The Megathread - Idle Banters Virtual Bar

[Wideboy]

why 2?

now are you sure that 2 will not just twist the neck if the tension is not set right.

to stop it bowing

[munkygunn182]

Well im awful curious to see the finished job, so get on with it!

[Wideboy]

give me some money then, cost a frigging bomb for the hardware, was considering raiding my strat but that would be a waste

[Bibio]

you want the neck to bow under sting tension or you will have buzzing frets. this is set by the truss rod.

[Holdup]

its a tropical wood, hard and heavy, the dust and oils in it are poisonous mess your tools up aswell as your hands....

*sniggers*

[Bibio]

if you want hardware i'll see what i can scrape together from my bro and me. but i is not promising nowt.

[munkygunn182]

The big question then... Humbuckers or Single Coils?

[Wideboy]

humbucker, i want a bluesy tone, that's why i chose a dense timber, the two combined should give good sustain

[munkygunn182]

Nice one man, very nice!

[Wideboy]

if you want hardware i'll see what i can scrape together from my bro and me. but i is not promising nowt.

i did answer this but it didn't post

don't bother mate i cant afford to finish it a the mo, due tot he current economic crisis i've had no work for the past 3 weeks so no more unnecessary spending for me :(

priced soem of the parts and i went over 250 very early on so im gona leave it for a bit

[Wideboy]

tar munky, what do you play? I've had a few but just keep my strat now

[Bibio]

was i talking cash... no...

i would love to see it finished.

[munkygunn182]

I've never spent any great money on my guitars, so im playing an Epiphone SG, which this second i'm re oiling. A Squire Strat (Brought it home from the USA), a Tanglewood acoustic, and i've got some cheapy bass sitting as a project guitar!

Tend to play a lot of pop-punk/post-hardcore ie Blink 182, Greenday, Fenix TX / Set Your Goals, Funeral For a Friend etc.

What about yourself?

[Wideboy]

i have a squire start currently as weirdly its the only one i enjoy playing but i've had a 72 white genuin yank fender strat which i sold and an old ibanez rg which i sold also as i didn't play them

[Wideboy]

was i talking cash... no...

i would love to see it finished.

free stuff?...... why?

[munkygunn182]

i have a squire start currently as weirdly its the only one i enjoy playing but i've had a 72 white genuin yank fender strat which i sold and an old ibanez rg which i sold also as i didn't play them

Just servicing the SG just now because i've been asked to gun 6 strings for a band that have supported a lot of the american punk bands visiting scotland, and have also got a record deal of sorts in sweden and have toured that corner of the world, so its a pretty good opening for me :D

[minimorecambe]

Do we ever get to see the face behind the Munky???

[Bibio]

why not......

[Wideboy]

Just servicing the SG just now because i've been asked to gun 6 strings for a band that have supported a lot of the american punk bands visiting scotland, and have also got a record deal of sorts in sweden and have toured that corner of the world, so its a pretty good opening for me :D
go for it dude, i've never played infront of a big audience only a little one but it wasnt my cup of tea, i just like playing
why not......
because im a internet weirdo

[munkygunn182]

go for it dude, i've never played infront of a big audience only a little one but it wasnt my cup of tea, i just like playing

because im a internet weirdo

Yeah man, my old band sold out any gig we played, the biggest was circa 450 people, not exactly an arena show, but damn it's fun watching folk knock each other out in the pit (true story)

[munkygunn182]

Do we ever get to see the face behind the Munky???

Course you do, first time im in Morcambe with the SV :)

[Wideboy]

what was your band called? was it punk ect?

[minimorecambe]

Course you do, first time im in Morcambe with the SV :)

Hate not being able to put a name to a face :(

[munkygunn182]

what was your band called? was it punk ect?

We were somewhere between pop punk and emo i guess. We were called Endless Recovery. Took lots of influence from the likes of Lostprophets, Blink etc

[munkygunn182]

Hate not being able to put a name to a face :(

Could of course get me on facebook, but i warn you now.. im wasted in almost every photo :p

[minimorecambe]

name?

[munkygunn182]

facebook.com/munkygunn

[munkygunn182]

And then there was silence as MM's had a heart attack from looking at my profile :P

[minimorecambe]

Lmao I cant look because you havnt confirmed me as a friend yet!!!

[munkygunn182]

It never gave me a wee pop up saying you'd added me... facebook's been put on the naughty step!

[minimorecambe]

:)

[munkygunn182]

Other folks on here should add me too! :)

[DarrenSV650S]

I would, but I don't have facebook



Anyone with an iphone get pig shot. It's free :)

See if you can beat my score of 758

[minimorecambe]

Darren - ferret in post tomorrow :D xxx

[DarrenSV650S]

oooh ..... yay? That's a good thing isn't it?

Hope I'm not gonna get a ferrets head as some sort of warning or death threat

[minimorecambe]

oooh ..... yay? That's a good thing isn't it?

Hope I'm not gonna get a ferrets head as some sort of warning or death threat

What do you think of me Darren!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DarrenSV650S]

What do you think of me Darren!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think of you as someone who sends ferrets in envelopes

[munkygunn182]

There we go, one guitar overhaul completed, bring on band practice!

[minimorecambe]

I think of you as someone who sends ferrets in envelopes

Trust me ;)

[munkygunn182]

Suppose i'd better hit the hay! Another machineworthy session at the gym tomorrow ;)

Night all!

[minimorecambe]

good night my darlings mwah xxx

[Bibio]

oooohhhh look a telly in an envelope.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Ov7xcCSyk&feature=related

go to 7:40

[Bibio]

night MG

[TheOnlyNemesis]

Hey Bibio

[Bibio]

wazzzzzzup ton......

[TheOnlyNemesis]

Hows you mate, good day at work?

[Bibio]

me work.. i think you have me mistaken for someone else... i dont do that dirty 4 letter word....

[Bibio]

hows you doin?

[TheOnlyNemesis]

i'm good, just a lil miffed that i can't sort insurance out and had a rough few days but on the mend now

[Bibio]

seems to be the trend in insurance just now. pizz the punters off. you'll get it sorted. its coming into winter anyhoo m8.

[TheOnlyNemesis]

but my bike is the only transport i got so need it and thanks to regulations the company have 8 weeks to respond and i not sposed to buy new insurance till they reply incase they re instate my policy so gotta go a possible 8 weeks before getting it all sorted and even then i might need to go else where and pay more

[Bibio]

back in a wee while....

[DarrenSV650S]

Ton why can't you just cancel this policy and get a new company? I thought you got a wee while to cancel a new policy if you want

[TheOnlyNemesis]

The policy was cancelled by them as they ****ed up and advertised a fake quote to me and sold me a fake quote so i gone to the insurance ombudsman and trying to get them to force them to give me back my policy for the dirty trading that they have done, they have already refunded me hence i can't ride as i un insured.

[DarrenSV650S]

If they've refunded you then doesn't that mean your free to get a new company? They cant force you to re-take the policy if they get their act together and make good the original quote, can they?

[Bibio]

cant you just go to the company who underwrote the insurance direct and explain to them?

[Bibio]

i sorta know how you feel m8. i have a load of goodies here waiting on my new bike but i wont have the funds till march/april. i have been pizzed off all summer not being able to ride. but hopefully i will make up for it in the spring.

[TheOnlyNemesis]

cause i launched a complaint with the insurance ombudsman i have to wait for their proceedings 2 run

[DarrenSV650S]

cause i launched a complaint with the insurance ombudsman i have to wait for their proceedings 2 run

Ahh that sucks.

[Bibio]

buuuut if you can get a decent quote somewhere else then take it. the ombudsman are fukin halfwits. by the time they drag their heels the price of your insurance will go up even more. 8 weeks is only the time they will reply it may take them a lot longer to resolve the case if ever.

[TheOnlyNemesis]

all the other quotes are like £1.7k not £555

[Bibio]

one of my mates has been shoved from pillar to post for a year and a half and still got no where.

[Bibio]

have you tried these peeps.

http://quotes.thebikeinsurer.co.uk/quote/Landing/Cheapest-quote/Cheap-Online-Quote.aspx?refid=GPPC-BI-TBIN2&gclid=CLrbxLbe8aQCFc0_4wodeCG02Q

think my bro is with them with me on his policy and it was about £110

[TheOnlyNemesis]

tried nearly everyone now they all lead to MCE with KGM

[Bibio]

have you tried phoning KGM?

[Bibio]

night peeps......

[Milky Bar Kid]

Good Morning!!

[Jamesy D]

Good Morning!!

Morning!

I do love sleeping, but I hate going to bed...

[Milky Bar Kid]

I'm just home from work

[minimorecambe]

Ahh my day off and I am already up!!! :-?

[munkygunn182]

Mornings all!

[Tara]

morning day off today - thank goodness no bitchy office today

[Viney]

Morning siblings

[robh539]

Morning all. Im back, was out on the road all day yest (15hr working day :( ). I hope you good people are well at the mid week point :)

[Viney]

I pulled my neck sneezing yesterday and cant look right, so i came in with the great unwashed today, its also month end today and cant be assed. So as you ask, no im not well ;)

Still could be worse, i could be welsh :)

[minimorecambe]

Morning Tara, Viney and Rob :)

How are we all??

[minimorecambe]

I pulled my neck sneezing yesterday and cant look right, so i came in with the great unwashed today, its also month end today and cant be assed. So as you ask, no im not well ;)

Still could be worse, i could be welsh :)

:smt056

[robh539]

I pulled my neck sneezing yesterday and cant look right, so i came in with the great unwashed today, its also month end today and cant be assed. So as you ask, no im not well ;)

Still could be worse, i could be welsh :)

double Barstool. mth end sucks, but pulling ya neck really does. I feel for ya dude. bad times. I hope its heals quickly.

lol at least your positive

[anna]

Morning all.

V-man that sounds like a pants start to the day, you need a bacon and sausage butty..... I only say that because that is what i want and we dont get bacon here (well not what we would know as bacon anyway!)

[minimorecambe]

I see blue sky - thats my cue to get my leathers on :D

Laters :)

[Wideboy]

Wtf, i bought some sandwiches from asda this morning and reading the small print its got halal meat in it

[anna]

WB ... whats wrong with eating halal meat?

[Wideboy]

thats the meat where they give the animal maximum suffering when they're slaughter isnt it?

[Reeder]

Get a refund.

[lily]

morning!

Internet has been restored only 2 hours without it!

[Wideboy]

Thrown them away now. i know its technically not humain to slaughter animals in the first place but i dont see how causing it maximum pain and suffering makes it better, plus i dont want to eat any religious food full stop

sup linseed

[Reeder]

I would have eaten them.
Think of all the starving people in the world you've just insulted by throwing the food away.

[lily]

Internet gone again. Back ok my phone


Gavino. Halal meat is actually killed by one slice to the next which kills the animal straight away and allows all the blood to drain out the animal making the meat less bloody.

[Wideboy]

i wouldnt have said they die straight away, regardless its still a religious food so in the bin they went

[Geodude]

Wtf, i bought some sandwiches from asda this morning and reading the small print its got halal meat in it

Thats a bit sneaky, im going to have to look at small print more often.

[lily]

i wouldnt have said they die straight away, regardless its still a religious food so in the bin they went

true

[Wideboy]

yeah i wont be buying those again

[Wideboy]

Go on then call me racist, im waiting for someone to do it :lol:

[Reeder]

I don't see the issue really.
Admitedly it's not very humain, however they've now been killed and it has happened. You've bought the meat and thrown it in the bin. That animal has partly died for no reason seeing as you didn't bother to eat the sandwiches.

[lily]

your not a racist, you just don't believe in a certain way that one culture does in how to kill the meat that they eat!

[Wideboy]

I don't see the issue really.
Admitedly it's not very humain, however they've now been killed and it has happened. You've bought the meat and thrown it in the bin. That animal has partly died for no reason seeing as you didn't bother to eat the sandwiches.

I dont care that i've wasted, dont sell me the meat and try and hide the fact its religious, it should all be banned regardless of what religion it is

yes but linseed im not being pc, i've chosen not to follow a religion and up hold its believes in this "free" country, i have an opinion and acted upon it that makes me a racist :rolleyes:

[Reeder]

They didn't try to hide it. You just weren't observant enough in the first place.

[Milky Bar Kid]

i wouldnt have said they die straight away, regardless its still a religious food so in the bin they went

It's not a "religious food" it's just that it conforms with a religions belief!! And it doesn't take long, a few seconds, for an animal to die when its throat has been cut - having seen it done.

But it's certainly your choice.

[Wideboy]

It its a religious food, you just said its been killed to comform to their religious believes?? That makes it religious :lol:

[Milky Bar Kid]

It its a religious food, you just said its been killed to comform to their religious believes?? That makes it religious :lol:

I didn't say that. I said it was killed in a way that conforms, its wasn't killed TO conform. Think you'll find that a lot of places use halal meat now.