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I remember watching that and buying the record not long after “How much is the fish” WTF Utter lunacy. They were great.

Ah memories of Klub Foot and some fairly fun and chaotic Pyschobilly gigs.

I tried watching Jethro Tull meets Pricilla Queen of the Desert blended with Frozen on acid to identify said bass but it was too traumatic.

Everything I love about them. Like an early Toyota Landcruiser. Does what it was built to do, no pretensions or BS and won’t let you down.

For the P buy the 50’s pup with the raised A pole. Someone has one on sale here. Not sure about the other 2 basses. I think I have solved the weak G on my Stingray by taking the pickup out and pushing down the poles on EAD and pushing up the G pole.

East 2 band and genuine Ray pickup which was a bargain until I paid the import taxes!

Ta. Yep found a Stingray neck and had to get a home for it. Finding Musicman parts is tricky and a bit costly…

Cheers. The body was made by a luthier. I just had to do the tru-oil slurry thing and fit the bridge. I can find the details if you want… have to say though there is a nice Rosewood Ray body on eBay for £160

Cheers… I like a bit of grain. The commentary in the video was a load of twaddle. I do like a G&L but the only one I have actually played was an L2000 which was too complicated for my level of incompetence hence the interest in a single control, I have been idly looking at the SB2s … is it just volume/volume?

His signature bass did inspire me to make a Bitsa. I don’t know much about him as a player though. I did weaken in the end though and went active with a John East EQ so more of a Ray/G&L combo. Has anyone tried a Joe Dart. I like the idea of a single control?

Move next door to someone you dislike. It will bring instant joy.

Late 70’s early ‘80’s? I always liked the way both Simon Gallop and Peter Hook played…

I’ve always seen Rickenbackers as the Harley Davidsons of the bass world. Over priced and covered in excess chrome, but kind of cool and everyone secretly wants one or at least is tempted to try one out.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164870685436 Not my cup of tea but it’s a nice looking bass. Not sure if it’s well priced though as I have little experience with these.

Doesn’t sound like you have any issues with timing …. Are you just a secret drummer?

I don’t know why you beat yourself up so much. I’m a pretty poor bass player. I was just about acceptable as a bass player in a pub punk band and haven’t improved much since. Now I am in my 50’s I am starting to try and learn to play better. Time and enthusiasm are not always on my side. I like the instrument and enjoy taking them apart and refurbishing them as much as playing them. I don’t really care what anyone else thinks. The small things in life need to bring pleasure as the big events just don’t happen often enough. PS @Reggaebass suggestion is excellent. I struggle with timing and Reggae and Ska are great with helping with this. Stir It Up or Rudy ( a message to you) for example are genius in their simplicity and who can fail to have a smile on their face when playing along?

I would agree with all that. Apart from possibly Simon LeBon. Never did get the appeal of Duran Duran.

I would argue that Kylie has some talent. I don’t think you can survive a couple of decades in the music business just by being a pretty face.

The likes of Spotify and well before it Napster have long been touted as the death knell for music. They surely haven’t helped artists earning power but I think that the generic corporate culture did far more harm. Watching Glastonbury a couple of years back and Idles were one of the few bands that stood out as being exciting. I’m middle aged and the vast amount of stuff struck me as being unchallenging, unadventurous music for the masses. I rarely find any new music that really grabs me and when it does it’s rarely a British band. Overproduction is one of many villains. Edit: Before anyone says there are loads of great bands out there. I am sure there are but the challenge is to get promoted and signed followed by the challenge of not just reproducing whatever sound/formula is the latest cash cow.

He had a few basses on the Floyd tours and swapped between them for different songs. His book is a recommended easy read. He is an amusing chap.

I can see why this technology is useful to save time and money butI don’t like the tendency to overproduce and make music so formulaic. There are plenty of artists out there that I know if I saw live with just a decent acoustic guitarist would be really great but I can’t stand to hear on CD/Radio/Spotify.

I think the most annoying trend in vocals is the X-Factor style of singing where every note is inappropriately dragged out and stretched out of all proportion. This is meant to show what a great singer they are. No one would think a car was great if it accelerated or swerved at random and pointless sections of its journey just to show that it could.

Is this the same as auto-tune as in Cher “Believe”? I really don’t like the way the effect has become almost obligatory alongside a bit of rapping in a lot of commercial music. Apart from that I can see the benefits but agree with @Nail Soup I would prefer character and imperfections any day. Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Michael Stipe even Neil Young sounds like a muppet and he is phenomenal.

I hate selling on eBay. They take far too much cash. There are lots of time wasters and a fair bit of fraudulent activity. Sadly I will continue to use them as they have such a large reach. Several items I have tried to sell on here and Gumtree sold in a few days (on one occasion under an hour).