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  1. Happy Jack
    Why, thank'ee kindly young masters, thank'ee fer yer kind words. I grew up in Guernsey so I spent a truly ridiculous amount of time on boats. That one was a 48' Rampart motor cruiser, lovely old thing from the 50s, fitted with twin Perkins diesels, teak everywhere. I was a sideburns addict, constantly changing their shape and re-growing them. I suspect this was a reaction to my appalling moustache, a weak and scrubby thing in a sad shade of ginger. At a time when all my friends were growing porn-star taches I had to keep my upper lip clean-shaven. Ah, the trials and tribulations of youth. That long wavy hair was an absolute bastard to keep groomed, too.
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    I had to look that one up. What Is Solfege? Solfege is a method of naming pitches. It works by assigning a syllable to each note of the musical scale. So rather than, say, naming a C major scale as C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C, you can name it as do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.
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    Yup, this ^. It was pretty much the only distinguishing feature between loons and flared jeans (at their most extreme). Obviously they were made of plain cotton rather than denim, too. We were all wearing platforms, and your trouser-bottoms had to hide just how much extra height you'd purchased. I routinely wore boots with side zips, 1" platform and 2" heel. That was pretty conservative in 1975. These were all 'fashion' shoes, made of wafer-thin leather over what amounted to reinforced cardboard. The built-up soles were a honeycomb of cheap plastic. You might get a summer out of a pair, if you were lucky.
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    Prompted by your question I've just had a quick look at these. You can buy the head for £225 and the matching cab for £279, so the combo that brings these together costs £579. Really? Makes more sense to buy the separates. Makes even more sense to buy the head for £225 (I have one, and it's a very useful backup plus rehearsal tool) and a Barefaced One10 for £369, but that's just my opinion.
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    When you say "Price includes UK P&P" can you confirm whether that's 'postage & packing' or 'packing & postage'. Will you post to UK?
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    And about 10 years ago there was a brief fad for listing items with deliberate typos to give over-eager buyers the opportunity to think they'd spotted a bargain because the seller had made 'stupid mistakes'.
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    https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/steve-hillage-gong/aylesbury-waterside-theatre/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ccr-paid_social&utm_campaign=x-awt-ste-newseason-20190711-x&genre=onenight&venue-implementation=ccr&fbclid=IwAR2pyi5PkDvSnzXzXvwHjQJ9USHsRBRcvX-Enj9s5AVon5os9tjj2lxGGWY
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    ... of worthless plastic. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fender-telecaster-bass-1973-thumb-rest/192992297213?hash=item2cef3cc0fd:g:VoIAAOSw-s5dK1Xo Do note that this is not even an original part.
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    But it's worth remembering that it was the Ibanez fretless P that introduced me to the idea of fret-edge markers ... absolute genius. Incidentally, as a biker who started with a BSA in the mid-70s and then went Japanese for a couple of decades, I never had any trouble with the JapCrap designation, and I fully appreciated the irony.
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    Not sure who the band are, though ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-48746287
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    Well technically speaking, my oldest musical possession is my 1957 Fender Precision, but I suspect the OP means things you've actually owned the longest ...
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    I could play that bass for heifer.
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    Do you actually need a woohoo player in your band?
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    While you're at it, McNach, have you tightened the handle and the feet?
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    Given the grief that Alex got from (some) Basschatters when his initial cabs came with a rough hard-coated finish and not in 'proper' vinyl, I'm struggling to keep a straight face as I read all this.
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    Yup, used it with my Matamp. I downsized a long time ago ...
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    Looking at the bright side, this means that those of us will silly amounts of gear can now justify all those purchases as investments. One day, all gear in the UK will be characterised by whether or not it was pre-Brexit.
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    I have vague and distant memories of the last I'm Backing Britain campaign. My feeling has always been to buy what's best for the job. If that turns out to be a British start-up in need of early customers (think ... ooh ... Barefaced back in its early days) then I'm very happy to put my money where my heart is. If it turns out to be an EU or US product, then that's what I'll buy. If there are two more-or-less matching products to choose from, and one happens to be British, then that's a no-brainer but I'm not going to make a fetish out of it.
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    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fretless-J-P-bass-full-overhaul/192942784752?hash=item2cec4940f0:g:FisAAOSwEDhc-nsi
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    The hardcase (it's not really a flightcase, if you know what I mean) is a thing to behold. Vast and cavernous, solid and reinforced, very plushly padded and with a special slot for the huge brass end-pin, it weighs three times as much as the bass itself and is perfectly capable of carrying around small children or large dogs. It has big, brass catches everywhere and a very tough leather handle. Thing is, the case is finished in a reddish-brown faux-crocodile material which looks quite nice if you like that sort of thing. Or if you're a crocodile. By the time the baggage handlers have finished with it, its condition is unlikely to have been improved by the circumstances. EDIT: For clarity, I'm talking here about the case for my TB10. I've rather assumed that the B10 shares the same case, but on reflection I don't know whether that's ... erm ... the case.
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    Oooh, I'd forgotten about this thread. Here's one with the rockabilly band:
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    Zen body? How cool is that? Bet it does Tai Chi in the park as well ...
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