Shaggy

Without going the custom manufacture route I suspect you’re not going to get enclosed covers that will fit, also covering the poles will make the entire pickup unit deeper (so may not fit the body cavity properly). Personally I’d swap out the rather mediocre MEC’s for pole-less MM-type Barts or EMG’s. I upgraded the MM pickup in my Streamer LX Jazzman for a Nordstrand Bigman 4 with the staggered Jazz type poles, and the improvement in tone was astonishing.

As a member of Bass World with subsequent incarnations into Bass Talk and Basschat and also Finnbass I really enjoyed them all, found much massively useful info, bought some stonkingly good gear, and made some good friends - although now being an old fart (albeit still a gigging old fart....) I post very little these days. I particularly miss Lysdexia’s superb and very artful photos in the FS section of basses posed with young ladies (or was it the other way around?) - think these were mainly on Basschat. The occasional dip into Finnbass was like the rare visit to the favourite boozer from your younger years, and I feel the same sadness at its closure as seeing that old boozer bulldozed (a particular episode of “Whatever happened to the Likely Lads?” comes to mind) In these days of PC-ness, Sleb culture and global social media, it seems to me that any bastion of ephemerally British laddishness and eccentricity should be cherished 🧐

Updated link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265310625049?hash=item3dc5bedd19:g:CjcAAOSwP~5gpPjH This has now been listed so long that “Wal inflation” has made it the cheapest Mk.1 on t’bay. Who’d have thought it?

Looks like they were going for a Stingray vibe with that one, though it’s from 1980 the Magnum was pretty much extinct by then - shame, as they were lovely basses with design features ahead of their time. As far as I’m aware the 1 - 4 models actually had glued in set necks too, they just also had a “belt and braces” bolted neck plate.

I remember reading an NME (or possibly Sounds) review of a Magazine gig circa 1980 that I went to, which included: “....It was great that Barry Adamson’s bass was turned up high in the mix, as it really got the crowd dancing....” Those who feel the music will always notice the bass.

Bought some “rubber goods” (oo-er......😏) from Brian; smooth, easy deal, and a great guy to communicate with. Thanks fella! 👍

Life is always stranger than fiction- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174703466110?hash=item28ad23567e:g:2EYAAOSwz5pgW187 (Not Johnny’s, but allegedly Betsy B!itch’s, 1980’s hair metal queen. Although more likely “autographed” by her roadie....)

Nice, but I’d want some solid provenance if paying that much. The fleur-de-lys fretboard inlays are pretty distinctive - found the attached pic with a quick search, but all you can really make out is that the inlays aren’t the standard dots. Top band - saw them around 1980 (I think he was playing his Stingray then)

Everybody’s talkin’ - Harry Nilsson

We are detective - Thompson Twins

Firing squad - Penetration

Ugly bug ball - Burl Ives

Bought a pair of (non-bass related) walking boots off Alan - smooth easy deal and great communications; as posts above show, he’s a true Basschat legend. Thanks mate!

Dirty Pool - Stevie Ray Vaughan

“Collection only” will keep the final price down. Nice looking ‘Ray!

Already moaned about this in the “Song title association” thread, but I had a ticket to see the Ramones play live in Liverpool (1980?) - had always wanted to see them live - and they cancelled just beforehand to mime “Baby I love you on TOTOP instead.......grrrrrr Re OP - Greg Lake (most people only know for his Christmas hit single) Slade - known for their chart singles, but like The Sweet actually a really heavy band live Landscape - a funky jazz fusion band in the early “80’s, but only known for the synth pop “Einstein a go-go”

Six feet under - Billie Eilish

Leather & lace - Stevie Nicks