Skinnyman

I was a grammar school boy in 1973 so that means that I can only be into Yes, Genesis, King Crimson and Mike Oldfield. Everything else must be a private vice that I have to indulge in alone. If I’d been just a couple of years younger I could have been into something cool like punk. A few years older and I’d have been in the Beatles generation. Instead, I’ve been saddled with the love that dare not speak its name since 1977.....

The first band I ever saw was at a family wedding in the sixties when i was but a nipper. The band did loads of Shadows covers and i distinctly remember the bass player had a Candy Apple Red bass. No idea what make or model - in my mind it's a Fender of some sort but i could be wrong. Since that day i a) wanted to play bass and b) wanted a CAR Fender. I've managed (a) (barely, some might say) and got close to (b) with a Sandberg. So i voted red because, for me, that's the 'proper' colour for a bass.

Welcome to the forum, m'sieu 😁

It certainly cuts through a muddy, guitar-saturated mix......

Ah. Just spotted the "sort" options at the top. Timeline is restored....phew.

Ok, everything has voting buttons now and the timeline is all over the place. Fleabag seems to have unwittingly altered the fabric of time. Or at least, watched it fall down the stairs

The voting arrows are fun. Dunno what impact they have but I've been voting all Teebs' posts down ....suggest you all do the same?

I have a headache now.

That's nice.....

Wow. D'Addario Chromes sound fantastic on the little Gretsch. I am so chuffed with this....

I adore my 4003s. I love the sound it makes, the shape and the light(ish) weight. Annoyances were limited to the awful paint finish on the back of the neck that goes sticky after about twenty minutes playing and the lack of anywhere to anchor a thumb while playing the E string. The sticky neck thing is apparently well known and affects some basses and not others. I fixed mine by rubbing the back with very fine sandpaper and basically removing the top paint surface. It's made the back of the me know very dull but i don't care as the bass is now all-evening playable. The thumb thing I've sorted with a thumb rest that i made. What was a beautiful looking and sounding bass, spoilt by some poor design/finish issues is now my favourite instrument. You could argue that for the price this should all be sorted at the factory - but i like the fact that this is my bass and it's customised precisely to my taste.

I want one of those outfits. In fact, I want to be in that band. You know that thread that we have running about not taking oneself too seriously....these guys would take the crown

I hated the idea of eBooks right until the point when i got a kindle. Best invention ever! It saves me a huge amount of room both in the house and in my luggage when i go on holiday.

With Brian Blessed in a regular cameo role. Every time Sting appears, he pops up and says........ *wait for it* ”Gordon’s arrived!” * I’ll get me coat....

Me next?

Any port in a storm, is the thinking, I guess....

Quisling

No we don’t. We is rebels. We is da fewcha an’ we don’ need to respeck no one and nuffin’. Ya dig me, blud?

Ah, oui. Le telly. Pardonnez-moi. J’ai oublie que papa habite en France. Je suis certainement un billy silly.

I can’t play with a pick so I’d be useless with a banana....

At this time of night? He’ll be snoring in front of the telly

You sound like my older sister......

Ive just ordered some d’addario chrome flats for it. The stock strings are really bright and I think the bass has enough articulation to be able to handle flats without sounding muddy. Anyone else using flats on one of these?

skinnyman: (Aside to audience) These fools send me their money and think I’m saving it for them! They don’t know that they have bought me a yacht and a boob job! (to Teebs and Ricky) Of course, chaps. It’s all safely put away in our private account! You can trust me (mwah, hah, hah, hah) (Exits, sniggering to himself. Curtain)

They’ll be down the subterranean headquarters again, getting their weekly injections from Ped.