Paul S

Ditto all the above, plus Isle of Wight postcards! Thanks Micky!

Indeed. There is music I like and music I don't like. Don't care who it is by or what genre it is.

Totally agree. Faith no More were a revelation to me. Never been a fan, not really taken any notice of them. But what a performance! Edgy, tight - as good as a live band could be IMO.

I was 40 in '97 so had better keep out of it. I saw them at Hyde Park in 2015, sans Bill Ward, and it was a phenomenal day. Ozzy seemed in good health and was, comically, doing press-ups on stage from time to time. Saw them again in 2017 at the O2 for 'The End' and it was like they were a different band - I guess they were at the tail end of a huge tour and it had taken its toll. Not sure about this one - almost like going to the funeral of old friends that haven't actually died.

It was a Trace Elliot 18" cab that did it for me, too. I had just bought an Ashdown combo but for some reason used the studio kit one night - Trace head and the 1x18 cab. Stag in Witham, if anyone knows it. That was it, I sold the Ashdown. I ended up with a choise of 2x10, 1x15 or 1x18 cabs, depending on my mood and where we were playing. Then my back went and that was that.

Yeah, same here. I stopped for other reasons for about a month and it was really noticable how much worse it had become. Still, it is good that the propranolol can extend our shelf life!🙂

Here's another stripped back bass but with a rockier feel - Bernie Marsden's cover.

Yes. It was like a magic trick, 3 days after I started taking it the tremor all but vanished.

I have recently welcomed a brace of medium scale basses back into the fold - having owned and sold both and tracked them down again. An Aria pro II CSB 'Black n Gold'. These are beautifully made, top end basses with an aggressive tone that is all about the mids. I've had two before but they were both too heavy to keep, usually coming in over 4kg. This one must be made of different wood as it is 3.4kg. Neck dives as a result but a wide grippy strap offsets that. lso non-original tuners and knobs but I can live with that! The other one I am massively chuffed about. A few years ago I took a punt on a Yamaha SB-35 - very little online about these - and absolutely loved it. Then I, ahem, changed to playing 5 string basses exclusively, ahem. And sold it. Biggest sellers remorse I have ever had. The 5 string only policy decision lasted less than a year, of course. Unbelievably another one came up just before the new year, think I flagged it up on here, and as it stood was too heavy at 4.1kg. Luckily no-one bought it so I did, largely for old times sake, and presented it to the guy who does all my tech stuff to see what he could do to lose weight. He routed out 400g of wood from under the scratch plate - voila, no longer too heavy. I 'could' change the tuners to Hipshots or similar but these are superb and it would be a shame to take them off. Anyway, seems OK now at 3.7kg and a wide strap. No neck dive, either, despite the weight loss. This is a special bass and I am not going to sell it, ever.

I've had this done a couple of times. A few years ago now @Andyjr1515 of this very parish slimmed down a neck for me - a NOS Marathon bass neck - to make it nearer Jazz proportions. More recently a local guy Leighton Jennings took caliper measurements from what was for me a perfect EROS P bass neck and slimmed down a very chunky Allparts neck to mimick it. Both were extremely succcessful.

Did anyone mention early Commodores, before Lionel Ritchie took over the singing and went and spoiled it. Brick House, for me, is a distillation of everything the 1970s had to offer, funk-wise.

Great band. Carmine Appice was a force of nature. Theyt do a fab cover of Long Tall Sally, really powerful. This song is a regular in my band's set list - here at the John Peel Centre, Stowmarket 4 years ago now! We seem to play it faster!

I have a low grade neurological condition called 'Essential Tremor' (shaky hands, basically) and would have most likely have had to stop playing a year or so ago were it not for certain drugs that keep it pegged back.

My turn - Moondance!

For a tight(wad) budget, all my short scales (incl. Fender Mustang, Gibson SG) fit into this Thomann E-Guitar gig bag deluxe, currently £25 which is £2 less than I paid a couple of years ago. A couple of my medium scales also fit in it, although a recent Aria Pro II CSB is a little bit too long. It has a decent amount of padding, more than good enough to caddy from car to gig/rehearsal. And it fits sideways in my boot, which I like. https://www.thomann.co.uk/thomann_gigbag_deluxe_egitarre.htm

I learnt guitar playing along to the early Status Quo album Piledriver so when I migrated over to bass that's what I did as well. Nothing complicated and nothing's changed.

One for Gollum. Has to be said I am digging the Artex on the walls - don't see that often these days.

This listing on eBay (not mine) has less than a day to go. Vantage Avenger. Looks nice! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326408937508

My one and only dalliance with the world of tube amps - a Mesa Boogie Four:88. The very first time I used it in anger one of the valves blew during soundcheck and it took most of the pcb with it. It wasn't a cheap repair. Had a back up amp in the boot so all good in that respect. Truth be told I preferred the sound of my trusty old Trace Elliot anyway.

I think it would only be a fetish if you showered whist wearing a gig bag, rather than simply accompanied by one, and were unable to take a shower unless so attired. Anything else is just harmless fun.

Headstock looks 'right' somehow, unlike the Fenderbirds (IMO etc etc)

😂 It's like a scab you can't stop picking, isn't it! 😂

is it good?

The place I got mine from is out of stock, obvs, but it seems eBay has come up trumps! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285966903916?chn=ps&_ul=GB&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=285966903916&targetid=2361039923645&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9194237&poi=&campaignid=21697381820&mkgroupid=170109506289&rlsatarget=pla-2361039923645&abcId=10027101&merchantid=6995734&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAs5i8BhDmARIsAGE4xHxl3nhyi7PcPfFBUTxxKakp2RC-ApwwqpPj_tnMKsVWURunQbs0bVUaArHzEALw_wcB