Frank Blank

Speak for yourself, I'd like a nice slice of cake and a cup of tea.

Yes, undoubtedly.

...and hold the mayo.

I was considering IEMs but if they make you that belligerent I think I'll give them a miss.

That massive concrete 50 on the B4507/B4001 junction east of Wantage? I always thought it was an odd place for a sculpture.

He was an eyelash fluttering tart at 48...

Mousetrap? Yes, it certainly was, until I lost the big ball bearing and then it was just so much plastic junk in its box on top of the wardrobe. What with the advent of computer games it was rendered pretty mu... Oh, sorry, you meant Buckaroo!

@Andyjr1515 is your man, he builds basses and gave a very informative talk at the last Bass Bash.

Exactly this. They are an amazing bit of kit but, remain in their case they have...

Just placed my barely used Waza Air-Bass up for sale here...

Indeed it is expansive and a really good resource of info and advice which I've continued to look at, I just don't comment on anything.

Tessa Pollitt Pete Wright Jah Wobble Bill Laswell Tina Weymouth Chris Squire Mick Karn Paul Raven Derek Forbes JJ Burnel

..which is all that's being asked for 🙄

*crosses @Rich off Xmas card list*

Well, lucky us I say 👍

Which is exactly what I was saying, an online forum where people avoid the flack..? It's an almost unheard of level of civility and one we can all be proud of.

I tried Talkbass initially but was very, very quickly made to feel most unwelcome by shouty idiots, I joined BC in 2014 and it's been a huge source of information, has completely changed the basses and amplification I use and it quickly became a forum I use every day. Everyone I have met, both at Bass Bashes and whilst buying and selling gear, have been lovely folk, turns out that bass players are very reasonable. As a dyed in the wool misanthropist BC has been a real surprise, certainly the closest thing to an online community that I've ever experienced. If you want to discuss minute details about obscure Japanese basses from the 70s you can, or, if you want to contribute to a 3346 page long thread filled with absolute nonsense about FA then you can do that too. The aforementioned thread was a huge refuge for me during lockdown and several of the contributors have become friends off site, so I'd say BassChat is both a glorious source of information and a community. In fact, I'd go a little further, it is actually exemplary in that the Internet is, of course, famous for shouty rude nonsense spouted by vacuous bellends, I don't use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, don't get me wrong, I've tried, but invariably someone has said something stupid or rude within seconds of joining, so to find a genuine online community and resource like BC appears to be incredibly rare. I know we have the occasional spat, but really, given how many of us frequent the place, you have to say it's incredibly civilised. I'm rambling, essentially I'm proud to be a member* here, long may BC continue. * easy tiger

I am lucky enough to have a fretless built by @Jabba_the_gut, this one in fact... ...his basses are peerless in my opinion, this thing sings. Put it this way, I had a Rob Allen fretless and the Jabba bass sounds better.

See pic above.