Shaggy

Strange little girl - Stranglers

Don’t be afraid of the dark - Robert Cray Band

Summer night city - ABBA

Rooms on fire - Stevie Nicks

I’ve never been able to feel quite the same about butter since seeing “Last tango in Paris” as a tender youth. Certainly wouldn’t put it on a bass.....

December will be magic again - Kate Bush

June is bustin’ out all over - Rogers & Hammerstein

Bought a bridge and pick-guard off Mike this week at a helluva good price; lovely guy to chat with, deal couldn’t have been easier, and the goods arrived almost instantly and really well wrapped/packed. I’d deal with Mike again without hesitation - many thanks fella!

It still gives me a pang of guilt that I once got a perfectly good Squier MB1 P/J bass in a Crack Converters down from £100 to £50 as I demonstrated to the staff that one of the volume knobs wasn’t working. Turns out (after I got it home) that it was the pan / blend control, I hadn’t had a bass with one before......

Voodoo dolly - Siouxsie & The Banshees

Within you without you - Beatles

Waiting for a train - Flash and the Pan

Black coffee in bed - Squeeze

Whole lotta Rosie - AC/DC

Identity - X Ray Spex

Let’s all chant - Michael Zager Band

You gotta beat the clock - Sparks

News of the world - The Jam

Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffet

Snowblind - Black Sabbath

(I’ve had) the time of my life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

Northern lights - Renaissance

Benjamin Orr of The Cars was also regularly seen with one (swapping between the Vox and a MM Stingray when playing live - you could hardly imagine two more dissimilar basses......) I have a mid-‘60’s English made Vox Wyman bass - VERY much nicer than the slightly later Italian made models. Have to admit I rarely gig it due the short scale and incredibly skinny neck. But they are amazingly cool basses, with a surprisingly “big” sound.

We are the Diddymen - Ken Dodd