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Vid appeared from our gig on Fri night (see my comments earlier in thread) No idea how they took this but they must have been tall as band play on a stage.😂

That looks amazing, would love to hear some of it. I'm of to Youtube for a search LOL EDIT :- now that was seriously good. Listened to two songs both live and thoroughly enjoyed it. Nice one. Dave

Nice bass, bet you wished you'd kept it. And sporting a lovely pair of flares. Dave

100% i've always found its personal ego's that kill a band. Where is the band based as i'm sure i've heard of them. Dave

To be fair its only our guitarist from the original band. Drummer has been with them 11-12 yrs, singer i think 7 yrs and me 6mths so i'm the newbie 😂 Great band with no ego's, just nice people. Dave

Punk band last night at The Dreadnought in Bathgate celebrating their 50th Anniversary as a rock venue. 4 nights of bands spread over this weekend and next. Punk themed night, 70's themed night, Soft rock night and finally an 80's night. Great night with prizes supplied by the venue for the highest pogo and best dressed punk. The Dreadnought even supplied free hot pies at half time. We had a couple of "guest" singers join us and just had a great night. The punk band Emergency Exit also celebrating 45 years as a band. And here's me with my leather jeans punk look.

On another note i'm doing a themed punk gig tomorrow night and i'll be sporting leather jeans again altho not the ones in my earlier pic. Dave

If i remember right a US Fender Jazz cost me £350 and my WAL was £730 early to mid 80's if my memory serves me right. It was always regarded as an elite bass to buy. I had to save to get it LOL Dave

OUCH now that's even worse IMO. Dave

Further update that GAK have not charged me postage on the 2nd set due today with no prompting from me. All's well that ends well. Dave

You certainly looked the part of an 80's metal hair band. Nice one. Dave

Apologies there @Misdee that was a "should have gone to specsavers" moment. For some weird reason i read Elites as Elixir strings I originally had Elites steels on my Warwick when i got it 35-95 gauge and really liked them. I used Elites for a few years while gigging that particular bass. In those days i only had one bass LOL To be fair i've not tried Elites since early 90's and wasn't sure they were still on the go but i might just have a look at them. I see a lot of players using the Dunlop strings and its one i've not tried yet so that's a good option for me to try. As you say they are relatively cheap too. I'll have a look at the Rotosound UltraMag strings as i've not heard of them either. I dont like overly pliable strings but strings that have too much tension i tend to struggle with them. Dave

I've used Elixirs when they first appeared and still have them on my Warwick Thumb NT but i find they have more tension than i prefer. My Warwick is never gigged these days so the strings have been on it for quite a few years now LOL I've not tried Elites Players and not used Rotosound strings since 80's. Have Elixir strings changed over the years. ? Having been a fan of D'addario EXL190's nickel strings i thought the NYXL's might be close enough to what i'm used to. Its a bit concerning to hear the fret wear thing tho and i'll be curious to see if anything comes back on that point. Dave

I did look at Strings Direct but they were approx £5 / set more than GAK and having used GAK many times before and i always buy more than one set so usually works out cheaper in long run. Have to say i've used Bass Direct quite a few times and they are usually pretty good. On occasion Strings Direct weren't showing my usual strings EXL190's hence looking around for other suppliers. I used to go between Strings Direct and String Busters but not sure the latter is still going these days. Dave

Just a follow up on my strings order this week. Ordered 2 sets, got an email after paying saying only one in stock other in few days. They sent one set on Mon and got them Tues £5 postage. 2nd set posted yesterday and due today with an additional £5 postage. Still quite a quick turnaround on the 2nd set and if i'd known they would arrive today i would have held off with the original set and saved £5 postage. OR if they had told me at the oredring stage i would just have gone elsewhere for both sets. As it turned out £10 for postage meant i was paying a good bit more than other suppliers. Wont make that mistake again. I needed one set for tomorrows gig hence the urgency. Dave

I like to see shops showing how many they have in stock. Dave

Obviously down to your expert playing and flambouyant stagewear. Absolutely nothing to do with the scantily clad female on stage. PS if you have any more pictures of her please feel free to share. 🤣 Dave

You need to show them Chris. Its your duty as a bass player especially with TV fame.😂 Come on i'm really curious now. Dave

Bet you never looked as good as the girl in @Raymondo pic 😂 Dave

Yep that justifies the additional cost for me anyways. My EXL's will last max 3 mths if its my gigging basses and up to 6mths on basses i play at home. If the NYXL's last a year i'd be over the moon but 6mths would be good enough for me. Thanks for sahring your opinions and thoughts so far. No -ve comments about them which is always a good sign. Dave

Another from Gypsies Kiss circa 1986. You can't see it in the pic but i was sporting a broken leg after a footie accident. Using an Ibanez Musician bass in this pic,

Hot Love from a few yrs ago possibly 2016 so not that long ago.

In Stock with the supplier ?? I'm with you on this. If it says In Stock it should be on their shelf waiting to be posted to you. I look at Andertons site quite a lot and they have things marked as "In stock", "Out of Stock" or "Available to order" once you click on an item to order it tells you approx how long the wait will be. I like their system. I ordered 2 sets of strings from a large store (not Andertons) on Mon for next day delivery. I got an email saying they only had one in stock but the other set would be with them in a few days. I asked them to send the one set they had as i needed them for Fri gig. My issue now is it cost £5 to deliver and they'll now charge me another £5 for the 2nd set even tho it was one order and no mention on the site that they only had one in stock. That annoys the hell out of me too. If i had known it was going to cost me £10 for postage in total i would have bought the 2 sets elsewhere and would have been cheaper; Dave

No comment but it wasn't coming from gig money. That was back when i had a 28" waist. Those days have long gone. Dave

Cannae beat leather jeans in a rock band in 80's.