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There are YouTube videos about repairing dents in guitars. A popular method seems to be to use super glue to fill the hole and then very carefully to sand down using progressively finer paper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVScFJoe24

Take everything off the area to be painted. Trying to paint around things won't work as well.

In the early 70's, before their very first tour, Queen did some warm up gigs. One of which was at the Windsor Castle in the Harrow Road. They brought along their whole touring rig and there was hardly room for the audience.

In Sydney, Oz, in the lase 70's there was a band called Free Beer. They upset so many landlords because punters thought the pub was giving the beer away. To keep being booked they had to change their name and became The Free Beer Band.

I believe Nile Rogers has used his sliver strat for the last 30 something years.

I've tried stringing through the body with an old Precision and a Lakland and I didn't notice a difference to the sound of either bass.

. . . . and he used his 5 string Wal in Wings.

. . . . and drum stools!

Status Quo were called Traffic until that Steve Winwood guy came along!!

A few years ago I was thinking along the same lines. I was playing with an acoustic guitarist and an original rock and roll band so when a "double bass sounding" Rob Allen bass came up I jumped at it. IMO it sounded pretty fantastic and perfect for both bands. The only reaction I got was indifference, and lukewarm indifference at that! I sold it shortly after and neither band noticed I'd changed back. My main basses are a P bass and a Jazz so they fit in anyway, but that's the first and last time I spend money on trying to get a better fit for any band.

Is that blu tack keeping it up like that?

I've heard guys sounding fantastic playing MM Bongos, so anything goes.

I know one player who occasionally uses an old ESP jazz. I guess I would make it sound totally different, but he gets such a good sound that I actually thought of buying one to find out if the magic would rub off on me. It would have to be a 5 string version, and I've never seen one of those for sale.

That works on several levels. Why is it that the bass player is always the clever one in the band? dictionary definition: clever - quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

You mean like: I don't get on with a 5 string. . . . . . . . means I'm not going to put the effort in to make this work. D Class amps and Neo cabs don't sound good. . . . . . . . means I've never understood my EQ. Jaco only needed 4. . . . . . . . means I am trying to justify my lack of ambition. Wood makes no difference. . . . . . . . means I don't understand physics. The sound in my head. . . . . . . . means I'm more worried about how I sound than how I play. I'm getting the hang of this. . . . . . I'm here to make the guitarist sound good. . . . . . . . means. . . . . . . . hey, that one actually is true.

I know a guy who tunes C F Bb Eb. I don't know why he chose those notes. He sounds OK but still doesn't have a G string, which would be the deal breaker for me.

Just name the band after a fictitious band member. The Alf Sprog Band, The Tim Smith Band, The Johnson Boris Band, The Harold Wilson Funkateers etc etc.

If the guy is collecting, get him to bring ID and sign a receipt. Take a photo of him and both docs.

Cut to the chase, you either need a 5 string or you don't. If you really do need a 5 string, find the one you like and get it.

A couple of years ago I saw Sam Wilkes playing at the Jazz Cafe with Lewis Louis Cole's Knower. I haven't seen many bass players with that amount of talent and ability. edit for spelling, oops

Did you twist the string when putting it on? Do you hear the rattle through the amp? If you can I'd send the strings back. If you can't I'd keep it.

Very nice amp. Let me know when you get bored again!!

Go to YouTube and click on settings (one of the buttons on the bottom right corner), then click on playback speed, then click on 0.75. That will slow the song down from stupid fast to just fast. Keep playing along until it becomes easy, then put the speed back to normal. How long will it take? That's up to you. There were more than 10 takes when recording this and the story goes they sped it up after the track was laid down. Apparently even Norman Watt-Roy had trouble playing it after that.

I played 2 SC's for several years. A great sound and always lots of compliments, but when I switched my main bass to an active Jazz I started looking for a little more top end. I finally put an SM on top of the SC and, voila, there it was was a great full range tone. The SM reinforces the mids and adds some sparkle at the top end.

The only thing that moves on my Val Doonican tribute band gigs is the rocking chair.