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  1. It looks a little funky, but at least it will stand out in the crowd. HNGD. 😀
  2. It always seemed like a solution looking for a problem. Great idea, but generally un-necessary except maybe for problem instruments.
  3. I've never really thought about it. My medium-ish fingers have been happy with a variety of fingerboard types, feeling like they were just a part of the guitar's character. The width of the neck, thickness and shape make much more difference.
  4. The staircase in our cottage in the UK is *quite* steep - the place is nearly 300 years old and there wasn't very much room - but at least it's not a spiral staircase like I've seen in some places. But we're also in a small village without shops or transport network, and that will also be a factor, especially if we reach the stage where neither of us can drive any more. Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally used up and worn out, shouting '...man, what a ride!' Working on that.
  5. The present house is about 100sqM - so around 1000sf - but it has 3 bedrooms and a staircase that's going to be too steep eventually. Downsizing will also mean we'll need to get rid of lots of stuff: the AC30 I had from 17 years old, other amps and cabs, bicycles and a loft full of junk.
  6. I'm in the UK and *hoping* for something a bit better than that. Have pensions in various places plus the basic state pension starts at 67 and is $278/week at present rates. Should be at least double that with other pensions. We have a house in an expensive location that may well get sold so we can downsize, and another home in France that we're renovating. Ran my own business for 6 years and was reminded of what we learned when the kids were small, that we can live on very little if we have too. 😶 It feels like life is slipping rapidly by, doing stuff that we enjoy less these days than we did. Work was once exciting and a challenge, but not so much now. Hope you've got a good income from other sources.
  7. Just enjoy the dings and bashes - some people pay hundreds or thousands of dollars/euros for damaged/relic'd instruments, where here yours is becoming an authentic relic for nothing. 😁 Many of my instruments have bashes and dings, acquired over years of use. It's just a part of life and adds character.
  8. Actually it seems they're no as sucky as I first thought. Still not something I'd bother with (I really like modulation, but have very specific preferences for chorus, phaser, flanger etc) but can still sound good in the right hands. Examples: This second demo is cool.
  9. Is that one of those things that makes weird electronic fart noises? TBH I've never found a use for such things and I don't really know how you would use one in a gig.
  10. Yes, big-time. Sometimes it was more like a chatroom than a forum.
  11. Yup, that's the one. IIRC it's a 101dB/1W/1M - so quite efficient. For me it's a nicely balanced and rounded speaker at lower volumes with no flub and also no icepick. Smaller so it goes in a tiny cab that makes transport easier.
  12. Often amps are picked because they're loud, and a big 'ol piece of backline often sucks a bit at low volume because that's not how it's intended to be run. My AC30TB had the nastiest, dryest tone run at low volume, even though it roared gloriously above half volume. Line 6 kit is nasty, as BP said. 😄 Generally solid state just doesn't sound great, and needs a lot of tonal shaping (like with a processor) to overcome the suck. I don't care about looks - I want warmth and sweetness with enough spank and edge to cut through. Speakers are as important as the anmp driving them, especially if you like a bit of dirt.
  13. I don't even know what amps I have any more, though I am still gigging. Main amp these days is a 5W SE design based around the Epi VJ but with negative feedback to make it clean up a little. Vox Handbag for practice. Pignose G40V Home-build installed in a Marshall MG30 cab - pentode preamp for chime with IIRC a 6SJ7 power valve Home built Madamp A15 in an enormously heavy ply cab + 60s G12M Tube 30 - 2 X 6L6 power stage, modded preamp for less suckage. Ceriatone 18 Watt trem in a chocolate custom cab with 60s G12H Tech 21 Trademark 60 Vox AC30, owned since I was 17 (now 62). Retired, one of the speakers had a hole in the cone and it needs a cap job. A few home-built and vintage chassis laying around. That's what I remember right now.
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