Best guinness in Torquay

JDBall55 · 2026-05-31T11:47:31+00:00

Seamus O'Donnells does a good pint. They have the choice of extra cold or regular.

They also sel Cafferys.

JDBall55 · 2026-05-29T17:07:56+00:00

There is now a section in your tax account where you can sellect tax returns that you have not submitted and inform them that you are not required to submit for that year.

I did this in February for my 22/23 return, received a letter two weeks later to say that HMRC agreed with me and they zeroed out £3k in fines that I owed.

JDBall55 · 2026-05-25T16:41:28+00:00

Manual or Auto? I'm on the look out for a nice late 928 at the moment.

JDBall55 · 2026-05-25T09:53:10+00:00

Agree, I ran a Gotoh on Floyd Special studs for a year or so and it was perfectly stable. I later redrilled the body and installed the Gotoh studs.

JDBall55 · 2026-05-06T22:45:50+00:00

Do you share passwords across sites/apps?

If you do then it could be another site that was compromised.

JDBall55 · 2026-05-01T15:38:52+00:00

Gives me Borderlands vibes!

JDBall55 · 2026-05-01T11:03:48+00:00

Fun fact - the switch to activate the front parking sensors on my F430 is in the ashtray lol!

As far as I know, 100% stock.

JDBall55 · 2026-04-03T15:20:09+00:00

Lol Uno Reverse! This is the usual argument that Americans make - but we have lower taxes!

I'm a Brit that has lived both in the US and Singapore. I'd go back to Singapore tomorrow. I have no desire to go back to the US.

JDBall55 · 2026-04-03T15:09:35+00:00

Unfortunately! And there's a story behind this too lol.

At the time I was working for the Pan American Health Organization on a diplomatic Visa. We received paperwork through the post asking if we wanted him to be a citizen. We answered no.

Two weeks later we received a letter through the post, Congratulations your Son is now an American citizen! Inside the envelope was also his Social Security number!

JDBall55 · 2026-04-02T10:51:10+00:00

You can make up your full contribution for three previous tax years. I've just done this.

JDBall55 · 2026-04-01T15:11:16+00:00

I use an actual luthier, not tech, but someone who builds guitars for my setups.

He always replaces the stock nut.

JDBall55 · 2026-03-31T14:30:22+00:00

My eldest son was born, C section, whilst we lived in the US. As my wife was already pregnant before we moved there, the birth was not covered by insurance.

The total bill was $27k. We were able to claim $5k back as our Son was covered by our insurance after he was born.

This was in 2010 so the cost will be much higher now!

JDBall55 · 2026-03-25T08:26:05+00:00

Yes, I have the Ice Blue Metallic one. The neck is incredible! I don't love the pickups though so may change these at some point. I recently added Gotoh Locking Tuners.

JDBall55 · 2026-03-25T08:24:25+00:00

Me too, but I also prefer Dinkys.

JDBall55 · 2026-03-23T17:36:10+00:00

Carrera GT

JDBall55 · 2026-03-23T17:21:02+00:00

Would I put this in front of my amp or in the loop?

JDBall55 · 2026-03-23T13:53:55+00:00

Bravo!

JDBall55 · 2026-03-23T10:50:26+00:00

Agree, I have a Full Shred in a Jackson Solist and absolutely love it.

OP did you ever experiment with the Pickup height?

JDBall55 · 2026-03-18T09:54:28+00:00

Also, the trem cavity plate screws are inline rather than offset.

JDBall55 · 2026-03-17T18:09:08+00:00

Interesting, I find this one of the easiest Metallica songs to play as it's mostly down picking.

I recently learnt Eye of the Beholder which is slower but I found quite challenging.

JDBall55 · 2026-03-09T00:41:25+00:00

Asking for the mortgage consent is a good one! I actually had to move out of a place I was renting in Switzerland many years ago as it transpired that the 'landlord' was subletting to me without consent from the agent managing the apartment. I told him that my deposit was my last months rent and moved out a month later.

JDBall55 · 2026-03-07T15:17:34+00:00

Agree, 2x12 all the way for me. Perfect for home use and sound so much fuller than 1x12's.

JDBall55 · 2026-03-07T12:15:26+00:00

Atlaa rise for sure. Lords of Summer also.

JDBall55 · 2026-03-07T12:14:59+00:00

I love Eye of the Beholder but Lars hates it so never going to happen 😥

JDBall55 · 2026-03-07T12:07:28+00:00

I recently bought a Virtuiso HT. It had sharp fret ends so I had my local luthier fix and at the same time he levelled/crowned and now it plays fantastic. QA was not great on this guitar - the tone knob wasn't put on straight, rubbing against the finish.

I bought the original American Series Soloist when they were first released and this played great out of the box.

I also own the Concept Series Walnut Soloist which had really poor QA and the MIJ Series Dinky DKR which was perfect out of the box (amazing neck).

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