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I,m sure I read that somewhere. Thats why they changed the design in 1957 to the split type. No. You are right. This is what I was thinking of in my post above.

Wonder if the OP's gear escaped unscathed.

The 51 had a high output. A hard pluck would create such a spike it would damage speakers. They tamed it with the J

I used my CMD 121 last Saturday. I play in a loud rock band and it was more than enough for a small pub.

When I bought my limelight it was shipped in one of these. Not overly expensive but great for the price. https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_ebass_case.htm

No, its something my old dad used to call his underpants. I just picked it up as I grew up.

Played Setting Sons today for the first time in years. Bruce is on form with this cracking bass line.

I had to google that!! 😂

A lot of the early Limelights went a bit OTT with the relic idea, but the newer ones are a lot more realistic.

Didnt they have the original drummer Rick Buckler as well when they first started out? What happened to him??

It doesn't look like a Rickenbacker. It doesn't look like anything. 💩

To make matters worse, the UK has had points deducted. Oh well, you cant get any lower than last place. 😂 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48375560

Mark is very cagey about his pickups. He doesn't give much away about them. Has anyone ever taken one apart?

Didnt he do all those pizzicato string arangements on the early Adam Faith records??

The Specials have covered that on their new album. In fairness, Terry Hall does a reasonable job of it.

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I changed from steel to nickle after I found that my fingertips were getting sore and tender after a while. Nickle strings don't seem to affect me.

Hmm. Katrina and the waves won it and she is from the US. But with so many countries pulling out of the contest, they have had to make the numbers up with Australia etc.

Yes, and deffo get it looked at by a doctor too.

Do bass strings have a best before date? I found 5 packs of Ernie Ball Super Slinkies languishing at the bottom of a cupboard that I completely forgot about. They must be 5 years old at least, but the packets are sealed. I may get round to using them at some stage, but otherwise I will bin them if they are perishable.

How many shows follow the same format? Buy something cheap from an auction and try and sell it back to an auction at a profit. Go and look at different properties for sale and buy/not buy one. Find some old junk, do it up and sell it for a profit. ZZzzz!! 😴

Good impersonation of Bruce Thomas there! 😁