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Deliberately ran my transmitter dry at Saturday's gig. I'd had a single bar on the r/h side of the display for a couple of hours, and I wanted to know what happened when the batteries finally died. I could have done this at a rehearsal, of course, but where's the fun in that? Penultimate song of the second set (the Admiral Nelson in Whitton is a 3-setter finishing at midnight) and I was singing the second verse of Jumping Jack Flash when the sound of my bass started farting and cutting out. I kept going for a few bars in case it came back (temporarily) but it simply got worse. I'd already laid out a cable beforehand, ready for when it happened, so I dropped out for two bars - still singing - while unplugging the wireless and going cabled. In truth, it wasn't much of a mystery that needed solving but I've had battery-powered units go dry in several different ways and I always like to know what happens.

I'd just add the other two Barefaced cabs!

Yup.

In all fairness, the top box there is actually the band's PA ...

God didn't make the Billy Green Apples, And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summer time ...

Do you fancy a shave?

I doubt he'd get out of bed for as little as $64,000.

http://color-wind.en.alibaba.com/product/339888875-200637242/Dinosaur_Fuzzy_Gems_Sticker.html

Presumably composing texts doesn't count, no matter how well-crafted?

Just be grateful he wasn't talking about ordering a Rickenbacker ...

You've probably mis-read Billy Sheehan ...

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[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1438858248' post='2838039'] Not yet he wasn't! [/quote] Wikipaedia begs to differ ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead

I thought George Martin played the drums on that album? And keyboards, of course. And brass and woodwind. And probably some guitar. In fact, I don't think The Beatles were much involved, especially seeing as Paul was dead anyway.

... walking on sunshine is worth $10m. Given the weather so far this summer, they're probably right.

You're never too old to discover "clickbait" ...

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1438809981' post='2837684'] I recall seeing a page about a bowed electric "upright" ... [/quote] Maybe the neck was bowed because of the metal strings.

I take it you checked the roof and gutter first?

Lucky? Not so sure about that - I reckon that bass is horribly overpriced. It looks like the love-child of my old Status Vintage PJ and my old Alleva-Coppolo KP5, both utterly gorgeous basses, but together worth only slightly more than this bass is listed at. I have no beef at all against Cotswold Guitars (for all I know, they're Members here on BC) but that price is pretty bloody huge!

I'm a Law One, Ooh baby, I'm a Law One.

The pick of the (current) bunch has got to be [size=5][b]Apostrophe Police[/b][/size]

I'm still looking for a Precision with a special tool for removing Boy Scouts from horses' hooves.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Celebrity-Owned-2008-Fender-Masterbuilt-Custom-Shop-Jazz-Precision-Bass-May-p-x-/181793699500?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a53bfb6ac I have absolutely no justification for emptying my piggy banks for this, so I won't, but this really does look like a very cool bass indeed. I'd love it if another Basschatter bought it ...