Paul S

I think I've read before that these had 32" scale. I asked him to confirm and he said it did. I think short scale like the Gibson would be better tbh. The more I think about it the less appealing it becomes, really. It would need a very powerful mudbucker for the Jack Bruce/Felix Papalardi sound and I don't think anything off the peg comes close.

Last night, saw Australian Pink Floyd at the Cliff's Pavilion, Westcliff-on-sea. They are touring a 50th anniversary DSOTM thing. 4th time I've seen them and I think this was the best performance. Just superb in every respect. OK, if I were nit-pickingly hypercritical, maybe the bass was a bit honky at times for my preference. Didn't affect my enjoyment. Unlike the group of lads behind me who thought every quiet passage was arranged especially for them to share their thoughts, loudly. They talked all the way through then cheered at the end of the songs. Why? They weren't listening. 'Wish You Were Here' was greeted with 'Oh, I f*&*ing love this' and the, rather than actually shutting the flip up, the first couple of rows of the balcony were treated to a slightly offkey, full volume acapella. Thanks guys.

There is one of these just popped up on eBay. Don't see them very often. MIK 1998. Does anyone have any experience of them? I'd hazard a guess they have the same pickup as their EB-0 and EB-3, which has never really done it for me. 32" scale, apparently, and 3.4kg (I asked). Did the Epiphone version have the retractable end-pin as per Gibson? Couldn't find a reference to one.

Possibly but it depends when you have in mind. I'd prefer a pick up, tbh.

Mad isn't it. To my mind, when it is apparent that acts are running over they should pull them off early (ooh matron etc) so that the lost time is absorbed evenly. In this particular case it was pure bloody-mindedness on the part of the dad-rock band who, despite being way over time, still did an encore which included a 5 minute drum solo. The organisers should have been all over them. Hey ho.

I'm in Benfleet, which is kind of between Southend and Basildon.

This. I matched one with a Tecamp Puma 300 and it sounded huge, even at low volume. But don't expect it to sound like the Compact - they are different beasts. 12" BF cabs are generally very hi-fi, 10" BF cabs have a baked in tone - usually described as 'Old School' or 'vintage'. Both types of drivers have their place, it depends upon what you want. As an aside and a big user of BF since they started, I have to say the LYSys ones have got my interest.

The Sterling Stingray shortie has a jazz width neck, too, if you fancy a MM flavour.

Yes. And the organisers were extremely apologetic. Would have been better had the organisers been organised but there you are

I remember a few years ago my Bon Jovi tribute were part of a multi-band event in Cleethorpes - a 4 hour drive away from southeast Essex where we were based. I believe it was some big local company putting on a family fun day for the employees - funfare, eateries, marquee for the bands. The weather was hideous - horizontal rain. By the time the bands started most of the punters had gone home. Everybody over-ran. First band was a Little Mix tribute, who went 30 mins over. Next a local dad rock band who were, by all accounts, whizzed off at not headlining. They went 30 mins over and the drummer, who had one of the biggest kits I have ever seen, including an array of small clear perspex toms, was being particualrly obstructive when dismantling it - laying out his cases and packing materials all over the stage so we couldn't get going until he was done. We were left with just 20 mins to play our 90 minute set - to around 80 of the promised 1000 punters Eight hours travelling to play 20 mins! Not a great night, although we got paid quite well and just laughed it off.

Stop it, please.

That's got to be the perfect rig, right there. I went down the FRFR route 3 years ago but can't stop looking at this combination.

It is totally scary that this was 54 years ago. The only one I don't remember -as a song - is the last one

CCR with 2 chart entries! I was 12 for most of 1969 but could probably hum or sing most of these. My sister is 5 years older than me and used to listen to the charts constantly so I was exposed to this stuff from quite young.

Hammond player of some repute. Toured with Bill Wyman as one of the Rhythm Kings for a while. I love this one

I have a Harley Benton Shorty which is effectively a short scale P Bass with a scaled down body. I had intended to use it as a modding platform but straight out of the box it was a case of tune up then gig with it. I've since changed the pickup and pickguard, both of which are choice things as there was nowt wrong with the bass stock, which had a lovely vintage tone - I wanted more balls. But I can't recommend it highly enough. It is a good bass at any price point. At £88 it is a miracle (it was under £70 when I bought mine, astonishing).

I'm liking the look of this. At the moment we use one of the X shaped keyboard stands and I've squashed my fingers in it twice!

So was I - I don't remember seeing you there? I vividly remember the prison looming out of the mist, a dark shape with the yellow-lit windows. The prsion museum in town had pictures of early inmates which, of course, the 12 yr old me imagined were roaming around the moors at night. Scared the life out of me, although I didn't admit it at the time.

About my playing and musical 'career' I am OK with the path I have taken. A few blind alleys, plenty of room for improvement but, on the balance, there is nothing much I would change and certainly nothing that keeps me awake at night. The band I am in at the moment is the most enjoyable I have ever been in and most likely my last hurrah, so a great way to finish it all off, whenever and however that happens. One fairly serious bout of seller's remorse is the main thing. Despite plenty of advice against it I sold my especially lightweight example of a Yamaha SB-35 when I 'moved permanently' to 5 strings. Which lasted about a year.😂

What about one of these? I've never tried one but it seems to tick a lot of your boxes on paper. https://chownybass.com/product/swb-1-scott-whitley-signature/ Or the Sterling Stingray shortie?

Free to anyone who cares to pop round to pick it up. Excellent nick. One of these: https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_gigbag1_bass_heavy.htm Can't be bothered to post.

I was way off the mark then

Interesting name. I am curious about the derivation, although I have an idea or three.

Totally. I fiddled with mine - I had a pair of ACS custom molds that I wasn't using, removed the attenuators and stuck these IEMs to them with clear mastic. Wow.

Sue Ryder, Unicef, Cats Protection etc. I always hit the charity shops when looking for something like this. I recently got a Samsonite holdall for leads etc for £5.