Beedster

First concert - Def Leppard supporting April Wine, Watersmeet Rickmansworth, 1980 Last concert - Old Crow Medicine Show, Roundhouse Camden, 2018 Best concert - Old Crow Medicine Show, Roundhouse Camden, 2018 Worst concert - Ray Davies, Hop Farm, 2010 (I think, supporting Bob Dylan) Loudest concert - Iron Maiden, Hammersmith Odeon, 1980 (regained hearing in about 1983) Seen the most - Iron Maiden (albeit around 40 years ago!!!) Most surprising - Iggy Pop Hammersmith Palais Next concert - Not known. Wish I would have seen - Zep at Knebworth 1978

Frets can mess with your sense of tuning, especially on 6-string guitar, but also occasionally on bass

Ah, Bootsy singing 'Do You Love Me?'

Rics are so not the instrument that so many players appear to think they are, i.e., an anachronistic throwback to a bygone era in terms of tone, playability, build quality and aesthetics (although I recognise that the third can be a problem - although arguably no worse than some other brands - and the fourth is a matter of taste). I always find it amazing how many people who slag them off, whilst basing their entire rhetoric on their experience of five minutes playing a badly set-up instrument through a Carlsbro combo in a shop in 1982, or simply on what they've read on forums. As Nick is finding out, Rics are f*****g awesome basses, that really do fill a gap between some of the more commonly used basses. In fact, I'm really not sure why I don't have one at present

These things go up and down

Can’t see he’s going to be much use at gigs if four hours overtime is a regular occurrence Andy?

‘He will never fit four pedals again because it was such a pain in the a**e’ Brilliant She seems philosophical, at least it’s a contemporary instrument that could be made again, I’m quite surprised how low cost a top GP is to be honest

That made my day Jack

Humble and reliable are 90% of professional

That’s another candidate who’s not made it through in my book mate

Nice job

Yep

I kinda hope he is

Agreed I tried a bit harder....

Four, seems a bit low?

Guys, thanks so much for the above, just looking at a few travel options and I’ll get back to you ASAP. Cheers. C

N’owt stranger than folk

It's a very good argument! The problem with asking the question you've asked is that you might as well have asked people "What amp do you use?"

Absolutely, but that would be sufficiently weird to ensure that you leave even without the back story

You won't know until you try. Go for it mate. And enjoy it

R&B. Precision. Flats. Ampeg