Bassfinger

A few bars of Lemmy from Damage Case would be more appropriate.

I do my own. I can read, have the correct number of limbs, and put my trousers on one leg at a time like the man at the shop. I even have a suitable hammer for the fine adjustments.

It's just a shame that the pickups capture the vibration of the steings and not the maple board.

He's struggling to bend down to plug the amp into the wall socket?

Only seven? 🤣

She gets a lot of airtime on the Planet. Thats just fine by me.

A bit like Elvana, a Nirvana tribute act fronted by an Elvis impersonator. They're actually quite good.

Does each bass have a corresponding and matching hat?

That might be difficult, seeing as Shaw Taylor's only offspring was a boy named Richard, who is now in his 60's. I guess he could have had a gender reassignment and a very, very good facelift.

Yep, and producers trying to get players to use a pick, and even to use only downstrokes to even out the sound and response. Fortunately the producer we had last week was notmonly more enlightened, but was actually impressed with the tone from my Steinberger Spirit on DI (and so was I!)

Very talented lass. It's funny, from her singing voice I always pictured her as looking like Bernard Manning in a skirt but the reality is quite the opposite.

Cliff Richard Val Doonican. Roger Whittaker. Pure smut, filth and bucketmouth language the lot of them.

Might as well ask "how long is a piece of string?" With literally different dozens of profiles and sizes across both sources its not really possible to say that one is thinner, or shallower, or whatever. Then there are the signature models for further muddy the wayers, particularly as they often differ themselves from Mex to US. You're going to need to find a real life shop and handle a few to find the one that suits you as theres no sensible, short answer to that one im afraid. The good news is youre going to have fun finding out.

I'm going with fake, but may be wrong. The cavern models with both pickups near the neck were Chinese made...?

I don't know when it ended, but into the 60's there was quite a hefty taxon foreign made instruments imported into the UK, so stuff for sale on German soil would have been relatively inexpensive. Of course, that to tax is long gone and is but one of the many reasons instruments to a today are so much more affordable.

My favourite such video is a rapper listening to Thick as a Brick. To say he was stunned would be putting it mildly.

You don't state how much they own, but its presumably a good few hundred sovs. Send them a formal final request for payment, describing your attempts to use their sheety system and how you did include your name and address andnthey ignored it, and include a reasonable but very clear deadline. Send recorded delovery, keep copies of everything, If that doesn't work send them the small claims court form (its mainly done online now but you can still apply with the paper form) and give them a reasonable period to respond. In my experience companies usually cough up at that point - the small claims court is a track or the county court, and the last thing any supposedly reputable organisstion wants is a CCJ against their name. And if they don't, then submit the form. Provided your case is clear cut and youve documented everything then you can also sting them for the court fees and a reasonable charge for your time and any costs their late payment mqy have incurred. Only been this far once, and they settled the debt and the court fees before it got as far as a hearing. We've agreed as a band we won't accept any gigs from Greene King because of their very poor reputation for utilising this system, and we've turned down one or two because of this and told the pubs why. If everyone followed suit they might start managing the process more diligently, or move to a different pricess entirely.

I got the Harley Benton Beat Bass. Was looking at the Hofner ignition, Hofners own cheap copy of the original, but the HB sounded so similar as made no difference, was easily as well finished and was, most importantly, half the price. I like to think that Cheapskate McCartney would approve of that! It's not really my thing, but every Beatles fan bassist should own a violin bass. I whip it out live (and the BeatBass) to play I Want To Hold Your Hand and thats about the only times it sees the light of day.

Me in the studio today, warming up before recording. Note how the 6"5" amateur powerlifter makes the Steinberger look like a toy in his hands. You've doubtless heard of Hafthor Bjornsson, the Mountain? My friends call me the Hillock.

Another good reason to either... A) Insist upon cash. Not always possible, but still the bulk go thst way. B) Don't boast about it on Faecesbook, and definitely not with your full name C) Make sure there are enough band members to divide the cash up so you never reach a grand. Wives and girfriends can take an equal cut by for doing publicity, organising, restringing instruments, anything vaguely legitimate and necessary, and thus my £1000 suddenly becomes £500 yet still remains under my roof. Ditto my band chums and their other halves. So many ways and means, you're just fine if you're cautious and clever.

He must've joined the Catholic church to earn that kind of money.

I was taught to be cautious.

We've had a couple of people express surprise at how inexpensive we are (we start at 300 sheets for a pub, but will do 250 for very local ones, or one we like). That prompted us to ask around what pubs are paying other bands, and as a result our fees are going to now start at 500 quid for pubs and clubs. The day after we decided this we got a booking and they didn't raise an eyebrow.

This thread has gone full circle.

A blob of bird turd?