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Presume you’re referring to that mega expensive, boutique... erm... Squier! PS there was a Fender further in the background... besides, they were probably all brought along by the production designer, anyway.

Don’t worry mate,it ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it!

Completely agree but that is fundamentally different from saying “why on earth would a band choose to do band X’s most popular/well known song?” which was kinda the inference in what the OP said. Actually, it didn’t infer it, it pretty much said it flat out. Edit: I will concede, though, that Rosie isn’t actually AC:DC’s most popular. It’s only it’s 2nd most popular. It was 1st when I was growing up but then they released Back In Black.

Why oh why oh why would a band want to do tunes that are the best known and loved songs by various artists to a crowd who want to hear covers of the best known and loved songs by various artists? What a head scratcher! Can't fathom it at all...

Making Music was always a great read. Made sure I picked one up every month from our local ABC music or on a trip up to that London. Wracking my brains... Tony Muschamp... was he the instructor who was a leftie and played a rather nice Aria SB series bass? Or am I thinking of another of the BIT, Bass Institute, Bass Tech etc team? Always enjoyed his playing at London Guitar Shows and the like.

Admit it Andy, when you tried mine out at the SE Bass Bash the last couple of times you've flippin' loved it!

As you should. They are wonderful basses. Sorry but this won't help your affliction at all!

That’s not far off my top 3. The Marusczyk jazz maybe shaded the MTD out of the top 3. Maybe the Lakland (still hate those oval bridge plates, though). What surprised me more were some of the ones which were distinctly ‘meh” to my ears or which I actively disliked... the Foderas, the Smiths, Alembic...

This was the first version I ever heard - Marmalade. Not half bad.

If it’s any consolation to your OCD, that’s grain in the body and flame in the headstock. The grain does still run along the length of the neck. No one, and I mean no one, in their right mind builds a neck with the wood grain running across it!

I never ever realised that I Monster’s sublime Daydream In Blue was a cover. Here’s the original which shows how much better the cover is!

And it turns out they’ve done pretty good covers of Kylie’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head... And Britney’s Toxic too!

Time to post the cover of Duffy’s Mercy by The Third Degree again. This version sounds like it should have been the original and recorded around 1971... PS, that isn’t really the vocalist. The singer on this track is actually a beardy folkie type from Winchester called Jon Allen.

Always wondered what wood the “ugly stick” was made out of! 😉😂

Surprised not to see Ariaensis Superbassii included on that list. Or Walbassist Chiropractori for that matter! 😂

Science geek alert! Some interesting info here... https://preschem.com/why-timber-changes-colour/

Wow, Marco! Just WOW! Wonder how it would look Under a thin varnish?

Was musing on how great this tune is and decided to check out whether Allmusic.com had and sort of entry. Turned out they did. It certainly threw a few interesting names into the mix... Drums - Liam Genockey Of Steeleye Span fame Percussion - Tristan Fry Of Sky fame Wakka wakka Guitar - Vic Elmes (who was in prog band zZebra with Genockey) But the name which really caught my attention was the bass player from zZebra who provides that great bass line. A certain Mr John McCoy, later of Samson, Gillan and Mammoth. Saw him playing with Gillan on the Future Shock/Double Trouble tour. What a commanding presence! Great P bass tone too!

Now less than £15 on Amazon! I might just have bought a copy too... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Geddy-Lees-Beautiful-Book-Bass-ebook/dp/B07GDMJH3K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550089844&sr=8-1&keywords=geddy+lee's+big+beautiful+book+of+bass

"*EZO or ES Method – Energy/Space Method of wood, metal, and ctr. treatment. Modifications: mass crystallisation (wood), resonating in human emotional range. Sound effects: real presence with element of reverb and chorus. Developed by Mr. Papian." I was reading this in the ad and I thought, that's familiar. Then I remembered, it's one of Jon Anderson's lyrics from side three of Tales for Topographic Oceans.

Hang on... I’m fifty f...cough cough cough and I remember then my brother brought back Sgt Pepper, the Beatles and Abbey Road on their release days and sitting with him in his bedroom listening to them. He took me so see Let It Be double billed with Yellow Submarine and I cried when I heard they’d split up...! None of your ageism!

I was thinking exactly the same thing!

Amazon Kindle or Kindle app is the best known eBook reader. Probably the widest selection too. Kobo’s were nice too but didn’t really take off. You can download free eReader apps.

Presenting the Airline Jetsons JR bass...

Didn't say I was cool enough to pull it off either... BUT I DO WANT ONE!!!!!!!!! The other Backlund designed models are equally sci-fi and wonderful... The Model 400's just as nice! https://eastwoodguitars.com/collections/backlund