2025 Gear Abstinence Thread

[neepheid]

16 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I bought a tuner for £15.

 

It wasn't essential but I need a reliable  tuner and lead in each bass case.

 

OK, I'll bite.  Why?

[tauzero]

5 hours ago, Geek99 said:

I’m holding the line 

 

Good. Love isn't always on time.

[Geek99]

I was thinking Johnny cash but could also apply to toto 👍

[Richard R]

Unless it's a super fancy thing, I would let that pass, we've allowed straps and leads.

 

[Richard R]

Morning all.

As is my usual convention I'm cutting social media usage right back during Lent, including BC. Is there anyone else who can take over for a few weeks updating the list? No worries if not, I'll  check in once a week or so to update the scoreboard.

[King Tut]

I’m out, just bought a pack of pedal toppers for the Stomp. Not too extravagant though!!

[neepheid]

1 hour ago, Richard R said:

Morning all.

As is my usual convention I'm cutting social media usage right back during Lent, including BC. Is there anyone else who can take over for a few weeks updating the list? No worries if not, I'll  check in once a week or so to update the scoreboard.

 

That would be great in theory, but I'm pretty sure no-one but mods and the original author are allowed to edit posts...

 

Happy to keep an eye on it and grass up any sinners to you on your return if that helps?

[Mrbigstuff]

11 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

That would be great in theory, but I'm pretty sure no-one but mods and the original author are allowed to edit posts...

 

Happy to keep an eye on it and grass up any sinners to you on your return if that helps?

You could just update in this post with anyone out and Richard can pick up after lent? Let’s see how busy the Easter bunny is this year! If I’m lucky I might get myself a packet of mini eggs!

[SimonK]

9 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

You could just update in this post with anyone out and Richard can pick up after lent? Let’s see how busy the Easter bunny is this year! If I’m lucky I might get myself a packet of mini eggs!

 

...is that a tier 1 fail as the sugar from the mini eggs goes into your blood which powers the muscles in your fingers to play bass and thus definitely contributes to the signal path 🙂 ?

[Mrbigstuff]

48 minutes ago, SimonK said:

 

...is that a tier 1 fail as the sugar from the mini eggs goes into your blood which powers the muscles in your fingers to play bass and thus definitely contributes to the signal path 🙂 ?

How do you think Entwistle got his thunder fingers nickname?

[paul_5]

1 hour ago, Mrbigstuff said:

How do you think Entwistle got his thunder fingers nickname?

He kept asking Moon, Townsend and Daltry to pull them!

[Richard R]

Just logged on to say that I'm out on a Tier 2 fail.  Akia LPK25 mini MIDI keyboard. Connects to my phone for noodling and writing songs in a hotel, and also will be the input for a Pi-based

MiniDexed https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/mini-dexed

 

I'll update P2 with me and @King Tut - assuming "pedal toppers" are actually a fail? They are hardly in the signal chain.

Edited March 8 by Richard R

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, Richard R said:

Just logged on to say that I'm out on a Tier 2 fail.  Akia LPK25 mini MIDI keyboard. Connects to my phone for noodling and writing songs in a hotel, and also will be the input for a Pi-based

MiniDexed https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/mini-dexed

 

I'll update P2 with me and @King Tut - assuming "pedal toppers" are actually a fail? They are hardly in the signal chain.

Noodling and writing songs ? What happened to the coke and hookers thing ? Have you moved on? 🤔

[Franticsmurf]

10 hours ago, Geek99 said:

What happened to the coke and hookers thing ?

That would be a Tier 0 fail, I think. 😀

Edited March 9 by Franticsmurf

[Marvin]

Um, I failed I think.

 

I had to buy a gig bag and a pedal board (a small pedal board). They were only cheap ones and I sort of needed them for the band im in. 🙂

It's not like I bought a 5 string bass I don't need.

[Geek99]

16 minutes ago, Marvin said:

Um, I failed I think.

 

I had to buy a gig bag and a pedal board (a small pedal board). They were only cheap ones and I sort of needed them for the band im in. 🙂

It's not like I bought a 5 string bass I don't need.

Hmmm - what say the jury? 

[2pods]

Orf with his head !

[Geek99]

2 hours ago, 2pods said:

Orf with his head !

I think Mercy, this isn’t talkbass. We don’t crucify people here (unless they are guitarists anyway, in which case “one cross each, door on the left”)

[Obrienp]

OK, would any of the following be a fail?

 

a) Cover for my guitar amp, as I have to take it out of the house these days;

b) Stage box/snake as the band has grown in size and requires more DIs and mics. Also I made a rookie mistake when buying my current stage box and didn’t think about returns. We now need at least 4 returns.

 

None of the above are bass gear…….

[tauzero]

1 minute ago, Obrienp said:

OK, would any of the following be a fail?

 

a) Cover for my guitar amp, as I have to take it out of the house these days;

b) Stage box/snake as the band has grown in size and requires more DIs and mics. Also I made a rookie mistake when buying my current stage box and didn’t think about returns. We now need at least 4 returns.

 

None of the above are bass gear…….

 

Stage box would be a tier 2 fail.

[Obrienp]

1 minute ago, tauzero said:

 

Stage box would be a tier 2 fail.

Hmm, I’ll have to think about it. Trailing leads bother me though. Perhaps I can persuade a bandmate to get it 😀.

[AndyTravis]

I’m out again 😂

[Geek99]

7 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

I’m out again 😂

I think you’re doing quite well this year. Last year it was Jan 2nd first time fail

[AndyTravis]

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

I think you’re doing quite well this year. Last year it was Jan 2nd first time fail

Oh I’ve been well out of this since January 😆

[neepheid]

3 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Oh I’ve been well out of this since January 😆

 

Made it to 31st Jan this time though!  You're doing great!