Happy Jack

[quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1458377300' post='3007015'] On the flip side, I also once had to play that Slade Christmas song (Merry Christmas Everyone?) and I thought I was going to hate it but actually quite enjoyed it in the end. [/quote] [i][b]Merry Xmas Everyone[/b][/i] was by Shakin' Stevens. [i][b]Merry Xmas Everybody[/b][/i] (a completely different title, I'm sure you'll agree) was by Slade and largely written by Jim Lea, the bass player, which is why the bass line is so prominent and such fun to play.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1456769601' post='2992085'] Is that book in English? My German is a bit too primitive to understand a whole book on guitars. And I may just take you up on that offer some time. Thanks again! [/quote] That book is in both German and English translation. In truth, so much of it is strictly factual (photographs with legends etc.) that even schoolboy German would be pretty much sufficient. Any time you're in London, give me a bell.

On their backs.

Damn! I knew I shouldn't have let him film that bit ...

[quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1457944119' post='3003114'] Good price for someone South. [/quote] Newmarket? I say you chaps, that's hardly Home Counties dontcherknow?

Can't they fit those reversing sensors that go "beep! beep! beep!" when you get too close?

Absolutely+1. Love the look and style of the bass, love the alignment of the body shape and the high register frets, but that headstock totally sucks (man) and the appalling tuners are the rancid icing on the cake. Opportunity missed. Which is actually a huge relief. With the right headstock, I would have had no choice but to buy it.

A month ago I nearly sold my van to a bandmate, but he decided it was too big. Three days later we had a sharp cold snap and the temperature dropped to minus three overnight. Next morning the brakes failed completely and without warning. Turned out the alloy brake lines were all corroded, but they worked fine until the cold made them brittle, then they all snapped the first time I braked. I dread to think how it would have looked if I had sold that van to a good friend, especially if he wasn't driving slowly when the brakes failed. With old vans (mine is 2005) this sort of sh*t goes with the territory, and unlucky coincidences do happen. Sell it for spares and walk away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35794208/two-injured-after-iron-maiden-plane-gets-damaged-in-chile

Get yourself to Acton and you can come with us.

Is that Peak or Continuous RMS?

Did Whitesnake use Barefaced cabs then?

Do the stripes contain Hexaclorophene?

[i]Apropos [/i]of nothing at all, I lost one of the feet from the base of my Compact last week, just before a gig. I don't like wobbly feet and I didn't have a spare handy, so I took off the other three. Worked just fine. Almost as if the feet are not actually essential. Now ... what were we talking about again?

Free band name, help yourself. You're welcome.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1457460444' post='2998831'] I'm 66 and 1/2 - what the heck does OFPFmean? [/quote] But 66 and 1/2 won't do. Oh no ... wait a minute ... http://youtu.be/yhX4liVtuCc

Apparently it's "[color=#6F6F6F][i]one of the most sought after of all vintage Japanese bass guitars[/i]."[/color] So who was soughting after it? Was it you Jon?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35752857

[quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1457431193' post='2998372'] ... and cannot hear you rubbing your fingers together next to his ears. [/quote] I hesitate to ask.

Buy him a copy of [i][b]Crash Course For Bass[/b][/i] by Stuart Clayton. It's all he'll need. Seriously.

No! No!! And thrice No!!! That is just horrible. Sorry Mike.

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