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[quote name='mr zed' timestamp='1473631288' post='3131899'] Do you play with the same drummer as I do .......oh wait........ You sometimes play with a pick. [/quote] Ha ha!

Ooh. This thread is making me wince already. I sometimes play with a pick, and before now have gone for a massive dramatic down stroke and smashed the quick of my finger nail into the side of the pickup, which hurts a lot. I've been smashed in the teeth with my microphone many many times when a drunk clown has danced into my mic stand mid song. And I bizarrely managed to cut my hand packing up from a particularly rowdy St Patrick's day gig once - I was packing away a speaker lead which I'd gaffer taped down across the front of the stage, and as I slid the lead thru my hands I discovered the gaffer tape had stuck to various shards of broken pint glass which stuck in my hand. Great.

I'm mostly using a secondhand LM2, a used Schroeder cab and a used Epi Jack Casady bass which all comes to less than a grand. I used to regularly gig a slightly knackered old SGC Nanyo which cost me about £100 and worked perfectly well - took some pleasure in gigging with such cheap stuff. Then again i've spent shedloads recently on other music stuff instead, which rather spoils my point.

Bought a Gruv Gear Duo strap from Tom. Very smooth transaction, no fuss at all. Good work sir.

Just got a Lull PJ4 weighing 7lb 12oz, and already have an old P weighing 8lb 9oz, which is enough for me. My Jack Casady weighs only 8lb 1oz, but the hollow body does make it more neck heavy than the other two tho. Getting older now so can't be bothered with hefty heavy basses any more.

Suwalki Blues Festival in Poland this summer. Probably about 1,500 people packed into the area in front of our stage. Got some cool onstage shots!

I weighed all of mine the other day, as i've got a bit of a bad shoulder at the mo and figured the weight wasn't helping. I ended up selling on two of my MIA Fenders just cos they were really getting a bit too heavy for me (at 4.2kg and 4.3kg) Current crop is: Fender 1970 P bass - 3.8kg Mike Lull PJ4 - 3.5kg Epiphone Jack Casady - 3.6kg Hopefully that's my lot, as i'm skint now! The rest are six string guitars, which are all sub 3.6kg so no probs there.

I love the flats I've got - Labellas on my old precision, and TIs on my Jack Casady. What flats are we using for a Lull? I must say I generally prefer the feel of the Labellas, but both them and the TIs sound lovely, The Lull is more modern sounding than my Fender so maybe flats will take that sound back a bit. Hmm.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1472982988' post='3125707'] I think it's meant to be ironic, at least I hope so. At least it's OK for singing and anything other than rock. [/quote] Ha ha yeah I hope so! Sadly no ban on bluegrass tho...

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1472981984' post='3125687'] a year or so ago we had a spate of this thing and this started appearing around town [/quote] No laughing? Wtf that's a bit repressive isn't it? Idiots.

Our gig last night at a city centre boozer was utterly ridiculous but somehow worked a beauty. We had no drummer, as none of the deps were available. So we went on as a trio, with piano, acoustic guitar/vocals, and me. I spent the night sitting on a Cajon, with a tambourine on my foot, playing bass, harmonica and vocals, and switching between the Cajon and the bass throughout it and trying our best to interpret most of our usual set. On paper it shouldn't have worked at all. But the place was rammed, helped by a large drunk hen party who kindly put a big blow up cock onstage in front of me while I was singing Respect by Erasure. Nice touch. At some point my neighbours and their whole extended family randomly came by, as did half of my other band who happened to be out in town on the lash. But somehow it all worked and the floor was packed all night. My hands are killing from flailing away on that Cajon all evening tho. Was wise enough to take my wedding ring off first. Amusing night.

Thanks for the kind words folks. Yes I reckon some flats might be just the thing - already got them on my other two remaining basses. Was due to gig the Lull last night but the gig turned into a strange quasi-acoustic hodge podge affair down the local boozer, so I ended up mashing away on my Jack Casady Epi instead, which fitted in better. Really looking forward to getting some miles on the clock with the Lull tho. It's still a bit new and stiff compared to basses which I've played week in week out for years. Only one way to get thru that...!

Here you go - as ever they seem to be at strange angles but hey, you get the idea. My missus said; "Ooh i love the colour" but to be honest i wasn't sure, tho its growing on me now. Its kind of bluey or greeny depending on the light, with the woodgrain visible beneath it. Sort of somewhere close to Fender 50s sea foam green colour, but a tad more bluish. Can't wait to get home and have another play of it!