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All together now; 'This is an ex parrot'.......

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1347376291' post='1799947'] Phwooooaarr.... [/quote] No no, he's Archie Leach, This is Carrie Grant VERY Phwooooaarr....

An ex of mine is called Pat.

The gorgeous Carrie Grant. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Grant"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Grant[/url]

I'd like to go. My route will be; Norfolk, Thetford - A11 M11 M25 - anti clockwise - Addlestone Anyone around that route need a lift? Room for a bit of kit, but basses don't sit easily in the boot, VW Golf. PM me with address and I'll try to help. Mark

I was at Newmarket too. Now a confirmed Jones fan, 72 and still that voice? I liked that he was 'just' the lead singer in a band, not playing the superstar. Excellent show. Bet a tenner on the races, none of mine won, good evening though.

Bought a GK MB200 amp from Andy. Prompt delivery, amp exactly as stated, very well packed. Very pleasant chap to deal with. Cheers mate. Regards Mark

Yep, white pearl on white looks good to me. The gold looks wrong in my opinion.

Hi Phil, Still lovin' the black jazz I bought from you. Regards Mark

I bought one in 1977. It cost me £125 from a shop in Uxbridge Arcade. Natural wood, chrome pick up and bridge covers, thumb rest, white pick guard, maple neck with black dot fret markers. Lovely instrument as I recall, quite heavy. I'd like to see pics of your one, shame I've no pictures of mine, long since swapped for a photographic enlarger.

Paul Rodgers version of 'Good Morning Little School Girl' (tribute to Muddy cd) is quite disturbing and sounds (to me anyway) very sleazy. I skip over that track as I find it uncomfortable. However, Muddy Waters' rendition, on the Anthology cd, causes no such concern. It was 'Claire' saying to her Uncle Ray that she wanted to marry him, not the other way round on Gilbert O'Sullivan's recording. Nothing untoward there. [size=1](edit for spelling)[/size]

Caroline - Status Quo

The sound of JJ's bass was very influential in me picking it up. I ended up playing my Columbus P copy with round wound strings, using an old 5p piece as a plecktrum, the serrated edge made a nice grinding sound against the strings. I saw them play at Brunel University in Uxbridge, great gig.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1329123541' post='1537270'] I have been late for Sunday lunchtime gigs twice in my life because the clocks went forward and I didn't know. [/quote] I had a young lad arrive for a course at 6 am and waited in the cold for two hours until we arrived. He put his clock forward instead of back.

My friends and I used to frequent 'Stereo Recods', top of Park Road, Hayes, Middx. It went some time ago, hung on for ages after the demise of the LP. Album sleeves were often a work of art, (Roger Dean?) which just didn't translate to the CD format. I think that took a lot of the browsing fun away and may have contributed slightly to record shops losing some appeal. Edit. A recurring theme among the posts here seems to mention how much fun it was to go into a record shop. I have to admit, buying on line doesn't tick that box.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1328378652' post='1526246'] Hello Mark! I'm flattered, but it's not me in the vid. I just stumbled across it. FWIW, I use La Bella flats on my 70s J, and once the truss is tweaked a little to compensate if necessary, it's fine. [/quote] Oops! Cheers for the reply!

Hi WoT, A couple of questions if that's ok? Did the flats require a big change to the truss rod? I put a set of LaBella Deep Talking on my Jazz, got scared by how much the neck bowed and took them off shortly after fitting! Do you still have a wide variation in tones available compared to before fitting flats? I like the tone you have in the vid. deep growling 'E' and yes, I liked the vid, nice one. I'm tempted to try again with flats after seeing this. Regards Mark

I have an AB1 and a Son called Daniel. May I be an associate please?

Good question Nigel I suppose because I'm an emotional train wreck. It can lift my spirit, reinforce/reflect/help my mood. Not meant to be a glib answer.

She says; " 'ere babe, Bert Weedon says you [u]can[/u] play it in a day."

Initially; JJ Burnel - He caused me to want to play bass, all that energy and that sound. Roger Waters - Dark Side Of The Moon, played the album repeatedly. Chris Squire - Again, the sound. John Deacon - Always in the background, never over played anything, not overly complicated but just right. Sting - Early Police, fun and not too difficult to play. Latterly; Roscoe Beck James Jamerson Pino Palladino Rhino Edwards Bruce Foxton

Hi All, Hoping someone here can help at least find out what's happened to this fella. Known to one and all as Jack, he played bass (and possibly drums) in a couple of bands during the 60's, The Maze and MI5 (two members of whom left to form Deep Purple.) and recorded with Joe Brown in the late 60's early 70's. He ran the Virgin recording studios in Windsor, Berks, also in the late 60's-early 70's which was nothing to do with Richard Branson at that time. Thanks and regards Mark

I've never been in a band, but by golly, I'd like to join one right now and give them a piece of my mind. In fact, I intend to leave them before even joining, that'll show 'em. Flipping guitarists/singers/drummers, who needs 'em? EDIT: Whoops, just read Mr Skank's posting, sorry, not plagerising.