Skinnyman

That second one with the black PG is lovely

Aaaaaaargh...... You cruel b....... *Sobs*

Aaaargh. Stop talking about this!!! I want one!!!! *Can't have one, can't afford. *But i wants it. So pretty *You got too many already *But its so nice....... * So Bloooooooo.... *You got to sell some stuff then *Yes! Yes! I do that. I sell fings, then I get one...... (Disappears upstairs with camera)

Hiya big ny. Welcome to the forum

Howdy, wombat

You might even get it to go straight.... 😁 Geddit? Go straight? Fleabag, see, so.... Go straight. 's funny. *Sigh* I'll get me coat

And it's good for the ikonomi too

I find it easier to just get in with the twist and then do a roly-poly while wearing the bass. No I don't. I have the same issue as everyone else.....it's even worse when you have a wireless transmitter clipped to the strap

That is gorgeous. Much as i love my 4003, I'd be very tempted by one of those.

I recognise the symptoms and am trying to detox myself. At the moment I've instituted a one-in, one-out policy. So i can't buy the Barefaced One10 i crave until I've sold my fender 410. And then I'll try and move to a one-in, two-out policy and see if I can cull the herd a bit. Maybe a support group on here? One without Cato's "help"?

That pretty much sums it up for me. I deal with the second category by having a cheat sheet in from to me - basically the set list but with a note appended by each song. It might be the key, the opening riff or a note to remember the stop after the second chorus or suchlike. I've never actually needed to use it at a gig to get me out of trouble but i figure that just having it has stopped me getting into trouble in the first place, if you know what i mean. My coping strategy for the first category is to carry on playing but take the volume down until I'm back on solid ground.... it happens annoyingly often - mainly because i start wondering how long to the next break because I'm getting desperate to go and pee

I'm sure that hunting down the best/cheapest/bargain/ultimate/whatever piece of kit is a "man"thing that's the modern equivalent of hunting the mammoth. I like nothing better than a good 'project', especially for something I don't know much about. The research, the shortlist, the bargain chase.... And a good spreadsheet whenever there's the opportunity. Or is that just me?

Ooh, good choice. Me gonna listen to that now. Loud....

All this talk of PBasses makes me think that i need to try some more in case The One is out there. I have a nice 1982 Precision but it weighs more than an Austin Princess - I might have to go seek out the Perfect P. Dammit. This thread has given me GAS..... Aaaaaaaaargh!

Makes me think there's scope for a whole new sub-forum, "Pbasschat".

Don’t talk to me about bloody British Gas..... Small world though, I used to live in Coleorton

Someone has taken the sharp things away from him, haven't they? Haven't they? Why haven't they?

Cheese at bedtime mainly

Thanks Hooky. I’ve been wondering about half rounds for a while and was tempted to try a set - you’ve just saved me £36! Thats cold comfort to you, I know, but you can take heart from knowing that you’ve just performed a valuable consumer service!

This. He can’t see past this and recognise that you’ve actually done him a favour. He should see that what he’s paid out was a reward for the recovery of his bass. What he’s actually thinking is that he’s just paid to buy a bass he already owns. Given time, he might come round - but, frankly, why should you care? You’ve done the decent thing. You’ve reunited the bass with its original owner. You didn’t have to do that, but you did. So move on and let him come round in his own sweet time. To paraphrase what Andruca says, the people you do a good deed for don’t have to be nice people - but that shouldn’t stop you being a nice person yourself.

Nice picture. Keep the tour diary coming - we can tour Europe vicariously with you 😀

Or, put another way, you have to suffer a lot of pricks before you touch the rose. never understood that myself, but mother used the phrase a lot

Or a corpse

OK, so you have the bass sorted. But now you get to put all that GAS energy into amps, cabs, lighting, PA, set list software, clothes, shades, hairstyle, image consultants, a new laptop..... You may have won a battle, but the war ain't over by a long way.....

It's got fleas....