James Nada

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Yep, I've read it. Really enjoyed it. It's very much more about the culture/time/situations that led to the electric bass being what it is, rather than it is about bass guitars as objects of desire. If you're a Spotify user someone has created a playlist of all the songs mentioned in the book, in order. Just search as per the book title

For a £125 budget I'd suggest a new Squier Debut Precision bass. https://amzn.eu/d/4ADqi4e From what I've read it's a decent bass for the price. Direct from Amazon and a choice of Sunburst, Black or Red. If you didn't know, Squier is the budget brand of Fender. As someone else mentioned, Harley Benton is a great option for a beginner bass, probably better than the Squier and a little cheaper, however I think the relative ease at which you could resell a Squier if playing bass isn't for you, is a big plus.

It's funny how the gear we craved as kids never leaves us. For me these Laney heads in their early nineties catalogue did it for me, and still catch my eye. Probably best, I never play one and shatter my dreams.

I really enjoyed it. As others have mentioned, a suspension of disbelief is essential. For me the least believable element was that relatively new songwriters could be quite so advanced in songwriting and arrangement, but I understand watching them go through years of plodding about would be terrible TV. I'm looking forward to a future series though.

I used to have one of these. Great neck. I rewired the humbucker(s) from series to parallel to make it a bit less boomy. Presumably the coil tap on the OPs is taking one of the pickups out of the circuit for a similar result

This Behringer DI might be worth a punt, if you want something short term, or just to try as proof of concept. Less than £40. It allows for connection between amp and speaker. I've used one for the purpose of running a 'tap' off a PA system, with good results. https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Behringer-DI100-Ultra-DI-Box/2BI?origin=product-ads&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAxaCvBhBaEiwAvsLmWIqwyGg1Mbmiesh5RYXHvjjP3erUCD01QnvWoh3I44iZaihW8kCNERoC8ucQAvD_BwE

Cool looking bass. How rare is a left handed model?

Loads of details here: https://www.debassist.nl/muzieknieuws/artikel/2-29077/paul-mccartneys-first-hfner-is-back?fbclid=IwAR2zFoM5u-eKYQaIErdIhaLsDu8ryKT4MPo9mJTogDQd0DGzsVVhj60494U

There's quite a lot of detail about how it was found and the state of the bass here: https://www.debassist.nl/muzieknieuws/artikel/2-29077/paul-mccartneys-first-hfner-is-back?fbclid=IwAR2zFoM5u-eKYQaIErdIhaLsDu8ryKT4MPo9mJTogDQd0DGzsVVhj60494U

Lovely bass. Would be my Gibson of choice for sure

I've always assumed it's an infinite radius (looks it) because the bridge is flat and there no individual adjustment for each saddle/string **I stand corrected, see next post

I'd like a micro FX pedal that does a basic 'spring' reverb and tremolo in one, with a switch to select reverb, trem or both. For the one half of one song I currently need two Boss pedals for.

Because if you s**t yourself you're only letting yourself down, if you can't continue a gig you're letting down bandmates, audiences, promoters...

I currently always take one stage bass and a cheap short scale Encore as a spare kept in a case nearby - it's purely an emergency bass. I've never needed a spare in 30 years, until last weekend at a festival set when the E string snapped mid set. Thank goodness I had the crappy Encore on hand.