Stub Mandrel

Bit gutted to see the first bass featured in this thread was a Maya, although the picture is gone. I wouldn't swap this one, I've had it about 32 years:

Early 80s, this one. The hole was just to see if my paper punch could do it:

Keep trying 🙂

Identify the guy introducing our band...

Young Ian Dury with those eyebrows, surely?

Ken Dodd used to recruit his Diddy Men from local stage schools and never paid them a penny from the large tax-free stash under his bed... I think the Tattoo is a rip off because of the massive commitment required which won't add much more to your cv than just doing one night. In the past I played few gigs for nothing, charity gigs, small local festival, wedding of a band member. Now I'm 'back', I'm happy for us to do a few free gigs to get some experience under our belts with less stress. I've offered us for an event that otherwise woudln't have any music, no pressure and we can treat it like almost a rehearsal. Once we are up to speed with two hours+ of material and a demo, I'd expect us to be getting paid.

People forget that the punks are up listening to other types of music! Johnny Rotten got into trouble for admitting he was a big fan of Hawkwind. Still a big fan of Hawkwind, seeing them on my birthday in November :-)

Despite getting into them late (La Folie tour) by about 85 the two bands I had seen most were the Stranglers and Hawkwind.

Go on, admit that it's a skiffle group 🙂

If previous ownership counts, my Banjo Mandolin, badly restored about 1984.

... grow my hair to avoid looking like a hedgehog.

I think it's deeply personal. When I played a couple of months ago, after a 23 year gap, I remembered that it's up there with surviving mountain biking down a steep technical trail and surviving! One rung down from YKW! I love the thrill of having to get through the set, no retakes, not stopping, no recriminations - if you make a mistake, ignore it and get the next bit right.

I have the original box for an Arion SCO-1, what's that worth?

I admire your restraint...

My first choice would be me, because I've been playing them for 40 years 🙂 But I'm not an official endorsee. So my choice is Noel Redding because: His playing was an essential part of the sound of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. and I once peed in the same trough as him during the interval of one of his gigs at De Barra's Folk Club in the early 90s.

Careful Blue, you're starting to smile in that photo! 👿

I found a comments that suggest they recorded an album for Island, but they weren't happy about the lack of guitar. This is the sort of lost treasure that may have disappeared in that US fire.

Wow. That's excellent - sounds straight our of Canterbury 🙂 Did they release any albums? (Discogs tells me the drummer appeared with Darth Vader on the david Prowse and the Green Cross Kids LP...

Nice tone, but I've no idea what it is..

Gibson would like to apologise for misleading people, and explain that by 'court action' they meant were offering the Dean management team free tickets to Wimbledon.

Yes. I'll assume 'remind' means I've made a hash of it, but it's just about recognisable! 🙂

As I seem to be virtually incapable of identifying anything I'll throw another easy on into the mix. Soundcloud auto-tagged this as #Funk #JazzFunk

Yes, but so do 'bookend' headstock shapes - do Gibson care?

A human chameleon - another two minutes and you'll completely disappear into the wallpaper.

Only in my fingers. The bass is a Fender Performer. 🙂