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Yep "Bat Out Of Hell" and "I Would Do Anything" have me reaching for the off switch. Also anything by Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen, and Guns'n'Roses. Oh, and thanks whoever mentioned "Come On Eileen" - that's now going round in my head!

Squier

Oh no!

It'd be good if someone made a compact power amp. The Sumo ones are a strange form factor

@NancyJohnson As mentioned, I have these. You're welcome to try them out for a couple of weeks, or I can bring them to the next Bass Bash. (The "AvecAmp" is the same size; it's just in a shorter case, so it's further from the camera!) The power amp is a cheaper model, but I wanted a 1U unit. I've also got this Fx setup which covers a wide range of sounds. The Microbass 3 is my "must-have" pedal; there's one for sale in the BC classifieds. My only gripe with it is I wish both channels were the same (like the Stanley Clarke acoustic bass model).

Those are cool basses; if I saw one for £90 I'd probably nab it.

I'm with you on the Darkglass sound; to me it sounds like a comb and bog roll, but I think it may fit into the mix well. A real Ampeg is probably the answer (to most bass sound questions), but lugging one of those around is a chore. My Stomp is good for incidental effects, but I wouldn't use it on all the time; in face I even switch mine out via a looper, as it affects the sound even with everything off. I've got Ampeg, SWR, Trace, and RBI preamps, but I've not spent much time with them as my Markbass EVO's emulation is really good; I took some to a Bass Bash, but the Markbass sounded good and I never got round to turning them on.

The organ gives their sound a sixties (pre-prog) feel. Some of the "punk" thing was just different hairdos and the band members sneering a bit rather than a big revolution reinventing music.

Well, it is something to ponder. Years ago I was in a band and I was never into partaking, though the rest were; we were at a practice and they were all going "This is great man!", but I thought it was an utter shambles. I think some of the drugs can help stamina, staying up to work on things, and suchlike, so I guess that may implicitly help playing. I watched a Beatles documentary and they were all on something; I think it may help the creativity. A lot of the music I like appears to come via drug enhancement, but it's just plain not my thing.

It could be, but not necessarily; the 4001S weren’t all RM.

I don't know if there is any info regarding Peter Quaife's one (eg. the s/n). The bass in the pic may or may not be an RM import (ie. RM1999); without details it'll be impossible to know. It looks like (thought it might be the reflection) it has silver-topped control knobs rather than plain black ones.

I often take a wander down to Southsea, so this could be doable.

I did have a saved search on there for quite a while, but nothing came up.

I've realised I don't have a Washburn bass; I did have one of the Status ones bought new in the 80s, but I replaced it with a real Status Graphite S2 in the 90s. I've got a superstrat though; it's not bad.

I'd like one of those.

It's not a giveaway if you have to pay.

I went to that - still got the T-shirt. Never been to another festival gig since.

Oops - missed that! Kindof vaguely inspired by Siphon & Carbuncle.

Erm, that cover isn't by Yes. Roger Dean is still my favourite artist, though. (Avatar is a total rip-off of his work.)

Too far for me to go; shame it's in the South West! 🙂

That is as bad an album cover as I've ever seen. The Roger Dean covers are part of the Yes product. Their 80s computer graphics ones worked. David Fairbrother-Roe's cover art on Olias was in keeping with the image.

That's not bad - thanks.