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Absolute first would probably be "Hey Joe" from some bass tuition book or other, but the first actually playing with another person (a mate from work on guitar) was REM "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?".

May be of interest to @TheGreek and one or two others. If it wasn't collection only from Witney, I'd have been interested myself - would have made a neat mini-stack with the BLX-110 I've already got plus my AH200 (and possibly tilted the Earth on its axis slightly in the process). Current bid £68, with just over 12 hours to go as of now (8:54am, 23 March 2019), so be quick!!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trace-Elliot-bass-cab-BLX110-150w-Extension-Cab/123697664993?hash=item1cccf493e1:g:3UQAAOSwoutckAZt

Summat else - Butterscotch Blonde (neither white nor yellow IMHO). 😎

Ooh, now that's interesting. I ordered mine the same day, at the same price, and wondered whether I might be due a refund when the order was finally fulfilled. TBH, my understanding was that the "price difference" policy only applied on pre-orders, which I don't think this was technically, but we'll see. 🤞

Ordered it on Christmas Day (as you do, it's not like there's anything else going on... 😉). I've had a couple of "holding" emails since then, including one the day before it was dispatched - guess Amazon's crystal ball must have let them down!

It's here! And... Wow!!! 🤪

A mate of mine ordered it in early December (he reckons this was the first batch?), and then ordered a second copy last month when it was slightly cheaper. His earlier / slightly more expensive order was delivered today, and he's well impressed. Hurry up Amazon, dammit!!! 😖 Edit: just checked my emails, and it's been dispatched, arriving tomorrow!!! 😂

Mine's been "unexpectedly delayed", estimated arrival date is now March 12 2019 - April 16 2019... 🙄

No, apparently it's a handrest! http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/parts/bridge/GibsonHandrest.php

One for the Gibson collectors? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIBSON-1965-EB-3-PELHAM-BLUE-ORIGINAL-VINTAGE-BASS-SUPER-RARE/292924900733?hash=item4433af457d:g:oHAAAOSwKphcQj8J:rk:1:pf:1

This popped up on my FB feed via a mate. Boss / SansAmp / Zoom / MXR / EHX pedals being sold as an "Effects Pedals Set" in Skelmersdale Cash Generator... 🤔

Same here with a Palmer Pedalbay - board is ready carpeted, so the hooked tape supplied goes on the pedals.

Another @obbm Rockwire user here, various lengths with a mix of Neutrik and Hicon pancake jacks. All good quality stuff, and it's nice to support a fellow BCer!

My OH got me Barry Matthews' "Fender Bass for Britain" and Barrie Midford-Millership's "The Mighty Hybrid and The Keeper of The Slabs" books, and I've just bought myself Geddy Lee's book. Just need a new bookshelf to keep them on now...

Likewise, though bizarrely it cost £22.18... 🤨

Had one of these as my first "proper" amp, and still regret donating it to my old lead guitarist to use in his studio before we moved to the other side of the country... 🙄

Good luck with your new project, and hope all goes well with the surgery. 👍

Hah, that'd be me then... 😁 But yeah, I thought it was a bit steep too, and didn't pay anywhere near that for mine. That said, they are a decent quality jacket if you like that sort of thing, so I guess somebody might be willing to pay it... ... though I suspect I know who it won't be... 😆

Just in case anyone's interested, another Trace Elliot embossed leather jacket has come up on t' Bay. This one appears to have been signed on the lining by Paul Gilbert of Mr Big fame - can't swear to it obviously, but the scrawl looks very similar to PG's autograph on a couple of items I've found elsewhere on t'interwebz. I messaged the seller regarding the signature, and this was what she had to say... "Thanks so much for taking the trouble to write to me. The jacket belonged to my husband who died in March. He was a bass player and the signature was on the jacket when he bought it. Not sure where he bought it from but it wasn’t new when he got it, obviously. " https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113242663056?ul_noapp=true

Not my Wal (obviously, as I don't possess such a beast), but it probably belongs here. 1977 Wal JG Custom Bass at Norman's Rare Guitars...

Yeah, this yellow... 😎

@nuno1959 Just to respond to your original question without getting into a discussion about technique etc., have you looked at Hicon pancake jacks? https://www.designacable.com/components/hicon-pancake-jack-mono-hi-j63ma05-flat-angled-gold-tip-silver-and-black-shell.html I'm no expert, but the ones I've got on some obbm patch cables look pretty substantial.

Not a live album as such, but myself and a couple of mates were on the guestlist at the Royal Concert Hall Nottingham in 1983 when Saxon filmed their live video. In fact, one might almost claim to have played a crucial role in the end result... We'd travelled down from Blackpool in a hired pale yellow Mini Metro (not the most rock 'n' roll of vehicles!). Almost as soon as we got there, one of the roadcrew collared us and asked if we'd come by car - apparently Graham Oliver needed a guitar picking up from Carlsbro Music in Leicester, could we take one of the crew and go for it? So, off we trundle to Leicester, collect a sunburst Squier Strat from Carlsbro, fuel up the car at Saxon's expense, and head back to Nottingham. All gig, we're watching from the balcony at the side of the stage waiting for *our* guitar to make an appearance. Eventually, just when we've given up all hope, out it comes for "And The Bands Played On". Then this happens... https://youtu.be/wY-lyxqHzNM?t=36m55s Yep, *our* guitar gets thrown about, doused in lighter fuel, and set alight. Bloomin' rock stars, don't they know how much trouble (i.e. missed opportunities for ligging) went in to getting the darn thing here in the first place?!!! 🙈

Doh, I'd forgotten all about Old Nick's - me and the guitarist from the last band (who really wants to get an originals project together, but hasn't managed to drum up any interest via JMB or Bandonkers) had been talking about going along to see if we could make a few contacts there, but still haven't been. There's also an open mic at The Bell in Burgh-le-Marsh (again, not made it there yet), and a couple of the chaps from Doghouse (previously Meridian) were running one somewhere up Mabo / Chapel way, but I don't know if that's still going.

Rehearsal update: the guitarist who was lined up to join the new band has now pulled out, so it's back to square one we go... 🙄