats are just over a tenner. Venue holds around 6 thousand I would guess Now Bolivia is not a wealthy country so there is less purchasing power but there is the same level of touring overheads so if Juanes and all his crew are making money it suggest that somebody in all the examples you have given is making A LOT of money. I am sure they could still make money at half the prices they are charging bit greed is the creed....

What can one say about the marvellous Mr Travis? As well as being a sensational gent of a buyer (he took his old Jack Casady back from me a while back and was great) he also happens to be a top seller as well. His old black sparkle Danelectro now sits with me after a perfect transaction. Easy deal, very quick send, nicely boxed. And it's a peach of a thing, no hidden unpleasantness of any description. You probably don't need telling as he is such a fixture, but tell you I will: deal with confidence.

It's lovely looking, apart from the very ugly headstock which really does ruin it. I get that he may be trying to be different but a 2 by 2 would work so much better. Maybe he could have done an offset 2 by 2 with the top slightly longer to reflect the shape of the body (or the bottom to give some balance) to be 'edgy'

Happy to help. As someone who struggled to get survey responses for my masters thesis I feel your pain (yes, that was a very bad pun)

Lush. Not generally a fan of too funky shapes but these are really special

I have one. It works really well with the special pickup but is pretty underwhelming with a direct standard bass input. i am not sure I would want to take it to a gig but it's great as a way of having a load of presets for home studio use.

So very much this. SBL (which I like overall) is awful for it, with Scott the main culprit although the absolute worst is a reggae mini course which is excruciating. Old white bloke playing bass with a Jamaican (from memory) drummer and dropping the "Ya man" like someone from a 1980s comedy sketch show with blackface and one of those dreadlock hats on. It's not even a particularly informative course. Literally any of the Donstrumental YouTube videos has so much more value in a tenth of the time.

That is a lovely thing. i really like the aesthetic of the slightly modernized Ali Express knockoff rics and this does that really well but you also know it will actually play well!

For many reasons, yes. I also find smugness, paper thin faux 'man of the people' schtick and rich people being hypocrites irritating. But they are all rational, so they don't belong here.

If we are on trousers length, then the daft fashion for deliberately short trousers. It seems to be on the wane, thankfully. I like a jazzy sock as much as the next man and a small viewing window is fine but these things that look like they shrank in the wash make me unnecessarily irritated.

@neepheid the T6 worked a treat! I am a happy lad

Gold, for sure. Looks lovely. Tort works on lighter colours but not darks. In my incredibly humble opinion of course.