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2024 Gear Abstinence Thread

neepheid

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Shockwave Mentor

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  On 17/01/2024 at 13:39, Richard R said:

 

You are very welcome to borrow my #2, but I suspect a 5 string bass currently residing  in Birmingham with a partially jammed truss rod isn't going to be much good to you.

PM me if it is.

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I really appreciate the offer. But with my life at the moment, a jolly to Birmingham would probably be the last thing I should do! Trying to find permanentish accommodation at the moment! It has amazed me how quick the change has been from owning a home, happily married and financially secure, to homeless, divorced and financially precarious in under a year. 

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Mrbigstuff Veteran

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  On 19/01/2024 at 19:42, Shockwave said:

 

I really appreciate the offer. But with my life at the moment, a jolly to Birmingham would probably be the last thing I should do! Trying to find permanentish accommodation at the moment! It has amazed me how quick the change has been from owning a home, happily married and financially secure, to homeless, divorced and financially precarious in under a year. 

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With you there! Mine’s flipped in the space of a month and the prospects for a single person are crazy small. Hope it all works out for you.

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Burns-bass Grand Master

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I’m out and possibly shouldn’t be contributing, but I’ve had two deals I couldn’t refuse. It’s weird but there seem to be so many bargains about at the moment, it’s mad. 

neepheid Grand Master

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  On 19/01/2024 at 20:52, Burns-bass said:

I’m out and possibly shouldn’t be contributing, but I’ve had two deals I couldn’t refuse. It’s weird but there seem to be so many bargains about at the moment, it’s mad. 

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There's no problem with you helping out with future adjudications, crack on!

neepheid Grand Master

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  On 19/01/2024 at 21:07, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Asking for a friend: he ordered a bass in the 1st quarter of 2023 and it hasn't arrived yet. Is he out for 2024? 

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Is your friend waiting for the tree to grow that the bass will be made from? ;)

 

If it was ordered last year then it's fair enough - it was intended to be last year's intake and through no fault of their own it has been delayed into this year.  I believe it's order date that counts, and it's ok if it's been paid already or is pending payment.  No new business though this year.

hiram.k.hackenbacker Grand Master

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  On 19/01/2024 at 22:28, neepheid said:

Is your friend waiting for the tree to grow that the bass will be made from? ;)

If it was ordered last year then it's fair enough - it was intended to be last year's intake and through no fault of their own it has been delayed into this year.  I believe it's order date that counts, and it's ok if it's been paid already or is pending payment.  No new business though this year.

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My friend is not quite sure what the delay is. He enquired with the supplier only this morning and they're not sure either. Just keeps getting put back.

My, er, his hands, appear to be tied on the matter 🤷‍♂️.

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Suburban Man Rising Star

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  On 19/01/2024 at 17:39, neepheid said:

I don't make the rules either, they're by consensus.  Re: straps - pretty generic accessories, I don't think I'd fail someone at Tier 1 for buying a strap - Tier 2, more likely, unless you're replacing a broken strap.

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OK, I'm still in for Tier 1 - no basses, no gear.  The last three weeks feels like about six months though... 

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Burns-bass Grand Master

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  On 20/01/2024 at 18:39, lozkerr said:

Aaaaarrghh... some sadist has put a Sei J5 on the marketplace. Must... resist... must... resist...

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After the Thunderbird opened the floodgates I found a 1990 Jap Squier Precision for £100. I mean, I couldn’t turn that down…

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Mudpup Veteran

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I'm still in and steaming ahead with a new plan to avoid failure. I've bought an electric MTB!

 

This is a bang on move to keep me in and it's working already - let me explain.....

 

They cost a poopy kilogram of money so I've had to sell an amp and a bass to help fund it.

There's loads of other bits thats I need to go with it such as MTB clothing and there's a whole raft of shiny things that can go on it so the bass fund will be empty.

Plenty of other eMTB related online sites and forums to geek out in. That means less time to spend on here dribbling over stuff.

 

I'll check in on NYE to see if I've won so see y'all in 2025!!!!!

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snorkie635 Grand Master

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  On 20/01/2024 at 18:39, lozkerr said:

Aaaaarrghh... some sadist has put a Sei J5 on the marketplace. Must... resist... must... resist...

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Just measured, and it seems you are only 97 miles from Overwater HQ. "You're gonna fall lady, an' you're gonna fall hard, when the blues comes callin' with its callin' card." 😂

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jazzyvee Mentor

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There is no gear i need to get this year and i have decided to re-start double bass lessons which i'm sure will do mor for my bass playing than new gear. I started just before covid and haven't really found enough time to get back to it. Had the first one a couple of weeks ago and have another tomorrow. 

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neepheid Grand Master

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Well, that's January almost done and dusted.  Here are the scores on the doors.

 

35 remain standing, 5 out.

 

How are the rest of you doing?  Any near misses?

 

I am not happy with Sire releasing some tasty basses this year, that's going to be something that will require effort to resist.

 

I've already got a shopping list forming for next year - a white Fender MP Dimension, and a Sire Z7 in a yet to be the determined finish.  I don't know if having a list is a good idea or not!

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Paul S Grand Master

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I excluded myself, so was never in.  But had I been in I would still be in.

 

I can see a Dano longhorn arriving at casa S before the spring equinox, mind. :D 

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hiram.k.hackenbacker Grand Master

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  On 31/01/2024 at 13:11, Paul S said:

I can see a Dano longhorn arriving at casa S before the spring equinox, mind. :D 

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Longhorn/Shortscale. Kind of doesn't make sense does it, but I definitely do see the attraction. I've not played one, but I think they look great.

One of my favourite Doris Day films, Pillow Talk, has a scene in a bar where the wonderful Perry Blackwell sings 'Roly Poly'. The bass player is holding a Danelectro Longhorn in a lovely finish.

I would saying he's playing it, but he's clearly not 😎. Perry Blackwell is still going strong at 98 years of age!

 

 

Anyhow, I made it through January without so much as a near miss. February is always a danger month as it's my month of birth. Not a significant one this year, so feeling confident.

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Merton Grand Master

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Currently clean but having a massive wobble, over either a Sandberg Lionel or commissioning another ACG.

 

Aiming to stay the course, don’t hold yer breath though 😂

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bass_dinger Veteran

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  On 31/01/2024 at 13:02, neepheid said:

 

 

How are the rest of you doing?  Any near misses?

 

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Not yet, but I will fall soon.  I am tidying out my dad's loft (to make space for a rewire) and rediscovered two big boxes of marvel comics.  Mostly British stuff, but also, some random American stuff.  Tales to Astonish issue 57 in near-immaculate condition, and in the rare Pence Variant (the cover price is in pennies, rather than cents), already bagged and carded, to protect it from my sweaty hands. 


So, perhaps that (and other comics) will fund a replacement neck and refinished body for the Washburn XB925 bass that I have.  Or more, likely, a pack of ukulele strings from eBay . . . .

 

 

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