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My 4003s had a wonky bridge pickup (both pickup and surround) and the nut was like it had been finished by a blind man. QC very much not the watchword at Hall Towers.

I’m concerned that @NancyJohnson’s storage solution might the wood burner . However, needs must 🔥.

Wow! That’s has to be a good feeling. I wonder if said bassist is on here at all?

One gets the feeling that popular music doesn’t mean as much these days as it once did, when we were younger. It’s more of a background thing that accompanies something else you’re doing. However, that’s viewing it from a musician’s point of view and, perhaps, it was ever thus and we’re not seeing it from the right perspective. Lady Ez, for instance, likes music certainly, but can rarely, if ever, recall the lyrics to a song or hum the tune. She is not a muso and is probably subjected to more music than she would if I didn’t play or was an enthusiast.

Zombie - The Cranberries

Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett & The Crypt Kickers

Very cool pics, @cybertect.

This times many.^^^^ You reap what you sow and this was a bad harvest.

Must’ve cost him a fortune to keep pursuing this.

Mr Zero is way ahead of you… I bet it was comfy though.

Hammer Horror - Kate Bush

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3

Stranger in a Strange Land - Iron Maiden

Good man! Great video too, love the Richie’s band.

Every Day I Write The Book - Elvis Costello

Painter Man - Boney M

I have a similar story. I played in an ‘80s cover band and we did a wedding. Fortunately for us, it was the bride and groom who picked us. However, the bride’s father, who I guess was paying our fee, was not so impressed. He plainly wanted the usual wedding fare, whilst we played things like Owner of a Lonely Heart. His face was not a picture. That said, I played in a band that did classic wedding stuff and we played one gig to a few small kids doing the sliding across the floor thing that they always do, the ‘grown ups’ (italics explained shortly) all stayed in the other room, where the food and booze were. They did eventually move into the ballroom, but only to have a punch up. One assumes that staying in the room with the booze for hours finally had an effect. Always hated playing weddings. If you play a pub or club, it’s more than likely that folk have come to see you, or are hanging around because they like what they hear. Weddings, on the other hand, is where you are the hired help and are often treated as such.

Waterfront by Simple Minds is all one note (IIRC). Derek Forbes with that one note rhythm, played with a pick (sounds like it anyway), clear and defined for 4 bars, setting up the big chord crash.

You won’t be disappointed.

Lovely peppers, but how do these affect your sound?

It really does have that ‘50s/‘60s bass of the future look.

You are a man of great taste. I don’t like to see it personally, it just looks wrong to my eyes. I did it once, during covid, for one of those livestream affairs in the middle of summer, never again.

Here’s something we haven’t considered, Gibson take over G&L and then they have a competing brand to Fender. Given Gibson’e history with annexing other brands, maybe not a good thing.

Our very own @Jabba_the_gut produced some very comparable instruments in the past. I own a Rob Allen MB2 and have played Jabba’s creations, so I can vouch for the similarity.