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The headstock is carefully constructed so that you can slice hard-boiled eggs with it. Also, I am suspicious of its ergonomics - I think that top horn may produce neck dive.

I'd leave any band that appeared in.

[quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1463141285' post='3048946'] I also seem to recall a Take Fat - inlcuding a "Blobby Williams" on a certain TV progamme a while ago! There must be more, surely....... [/quote] Wouldn't Fake Tat be a better name?

[quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1463156896' post='3049169'] And a favourite of mine Dread Zeppelin - reggae versions of Led Zep with an Elvis impersonator. Actually, quite good at times! [/quote] When they're good, they're really good - well preferable to Led Zep IMO. (I was going to type "the originals", but under the circumstances... )

I've seen a couple of reworked B2s. BCer Anzoid had one, a slimline version of a "normal" body with a long top horn. I've got another, which was made by BCer yorksfivestringer from a B2 which (IIRC) got run over; it looks vaguely like a Status Streamline.

I'm just wondering if there is space for the battery to move slightly when the bass is moved. If the battery connection or leads are dodgy or fractionally loose, that might do it. Try moving the battery when the bass is plugged in. (My original thought was that it might be the keyboard player )

I complimented one of the Four Brothers on his hat once (I think I may have bought him a drink as well?). I didn't realise who he was till later, when he and the rest of the band walked on stage all wearing hats like that

And while we're at it, here's a Foundation fiver... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USA-MADE-PEAVEY-FOUNDATION-5-STRING-BASS-GUITAR-MAPLE-NECK-PASSIVE-TWIN-PICKUPS/131781409290?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D61ba2c07fc3c4726827de436c280cb44%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D131779267510

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-Dyna-bass-5-string-bass-guitar-Immaculate-/182127506487?hash=item2a67a53437:g:XPAAAOSwt7pXM0ue Liverpool, £18 to ship. White. Looks nice. Sadly I'm skint... though I haven't got a Peavey fiver. Tempting.

Nice. It's probably just as well the neck is too chunky for me, otherwise I'd be digging the hole deeper...

That's not the first I've run across which has been made passive-only. Do their electronics tend to break down?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1462911150' post='3046947'] To me, if a guy has paying work to offer he can be as manipulative as he wants. Blue [/quote] If we were getting paid, I'd probably agree. I won't work with her again, for sure.

I'm not actually sure. Probably lack of talent. But the leader asked me about six weeks before "Do you think I'm too manipulative?", apparently seriously...