Paul S

3.4kgs. And what a little beauty it is, too! Got some flats coming, will be amazing.

I was there too - born in '57 and did most of my formative listening in the very late 60s, early 70s. I guess your gang of mates called stuff different to my gang of mates. We described Zep and Deep Purple as being heavy rock. Black Sabbath were the first 'heavy metal' band, I believe the expression was coined because of their industrial roots, and the name stuck for the genre of music kind of followed on from that - more to do with distorted, not just overdriven, guitars. But my crowd never referred to Led Zep or Deep Purple as heavy metal, ever. The more complex music from bands like Yes and Genesis were called prog rock. NWOBHM came long a tad later. But maybe different location had a different perspective.

I'd say, also, that is somewhat comparing apples with pears. No way Deep Purple could be described as 'Metal' in my dictionary. Modern equivalent, perhaps, would be Rival Sons - just good old fashioned RnB based rock.

More a case of Policing in the early 90s being a different ball game to 2019, I'd say.

Nail varnish?

Nah, black strings but red knobs and fret markers.

Cancel that, I'll weigh mine when it arrives on Weds 😂

If you have the means available, would you be able to weigh it, please?

IKEA! Whodathunkit - looks fab. We have a bit of a mid-century modern thing going on (=junk). A visitor once said our place looked like a hospice shop! Anyway, having a deep and careful think about one of these DC jobs. TBH the biggest decision is which finish - cherry, brown or ebony?

That's for the vid - gives a great impression of what these are like. I am currently returning several times a day to a for sale ad in the classifieds - a '73 EB-0 that has the pup more centrally placed. Looks like one of these would do exactly the same job but a couple of hundred quid cheaper. Plus I prefer the looks of the LP Junior to the sharper horns of the SG. Also some pretty funky mid-century furniture there? The side table and armchair. Are they old ones?

I'm hoping to go so look forward to that.

I seem to have been blessed with the uncanny and unfailing ability to buy expensive, sell cheap. The Sadim Touch - reverse of Midas. Need some gold transmuting into bass metal? hand it over.

I have much respect for him. Not only as a player but as a human being. He was very shabbily treated by EVH in so many respects but never gets into any tit for tat slagging - I've watched interviews where he is being pushed for detail about how he felt about reading he'd been sacked etc but he steadfastly refuses to bite. EVH even went as far as saying that he sang MA's vocal part on the records and taught him how to play the bass - no reaction from MA.

Can I pick you for my team, please? And @Bassassin ? Between the two of you I reckon most stuff is covered. I know bugger all about basses (apart from how to lose money buying and selling) but make a nice cup of tea and can keep score well.

I've never really hankered after a Ric. Quite like how they look but never played one. I had a Jolana Ric-a-like for a while but it went back to a very happy previous owner. Last week I saw the acid jazz band Corduroy at Chinnerys in Southend and Richard Searle was using one - when I've seen them before he was using a Les Paul bass - and it sounded absolutely fantastic, exactly like a Ric should. It has got me more curious now.

Have to say there was something special about David Coverdale's voice back then when he stayed in the lower registers more often, had his old nose and tilted his head back like an elephant seal. The way he sang 'Mistreated' still sends shivers down my spine.

I saw them around this time at the Kursaal in Southend when the album 'Burn' came out. One of the best gigs I've ever seen to this day. A naked woman appeared on stage seemingly from nowhere and jumped on Ritchie, who promptly unslung his guitar and played it on her backside

I had a '78 Musicmaster and neck was pretty much exactly like that in the OP. Lovely dark caramel colour. Why did sell it?