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I have some dodgy blurry photos from somewhere in the early 80s. I'll scan them in some time.

I put one together from parts when Hayman went bust - there was also a fire at the Fender Soundhouse and loads of Hayman parts got sold off. Sadly I didn't manage to get all the bits for a twin-neck but I did get the bits for a 40/40. I think I made a mistake PXing it for a Precision.

Zoom B3 - £140 Keith McMillen 12-step - £180 Reasonable MIDI module - I'm sure I could get something new or second-hand for the best part of £400

Thanks all, I think I'll start with minor violence with pliers and work up from there.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1434300632' post='2798457'] The million dollar question - is the disappearance of said T shirt linked to the appearance of this thread on Basschat? [/quote] It could just be linked to the passage of time.

I went from hair halfway down my back to a number 2 for the remaining hair as the bald spot made itself properly known.

My Buzzard BO uses the 2-piece bridge/tailpiece. I didn't like the Rotosound nickels (I think) that were on it and put a set of Elites on. However, they didn't fit into the tailpiece very well, the E and especially the B taking a bit of wedging into place and not reassuring me as to how well they'll stay there. So has anyone else had this problem, and what strings have you found that will fit in happily?

Wasn't too keen on the chunky neck on the 5, which is why I sold mine. I'd have valued the 4s at £190 to £230, 5s twenty or thirty quid more. And if I'd got on better with the neck, I wouldn't have sold it.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1434147920' post='2797242'] I know, I think he will struggle to find someone wishing to give up a Warwick for a bloody Stingray! [/quote] Perhaps a straight swap for a Rockbass.

And personally, after a re-listen to "Wichita Lineman", I feel that it's a good song struggling to emerge from the dreadful cloying strings and syrupy voice. A possible diamond immersed in sludge.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1434153646' post='2797264'] You don't get out of it that easily and TBH, bit gutted you didn't remember I had already posted something similar on the 29th November last year. "Blatant Plagiarism" is the term I would use... [/quote] Had you used the word "twinned", I couldn't have failed to agree. I can only think that you are resentful of no-one pointing out that despite the nomenclative the relationship between yourself, the late Susannah York, and Thom Yorke, that none of you have ever gone further north than Northampton.

All basses (and guitars) except acoustics are fitted with Schaller or compatible straplocks so all straps are so equipped. 10-string is neckdivey and has its own strap - suede one to prevent neckdive, one of those slot-position ones so it's permanently set up for that bass, which only fits in one case. Buzzard has a sweet spot (dictated by the ergonomics) and has its own strap, which lives in its case (exclusive to the Buzzard). Sei fits in a guitar case and its strap lives in there. Other basses get to use the strap that's in the other case. My Variax guitar lives in a case with a strap in it. So I actually have a strap for every case. Oh, the one bass that isn't fitted with Schaller stuff is the Hohner B2AV, which has its own case, and a strap that lives in there specially for it.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1434147767' post='2797238'] Err.... "Posted 29 November 2014 - 01:22 PM Following the departure of David Byrne from Talking Heads, Alan Bennett has confirmed he will be taking them in a new direction. In a separate development Tina Weymouth will be collaborating with Jesse Winchester." [/quote] She's obviously moved on.

My Warwick JD Thumb. Although it's a 4 and so I don't play it these days, it's still a fantastic bass. So glad I traded a Precision (plus a lot of money) for it back in 1987.

John Deacon is actually a verger.

It has just been announced that Alan Lancaster and Jeff Berlin are to be twinned. Tina Weymouth and Glen Matlock are currently in talks.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1433869052' post='2794724'] My OCD can't get past the bridge placement not being in the centre of the tone-block......or matching up with the width of the neck. [/quote] In the first photo it looks on the wonk but later in the album it looks better: Possibly a shadow?

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1433793045' post='2794061'] Dali and Picasso had jobs where they were paid to be painters, doesn't mean they shouldn't be recognised for being exceptionally good at it. [/quote] The analogy is more that they should be able to say what their favourite ten paintings are, regardless of whether they were doing them on a whim or had been commissioned. The same goes for composers such as Bach and Mozart, who were paid to compose - I don't see why the fact that they were paid to compose their works, either as commissions or as part of their employment, shouldn't mean they should be disqualified from saying what their favourites were. Although it would be difficult to get an opinion from them now.

On my Ashbory, which has rubber-band strings, I find that adopting a violinesque left hand position with the fingers pointing more along than across the unfretboard works better than the orthodox straight-across bass finger position.

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1433830252' post='2794249'] Mavericks....Dance the night Away......dead easy to play, but again the constant repetition makes it a nightmare!! [/quote] I used to amuse myself by keeping going up until I ran out of fretboard, then going down. On a 5 string, that keeps you going for a while. Hotel California for me - not from the complexity of the bassline but because to make up for the fact we're missing a second guitar, keyboards, and whatever else the Eagles had available, I arpeggio root-5-octave legato throughout the three verse instrumental outro that we do. The whole song is that root-5-octave arpeggio, but playing it when the vocals are there, I'm relaxing my fretting hand to damp the strings at least once during every bar on a particular chord, whereas I have to just keep fretting when playing legato.

There's one of those combos in the rehearsal room that I use. If I was concerned with anything other than hitting the right notes, I wouldn't use it. There's also a Trace 4x10 combo in the room (under the other one, as it happens) which I don't bother using - used to have one, made of depleted uranium, not exactly tone monsters.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1433678163' post='2792996'] My God...this fella could bull5hit for England...unfortunately from the grammar I don't think he's even from this planet!! [/quote] And it appears he's called Kate.

And as it's transparent, it doesn't look like a well known brand of bass guitar. Neat.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1433075858' post='2787540'] If he's so bad how can people like it?? [/quote] Because a sizeable proportion, perhaps the majority, of non-musicians in the audience will be listening to the music inside their heads.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1433686630' post='2793083'] IME the U.S. and Canadian immigration officials are ok if you play along with them. [/quote] Do they give you the chords or have you just got to do it by ear?