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Terrible Guitarist - Synth Wranger - Games sometimes - Likes a film - Maybe some cancer stuff - Trying my best - Will never get over Macho Grande

created November 16, 2024

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The ghost of MCA is looking down on this in disgust. Please stop.

29/8/2025, 1:02:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/6/2025, 8:19:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Busta Rhymes. Was really looking forward to deftones but Skepta is doing great. Going to watch weezer and kneecap later

28/6/2025, 8:15:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m the guardian of Tempest deep lore 😠😠

19/6/2025, 5:27:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That does actually look like Ler, great stuff. Needs a massive drum kit though.

13/6/2025, 2:24:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shut the fuck up

26/5/2025, 10:18:40 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Checking my code for bugs and treats. Sadly not my pet but a co-workers.

10/5/2025, 8:41:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My traditional Saturday morning pup-watch outside the coffee shop isn’t yielding much in the way of pups. Coffee’s great though, so I have that going for me.

10/5/2025, 8:39:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*see, good to see Michael doing well. I've had a long day

23/4/2025, 4:00:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good to Michael doing well

23/4/2025, 4:00:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They should open nail bars in games workshop shops. Also start playing 40k in nail salons. The world would be a better place.

20/4/2025, 10:48:55 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ricardo III

20/4/2025, 6:46:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Reminds him too much of himself BERYL!!!!

20/4/2025, 10:50:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've been using emudeck, pretty good so far

20/4/2025, 9:20:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As they should, it's a stone cold banger

16/4/2025, 12:01:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All playing Stardew Valley

16/4/2025, 12:01:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tiger style

15/4/2025, 9:29:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pretty sure this is the one... www.discogs.com/release/2929...

13/4/2025, 7:36:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There's a ghostigital album that was recorded on a galcier and you can hear it cracking in the background. Banger!

13/4/2025, 7:29:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wanted to though, it’s scary stuff.

13/4/2025, 4:33:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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12/4/2025, 9:39:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dang ol' Horus man roll up in the Vengeful Spirit, seige of terra heresyheresyheresyheresy man

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12/4/2025, 7:54:53 PM | 38 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuck it lads, I'm getting a kebab

12/4/2025, 6:45:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, I've had radiotherapy, several rounds immunotherapy, untold MRIs and PET CTs over the last couple of years and not once could I bring myself to make the "this better give me superpowers" joke. They must get that one several times a day

12/4/2025, 5:51:22 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had give me convenience or give me death on blast yesterday while working, top stuff

12/4/2025, 5:20:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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100% certified banger

11/4/2025, 4:07:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He looks like his face caught fire and someone put it out with a hammer covered in play-doh

8/4/2025, 10:46:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Agent Carter

5/4/2025, 11:33:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had to get cancer twice, hospitalised three times and a few too many close encounters with the grim reaper to get mine. Any hack that wants to try their luck is more than welcome. Or come with me when I go to pick up my chemo and see the sorry souls there that really don’t have long to go.

11/3/2025, 5:25:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The weary Belgian detective dons the war machine armour one last time to do battle with the mandarin while solving the murder of an old friend of Captain Hastings

2/3/2025, 12:31:31 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/2/2025, 5:27:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had the french connection panini sticker book, oooh look foil Sal Boca!.... Got, got, got, need, got, neeeed!!

28/2/2025, 11:05:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Large donor please mate. Little bit of chilli sauce. All salad, no onion though"

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28/2/2025, 11:03:23 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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bsky.app/profile/pfke...

27/2/2025, 1:40:43 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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25/2/2025, 5:47:16 PM | 38 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hitting your mark = 10/10 a pro 🙌

22/2/2025, 10:48:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looks like the corpse from the Day Today that executes his murderer

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17/2/2025, 9:00:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I did love the big CGI fight between optimus prime and Emma Thompson at the end though.

17/2/2025, 10:39:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Exactly this, I started with sql a couple of years back for my employer am now working with python and picking up JS but getting stuff crammed into my broken brain at 46 is... challenging 😬

14/2/2025, 7:29:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What kind of biscuits?

12/2/2025, 9:55:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Masterful 🙌

11/2/2025, 6:51:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What a tedious old man

11/2/2025, 1:38:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bank heist turned hostage situation

10/2/2025, 8:26:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm going as a googledebunker

10/2/2025, 12:36:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was going to ask about Draculas, but I think this covers it.

5/2/2025, 7:17:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There's a Mr Bungle track that does this! Also, I do like a bit of Henge. Was the last band I paid money to see at was once called the Garage in London. Was kinda disapoainted at how clean and nice the place looked. Didn't know this was out, will be having a listen later

5/2/2025, 11:11:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, it's a bit shit. Thanks for asking.

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5/2/2025, 10:57:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolute fucking scum. Him, not you.

3/2/2025, 12:59:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had a curry (king prawn madras, garlic naan) and an early night, lovely.

2/2/2025, 8:08:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anderson?

24/1/2025, 8:12:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No one likes him. Proof is that he's paid someone to set up bots on fucking bluesky of all places to post this shit.

20/1/2025, 10:22:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not caring much for this new woke remake of One of our Dinosaurs is Missing 😡

19/1/2025, 12:58:48 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Non-fun fact: Noko playing a Parker Fly in Apollo 440 was one of the 3 guitarists that convinced me to track one one down as it was the most futuristic looking thing my young mind could conceve at the time 🤯 I sold it and have regretted it every day since.

18/1/2025, 10:11:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thinkemup

17/1/2025, 11:51:32 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just got this one back from getting a proper setup. This one was put togther for me by one of my best mates, Suhr SSH+ and SSV pickups in the bridge and neck positions. I've got this tuned in D standard for all that metal stuff the kids are playing these days

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12/1/2025, 11:02:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can't have too much Godflesh

9/1/2025, 1:22:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Any recommendations on what masks are worthwhile? I'm hoping to go back to work soon and I should do better for myself on the commute into that London as getting ill could be quite, quite bad for me.

2/1/2025, 1:15:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As for converting audio to CV I've got no personal experience but I think doepfer might make something along those lines, I think the challenge is makeing sure the voltage stays within +- 5 or 10v but I'd seek someone with some actual experience with doing it first before frying something

29/12/2024, 10:31:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Don't sleep on the Stylophone one, I just bought one for my partners son for christmas and its sounds amazing and you play it like an electro-theremin if like me you lack the dexterity (and skill) to play one properly 😆...

29/12/2024, 10:28:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've got some semi-modular bits, a Matriarch and a Werkstatt from Moog and a couple of the Behringer clones which are great value, would love a couple of Soma bits to complete my shopping list but I'm guitarist really so am more focused on that side of things...

29/12/2024, 10:25:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It is. It’s the theremini. Great fun, can use it as a CV controller as well.

28/12/2024, 4:35:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Set the theremin up for some antics for the first time in quite a while

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28/12/2024, 3:42:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jokes on them, mines just full of tumours and ideas of what to put in sandwiches

27/12/2024, 5:41:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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IIRC the final scene of Brazil was filmed inside one of those

27/12/2024, 5:28:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's your favourite though

25/12/2024, 1:31:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Banger! I'll see if my emulator has it

19/12/2024, 10:17:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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New Zealand Story? Was that one of theirs?

18/12/2024, 1:13:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's a classic for a reason. Well done lads 🙌

13/12/2024, 1:34:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What pizza was it?

13/12/2024, 1:30:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great show, I managed to get hold of a Look Around You lab coat from someone who worked on it

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13/12/2024, 1:29:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If the remaster for this is the launch title for the swich successor that'll be a day-one purchase for me. Banger 🙌

13/12/2024, 7:43:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My Cyrus 8a, great great amp but now gathering dust in my bedroom, Monitor Audio silver floorstanders in the garage... 😬

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10/12/2024, 10:53:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lovely! Synth-Santa is coming to town The Spice is the more interesting out of the two but the Edge is the more instantly gratifying, was playing around with it today doing some stuff using drum loops to trigger steps in the sequencer over midi to csv. Might video it if I can make it listenable 😆

5/12/2024, 5:18:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All for me, they go SQUOIIIINK

5/12/2024, 5:07:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My partners son calls them naughty squirrels, he is wise beyond his years

5/12/2024, 5:06:36 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not yet it’s not, not yet.

5/12/2024, 10:29:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Friday isn’t for you. You skip straight to Monday at 5pm today.

5/12/2024, 10:18:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Reg Barclay a badman

4/12/2024, 10:53:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I live to serve 🫡

3/12/2024, 2:29:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think it's new new out maybe? Sounds great so far, not locked in with it yet but I used to do a manipulated guitar drone project back in the day and this would been great for that, slap a load of reverb on it and it just run and run... the sub goes low low :)

3/12/2024, 12:26:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lex Luthor strikes again 😡

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3/12/2024, 11:21:57 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just set these up, not made anything halfway useful out of them yet… bsky.app/profile/mark...

3/12/2024, 11:14:21 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Black Friday synth haul…

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3/12/2024, 11:12:23 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My only extended range guitar in my collection (although I do kinda want an 8 string) with obligtory stickers, great fun to play didn't need to change a thing out of the box 10/10 no notes

A Schecter 7-String super-strat guitar in a wood grain finish with tacky stickers on it, it's very cool
30/11/2024, 9:50:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everyone needs a strat, mine is called Janet. I have some upgrade plans for this one...

A fender stratocaster in metallic purple called Janet
30/11/2024, 9:45:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's handy then, I bought Murder at Crime Manor earlier today. I've been quite ill recently and listening to Once upon a Crime has had me laughing through some very unpleasnt hours, thank you!

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28/11/2024, 7:58:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do audible token purchases count?

28/11/2024, 7:31:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love Stingrays but I dont play enough bass (or have the talent) for a full-fat Music Man so got the next best thing

A stirling by music man stingray bass in sunburst
28/11/2024, 11:51:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My go-to workhorse, my US tele ultra. An absolute joy to play, I will change the pickups one day... one day...

A telecaster in cobra blue
28/11/2024, 11:47:01 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The only one I've played was Puzzle League on the N64. It was prety great IIRC

23/11/2024, 10:13:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I thought it was good, carried by Denzel and the twin emperor lads who all looked liked they were having a great time. Didn't feel as fleshed out as the first film but still good fun, a 2.5D world compared to a full 3D one. Will still see a 2nd time though.

23/11/2024, 8:59:00 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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North Utsire

22/11/2024, 4:41:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm pretty sure we still have them wall mounted in the office, I'll see if I can find them next time I go to work

22/11/2024, 1:39:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My employer used to advertise in Viz back in the early/mid 90's offering trade ins. The headline of the ad was "Bring us your shit and we'll give you the bollocks"

22/11/2024, 12:54:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Okay, need to post something so might as well start with some of my guitars. First up is my newest. My first Ibanez in quite a while. A lovely S-series with a model number that resembles a postcode.

An Ibanez guitar in blue chameleon
22/11/2024, 11:52:12 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Was about to post the exact same thing, a real case of 'what could of been' and a missed oppotunity

20/11/2024, 6:25:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My Moog Matriarch, great fun.

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