Skinnyman

Why is that? Why do they always come and talk to the bass player? Is it that they figure we don’t have much to do? Or because we look bored (well, we should if we’re doing it properly 😀)? Nice piece, Dave - made me chuckle because it’s so accurate. And then weep for the same reason......

Ah, who can tell? Who knows the ways of the Ricky? He's like a cat is our Ricky. Comes and goes as he pleases, answers to no-one, completely independent, semi-feral. And spends his evenings on the hearth rug cleaning his wotsnames with his tongue*..... (*probably)

Aw, thanks, Dave (and ReggaeB) I've never met Young Teebs and, unless there's a weird stalker thing going on (which, let's be frank here, there could be...), he's never met me. So in his case, it's your third scenario. He's a p#ss-taking little scamp who has no respect for his elders and betters. Me? I'm going with number two on the list - I can't stand the fekker 😀 (Nah, not really. We save that for That Ricky4000. He's a right bar steward, he is.....) (Runs away giggling)

Ooh, this is gonna be awkward.......

So long as you've kept the receipt for when she/Teebsinafrock turns up

Nice emoji work there, Ricky. Tasteful.

But it has got that incredible bass "fanfare" at the start of Hold Out Your Hand... (I learnt it just so i had something to show off with if ever the need arose. The need has never yet arisen but i live in hope.....)

(I do like to think that we raise the standard of intellectual debate here on basschat 😃)

From Wiki-thingy.... Gimp thread, or scoubidou, a plastic thread used in crafts such as lanyards Interesting. And scoubidou!

You live in Scotland. When is it ever 20 degrees and sunny? 😃 Aye thang quew! We're here all week! Whereas i do because i don't dish them out like sweeties to all and sundry. I am considered in my responses and only use TLRTs responsibly.

Thank you, sweetie. Didn't know you felt that way....

Oh yeah? And how else am i going to get the wasps to come? Eh? Didn't think that one through, did ya?

Ha! My Ricky 4003 has the patented syrup finish to the back of the neck and is always a little "grabby". In a humid environment (like most gigs or yesterday) it gets even worse. With the oppressive weather yesterday it was like someone had velcroed my hand to the neck.

Er, you're the bass player. Unless you're on fire, there is virtually no chance of you appearing anywhere in the final edit so just ignore the whole camera thing - they're not there for the likes of us.... 😃

New parking enforcement in action in Devizes. Cuts down on repeat offenders......

Isn't it astonishing how much a certain Major James Whosisit resembles the late King?

This is an impossible question to answer - I love most of them equally and have a different favourite every day depending on mood. If I had to pick just one it would (controversial, this) be Topographic. Yes, it's flawed, yes there are boring bits - but you could say that about Mozart or Beethoven. But taken as a whole, it builds up to Ritual and that glorious, marvellous climax. Yessongs is a very good call and has my favourite version of And You And I. Apart from the "classic" stuff, I also like The Ladder and Fly From Here a lot - much better than 90125, Magnifi-wotsit and Onion. Saw them loads of times and was heartbroken the last time i saw them with Chris Squire. Close to the Edge at the RAH with Geoff Downed on keys and they were distinctly ordinary - looking back, Chris was obviously unwell at that stage.

Probably. Like "what order do you tune your strings?" "Is it plectrum or pick?" "Flats or rounds?" "Why buy anything other than a Precision?" "Arent Rickenbackers shi-ite/wonderful?" "Is climate change a thing and how should we stop it?" "Cyclists or predestrians?" And any number of other contentious discussions that have no definitively correct answer. For the record and to kick things off, I prefer to use my fingers. Largely because a pick/plectrum is too big to go any kind of useful distance into a nostril for clearance purposes.

Oh, is that what that was? I thought it was air corn on the cob...... Don't I feel the fool now! Ptchah! 😃

Try fretting with your hand then....

You may wish to look away..... The only form in which I can tolerate liquorice is the torpedo. This dates back to my youth when, on the way home from school, I would buy a bag of kali (I’ve just realised I have no idea how to spell that word - I’ve known it from being an infant but never had occasion to spell it before. Basically, crystal sherbet. ) and a bag of liquorice torpedoes in the same bag. The torpedoes were then licked and used as transport to deliver the kali to a waiting mouth. The combination of sherbet and the outer coating of the torpedo managed to disguise the taste of the liquorice while still allowing its chewiness to give some substance to the mouthful.

Been playing air bass for forty-odd years now and still can’t get on with a Rickenbacker air bass. So uncomfortable...., An air Precision with flat wounds is fantastic though.....

A Dutch lawyer....

Fixed 😃

Wanted to play bass from the age of about thirteen. John Ford, John Entwistle and Chris Squire were my inspirations and i fell in love with the shape of the Rickenbacker. Finally started learning when i turned fifty. It takes me a while to get round to things...