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The Millennium Falcon, in the condition it was in when Lando had it. My tinnitus to go away To look like Helena Christensen People to shut up about the beatles.

Not being one for grandeur I'll settle for: No Brexit Well funded public services and one of these:

Any retirement package that looks better than "Death in Service"...

There's a band from Brighton called The Bar Stool Preachers - cracking band name imo

Bugger me, that's an uncanny resemblance. Has it finally come full circle: that Fender have started copying other people's copies of their original instruments?

Sleep.

World Peace. S.P.

Below, the OG of the Fender Roscoe Beck Model, if not mentioned beforehand. My STEVENS Slant 4, from Michael Stevens, https://www.stevensguitars.com/news/ One of America's best, an original builder for FCS. Michael built the model as a 6-string for Roscoe, later Fender made their variant which is highly regarded. Mine is light and powerful. Stevens winds the pups & pretty much builds by hand. It took close to 2 years to get; I was originally told 1 year, but brush fires around his compound in Texas delayed things a bit! One of my faves, for sure.

on my list? for people to say, "lets call it quits, I won't get you a present and you don't get me one", it's the present buying/giving I don't like about Christmas, it's nearly as bad trying to think of things for people to buy me as trying to think of things to buy other people, bah Humbug.

The usual really. World peace. The end of poverty and inequality. For all humanity to be immune to every disease. Just kidding, I want a p bass with flats.

Deja vu: Colour coat is done, and clear is on-going. Maybe another 3 coats then I'll let it sit over xmas before attacking it with sandpaper & buffing. General Finishes say cure time is 21 days for the High Performance. We'll see......

Seems Fender may have been keeping an eye on Schecter with the new parrallel universe model!

I do the lights for my 4 piece band and have found the following approach work well. All lights are LED. - 3 par cans with white light on stands at side/front of stage, one for each band member except drums. These are permanently on and are pointed at chest height to avoid shining in our eyes. We found this to work better than having these lights on the floor pointing upwards. Colour and effect lighting is then to the rear and side as follows; - Colour stage washes on stands at sides. - Contrasting colour lights on floor to sides and on drums. - Moving head lights to sides on floor and on stand behind drums. Gaz

Amen to that, if you find a unicorn bring it round, ill spray it any colour you like ...

In a complete fantasy world with no consequences (and without wishing any actual physical harm on anybody) I'd have a bomb put under the Houses of f*cking Parliament. A big one. In a slightly less fantastical world I'll take a house with enough garage space to house all my fantasy cars.

Yes definitely add No Brexit to my list too. I'll raise that to seeing Trump removed from office too.

Oh God no! That would mean going a whole week without beer. Never gonna happen! 😂

Ours will probably be defunct before Tuesday. Now there's a band name. Defunct Before Tuesday. If only it was a punk band. I can come up with a million names for those.

A half decent retirement package and a cottage somewhere near Keswick.

“That kid in again?!” ”yep” ”you letting him tune everything for you?” ”yep”

I was about to audition for a band over ten years ago. I'd seen an ad on party sounds, I think. They talked a good game and said they'd done European tours, went on about welcoming people in and being open minded and accepting and so on... So I'm thinking that's great, they aren't expecting a session pro. So I look up the band name to try and find evidence of this European tour.... The only musically related online article I found was a blog by a musician. Long story short and unbeknownst to me, the band name was a coded way of asking a man you don't know if he is a homosexual. Being a younger and less open minded chap I politely declined the audition saying I don't think I'm the right fit for them. When they asked why I revealed I had just found out what the band name meant and I don't think I'd be comfortable being in that band and made some joke about being from a northern backwater town. I received back a lecture on my small mindedness and how places don't make people.... The whole thing was a very bizzare experience and left me feeling puzzled and slightly ashamed, though I was only ever polite to the person I interacted with.

I started a thread on this forum in early October about the weight of bass guitars and why the manufacturers or dealers don't specify the weights of the instruments. I've just changed my bass for a lighter model because I have back trouble and even my 9lb Chowny was too much for me after a short while. My new Italia Cavo (semi-hollow) bass is around 7lb and sounds good with flat wound strings. It also is much kinder to my 68 year old spine than the Chowny. I loved the Chowny but my back didn't appreciate its mass.

Easy, just blend "The Happy Mondays" with "Haircut 100" How about "100 Mondays"? I'm reserving "Happy Haircuts" for myself. 😏 😁

Heel transition starting to get there...

Currently back on a downtempo trip with this possibly the best of the excellent DJ Kicks series, slightly edging out The Thievery Corporation.

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The moment of truth is almost here, asked my local PMT to get a QSC K12.2 and a K10.2 in so I can try them out along with several RCF speakers that they already have in stock. So, on Friday, I’ll be taking the Rob Allen Mouse along with a Fishman Platinum pre amp and seeing if I too can kill RnR. I shall post my findings here.

Well, this week I picked it up. This is the first new instrument I've bought in close to 20 years, having wheeled and dealed in used gear for a long time. I must say that I'm impressed with the build quality. I love the fact the back of the neck is satin, as I've been moving away from sticky glosses for the past while. After a quick setup, I've got it close to where I want it. It's a little raspy in places but I'm sure with a bit of tweaking that will pass. Sound wise it falls somewhere between my stock 2004 MIM P and my Parts Jazz (with 75RI pickups). It certainly sounds warmer and less aggressive than my P. I'm not blown away when the Jazz pickup is soloed, but the P soloed, both on full, or the jazz backed off a little is to my liking. This is all just going straight into my DAW and back on headphones mind, as I'll be trying it in rehearsal later this week. The only slight concern I have is the G saddle is pulling down a bit (as in to the floor in playing position) but I'm considering swapping the stock bridge on my P to a high mass, so I may do it here too. I'm also itching to try GZR's on my P so I may put a set in this too. Another touch I really like is the headstock. It just has "Fender" and "Jaguar Bass" on it. Very minimal and elegant. All in all, I'm happy. I figured I'd be doing some modding, so I'm not disappointed. I'll give it a honeymoon first though. Now a couple of pics, including one with my P for comparison.

Strictly Mondays

If you can gain access to the innards and get your Serivisol sprayed inside the pot, that would be worth a try.

Our band mentioned earlier called The Monday Club folded so all clear there. 👍 Dave

They're a custom set wound to 125TW 100 80 60 40 28 in Nickel, and they are wound to feel as close to those gauges on 34" as they can be at 31.5" scale. I believe they have thicker cores. I tried heavier and lighter strings, regular, tapered, and exposed core and the 125TW felt about right. I've played Nickel for a long old time, but I've just ordered a Stainless Steel set for one of my 6ers to maybe get a little more bite. All in, I can't recommend Newtone strings enough. I used to use DRs, mainly Sun Beams, but their quality control became appalling, and as much as I liked the Sun Beams, they were a little too mellow, and the Lo Riders, a little too much. The Newtone Nickels sit perfectly in between for me, the feel of Sun Beams, but with a little more edge and poke. They're hand made here in the UK, so using them supports a local business too is a nice extra as well. If anyone wants to hear how the B is on the shorter scale with these custom Netwone strings, here's some samples I did when I got my first ACG short(er) scale 6, apologies in advance for the playing >> Cheers, Eude

Panic over! It appears I now have a solution, there's a colleague travelling by train who can take a bass for me. Now to decide which one... Thanks to everyone for their input and kind offers. George

There always were great sounding light-weight basses. My 1969 P bass weighs about 8lbs. I know there were heavy basses that sounded good but there are many well made lighter basses that sound amazing, so the idea that you need a heavy bass in order to make a better sound really was/is a myth.

Au contraire, my judgemental and proscriptive friend...and you can pack it in with the 'Euros', too...

Here's a bit more sanding with a quick wipe of tinted Danish oil 😀

Mine is pretty much bob on 9lbs. Not found anything lighter as yet.

Relatively speaking ALL flats are inexpensive considering how long they last versus roundwounds.