Paul S

Being a cheapskate I often go to boot sales and one time picked up 2m of this stuff for £5. It is smelly and heavy! Does the job perfectly though.

Yeah, me too. I spent a family holiday's worth of cash on my Mesa Prodigy Four:88. OK, it is too heavy for me otherwise I would still be using it but, ultimately, I was just trying to get it to sound like a slightly sparklier version of my TE head.

It is a constant trickle of irritation in my little band. Drummer and I take pains to get note/beat perfect if practicable or necessary (although not always). Guitarist (who else?) is an exceptionally capable and talented player but always tries to shoehorn in 'doing our own version' because I believe his memory is failing - he prefers to busk things. Sometimes, as a result, we end up doing some very good alternative versions but, sometimes, it all sounds much the same. One tune in particular irritates the tits off me - no idea why particularly - we do Roachford's 'Cuddly Toy'. He insists on playing over the breakdown where there should be no guitar. Kills the song stone dead by taking away the light and shade. There, unloaded that, feels much better [/rant]

Not looking good, frankly

My Bon Jovi tribute band, Just Jovi, are playing at Leigh Community Centre, Leigh-on-sea, Essex on Saturday 23rd Feb £12 on the door, £10 in advance from this link Support will be 80s rock covers extravaganza Yankee Rose Be great if any of you could come along To give an idea of what we sound like - here is 'Living on a Prayer' recorded from the desk at our last gig. Audio only at the moment.

I would say not necessarily. For the past few years I have been using an old Trace Elliot AH300 that has been mounted in a Gator 2U ABS rack case and, so far as I can see, it is perfect. To a degree it offsets the weight of the amp - just 12kg in total - and is sturdy enough to protect it from any knocks. Also there is room to stash the kettle and cab leads in the back, with a bit of foam by way of protection.

Have a chat with @Andyjr1515 of this parish before you make a final decision. He very successfully reduced down the width of a neck on a Shergold Marathon for me a few years back.

My Jake 5 is simply a P pickup and it sounds exactly like the sound of a P bass I have in my head. It was the Delano option. So it has to be worth cutting the J out of the picture.

All of that, yes. I saw them at Wembley Arena in 1978. Set the bar for me with live music. Never bettered. I recall they had a laser that drew out the Thin Lizzy logo in mid-air than spun it around.

I don't know if ALL the Fender logo JVs were the same but the Fender logo on mine is different to that. They call it the spaghetti logo.

Well, that's worth remembering. Cardiologist can only give advice to other cardiologists Wishing you a speedy recovery! Must have been/continue to be a worry.

Surely you should be asking your cardiologist, not a bunch of bass players?

For me it varies. I do not play, nor have I ever played, in a funk/soul/disco band. So if I remember I will do my soundcheck by embarking upon my 'Disco bass line medley' but generally get no further than the first bar or two of Disco Inferno One time in a rock covers band we supported a Black Sabbath tribute and I did my soundcheck with the start of NIB, mainly because the other guy did and he fluffed it .

The ones I have tried have been fine in terms of wear but that 'plunky pick on flats' sound is greater than with metal flats. Not that it is bad thing, just a bit different.

Ahem. So... you'll be bidding? Mouse over to zoom - Click to enlarge

G4M had a damaged Boulder Creek 5 string electroacoustic rrp £849.99 listed for ages at £399 and it didn't sell. It has just been relisted for £699. Must be the same as the pics of the damage are the same. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Boulder-Creek-EBR3-5-String-Electro-Acoustic-Bass-DAMAGED-RRP-849-99/303015541921?epid=1905094524&hash=item468d223ca1:g:AKMAAOSw899bf~JL:rk:2:pf:0 I'm not interested in buying it but certainly interested in the thinking behind the huge price hike.

I have tinnitus, fly a lot and, yes, happens very frequently. Always settles down to normal again.

I'll be the first of many - our very own obbm, trading as Rockwire or Bassic Bits.

I'm thinking 'like a bassist, but more so' - a kind of superlative. So perhaps he is happy with 'just' a guitarist, drummer, keyboardist but fancies something a bit special on bass. Could be a typo, of course.