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Sold an ACG bass to cana.dan. Very easy transaction, plenty of PMs, everything as organised and a really nice person to boot. Highly recommended.

It's entirely possible there may be a very sad farewell and an addition to the family (which sort of grew by one when I wasn't watching)... [attachment=163370:ACG family snapshot v2 02.JPG]

Is it still cool to hate Coldplay? I thought that ther might be another target for reviewers' opprobium by now.

Yeah I enjoyed St Vincent. Kasabian a bit less so. Didn't quite get the rolling down the stairs thing at the end though?

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1400190812' post='2451778'] My parents have a thing (I don't even know what to call this art-form/discipline) that is made from various woods, using the colour of each wood for a different part of a landscape scene. It was the first thing to spring into my mind when I saw the Corts. The design is growing on me! [/quote] I think that is called Marquetry.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1400159970' post='2451306'] Depending on where you want to go, you might be able to get on one of those courses with maybe a B and two C's , or through the clearing system if your A levels results have been a bit disappointing. I hope that helps. [/quote] My 'A' level results in 1978 were not too shabby and neither was my Electronics degree thanks.

Are the body tops all different because of the mountain range effect?

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1400087881' post='2450653'] If I think about it , Metallica fans can't be that thick, not least of all because you need at least an A and two B's at A Level to do electronic engineering at most universities nowadays. [/quote] Well that puts my academic struggles into perspective, thanks for that. Back to the self harming...ho hum...

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1399815400' post='2447927'] I don't know but I love that Aloe Blacc's real name is [size=3][color=#000000][font=arial, sans-serif]Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III[/font][/color][/size] [/quote] Strong candidate, and gets my vote, for Fact Of The Day.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1399748551' post='2447320'] Yes, the audience tend to be the kind of people who believe that Britpop was a significant historical event and " Run " by Snow Patrol is indeed The Soundtrack of Their Lives, just like the advertised-on -t.v indie compilation album tells them it should be. [/quote] I'm more of a Chasing Cars social mistfit and general retard myself. Not really, but I think that was a tad harsh. If everybody liked the same thing what a dull world we would inhabit.

Saw the Manchester gig last night. What a great evening, Close to the Edge was the first LP I ever bought, so good to hear the whole thing live. The rendering of Awaken made it for me though, and GFTO is not one of my top 3 Yes albums either.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1399834986' post='2448188'] Alain, in the interest of subterfuge, get it delivered to me , ring me when the coast is clear and I will bring it round Oh, and the following is the kind of thing in 1960 (not mine sadly) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/229141-for-sale-fender-custom-shop-60-nos/"]http://basschat.co.u...om-shop-60-nos/[/url] [/quote] Thanks Karl, not doubt you'll treasure it as one of your own, and keep it safe in a temperature comtrolled and secure environment and not even glance at it sideways?

OK this thread is going to have to stop. It's bad for my wallet and therefore my personal safety if Mrs ead finds out I'm reading this kind of material on the interweb. However.....should I wish to (misguidedly) enquire about a Limelight version of a YOB bass as I cannot afford a 1960 original, where could information about about what was in production at that time be found? This is all hypothetical of course

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1399720348' post='2446954'] Tuning BEAD usually means less tension than EADG because a B string is commonly less tense than a G string. [/quote] [quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1399724193' post='2447022'] This is quite true, it's usually the D and A strings with the highest tension. [/quote] Depends on your choice of gauge surely? The 'standard' offerings e.g. 45/65/85/105 definitely have this, but if you go for the balanced tensions sets (or just buy the right gauge singles) then this can be engineered out. There is of course then the compliance issue

Good on 'em. If Bruce Forsythe, Jay Zed, Bouncy et al can play Glasto why not Metallica.

They are used in railway modelling to simulate the hoses on locomotives. Clearly if the word gets out that I know this fact I will have to hunt you down and kill you all I'll get my anorak now....

This thread is not assisting with GAS issues!

Peavey Zephyr at £120? [attachment=161999:Peavey C4-NT Zephyr 101.JPG] [attachment=162000:Peavey C4-NT Zephyr 102.JPG]

Something fretless and unlined I think is a good place to start.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1399042581' post='2440394'] If we had a general agreement that people put the price range in their posts, then we could sort by price already. E.g. someone selling a Squier Affinity p-bass for £510 could put "£5XX" in the body of their post. Anyone wanting to search for basses in the £500-600 range could do a basses for sale search on £5XX. We could make the ranges include thousands, e.g. £1XXX £2XXX. If the seller of the Squier Affinity p-bass dropped their price to £250, then they'd edit their post to include £2XX instead of £5XX. On dropping it to £50, they'd edit the search term to be £XX. If these key terms were decided by the moderation team for basses for sale, and mentioned in the advice for listings, then a number of sellers (most? all?) would use them, and simple searches would show up basses in a buyer's intended price range. And there would be no rewriting of the website software needed at all. [/quote] Something along these lines would be an excellent idea I think. Without the XXX in case of sensitivities.

No idea, but is it any good for metal?

Good point well made. To date purchases have been met with a combination of rolling eyes, exasperation, auditing of bank records and general abuse. So all good There is a distinct possibility that I might have accidently forgotten to declare bass #5 to the boss so things may take a turn for the worst. Gentle reminder that the BC Code Of Conduct When Talking To Partners applies, and that if questioned by Mrs ead the required response is along the lines of..."ooh, I don't think so, I though he only had two basses."

It would be nice to be able to do more structured searches of the For Sale bits. The down side however is most likely to be increased spending on basses etc. leading inevitably to chastisement, mental cruelty, abuse, assault with a deadly frying pan, castration, death and divorce. Not necessarily in that order.

I had one once, but I'm over it now. Matron.........