Velarian

Awesome, I absolutely love everything about that. The bass sounds incredible. 👏

This just popped up in my YouTube feed:

Sorry for not getting back to you on the live album question. Unfortunately my enquiries proved to be a dead end and nobody I know has a copy. 😕

I’d not even heard of that one and apart from seeing a couple of gigs when Paul Robert’s had joined, I pretty much lost interest in the band after Hugh left. I’m still in touch with a couple of mates who were a bit more hard-core Stranglers fans so I’ll ask them as it’s possible one of them may have it.

This track was inspired by the true story of Issei Sagawa, a Japanese lust murderer, cannibal, and necrophiliac known for the killing of Renée Hartevelt in Paris in 1981. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa#:~:text=Issei Sagawa (佐川 一政,Hartevelt in Paris in 1981. The La Folie album is about different aspects of "The Madness of Love" and conceptually, each of the songs on the album was intended to explore a different kind of "love"

They're very tempting but, like you, I don't need another bass, fretless or otherwise. I think GAS is very magnetic but I am going to resist. I am going to resist. I am going to resist. I am going to resist....

This just dropped on Anderton's YouTube channel. They sound excellent and that black fretless looks gorgeous.

Oh damn! Never mind, at least it’s the same month. I’d love a 62 slab board Precision though, particularly if it was a May model.

That neck was born on the same day as me!

Same here. I really don’t like Facebook and hate that there seems to be an expectation that everyone in the world has Facebook. It’s a bit like Americans who don’t realise that a whole world exists beyond its borders.

Ha, yes. That’s what I thought too. Also, there’s no definitive confirmation that it actually was his uncle’s bass. Whilst they seem sure it was, they don’t say how they verified it other than it went missing in the 70s and this instrument turned up a couple of blocks away. 🤷🏻‍♂️

A nice story from Rick Beato about his uncle’s ‘52 P-Bass

I generally leave the browsers on my devices logged in to BC and very rarely log out/in. Will enabling 2FA still allow things to work like this and only require authentication on the rare occasion re-logging in is required? I know this sounds like a dumb question and I suspect the answer is that it does work like that but I just wanted to sure beforehand and avoid making things more difficult for myself.

I’m still in. As of last month it’s been two years since I last bought anything. I should really sell some stuff as I’ve got far more than I need.

According to the serial number lookup I used (on Andy Baxter’s website), 59488 dates to 1961 whereas L59488 would place it in 1965.

So, a 1961 precision for about 72p per week over less than two years? Bargain! (Unless it was an L prefix serial number in which case it would be a 1965. Still a bargain) £97 would be about £2,220 in today’s money.

An interesting lot at the upcoming Gardiner Houlgate auction on 11th June https://www.guitar-auctions.co.uk/sale/218/44/Bernie-Marsden--stage-played-Alaska-era-1982-Yamaha-BB2000-bass-guitar-made-in-Japan

You could start a “CDs behind the settee” thread with that collection!

This is worth a watch (some of the criticisms are deliberately tongue in cheek).

It’s right to be firm on this subject; give ‘em an inch and all that. If offloading gear gave you license to purchase more it wouldn’t be long before someone suggests a kind of carbon offsetting scheme where you team up with a fellow bass chatter who’s shifting kit but not replacing it so you can use their credit! 😉