Jean-Luc Pickguard

I have a non-reverse thunderbird incoming and I'm not a fan of the stock gibson 3 point bridge, so I'm looking into replacing it with a Hipshot SuperTone or Babicz. I slightly prefer the look of the hipshot in pics of just the bridge, but the babicz can be obtained at a lower cost from bass direct. I've not seen a lot of pics with these fitted, so if you have one, feel free to post a pic or two here — it will greatly help me see which one I prefer the look of when fitted.

Dum Dum Boys — Iggy Pop

6" Gold Blade — The Birthday Party

Prescription Drugs

Well, there's a solution looking for a problem

Troglodyte — Jimmy Castor Bunch

Bonobo Not My Baby — Maxine Brown

Orangutan Coloured Sky — Nat King Cole

Bring It On — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I've Been A Bad Bad Boy — Paul Jones

Take this Bread — The Felice Brothers

I hate to tell you this, but I think your budgie has escaped

No not at all. But if you want to read that into it thats fine.

Swallow My Pride — The Ramones

Kinky Love — Nancy Sinatra

Wild Is The Wind — David Bowie

Doctor Doctor — UFO

Listening back to the recording of Saturday's gig, I came to the realisation that I am finally happy with my bass gear — at least for now. When I look at basses for sale, I don't feel tempted by them for long as I know any new bass won't be taken to a gig in preference to one (or two) of my JMJ mustangs. My Ashdown ABM 600 Evo VI sounds mighty in a way my old markbass LMII could only dream of. I don't own the cabs I play through as the band already had a pair of Ashbown ABM cabs when I joined and although they are blummin' heavy compared to my own Schroeder 1212L, they work really well with my ABM 600. My pedalboard has been in a state of flux for a while and I feel that it has now reached its final form: Boss TU-3w Tuner -> Boss SY1 Synth -> Boss BC-1X Bass Comp -> Boss BB-1X Bass Driver -> Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah -> SFX Micro Thumpinator The only always-on pedal are the Bass Comp & Thumpinator, the others get used sparingly but were all utilised at Saturday's gig. The SY-1 doing a brilliant Organ doubling the bass line which probably had people looking for a non-existant keyboard player in the room

...and in a similar vein: The Gigalo *unts

cu*ting crew

Fuggin-ell! It shot up to £232.57 in the dying seconds. Someone's going to be disappointed...