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[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1431592463' post='2772826'] ... mind you, Lemon Cello's highly distressed Purple P bass looks stunning too.... [/quote] It does, and my Stack-Knob 1960 Limelight Jazz was a heavy relic too. I'm negotiating to get that back, by the way...

Well this is all rubbish. Doesn't everyone just have their techs hand them their basses as necessary??

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]If you don't go overboard with the Drive control (10 o'clock) and with the MIC switch on 'Center', MOD on 'Clean' and AMP on 'Tweed' there seems to be very little (if any) low end loss.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I'm not talking full-on distortion here - just enough to give heft and presence, verging on a nice growly valve break-up. Not an effect as such really, but a killer pre-amp tone, works well live.[/font][/color]

Nice Jazz, I think that's one of the lightest 'relics' I've seen on a Limelight.

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1431553307' post='2772638'] ...I'll try not to upset anyone! [/quote] Good luck with that!

Yes, I used one of these with bass a couple of years ago. They sound really great live 'n' loud, you can set them up to give you a really nice grindy growl when you dig in, a bit like the Catalinbread SFT. Well worth spending time getting to know this box.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1431547831' post='2772561'] I recovered the pickguard in gunmetal grey vinyl, it looked awesome to my eyes! [/quote] Well it wouldn't look awesome to your ears, but well done anyway.

It smells like bull to me also.

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1431523696' post='2772188'] [size=2]Thank you for your email. We are very sorry to hear about this. Most of the parcels we send to the UK with DHL / Parcelforce arrive on time and without incident, though of course I realise that this is scant comfort for those customers who, like yourself, find themselves receiving a service that is not of the quality they have every right to expect. Should you wish to order from us again and would prefer not to have the shipment delivered by Parcelforce, we would be able to offer you shipping via UPS for that order. With apologies for any inconvenience you may have suffered.[/size] [/quote] Translation: 'Gott im Himmel!!'

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1431514445' post='2772032'] [size=2]Thank you for your email to Gary Simpson, our Managing Director, which he has asked me to respond to. I was extremely concerned to read of the actions of our driver in leaving your bass guitar unattended at your address, and genuinely apologise for the clear concern and frustration they have caused as a result of their poor decision when delivering your parcel. Please be assured our Operations Director, who is in overall control of our delivery operation, has contacted our Manchester Depot Operations Manager, who is in charge of our Manchester depot, to personally deal with this incident with our driver who handled your delivery. On our signed for services, upon delivery our drivers are required to ensure the parcel they are delivering is accepted by an occupant at the delivery address and that a record of who accepted the item is kept in the form of a name and signature which is taken from the individual who accepts delivery. The sender has paid for the peace of mind of safe and confirmed delivery to the recipient’s address, and in the unfortunate event something should happen to the parcel, that they are compensated accordingly in line with the Terms and Conditions of Carriage of the service used either by ourselves or our partners abroad their item was sent through as applicable. For the security of mail we carry and safety of the goods we deliver for our customers, Parcelforce Worldwide have a zero tolerance approach when items are not delivered as per our delivery policies. Failure by our drivers not adhering to our delivery policies would always be dealt with under our company’s conduct code by their line Manager and can lead to immediate dismissal. As you mention, we do have multiple delivery options available if the addressee of a parcel is unavailable, such as delivery to a local Post Office, being returned to the local Parcelforce Worldwide depot or for it to be attempted to be delivered to a neighbour within a reasonable distance. I am very sorry our driver made such an extremely poor error in judgment when delivering your item and did not use one of our alternative convenient delivery processes to ensure your item was kept safe. I can advise that our Managers do have individual daily debriefs with our drivers when they return to site and raise with our drivers at weekly meetings any complaints relating to delivery processes to ensure our policies are being adhered to and that any issues are raised with their entire delivery team to ensure they are not repeated, as well as the consequences if they should. Due to Royal Mail Group policy and our employee confidentiality rights I am sorry I cannot discuss the action we have taken against our driver. Please be assured however from the action we have taken there will be no future incidents of this nature with deliveries to your premises. If we receive contact from Thomann we will of course provide our apologies for what has happened and notify them we have taken the relevant action to ensure this does not happen again in your postcode area. Thank you once more for bringing this matter to our attention to ensure we took the necessary action, and again please accept my apologies for the clear concern and frustration we have caused as a result of this regrettable incident.[/size] [/quote] Translation: 'Meh'.

SoundMAGIC E10. A little more than £20 but well worth it.

[quote name='blisters on my fingers' timestamp='1431484347' post='2771834'] ...if you are only employed for a couple of days, can't quite remember the procedures, maybe next week you'll be employed, maybe you won't, would you really give a F**** ? [/quote] That's it, isn't it? You're expected to take any old crappy job to get you off the unemployment register (so the government can say there are loads of jobs out there and unemployment is falling), which doesn't pay anywhere [i]near [/i]enough to live on, then you're expected to deliver X parcels in Y time, even though this is in fact impossible, so you're under extreme pressure 100% of your working day, PLUS the stress of driving in heavy traffic AND you're expected to tug your forelock and be GRATEFUL for this crappy job, because in these times of (artificially-created) austerity you have to take what you can don't you, and after all we're all in this together, aren't we?

Duracell Industrials for me, though I have only passive basses... currently.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1431441151' post='2771385'] Looks like, in the head v heart issue, this time sense prevailed. [/quote] I'm not so sure Lozz, but then I don't have a back problem (yet). Good luck.

Post is one thing I'd hate to work with, because there's no end to it and therefore no job satisfaction. You can see why postal workers go, er... postal. Usually within six to eight weeks.

[quote name='CHW' timestamp='1431443829' post='2771433'] The singer relies (totally) on a tablet at gigs... [/quote] I used to rely on a handful back in the day, but I'm mostly over that now.

[quote name='urbanx' timestamp='1431444310' post='2771441'] She barely notices nowadays... [url="http://s1121.photobucket.com/user/urbanxphotography3/media/photo_zpsbpajulsl.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Outstanding!

[quote name='sykilz' timestamp='1431434514' post='2771269'] ...the MANAGEMENT decided to go to a one delivery system, so it would be " better " for the customers...( for "better" read "cheaper for the company") [/quote] It's the kind of mealy-mouthed crap that's trotted out to justify privatisation where 'more choice for the customer' actually means 'less, or NO choice for the customer, but if we say something over and over again enough times it becomes true'. Bastards. They must be lashed!!

[quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1431436966' post='2771322'] You were bitten by a singer when you were a child, weren't you! [/quote] Not at all - I just like seeing public lashings.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1431435485' post='2771285'] I made a bass cupboard out of the space which was vacated by the water tanks when we changed to a combi boiler. [/quote] I bet that took the pressure off. God, I'm even appalling myself...

[quote name='urbanx' timestamp='1431435064' post='2771279'] My missus entrusted me to "Get a cabinet for the hallway" The look on her face as I wheeled the 4x10 in.... [/quote] I don't see how she can possibly complain about it. A cabinet is a cabinet, surely..?

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1431428217' post='2771141'] You forgot to mention a mirror pickguard [/quote] I'll [i]never [/i]mention a mirror pickguard...

[quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1431424352' post='2771064'] ...Now also home to various old duvets, games, suitcases and cat boxes [/quote] Ha! That's how it happens. How many garages in this country are used to keep a car in? Most are full of junk, especially if there is no attic or basement space. New houses that come with a garage often are too small to keep any kind of car in - they're just crap-huts built very cheaply so that the house can be sold 'with garage' and the price bumped up accordingly. My old mum and dad moved to a new-build house and my dad made much of the fact that the house came with a garage - he could get his car in there (VW Golf) no problem, but the garage wasn't wide enough to open the driver's door to get out! So the car lives on the drive and the garage is full of junk...

Makes you wonder why deliveries aren't made outside business hours when people are at home and there is less traffic.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1431410939' post='2770907'] ...a champion ice skater. Doused in KY jelly. In space. [/quote] Now you're talking.