Frank Blank

The excellent (and excellently named) Sebastian Steinberg used to play with his cabinets raised up. When I saw Soul Coughing at The Junction in Cambridge many years ago he had two raised cabinets at 90° to each other at head height, he kind of stood between them. Can’t find a good pic but this is close, not as high here though...

Go FRFR and get a nice tilty monitor...

Just listening to Lemon Jelly’s excellent album Lost Horizons for the first time in many years, so good. Several tracks are joyous, not an epithet I can attribute to much music I listen to...

^^^ exactly this.

I’m thinking of tasking @Jabba_the_gut to build his basses with a tit chamfer, I’m sure it would be a money spinner.

I agree. I checked Dawsons website as I left the shop and it already had changed to one Stomp in stock, like you say, they have the tech to link their tills to the website so sold stock is instantly reflected in the stock levels online. I quite like Andertons website where it says underneath the stock ‘status’ it has a link called ‘what does this mean?’ which explains explains what is where and how long it is going to get to the shop. I suppose I should really have entitled this post Phone Before You Go Any Distance, which is something I imagine most people do anyway.

Don’t forget the dressing up in a French maid’s outfit with roller skates...

Please just file under general gripe. Just drove up to Northampton to drop a bass off and thought to myself on the way up that I’ll only be a 45 minute drive from Bass Direct (I know I’m going up on Monday but within a hours drive...) so I’ll pop and grab a HX Stomp, in stock after all, the website says so. As I reversed out of the traditional motorway service station bass drop off point I thought to myself that I’d best phone ahead and check. “Nope, awaiting stock”. Great, it’s still showing as ‘in stock’ 5hrs later despite being told on the phone that they were getting some in next week. So I decided to drop in to Peach Guitars in Colchester, bit of a detour but roughly on the way home, after all they’re in stock, the website says so. Phoning ahead again, just in case, I’m told ‘No, sold out’ well, at least they’ve changed it now. So finally I phone Dawson’s in Reading, after all they’re in stock, the website says so. And for once the shop info matches the online info, two in stock, one on display, one unopened. I must admit during the 66 mile drive I wondered what I’d do if I got there and had been given incorrect info again. Luckily not and Dawson’s were spared my worse gentlemanly flounce, perhaps my monocle falling out in surprise. But anyway, in summary, an eight hour round trip and I’m now the proud owner of a HX Stomp, steep learning curve ahead.

There is an important option missing in your poll I’m afraid and that’s... No, because I’m a massive tnuc. ...certainly applies to me.

***NOW SOLD*** Thought I'd try a five string, couldn't make up my mind in a shop so bought a 1st generation Sire V7 Marcus Miller from @lcu1988, a gentleman of this parish, on Tuesday (10th). Got it home and played it for the rest of the day and all day yesterday, not sure I got on with it. The bass was strung B-E-A-D-G. Took it to a lesson this morning, played it some more still not sure I got on with it, restrung it with a new set of D'Addarios but this time E-A-D-G-C because I thought I'd prefer it, however, turns out I'm just not cut out for fivers however they are strung! So that fad lasted all of three days, just about to put it up for sale. Great bass, especially for not much money but just not for me. First pic is mine, next three are from the original ad.

^^^ this is a superb idea.

Just bought a Sire Marcus Miller from Laurence. Real easy transaction, excellent coms, deal with confidence. A gentleman and a scholar.

The Charango is made from the shell of an armadillo.

So, with six attendees is this still happening?

Shirley more than seven?

Best of all worlds, Ibanez SRC6, more addictive than crack.

Me too, for almost anything and everything bad.