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Indeed. And silicone, which is what the OP wrote, is a polymer of silicon and oxygen. But I suspect it was a typo.

Yup. And they have mostly been in the band for decades longer than the original guys.

Yes,the Feelgoods usually get a good crowd in, especially on the run up to xmas, so it will be fantastic to ride on the back of that!

Long way off and a few gigs beforehand but my blues rock band Toredown have just been asked to support Dr Feelgood, December 15th, Venue 77 in Ipswich. That put a smile on my face

OP's scenario was only a rehearsal. Can't see any issues here.

I looked into this out of curiosity when I started with a Bon Jovi tribute band. For his debut recording Runaway an 18 yr old Jon Bongiovi used the recording studio's house band which included Hugh on bass. Hugh is on record (!) as saying he recorded all the parts on all the albums (and wrote a lot of them, I believe) but Alec toured as he was a better fit visually. Then booze/drugs took their toll and once Alec's live performances began to suffer he and the band parted company. Hugh (who was even older than Alec) became a part of the touring band although initially he was left out of the pulicity shots.

Absolutely. His vocal wouldn't come out through those.

Lord alone knows where it came from as I don't believe I've heard it for decades but all yesterday I had a loop of Boney M's 'One Way Ticket' playing in my head. All. Day. Long. It's nice to share:

I have a Retrovibe short scale 50s telebass style thing and the pickup in that is phenomenal. The pickup can be bought on its own and is incredibly good value - the overwound 9.2K one is in stock at £35. https://retrovibe.co.uk/product/retrovibe-51p-replacement-single-coil-bass-pickup-for-50s-precision-alnico-poles-cloth-wire-string-binding/

Enjoying this thread. A couple more Stevie Ray Vaughan's jazzier side here: Freddie King's 'The Stumble', here covered by Gary Moore. Michael Schenker 'Into The Arena'

Friday night my blues rock trio played at a lovely little music pub in the middle of Ipswich called The Shamrock. Parking can be a problem but after load in I got lucky and found a legal, free spot a few yards down the road. One of the few places where they don't expect bands to play Sex On Fire. We played for two and a half hours to a small but very enthusiastic crowd, many of whom had seen us before and came especially. Our guitarist really gets off when the audience is behind him and his soloing becomes inspired. I've played in theatres, I've played to some big crowds but on Friday playing this tiny pub in Ipswich to maybe 25 people was one of those special gigs. I smiled all the way home.

I have an Elf and quite like it. But, in true Basschat fashion, I'd choose none of the stated options and put forward the Tecamp Puma. It wouldn't struggle and sounds glorious. They come up secondhand from time to time.

I feel exactly the same way. The outro solo in 'Spoonful', for example, is played with gusto - bridge pickup, feedback, beautifully aggressive attack and phrasing. It is almost like it is a different player to the one choosing 'tissue paper and comb' tone from the strat neck pickup neck he seemed to favour for the rest of his career. Same old dull licks recombined. Conspiracy Theory alert - it has just occurred to me - never mind Paul 'The Fab One' McCartney dying and being substituted, I reckon that happened to EC. He even looked totally different!

Yes, totally and absolutely. I grew up listening to blues rock from the 60s/70s, it is almost part of my DNA. I've always wanted to play this sort of stuff but it was only since joining my current band have I found a guitarist who has the chops to carry it off. One down side is that it has kind of spoilt me for anything else. One of the reasons I stood down from the Bon Jovi Tribute band I was in was that, post blues/rock trio, my heart wasn't in it any more. Good as it was, I just wasn't getting that same connection.

No.

This, or something similar. Black Precision (in this case my JV Squier), maple neck, BWB scratchplate, passive, pickup on the aggressive side of vintage. 8lbs.

A shrewed investment, for sure

Typical. Someone posts a useful suggestion and every tries to make a Djokovic.

The absolute worst one for me is perfectly titled 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' by Kylie Minogue. I hate the song, have never ever actively listened to it, but somehow it has infiltrated the corners of my brain and keeps making little sorties into my consciousness when I least expect it. na na na, na na nana na ARGHHHHH!!!!!😱

This is an interesting vid. The chap progressively cuts bits off the body until he has approx 30% left to see how it affects sustain and tone. Obvs same wood, not different, but interesting nevertheless.

They wrote one of my favourite love songs. 'Backseat Education'

Check the handle before changing any bits. Seriously. My old Compact used to buzz annoyingly and I tracked it down to the handle vibrating.

That was intended as a joke... 😕 😁

Yes, I neglected to update this thread but managed to acquire, courtesy of @pst62 Pete one of the Classic Pro basses that weighs just 8lbs. Like you, I had a USA one and, like, you, would say this Epiphone stacks up nicely against it. Were I to change the headstock decal (which I won't) I would guarantee no-one would notice the difference.