Anybody else got this ad on their home screen?

[TheGreek]

This was on my home screen - first time I've seen it. There are some interesting and well priced items.

https://www.guitarbuild.co.uk/search?type=product&q=bass

[BigRedX]

What's a home screen?

[Dad3353]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1507919431' post='3388846']
What's a home screen?
[/quote]

It's a row of privet hedges planted such that one's house cannot be seen from the road.

[Heathy]

No. I tend to get 'Braintree singles' and 'Russian dates'.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1507921121' post='3388861']
It's a row of privet hedges planted such that one's house cannot be seen from the road.
[/quote]

No seriously what is a home screen?

[JapanAxe]

I favour a rectangle of camouflage netting hung across the front elevation of the Axe residence.

[ezbass]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1507919354' post='3388845']
This was on my home screen - first time I've seen it. There are some interesting and well priced items.

https://www.guitarbuild.co.uk/search?type=product&q=bass
[/quote]
I bought the body for my Telecaster from them, really nice quality, especially for the money.

[TheGreek]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1507923882' post='3388884']
No seriously what is a home screen?
[/quote]

It came up as an ad on my BC home page....

[ahpook]

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1507924225' post='3388892']

I bought the body for my Telecaster from them, really nice quality, especially for the money.
[/quote]

Indeed, I bought a mighty fine one-piece Jazz body from them. Turned out lovely.

[CamdenRob]

[quote name='Heathy' timestamp='1507921438' post='3388863']
No. I tend to get 'Braintree singles' and 'Russian dates'.
[/quote]

Faced with a straight choice - go for the Russian

... I've been to Braintree 😐

[chris_b]

You guys look at the ads?

[CamdenRob]

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1507932830' post='3388949']


Ha ha. Heathy lives there 😂
[/quote]

Blimey... presumably he doesn't go out after dark?

[ambient]

I don't get ads.

[Heathy]

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1507933037' post='3388950']
Blimey... presumably he doesn't go out after dark?
[/quote]

There is a guidebook called 'Home Truths - a Jaunt Around the Decaying Heart of England' that describes Braintree's inhabitants as "the ugliest collection of people in the UK outside Wales" and where "a good number of its female inhabitants resemble sea monsters".

And no, I don't go out after dark. It's like an episode of Seventies-era Doctor Who.

[Woodinblack]

What is it with build your own guitar places? You want to build something different, well, what wood do you want your P or J bass?

[JapanAxe]

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1507971476' post='3389035']
What is it with build your own guitar places? You want to build something different, well, what wood do you want your P or J bass?
[/quote]

They supply blank 'slabs' as well, so you can pick any shape you like. Here's one I made earlier:

[Woodinblack]

Yeh, I saw that, handy you can go to a guitar parts store and order... a piece of wood!

Its true I guess, they have all the bass styles covered, P, J or 'well I don't know if you are going crazy'!

[leftybassman392]

Slightly OT, but we have an ad blocker and I've noticed a recent increase in the number of sites that can detect when you're using one and won't allow access to their content unless you turn it off. My response: "Fine, I'll get the information I need somewhere else."

[ambient]

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1507980544' post='3389116']
Slightly OT, but we have an ad blocker and I've noticed a recent increase in the number of sites that can detect when you're using one and won't allow access to their content unless you turn it off. My response: "Fine, I'll get the information I need somewhere else."
[/quote]

I've found that too, and think the same thing.

Their loss.

[Roger2611]

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1507980544' post='3389116']
Slightly OT, but we have an ad blocker and I've noticed a recent increase in the number of sites that can detect when you're using one and won't allow access to their content unless you turn it off. My response: "Fine, I'll get the information I need somewhere else."
[/quote]
Totally agree, I have been struggling to find an ad blocker that works on Firefox as Adblock seems to do nothing, I have just switched on the Mozilla Adguard which seems to work a lot better

[Dan Dare]

[quote name='Heathy' timestamp='1507970348' post='3389025']


There is a guidebook called 'Home Truths - a Jaunt Around the Decaying Heart of England' that describes Braintree's inhabitants as "the ugliest collection of people in the UK outside Wales" and where "a good number of its female inhabitants resemble sea monsters".

And no, I don't go out after dark. It's like an episode of Seventies-era Doctor Who.
[/quote]

Thanks for the heads up. Will order a copy. Sounds not dissimilar to "Crap Towns"

[BigRedX]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1507932526' post='3388948']
You guys look at the ads?
[/quote]

You guys have ads???

[pfretrock]

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1507971476' post='3389035']
What is it with build your own guitar places? You want to build something different, well, what wood do you want your P or J bass?
[/quote]
Checked the custom neck options (always looking for a 32"). Any scale you like available as long as it is 34". Also the P and J necks seem to have the same nut size? Mind you, the one piece Ash looks good.
In the FAQs, it says if you buy a neck and a body, you have to request that they fit (???)

[xgsjx]

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1507972014' post='3389039']
They supply blank 'slabs' as well, so you can pick any shape you like. Here's one I made earlier:


[/quote]
I've seen your finished guitar...

[fleabag]

Bo Diddley is the only bloke that can play those