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2024 Gear Abstinence Thread

neepheid

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paul_5 Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Got contacted today and offered first dibs on a 1971 EB0, the first of the 'slot head years'.

 

Offers approaching £2k which seems usual for UK but high for the USA.

 

Wisely, I declined as beyond my bass budget for 2024 (£0.00).

 

 

Question- am I allowed to buy a ticket for a bass bash raffle? After all it's for charidee. Don't say 'as long as you don't win anything' as 90% of bashers win....

As long as you pay tax on your stake then it's probably OK.

neepheid Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Got contacted today and offered first dibs on a 1971 EB0, the first of the 'slot head years'.

 

Offers approaching £2k which seems usual for UK but high for the USA.

 

Wisely, I declined as beyond my bass budget for 2024 (£0.00).

 

 

Question- am I allowed to buy a ticket for a bass bash raffle? After all it's for charidee. Don't say 'as long as you don't win anything' as 90% of bashers win....

 

I don't think a bit of paper is gear, s'all good.  If that piece of paper magically becomes gear, oh well, it was for a good cause.  I reckon this is reasonable.

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Richard R Grand Master

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I've never counted BB raffle tickets as gear.

 

What with a lot of business travel, staying away, and needing to be on tech rather than in the band at church I have played once this year and may only manage twice more. This means the gear I have isn't getting used, I don't get to practice at home, and I can't justify more stuff.

 

Unless a 35" 5 string travel bass for well under £200 exists....

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OliverBlackman Veteran

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19 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

I don't think a bit of paper is gear, s'all good.  If that piece of paper magically becomes gear, oh well, it was for a good cause.  I reckon this is reasonable.

I think it will come under the same ruling as unexpected gifting, even though the suspect fancies their chances are high.

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Richard R Grand Master

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23 hours ago, OliverBlackman said:

I think it will come under the same ruling as unexpected gifting, even though the suspect fancies his chances are high.

his/her chances. Unlike the Carrick, women have always been welcome at BassChat. 😊

 

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should be Garrick, as @Tauzero has subsequently pointed out.
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Stub Mandrel Grand Master

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7 minutes ago, Richard R said:

his/her chances. Unlike the Carrick, women have always been welcome at BassChat. 😊

 

The suspect identifies as amorphous.

snorkie635 Grand Master

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13 minutes ago, ezbass said:

What a way to go though. 😍

Agree entirely. Very nice indeed. Sorry if I've missed earlier posts, but what year is this one then?

Beedster Grand Master

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2 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

Agree entirely. Very nice indeed. Sorry if I've missed earlier posts, but what year is this one then?

 

'71. It's a bloody beaut. Alignment of several stars 👍

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OliverBlackman Veteran

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1 hour ago, Beedster said:

I did 6-months but.......

 

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I thought you were done with electrics? Looks like a great reason to rejoin the fold.

 

1 hour ago, Richard R said:

his/her chances. Unlike the Carrick, women have always been welcome at BassChat. 😊


thank you for correcting me

Beedster Grand Master

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8 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said:


I thought you were done with electrics? Looks like a great reason to rejoin the fold.

 

 

I've always seen music as much about the social as the artistic, so when a few local guys who I both really like and who can really play got some momentum around a series of projects, I felt very happy to be picking up an electric again (in fact two, more to come.....) 👍

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tauzero Grand Master

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2 hours ago, Richard R said:

his/her chances. Unlike the Carrick, women have always been welcome at BassChat. 😊

 

Garrick?

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Richard R Grand Master

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Ah sorry, just realised you were querying my typo, not wondering what the Garrick Club was!

Maybe Carrick will allow Dame Judy on guest vocals one day?

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Merton Grand Master

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Given that I was out a few weeks with the pedalboard power supply thing, I decided to go all the way and have just put a deposit down on a new ACG. So that’s me out for 2025 as well 😀🤓

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neepheid Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Merton said:

Given that I was out a few weeks with the pedalboard power supply thing, I decided to go all the way and have just put a deposit down on a new ACG. So that’s me out for 2025 as well 😀🤓

 

Not so!  You can finalise a transaction begun the previous year.  It's when the deposit goes down that counts.

 

"If you have put down a deposit on something before committing to this, which then requires a final payment within <year of abstinence thread>, that single payment permitted."

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ezbass Grand Master

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Another month and I’m still here! My 2nd tier Gretsch GAS was abated by reasoning that I really barely play my 6 stringers anyway and it would be just frivolous (still not out of the question mind). However, I’m inching closer to pulling the trigger on a Cali76, so might not make it until September, but this is surely the longest I’ve gone without new gear for absolutely ages.

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neepheid Grand Master

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July update:

 

Well done everyone, only one person fell foul of the dreaded GAS in July, leaving 23 remaining.

 

Strong GAS resistance, very impressive.

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Simon C Experienced

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23 is very good - Kudos.  I think we were down to “fingers on one hand of a bloke who’d had an accident with an angle grinder” at this stage last year.

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