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It's not so bad buying second hand stuff on spec. The only bass I've lost money on was the only one I bought new (my first). You buy it because you might like it, if it doesn't work out then you'll pretty much always get your money back, particularly if you got it for a song in the first place.

Oh yeah, that one was amazing, I'll give you that.

I'll be staying up this weekend for sure. I must admit I'm in a similar situation to some - used to follow it religiously from about the mid 80s but lost interest and became a casual observer. I'm hoping these new cars will inject some excitement into the proceedings. By excitement I mean overtaking.

Zombie thread alert!

Well, at least it's more interesting than the Wind Up thread.

Don't worry, it condenses down to about 2 pages of relevant material.

The Tate Murders? The Beatles totally caused that.

Nice one man, let me know when you want to get it sorted.

Heh, well if you guys source the appropriate component, I'll be able to fit it for you and for a shedload cheaper than what you've been quoted - that's just daylight robbery and one of the reasons why we live in such a wasteful society. If you go to these gits then it's cheaper to replace than it is to repair, or at least it makes no financial sense to repair. It might be able to be repaired (as in resoldered) but it's probably a good idea to get a replacement socket in case that proves impractical.

Yeah, I could probably do it.

Well, there were much better ways of using a tenner than watching that pish. Like eating said tenner, for instance.

The PSP is now on hold, pending payment.

UPDATE - 5 of the games are gone. Worms and 2006 FIFA World Cup remain. Only a 1GB memory stick left. Price revised to 50.

Some basic level of respect for other people shouldn't go out the window because "it's the internet". I hate that excuse for people to turn into absolute nonsense merchants and think that it's OK. It's not real life - yeah, it's all a figment of your imagination. I take the internet as seriously as I take the phone or talking to someone face to face - it's all communication. I don't expect to get away with calling someone a fucking cockmaster on the internet because I wouldn't expect to get away with calling a total stranger to their face.

Last weekend, if memory serves. It was hanging next to that Gibson Thunderbird which feels like it's always been there.

There was one in Bruce Millers last time I was there...

The trouble with acoustic bass guitars is that the cheapy ones you can pick up from ebay for less than a hundred notes are usually small bodied short scale affairs which lack the projection to be heard over even a couple of acoustic guitars, not to mention the fact that they are poorly constructed, poorly finished and play so horribly that you'll only want to use them to fuel the campfire. If you spend the amount you need to for a long scale, jumbo bodied, reasonably constructed acoustic bass, then you won't want to take it for outdoor singalongs for fear of it getting damaged/nicked. There's no way I'd be taking my Takamine for "jamming around outdoors". Quandary.

Are you objecting to live bands in Tiger Tiger, the Green Room itself, the concept of a VIP lounge, Tiger Tiger in general? Your liver objecting to the private bar? Not shitstirring, just curious as your post is unclear

There's the nucleus of a good song there. I'll be interested to hear how it sounds once it has been augmented a little. I'd echo some of the sentiments here and say by all means improve it, but don't polish it too much

Because transparency in legal matters is always a good thing.

I'm sorry to hear of this, I know what it's like to have your car broken into too, but I've never had anything more serious than a car stereo nicked. I hope you manage to recover your gear. On an unrelated note, looks like another vote for the Boss TU-2

I think even Captain Ahab would have second thoughts about exacting revenge on this one.

It's not a question of need, it's a question of want. Some people collect stamps. I collect guitars. Well, basses actually. They're bigger. Yes, I could have one single poshy bass, but I like the variety, I like trying different things and I sell on the ones I don't get along with. I'm also an irreverent tinkerer, I like changing things, which is why "cheap sub standard mass manufactured electrics" appeal to me. As long as the body and neck are sound, everything else can be changed.

Nae luck, my birthday's on Hogmanay - guaranteed party, even if all your friends forget (which to be fair they haven't so far). Of course, asking me to remember any of my adult birthdays is a bit of a tough ask as a result. The only ones that spring to mind are my 21st (house party, lethal punch, smoking cigars, a lassie tried to get a piggyback off me, overshot and faceplanted, cradling another girl's head while she had an epileptic episode to stop her stotting her head off the pavement several times) and a couple of years ago when my extremely tall mate from the states came across and we went out in the kilts (and it was a job finding a hire kilt for this guy). Someone's got a photo of our bare backsides somewhere. It was bloody cold too - thank god for hipflasks. Don't really have a worst one. Maybe the one when it was really icy and in the kilt. Those brogues have no bloody grip. I slipped and fell on my arse at Holburn junction. Sair! At least I brought my friend down with me